Lifestyle
Your snowy scenes
Readers and local residents shared their snow pictures with The Hancock News on Monday as kids and pets enjoyed the first snow day of 2025.
How to handle after-Christmas returns
by Geoff Fox With the Christmas rush over and all the presents have been given and opened, there might be a few of those gifts that have to go back to the store. The pants might be too small. A toy is missing pieces. The shirt might not be the[Read More…]
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts releases calendar of events for January 2025
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown has announced their exhibits and activities set for January and beyond. Exhibitions Through January 12: “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e” — Japanese woodblock prints by famed artists and decorative items illuminate the lives of women during the Edo[Read More…]
Hancock Lions Club hosts annual community Christmas dinner at the Legion
by Lisa Schauer Seventeen turkeys were roasted, carved, served and delivered, along with all the trimmings, to around 300 people for a complementary community Christmas dinner hosted by the Hancock Lions Club at Hancock American Legion Post 26 on Saturday, December 21. For over 20 years, the Hancock Lions Club[Read More…]
Free Christmas dinner Saturday
The Hancock Lions Club will host their annual Community Christmas Dinner this Saturday, December 21 at the Hancock American Legion from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The meal is free of charge and brought to the community by the Lions Club of Hancock, with the hospitality of the American Legion.
It’s Stacy–Healthy Eats: Christmas Peanut Butter Balls
Christmas Peanut Butter Balls Don’t waste your money on senseless items for Christmas gifts. My Great Grandmother, Arizona Henry, shared her love for her family and friends by baking cookies and candy. You could always count on peanut butter balls (decorated with red and green sprinkles) as part of your[Read More…]
Festival of Trees draws hundreds to enjoy creative displays
by Geoff Fox The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside of Hancock held their second annual Festival of Trees last weekend with 20 organizations and businesses bringing in and decorating trees for the event. There were also over 40 nativity scenes on display as well. Organizer Wendy Weller[Read More…]
Christmas flowers have a lasting beauty & a special history
by Kate Evans Flowering plants that have long been associated with the Christmas season can brighten your home at the holidays with their brilliant colors. Some flowers have special symbolism while others derive their Christmas significance from legends or myths. Poinsettia The most well-known Christmas flower is the poinsettia, which[Read More…]
Truax retiring after 57 years in the barber business
by Geoff Fox Gene Truax has been cutting men’s hair in Hancock for the last 48 years, and on this Wednesday before Thanksgiving, he will be hanging up his scissors for the final time, retiring after 57 years as a barber. Truax got his start as a barber after finishing[Read More…]
