by Lisa Schauer In the before times, the Town of Hancock had a museum on Main Street in the old G.C. Murphy’s store building. After three years of closure due to “fire, flood and pestilence,” volunteers say people still look for the museum in its former location, which was closed[Read More…]
Lifestyle
The woven history of Hook’s Mill Farm
by Lisa Schauer Since 1793, Leslie Mills’ two-story farmhouse on Hook’s Mill Farm has stood beside a hook in the Potomac River where it meets the Great Tonoloway Creek. The dam broke in the great flood of 1936, and the mill was lost in the flood of 1985, Mills, 82,[Read More…]
Mountain Musings: Christmas music magic
Christmas music magic It never fails each year that listening to Christmas songs from the past and present guides me to a place of treasured holiday memories and a renewed love for the season. We all know the feeling of dread that can accompany Christmas and New Year’s — decorations[Read More…]
BlackCat to host free Christmas Revels caroling event
BlackCat Music Cooperative and The Hancock Arts Council presents a “Christmas Revels and Community Carol Sing” on Friday, December 16 at 7 p.m. at the Hancock Performing Arts Center, 126 West High Street. The entire BlackCat Music Cooperative family with some community guests, will play and sing many of your[Read More…]
Holiday Event Calendar
Moving indoors: Yoga offers winter exercise, balance & other benefits for all ages
by Kate Evans As inclement winter weather moves closer, outdoor activities can become more difficult. Freezing temperatures also bring risks of falling, making indoor exercise suddenly more appealing. Yoga is one form of exercise that strengthens both the mind and body and offers a host of benefits for its practitioners.[Read More…]
Cold didn’t dampen Miracle on Main Street, tree lighting
by Geoff Fox Folks turned out to support the businesses in Hancock and vendors set up along Main Street last Saturday as part of Miracle on Main Street. They huddled close together later in the evening for the lighting of and the arrival of a certain jolly old man. Miracle[Read More…]
Hancock library to host holiday movie, craft and family events
The Hancock Veterans Memorial Library will host a matinee showing of the holiday movie “Elf” on Saturday, December 10 starting at 2 p.m. The special event is for families to celebrate the holiday season. The library will have a matinee showing of the movie along with refreshments and a take-home[Read More…]
Christmas tree ready for Saturday
Hancock Public Works set up the tree for this Saturday’s tree lighting, which is part of the Miracle on Main Street event co-sponsored by Hancock in Motion and Main Street Hancock. Miracle on Main Street begins at 3:30 p.m. with the tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. Both wind up at[Read More…]
Valley Art Assoc. to host holiday exhibit, musical event
The Valley Art Association, which promotes arts and artists in the tri-state Cumberland Valley, will host December events at their headquarters at The Mansion House Art Center & Gallery in Hagerstown City Park. Members of the Valley Art Association will exhibit their works in the “Winter Nights, Winter Lights” installation.[Read More…]