Boy here it is April 1st but feeling a lot more like summer with the warmth of the sun shooting the temperature up to 84 degrees. Not only is spring budding here in New Castle so are several new businesses that are as exciting as the prospect of spring.
The buzz on Main Street are two [...]
Last week I was just chugging along through the work week, when I received a wrong number call. Once the caller realized who he had called, he asked, “Oh…is this Wilderness Adventure there in New Castle?” I responded yes inquisitvley. The caller turned out to be one of the new owners of Big Pine Trout [...]
Snow is snowy when it’s snowing
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going
from Winter Morning Poem by Ogden Nash
Husband and I took a walk this afternoon through Scratch Ankle. We should have done this earlier when the sun was out, he said. But we couldn’t see then, it was too bright, I said. And we’da [...]
I am a transplant who has developed deep roots in Craig County in the fifty-five years I have called this place home. My challenge as a blogger is to offer some interesting historical facts about the county.
As I look out from the vantage point of my home that borders the old Cumberland Gap Road, I [...]
One unique thing about our community is our size. Not our land area; that’s steep, open, beautiful, rolling, forested and farmed. What makes Craig stand out from lots of communities is how few people we have. School enrollment K through 12 is around 750. Total. Throw in the teachers and you’re just over 800. We all know lots [...]