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A chance encounter

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

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 [...]

A lot going on!!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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 [...]