HELP OUR STORY CONTINUE...

The church demolition is almost complete, with little left to do. It has exposed more of our home, and thus the details of what is driving the rebuild and the financial stress we are still dealing with. Yesterday we met with our PA, Insurance person (I'll leave out the company's name for now, Lord knows I don't need them to get upset with me because my opinion is "YOU SUCK"! But I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and figured I'd take this moment and explain one of the m

When our house was destroyed by fire on November 21st, people said, "At least no one died, and you can replace 'things'". But the reality is, a part of us did die. And every day we spend trying to be strong, pretending that because we have homeowners' insurance, everything will be ok, someone tells us it's not. Each day, we try to take it one step at a time. We waited for a rental property to become available, and we stayed strong, keeping our dog and daughters feeling safe

What do you consider a good neighbor? And why do we continue to ignore the elephant in the room??? A good neighbor will check on you if they hear you are ill, or just maybe need an extra hand at shoveling snow. A good neighbor will lend a hand when your house burns down. They will mend your broken fence to keep intruders out, they will let us know when the other neighbor is coming by to add lighting to the church because people are squatting again inside. They will pick up pa

During these past several weeks, we have found out some things that just make my head want to explode! But today, we are going to be thankful for the good things. On Tuesday, we met with our contractor, all the subcontractors, and the process, though slow, given all the logistics, has finally begun! We are excited to be able to work with D&S Contractors - thanks to so many who offered their help when we first lost our home to the fire. With the community's support (and our ve

While I lie awake in the middle of the night, there is so much going through my head. Questions I need to ask when I meet with people who are still open to meeting with me - and the best way to make a change in our community. I ask myself why several people have faded away and no longer feel that they want to talk about the issues in town, and how we can help make changes. Are they just too busy all of a sudden, or is it possible they are fearful of the repercussions? I am af

So I was going to write about what I'm learning about the sober houses in town, but some recent things have come up that I think are important for people to understand. Last week at the Borough Council meeting, Council did NOT support the variances Mr. Lingo wanted to present to the Zoning Board on February 25, 2026. The variances requested by the owner of the church property would allow the construction of townhomes at the corner of Chestnut & N Hanover St. Here is the Mer