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Continue reading →: Dear Libby: My Family Is At War Over The ThermostatDear Libby, Every winter, my family goes through a transformation. We get along famously throughout the spring, summer, and fall. But once the frost sets in and the daylight wanes, the dreaded Thermostat Wars begin. I’m of the (correct) opinion that the heat should be set to 72 degrees F.…
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Continue reading →: Dear Libby: How Do I Keep My New Year’s Resolution This Year?Dear Libby, Every year, I make a New Year’s resolution, and every year, I break it by January 10th. I really want this year to be different. The problem is I don’t know how to keep from breaking it again. It might be easy for other people who can use…
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Continue reading →: New Year, New YouIt’s now 2020. Big year. We’re twenty years into the new millennium, and looking back, I’d have to say that the post-Y2K world has been a bit of a disappointment. No flying cars, no hoverboards, and no hoards of servile robots that will lull us into a false sense of…
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Continue reading →: Kara RaineyKara Rainey: January 2, 1984-January 1, 2020 Kara Rainey was born on January 2, 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri to father Robert Cavanaugh and mother Sandra Rainer. She died in the early hours of January 1, 2020. Ms. Rainey is survived by both parents and siblings Peter, Delilah, Victoria, Amanda,…
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Continue reading →: December 2019 AnnouncementsAnnouncements for the month of December 2019: Dec. 1: The families of Chad Hopper and Bradley Wiesel would like to announce the marriage of their loved ones. Dec. 2: John and Lauren Pilotti would like to announce the birth of their son, John, Jr. Dec. 2: Harold and Wilhelmina Graff…
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Continue reading →: Dear Libby: I See Dead PeopleDear Libby, I know how this is going to sound, but I’m at my wit’s end. Every night, without fail, I see dead people. Yes, I’ve seen “The Sixth Sense,” and no, I’m not just imagining this. They show up in my bedroom and talk to me. None of them…
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Continue reading →: Return to Macabre Manor – Part IIIt’s time for the next installment of our Tales from Macabre Manor retrospective. We’re going to be talking about the second book in the series, The Nightmare Man. In this novel, M.P. Hanover had his hero Milton Mallory tackle a spectre plaguing the people of Pine Valley. It takes place…
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Continue reading →: The Church of Our Lady of SorrowsThe Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is one of Emerson Valley’s oldest buildings, having been constructed when the first settlers arrived here in 1683. Technically, the original structure burned down in 1798, although the eastern wall and the foundation remained intact. It was rebuilt a year later, and that…
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Continue reading →: Missing Man Found in Blackwood ForestWilliam Hollister of Emerson Valley was found this morning in the southern part of Blackwood Forest by a group of hikers. His wife, Amanda Hollister, had filed a missing persons report with the Sheriff’s Office on November 19th when he failed to come home from work the previous day. According…
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Continue reading →: Dear Libby: I Just Moved To Town And I Can’t Find Any New FriendsDear Libby, I recently moved to Emerson Valley from LA. My husband had been out of work for a while and was applying to anywhere and anywhere that had a job listing. Luckily, Emerson Valley Gas & Electric was hiring maintenance service workers, and he was able to land a…






