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Continue reading →: Halloween Contest Camping Trip Group Has Gone MissingThe campers from the Emerson Valley Gazette’s Halloween contest, along with our acting editor-in-chief Martin Fitzgerald, have gone missing. The group went into Blackwood Forest on the night of October 31, and they were meant to return the following day. They were scheduled to arrive at the parking lot of…
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Continue reading →: Halloween Short Story WinnerThe following short story is by Diana De Lucas, the winner of our Halloween Camping Trip contest with the best scary camping story: I know most people think of scary stories as having terrifying killers or inhuman monsters, but my scariest camping story happened while I was alone. I had…
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Continue reading →: Halloween Camping TripThis Friday, I will be leading a group of ten lucky contest winners on an overnight camping trip in Blackwood Forest. We will be spending the spookiest night of the year away from civilization and under the boundless stars above. I have become quite fond of the forest since moving…
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Continue reading →: Halloween Camping Trip Contest WinnersThe ten lucky winners for the Emerson Valley Gazette’s overnight Halloween camping trip have been selected! Here are the ten readers who sent in the spookiest camping stories and won a spot on the trip: Congratulations to all our winners! In addition to earning a spot on the trip, we…
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Continue reading →: October 6th, 2019 Edition of the Emerson Valley Gazette For SaleWinston Torres is selling the October 6, 2019 edition of the Emerson Valley Gazette, which was the final physical copy of the newspaper ever printed. It includes autographs of William Cooper, Sarah Donovan, and Libby Barton of “Dear Libby” on the front page. If you’re interested in buying this item,…
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Continue reading →: Halloween Camping Trip ContestThe Emerson Valley Gazette is holding a contest for our readers to join me for a special overnight camping trip from October 31st to November 1st. I will be leading ten lucky winners into Blackwood Forest for a night filled with laughs, scares, and plenty of opportunities to learn something…
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Continue reading →: Jeremy WittJeremy Witt: June 4, 1982-September 24, 2025 Jeremy Witt was born on June 4, 1982 in Boise, Idaho to David and Karen Witt. He was found dead along the “F” trail in Blackwood Forest in the early hours of September 24, 2025. The authorities have ruled it a suicide from…
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Continue reading →: Hunt for Missing Suspect Gets a New TwistEver since the Emerson Valley Sheriff’s Department discovered DNA underneath the fingernails of murder victim Sarah Donovan, they’d spent many hours painstakingly searching through their databases for a match. Earlier this morning, Sheriff Victor Grayson made a shocking announcement: the original sample from Mrs. Donovan’s husband Charles Donovan had been…
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Continue reading →: Elizabeth BartonElizabeth Barton: March 7, 1983-August 21, 2025 Elizabeth “Libby” Barton (née McGill) was born on March 7, 1983 in Emerson Valley to John and Eleanor McGill (née Smith). Best known to readers of the Emerson Valley Gazette as the columnist “Dear Libby,” she died in her sleep on the morning…
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Continue reading →: Another Heartbreaking Loss for the Emerson Valley GazetteWhy does tragedy seem to plague this newspaper? Today we received the devastating news that Elizabeth Barton—our own Dear Libby—was found dead this morning from an apparent overdose of sleeping pills. The Emerson Valley Sheriff’s Department is treating the death as accidental, pending the official findings of the coroner’s report.…
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