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Superintendent Larry James to the Martin County School Board
January is School Board Recognition Month and I would like to express my appreciation to the members of the Martin County Board of Education and recognize them for their service and dedication to the students of Martin County. In Martin County, our community values a quality education as an important step along the pathway to…
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Transitioning into 2025
A new year is a transition. The date changes. Some of us will mess up writing a check a time or two because we’ll write 2024 until it finally sinks in that we are in a new year. The new year means change. It always has and this year will not be any different. We…
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Can you believe it is 2025?
Things have sure changed over the years. Can you believe it is already 2025? It seems it was just a couple of years ago that we were going into the year 2000 and everyone was talking about Y2K. Some were even afraid of going into the 2000s. If you are a “baby boomer” like me,…
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas
As the Christmas season surrounds us with its familiar glow of joy, tradition and togetherness, we at the Mountain Citizen pause to extend our warmest wishes to you, our readers, and the community we proudly serve. This is a time of year to celebrate the blessings in our lives, to reflect on the journey behind…
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Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree
Nothing says it is Christmas like the tree that we annually put up and decorate in our homes every holiday season. Many put up the tree even before Thanksgiving these days to jump-start that good feeling for the upcoming Christmas holiday. You will likely find some sort of Christmas tree in every home and in…
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The symbols of Christmas guide us throughout the year
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOBBY MCCOOL “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” — Luke 2:7 These words capture the humble birth of Jesus Christ and echo through generations, forming the foundation of Christmas…
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The greatest story ever told
No story can match the Christmas story. Mary was just an ordinary girl but she was special in the eyes of God. She was someone God knew he could choose to enter the world as the baby Jesus. Mary and husband-to-be Joseph followed the leadership of God and were willing vessels to be used of…
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Forgiveness: WVU hiring of Rich Rod again
We all make mistakes. I have made plenty of them in my lifetime and wish I could go back in time to change some of those decisions. Here are my 2 cents worth on Rich Rodriguez getting hired back at WVU. I think we all deserve forgiveness. He admitted his mistake. It is time to…
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Donation is nothing to what Shell will extract from our county
When Martin County officials negotiated with Savion LLC for the construction of its first solar project, the community was promised prosperity. Hundreds of temporary local, high-paying jobs were touted—200 to 300 positions paying around $30 an hour. It was the kind of promise that sparked hope in a region yearning for economic revival. Yet, the…
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Dealing with the challenges of Christmas
Christmas is a joyful season but always has some challenges. The place of Christmas is often a question. Mary and Joseph ended up in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. They had gone there to pay taxes. Paying taxes is never fun but something we have to do. The place where they ended up when Jesus…
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