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Tug Valley starts out season strong with big win
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK — The Tug Valley High School football squad started the season off with a rare Thursday night game and got a strong 32-21 home win over Shady Spring at Bob Brewer Stadium in Naugatuck. Shady Spring was ranked as one of the top teams in Class AA in the Mountain…
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Kyle’s Korner: Back-to-school season brings back memories
BY KYLE LOVERN Going back to school was always exciting, even for someone who did not necessarily like to get up early and head back after a long, hot summer. Most “baby boomers” remember school letting out around Memorial Day in May and not starting back up until after Labor Day, or the first week…
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Tug Valley football team strives for the playoffs
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — The 2022 edition of the Tug Valley Panthers football team returns several players to this year’s squad intending to make it back to the Class A playoffs in the Mountain State. Head coach Hady Ford enters his fourth season over the program and is cautiously optimistic…
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Kyle’s Korner
The evolution of sneakers and tennis shoes BY KYLE LOVERN It amazes me how tennis shoes and basketball shoes have evolved through the years. Of course I am showing my age again when writing about this subject. Growing up, most of us “baby boomers” were lucky to get a pair of sneakers or tennis shoes.…
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Kyle’s Korner: Scotch-Irish heritage runs deep in Appalachia
BY KYLE LOVERN They say America is a melting pot when it comes to the early settlers that migrated to the United States from Europe. The popular syndicated television show “Outlander” has brought renewed interest to one’s ancestry. If many of you were to take a DNA ancestry test, it is very likely that a…
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Kyle’s Korner: Did we really land on the moon? Some still say ‘no’
BY KYLE LOVERN On July 20, 1969, one of the most amazing achievements in human history happened. The United States landed on the moon, and the first men walked on its dusty surface. Or did it really happen? I was just a 12-year-old, skinny, freckled-faced kid that summer, but I loved watching the rocket launches…
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Kermit woman still missing
May have been seen in the Louisa area BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE CITIZEN KERMIT — The West Virginia State Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing woman who resides in the Kermit area. WVSP says that 32-year-old Brittany M. Horn Duff, of Kermit, was last seen June 13 at a home on…
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Kyle’s Korner: Telephoning someone in the past was a bit different
BY KYLE LOVERN FOR THE CITIZEN Things sure have changed when it comes to calling someone on the telephone. Nowadays it is nothing to see a youngster with a cellphone in hand. When we baby boomers were growing up, we were lucky to have a landline telephone in our homes. We were fortunate enough to…
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Kyle’s Korner: Fond memories of summertime in the 60s and 70s
BY KYLE LOVERN Summertime was special back in the 1960s and early 70s. Summer meant school was out, which was an exciting time for most of us. It meant getting to sleep a little later and not having to wake to rush to prepare for school. We could not list all of the technology the…
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Kermit area woman reported missing by family
BY KYLE LOVERN FOR THE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — The family of Brittany Horn Duff of the Kermit area (Jennies Creek) has reported her missing, and they are asking for information from the public in hopes of her safe return. Duff was last seen Sunday, June 12. Duff is 32 years old, about 6-foot-1…