How could we have missed this? Longtime Alexandrian and Burke and Herbert Bank Icon, Charlie Collum turned 80 last fall! This photo of the family celebration with the Old Town Crier at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulfur Springs, WV was taken in the foyer. Left to right is Charlie, his lovely wife Sandi, their oldest son Chuck, son Joe’s wife Jennifer and Joe. Carrying on the B&H tradition and keeping it in the family, Joe is the Executive Vice President, Director of Branch & Business Banking. Thanks for your support over the years Charlie! If you would like to see your photo in this space, grab a copy of the OTC and take it with you on your next adventure. Take a pic with your communication device and email it to office@oldtowncrier.com with “On the Road” in the subject line. Be sure to include information for the caption and your mailing address if you would like a hard copy sent directly to your home.

Life on the Farm! Nothing like a little before-school reading while waiting for the bus to come by. Pictured here is our very own Lani Gering’s great nephew – she says he is “great” on all counts, not just her nephews son – Mason Unverzagt, checking out the fruit of his aunts labor during her recent stay on the farm in southeastern Wyoming with the family. The Old Town Crier shows up in the most unusual places. If you would like to see your photo featured here, just take the Old Town Crier with you on your next adventure and pick a fun place to snap a photo or two and send it, along with information for the caption to office@oldtowncrier.com.

One of Old Town Alexandria’s favorite Irish lasses, Niamh O’Donovan, and her gal pal Michelle Skubic embarked on a whirlwind girl’s weekend in the Big Apple and decided it would be fun to include the OTC. Michelle decided to take a much needed break from Niamh’s tour of pretty much every Irish bar in New York City and is pictured here relaxing with the January issue in Times Square. If you would like to see your photo featured here, just take the Old Town Crier with you on your next adventure and pick a fun place to snap a photo or two and send it, along with information for the caption to office@oldtowncrier.com.

Longtime Alexandria residents currently wintering in Key Largo, Tina and Braun Jones, enjoy their hometown Old Town Crier on a recent Danube River Boat trip…in front of the Budapest Eye (ferris wheel) in Budapest, Hungary! If you would like to see your photo in this space, email a high resolution image (along with a brief description of your locale and any other special information you would like included in the caption) to office@oldtowncrier.com.

On their first outing to Europe after the pandemic, Old Town Crier favorites Lynn Weigle-Snow and Joff Snow trekked to Barcelona Spain with their friends the Bigelows in September with their OTC in hand. We hear that a fantastic time was had by all – guess they brushed off the “pandemic” dust!   Sanremo Yacht Club Director Andrea Veneziano (left) with John Sterling of Alexandria (Old Dominion Boat Club) check out the happenings at home following the burgee exchange ceremony at Sanremo Yacht Club, Italy in September. Many thanks for taking the OTC along for the ride. If you would like to see your photo in this space, email a high resolution image (along with a brief description of your locale and any other special information you would like included in the caption) to office@oldtowncrier.com.

The OTC Headed Out to the Water!   Avid readers of the OTC, Lee and Jennifer (Moore) Meadows took the issue with them on their annual two week trek to the Outer Banks.  They took several pics but this was our favorite. Here is Lee in Duck, NC overlooking the Currituck Sound. Curtis and Teresa Dyer traveled with their copy of the OTC on their 19 day Chesapeake Bay trip. The photo was taken in August at Haven Harbour Marina in Rock Hall, Maryland. Teresa and Curtis are very familiar with our Maryland waters since they spent many years living in Flag Harbor. We are happy that they have chosen Alexandria as their home now. If you have submitted a photo and it hasn’t been published yet, rest assured that it will appear in a future issue. We have been inundated with submissions and appreciate each and every one that we receive. If you would like to see your photo in this space, email a high resolution image (along with a brief description of your locale and any other special information you would like included in the caption) to office@oldtowncrier.com.

The OTC Headed West The Old Town Crier really got around this summer. We have had submissions from lots of countries and states. We decided to publish our California submissions this month. Representing the Old Town Crier in the beautiful Giant Sequoia’s and Yosemite National Park. Nate & Hanny Bushura are Old Town residents that are actively engaged in their community. In their free time they run a nonprofit they founded called Ethio Makarios that focuses on empowering communities to seek mental and physical fitness.” Some summertime fun in Mission Valley with the OTC. Nathaniel, Adam and Vinny aka “The Boys of Summer” with their gal pal and our favorite girl, Chelsea Ruller, take time out from cavorting around the pool to snap a pic for us. Photo by Chelsea’s Mom – Cousin Annie who took the OTC from her home in Colorado to her daughter for the photo op. If you would like to see your photo in this space, email a high resolution image (along with a brief description of your locale and any other special information you would like included in the caption) to office@oldtowncrier.com.

  Longtime OTC readers and friends, Kathy and Bob Condon always pack away an issue to take on their adventures. Their latest trek took them to the mountains of Ecuador where they visited old friends who have made their home there. Nothing like a ride in the hay cart and a day trip to the Condors and Hacienda Zvleta in Zimbabwe’s Ecuador with Kate.

The OTC made it all the way North to Alaska and all the way South to Key West last month! Both of these places are on our personal bucket lists! Former DMV residents and world travelers Jeffrey and Joanne Fisher are so good about taking their copy of the OTC with them on their treks we should give them OTC “Ambassador” status. This last trek took them to the most southern point in the USA in Key West.   Checking out the OTC aboard M/V Constellation in the waters of Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska are Alexandria resident and longtime friend Michael Lucker with his sisters-in-law Sue Linnett (San Diego, CA) and Marti Bradford (Andersonville, CA). Michael accompanied his wife Catherine, the sisters and their spouses on a cruise to see the likes of whales, eagles, otters, moose, glaciers, waterfalls and amazing mountains. If you would like to see your photo in this space in print and online, take an OTC with you, snap a couple of shots of someone reading it in a fun place and send it to office@oldtowncrier.com. Be sure to include information for the caption and your mailing address so we can get you a hard copy for your scrap book.

Longtime Alexandrians and Old Town Crier readers David and Laurie Norcrosse took the July copy with them on their latest trek up north. Little did they know it would turn into an impromptu Family Affair. Both David’s father’s parents and mother’s parents starting going to Loon Lake in Rangeley Maine in the early 1920’s. His mother and father met there, eventually married and produced David. The Norcrosse’s in this picture are the result of that meeting one hundred years later. Two spouses (and a significant other) with four grandchildren. Laurie is pictured in the center with the OTC in hand and David is to her right. This photo was taken about ten miles from Loon Lake on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. (Yes…..that is an actual lake!) If you would like to see your photo featured in this space, grab a copy of the OTC, pack it in your bag and take it on your next adventure. Snap a few photos of you or whomever you choose reading the issue and send it/them to office@oldtowncrier.com with information for the caption and a return address so we can send you a hard copy. You photo will appear online and on our Facebook page as well.