marcie schellhammer

I was looking for a hair tie. That’s how it started, my five-minute journey “down the rabbit hole.” I opened my purse and saw my tablet, and remembere...

Fran De Lancey, beloved Era correspondent, school teacher, gentleman and dear friend to so many, passed away on Wednesday at his son’s house in Bethel...

RETIREMENT : We’re taking a moment today to report some news on one of our own. Fran DeLancey, who has been The Era’s Smethport correspondent for 43 y...

Emotions and memory are a complicated pair. I’m sure we all have cringe-worthy memories that make us feel a bit anxious, or forlorn. Or happy memories...

They’ve come for Fitzgerald, and Salinger’s works. Publishers, schools, and parents and jerks. They’ve come for Papa and Steinbeck, Orwell and Kesey. ...

Just when you think you’ve heard it all comes a new viral conspiracy theory — and it’s a doozy. The theory: Snow is fake. Really. The Chinese governme...

More and more these days, I find myself longing for the simpler times of childhood. I certainly wouldn’t want to be a child in this day and age, and I...

This weekend is an important date for my family; it’s my mother’s birthday. Shirley Whiteman will be celebrating the 61st anniversary of her 29th birt...

In the past few months of isolation brought on by the pandemic, I’ve had a lot of time to think and reminisce. I grew up attending Sunday school every...

If you could do one thing — an inconvenience to yourself — that could save someone else’s life, would you do it? I see questions like this on social m...

The other day I saw an acquaintance in the store. We exchanged the usual pleasantries, but when I asked how things were going, she said, “I thought we...

Like most people, my family and I are getting a bit tired of staying at home. I live with my sister, who has been working from home, and my daughter, ...

CARDS : Today’s RTS is serving a dual purpose: recognizing one of our own, and letting others know how they can do the same. The Era’s own Fran De Lan...

An odd piece of news caught my eye this week, mostly because I thought it was from a comedy or satire site like The Onion or Babylon Bee. It was an an...

Every now and then, I see a story come through a wire service that intrigues me to the point where I need to know more. For instance, an Associated Pr...

The world is an odd place. We’ve all heard the saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” And it’s true. I was recently added to a group on s...

In my line of work, one meets fascinating people on a regular basis. In fact, it’s one of the things I love the most about the job — the people, and a...

At Friday’s Pennsylvania Associated Press Media Editors awards in Harrisburg, Era Assistant Managing Editor Marcie Schellhammer was honored with a fir...

Remember as a child, riding down a hill on a bicycle, the world flying by, exuberant with the wind in your hair, not having a care in the world? Easte...

The Era’s Marcie Schellhammer, assistant managing editor, has been named a finalist in the 2018 Pennsylvania Associated Press Media Editors contest fo...