26 September 2023
Fischer – What’s my age again?

Fischer – What’s my age again?


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com It’s my birthday today. I’m 39 now. What a weird age to be. I’d like to make some profo...
Community Notes: Fall fun and remembering Bob Thomson

Community Notes: Fall fun and remembering Bob Thomson


By Mark Wicks, Charles City Community Development Director Fall is here, my favorite time of the year, and there is a lot to see and do in and around...
19 September 2023
Fables for free?

Fables for free?


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com Every copyright attorney on the planet spontaneously got a headache last Thursday when comic book w...
 
14 September 2023
Lack of officials keeps Comet volleyball team home during Homecoming Week

Lack of officials keeps Comet volleyball team home during Homecoming Week


  By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com Previously in this space with my name and face pasted to it was a treatise on how th...
11 September 2023
Fischer – One year later

Fischer – One year later


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com As you get older, you start to notice that the years start to blend together. You get set into a ro...
05 September 2023
Fischer: I’d like to speak to your manager

Fischer: I’d like to speak to your manager


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com This may go without saying but, as a reporter, I’m generally accustomed to people answering my qu...
 
31 August 2023
Late-summer prep athletes  have been falling like trees

Late-summer prep athletes have been falling like trees


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com Players, coaches, officials, chain-gang crewmen … even a few journalists … agreed in uniso...
29 August 2023
Fischer – A hot topic

Fischer – A hot topic


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com It’s a question heard round the world. Why is the United States still using the archaic imperi...
22 August 2023
Community Notes: Anniversary is a time to take note of changes

Community Notes: Anniversary is a time to take note of changes


By Tim Fox, Executive Director, Charles City Development Corp. Aug. 3, 2023, marked my 25th year of employment with the Charles City Area Development...
 
Fischer: Not-So-Smallville

Fischer: Not-So-Smallville


By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com If I have one pet peeve about television, it’s the prevalence of the idea that small towns have a...