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Daily Bread for 4.10.26: The Best Town Newspaper for Local Affairs This Year? It’s Been the Royal Purple.

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 6:21 and sunset is 7:31 for 13 hours 10 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 46.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1606, the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter…

Daily Bread for 4.8.26: April Election Results, First Pass

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 65. Sunrise is 6:24 and sunset is 7:29 for 13 hours 5 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 65.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1820, a Greek farmer discovers the Venus de Milo on the Aegean island of Milos.…

Daily Bread for 3.4.26: School Districts, Not the State, Should Decide for Themselves on a Complete Mobile Phone Ban

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 53. Sunrise is 6:25 and sunset is 5:48 for 11 hours 23 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1776, the Continental Army fortifies Dorchester…

Update: Former Whitewater Superintendent Placed on Leave from Pennsylvania School District

On 2.14.26, FREE WHITEWATER posted about professional reporting from Pennsylvania that the former Whitewater Unified School District superintendent, Dr. Caroline Pate-Hefty, was a source of controversy and uncertainty in her new position with the Manheim Township School District (near Lancaster, Pennsylvania). For that solid, professional reporting, see Ashley Stalnecker, Manheim Township School District mum on…

Daily Bread for 10.27.25: There’s Defensive and Then There’s the Whitewater School Board’s Excessively Defensive Posture

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 57. Sunrise is 7:23 and sunset is 5:53 for 10 hours 30 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board will conduct an Annual Budget hearing at 5:30 PM and…