Our Town Vienna: The Unfinished Life of the Nanticoke River Shipwreck by Kathryn Masten
The Day Vienna’s Past Rose from the River Like most, I cross the US-50 bridge over the Nanticoke River near Vienna routinely without a second thought. But several months ago, I stumbled across a news story online that caught my attention: a shipwreck — an 18th-century shipwreck — had been found beneath that very bridge. […]
Our Town Vienna: An Epic Journey by Kathryn Masten
After my Our Town Vienna: A Blank Wall and an Open Invitation story was published, I found myself still thinking about the mural that once stretched across the wall of Vienna’s community building — a story I realized I didn’t yet fully know – especially since I could not find any signature. How did such […]
Our Town Vienna: A Blank Wall and an Open Invitation by Kathryn Masten
It was on my morning walk that the blank wall stopped me. The old Vienna Volunteer Fire Company Edwin Murphy Community Building on Race Street — once alive with those bright, story-rich murals — now stands bare, the siding pale and quiet, the outline of its past still visible if you know where to look. […]
Our Town Vienna: A Full House and a Fresh Start? by Kathryn Masten
On June 8, Vienna’s Town Hall was standing-room only—twenty residents filling the chairs, lining the walls, and leaning into the doorway. It was the kind of turnout that signals a town paying attention. And it arrived on a night of transition: longtime Commissioner Greg Cusick stepped down after more than fifteen years of service after […]
Our Town Vienna: From the Ballot Box to the Budget Table by Kathryn Masten
Vienna in late May offered two very different — but equally revealing — pictures of small-town life. One was the kind of evening that reminds people why they choose to live here: live music drifting across the Nanticoke River, children playing near the gazebo, neighbors gathered in lawn chairs as the sun dropped behind the […]
Our Town Vienna: Vienna Moves Forward with Upcoming Election and Infrastructure Progress
Vienna’s May 11 meeting felt less like a crisis list and more like a progress report — not because the challenges have shrunk, but because the town is lining up the pieces needed to tackle them. With an election just days away, deadlines approaching, and long-stalled projects gaining clarity, Vienna is moving with purpose. The […]
Our Town Vienna: From Charter Confusion to the Ballot Box — Things Are Moving By Kathryn Masten
At the required April 27 public hearing on proposed charter amendments, Vienna’s Commissioners approved a Borrowing Powers Resolution — a necessary step for the town to secure loans for major water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades. The full resolution will be available for review at Town Hall and at ViennaRadio.com. If no objections are filed within […]
Our Town Vienna: A Charter in Question and an Outsized Infrastructure Agenda
Vienna’s Commissioners met on April 13 with Mayor Pam Travers, Commissioners Greg Cusick and Frank Fluharty, and Town Clerk Kelsie Abey. Ten residents and five scheduled guests attended. The evening covered territory that would challenge a city government twice Vienna’s size: a state-funded infrastructure project stalled by an unresolved land dispute, a new water treatment […]