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Gardening enthusiasts can go beyond tradition with window boxes

The gardening world has a tried-and-true formula for the perfect window box: a thriller, a filler and a spiller. You simply can’t go wrong with a tall red geranium amid a tranquil bed of white impatiens and cascading vines of ivy. But maybe you’re an experienced window box gardener ...

YWCA Wise Options assists survivors of sexual assault

Every 73 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. Sexual violence is a widespread problem. It happens in every community and affects people of all genders and ages. Sexual violence is defined as any sexual activity where consent is not freely given, it impacts nearly one in six women. The ...

Check it Out: Library to host virtual cartooning class for youth

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will host a virtual cartooning class with award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Rick Stromoski. The class will take place from 4-5 p.m. May 6, via Zoom, and is geared toward those ages 8-17 (tweens and teens). During the workshop, Stromoski ...

Loneliness is rampant — calls, hugs may be cure

CHICAGO (AP) — The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of COVID-19 to see her grandkids and great-grandbabies, she had never felt lonelier. Then, one day last spring, ...

Check it Out: Art books donated to library

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently received a donation of art and art history books thanks to the generosity of local nonprofit organizations. Over the past year, Lycoming Arts, The Heart of Williamsport, Factory Works Photo Lab, and the Williamsport Business Association ...

The Oscars: Who should win, who will

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down, my crystal ball was very foggy. Now almost a year after movie houses, concert halls and theatres went shuttered, Hollywood is offering is a glimmer of hope with the Academy Awards ceremony. But it is obvious that the Oscars will look a ...