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Wellsboro event to teach kids planting

The free Deane Little Beans program for 3-12 year olds is being held from 12 p.m to 1 p.m., April 18, in the lobby at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. Free snacks will be provided. According to a news release, during the one hour program, the Deane Little Beans will be making recyclable seed starter pots out of newspaper and paper towel rolls, along with seed saver envelopes. Parents are welcome to stay and help them. Showing the youngsters what to do will be McKayla Accettulla, part-time coordinator of the Penn State Extension Master Gardner Program ...

Auxiliary members log 37,160 volunteer hours

Department of Pennsylvania’s American Legion Auxiliary’s Centre, Lycoming and Clinton counties Council was hosted by Nittany American Legion Auxiliary Unit #245 recently. According to the news release, ALA members from all three counties were in attendance and reported 37,160 ...

Library to tout financial literacy month in April

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., is celebrating Financial Literacy Month this April with 5 different programs to help community members of all ages learn the fundamentals of financial literacy and take with them strategies to manage their own personal finances. For children in early childhood or elementary school, the Library is offering a Kids Financial Storytime on April 8, as well as two tours of M&T Bank on April 17. These programs will focus on the basics of money and banks. For Tweens and Teens, the Library is offering a “What Would You Choose?” program in ...

Bluegrass band coming to Wellsboro

On Saturdays, April 11 and 25, the Wellsboro Community Concert Association is hosting the last two concerts of its 2025-2026 season. The all-star bluegrass supergroup, the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band will take the Coolidge Theatre stage in Wellsboro at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday. “The ...

Lottie and Ruby Wood: A mother, a daughter, and a circus

You never know when a story is waiting for you — or where it will lead once you begin to follow it. Sometimes it arrives quietly, disguised as an ordinary afternoon. Sometimes it pulls you somewhere unexpected. It was a brittle February day, the kind when the cold settles deep into the ...