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Toxic lookalikes can fool people

Alicia Silverstone worried fans this week when she posted a TikTok clip of herself nibbling a poisonous berry she found along a sidewalk on a trip to England. The “Clueless” actor said she thought the fruit might have been a tomato, but realized it wasn’t after a couple bites revealed an off-tasting, peppery flavor. That tomato lookalike seems to have been a Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum), which, along with actual tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, potatoes and tomatillos, is a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family. Although the fruits (and potato tuber) of those ...

Grange Fair Queen crowned at 150th event

To much fanfare, the Grange Fair crowned this year’s queen, Kryslynn Ronk, 20, of Spring Mills, kicking off the fair’s 150th anniversary on Wednesday. The Penns Valley Area High School graduate was crowned the 2024 Centre County Grange Fair Queen by last year’s winner, Teaghan Bair, ...

Music, arts, performances bring crowds to 9th annual LH Jams festival

LOCK HAVEN — Although storms earlier in the week called into question the make up of the 9th Annual LH Jams Music and Arts Festival, Mother Nature pulled through and provided the perfect weather for its final act this weekend. Vendors lined Main Street — from painters, wood workers, ...

Summer winding down — but buttonbush still has time to shine

Fall is just around the corner, and some of my summer bloomers are beginning to wind down. But birds and other wildlife continue to need sustenance from plants, and I continue to need focal points in my garden. Fortunately, buttonbush, a sadly underused shrub, is filling both of our needs. Sometimes referred to as honey balls, buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is the last to leaf out in spring and the last summer-flowering shrub to bloom in my garden. But it makes up for its tardiness with its unique clusters of spherical, white blossoms that resemble golf-ball-sized Sputnik ...

Legion auxiliary members visit Harrisburg

The American Legion Auxiliary’s Department of Pennsylvania Convention was held at the Red Lion Hotel in Harrisburg in late July. According to a news release, auxiliary members from throughout the state of Pennsylvania attended. “ALA Unit Members shared tons of information on their ...

Lewisburg witnesses the Great Race

LEWISBURG — Owensboro, Kentucky, is located just over 700 miles away from Lewisburg. It’s another 520 miles from Lewisburg to Gardiner, Maine. Those distances made Lewisburg the perfect mid-week stop for an event that features more than 120 classic automobiles traversing a portion of the ...