In the spirit of the 2024 Olympic Games taking place now in Paris, Williamsport South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center realized they have five residents that participated in Special Olympics back in their youth and wanted to recognize them. These former Special Olympians participated in ...
SHAMOKIN — A man on horseback riding across America to raise awareness of a wild horse adoption program through the federal government traveled through central Pennsylvania on Monday. Jake Harvath’s 7,000-mile-plus continuous horseback journey, called the “Year of the Mustang,” took ...
MIFFLIN — The Juniata County Historical Society does not have a large collection of weapons, but it is fortunate enough to have what is widely considered to be the “forefather” of all bolt-action rifles. The Tuscarora Academy Museum currently houses a long rifle made by Snyder County ...
“Over the last 150 years, the Centre County Grange Fair has ignited fun, nostalgia, and excitement for camping enthusiasts young and old, as the only remaining tenting fair in the nation,” a news release from Jersey Shore State Bank said. “From August 16th-24th, families in 1,000 tents ...
For the fifth year in a row, From My Shelf Books & Gifts, 7 East Ave., Wellsboro, the local bookstore owned by author Kevin Coolidge, is hosting the “Where Are the Totally Ninja Raccoons Hunt.” The raccoons will be hiding in 25 area businesses during the month of August. The hunt is based on Coolidge’s “Totally Ninja Raccoons” action series, aimed at 7- to 10-year-old “reluctant readers,” according to a news release. The series is about three raccoon brothers who become ninjas. The 2024 search for the raccoon brothers started at 10 a.m. Thursday and ends at 5 p.m., ...
The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., has its seventh Little League trading pin on sale now. The Little League pin, “BOOK hits a homerun,” is the seventh in the series – Chapter 7 – and was designed by Jamie Mahoney, the library’s graphic artist. The pins are $5 each and ...
