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Library’s board sees changes

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., has announced two changes to its board of trustees. On Nov. 16, the board accepted the resignation of Trisha Gibbons Marty, who was named trustee emeritus. Marty was appointed by city council and served for 12 years. She held the leadership ...

2024 color of the year — and your garden

With a new year comes new trends, and the 2024 Pantone color of the year, “Peach Fuzz,” will be dictating many of them. What does this have to do with your garden? Everything. The Pantone Color Institute has been governing worldwide color trends since 2000, providing, according to its ...

Lock Haven OKs partnership to renovate Santa’s Hut

LOCK HAVEN — The City of Lock Haven has partnered with Downtown Lock Haven, Inc. in its efforts to rehabilitate Santa’s Hut. The hut, which typically is placed in Triangle Park from the last weekend of November until the weekend before Christmas, has not been used since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Council member Steve Stevenson, who serves as the city’s liaison on DLH’s board, presented the “Save the Hut” campaign during Monday’s meeting. Stevenson said he approached DLH’s board of directors about beginning a campaign to rehabilitate the hut, which would ...

Farm Show arrives with this year’s butter sculpture

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently unveiled the 2024 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture, a 1,000-pound diorama in dairy titled “A Table for All: Pennsylvania Dairy Connects Communities.” The 2024 Pennsylvania Farm Show runs from Jan. 6 through Jan. 13 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show ...

Officials look at some Farm Show highlights

State Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently highlighted some of the exhibits, new events, competitions — and of course, food — to be featured during the 2024 PA Farm Show, according to a news release. Highlights included: • Goat Snuggling with hosts Justin and Lauren Steinmetz of Steinmetz Family Farm in Fleetwood. The Main Hall exhibit offers guests the chance to snuggle up to a fluffy kid, and experience a hot trend in agritourism while supporting a cause. • So You Want to Be a Farmer with hosts Jen Brodsky, farmer and regenerative food business consultant ...

World War II veteran turning 100 this weekend

At the end of World War II, New Castle native Bob Leslie found himself at Dachau, a Nazi concentration camp in Germany where more than 40,000 Jewish prisoners died in the gas chamber. Stationed with the Army, Bob’s division arrived after the notorious camp was closed, yet experiencing its ...