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Library’s ‘Own-A-Day’ can be an excellent gift

The holidays are rapidly approaching, and you may be trying to search for that perfect gift for the person on your list who seems to have everything. Did you know there is a way to cross that person off your holiday list and give a gift that benefits your community? With the James V. Brown Library’s “Own-A-Day” program, you can give the opportunity to name a day of library service to honor or memorialize someone special, to publicize a business, or to celebrate a birthday or anniversary. Last year, more than 100 people and organizations took advantage of this chance to ...

Comic strip ‘Mutts’ frees Guard Dog after decades

NEW YORK (AP) — Something is different on the comics pages. In the panels of “Mutts,” there’s the long-delayed sight of freedom. Patrick McDonnell, the cartoonist who draws the popular strip, is freeing his character Guard Dog, liberating an animal who has become for decades a symbol ...

Dickens of a Christmas to return to Tioga County

The 39th Annual Dickens of a Christmas is next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1, 2 and 3 in Wellsboro. According to a news release, on Saturday, Dec. 2, there will be 226 Dickens artists, craftsmen and food vendors, both indoors and outdoors. Promptly at 9 a.m., the town crier will ...

James V Brown Library kicks off annual fundraising campaign

Local families use the James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., every day to meet their learning and leisure needs. And that is especially true for the Waugh family. Talitha “Tally” Waugh says the Library is her favorite happy place. In fact, she and her children often visit the Library ...

Program in 10th year distributes 5,000th pair of shoes

Nov. 18 was a very special day for Trenton, and not only because it was his sixth birthday. According to a news release, he also because he became the proud recipient of the 5000th pair of sneakers that have been distributed at the Shoe Express, the children’s free sneaker program at the ...

Museum plans holiday exhibit, ornament sale

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society has scheduled the opening of their holiday exhibit, “Stars,” in conjunction with their annual ornament sale. According to a news release, members of the museum will have the opportunity to preview the holiday exhibit and purchase ornaments at a Members’ Only Sale from 6 to 7 p.m., Dec. 1. The public is invited to visit Dec. 1 from 7 8:30 p.m. The ornament sale and a free preview of the exhibit continues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 2 and from 1 to 4 p.m., Dec. 3. The exhibit will feature decorative arts ...