One afternoon while I was volunteering in the Genealogical Society Library, I picked up a book titled History of Little Pine Valley by Harry Stephenson, Sr. (1992). As I began looking through the pages, I noticed an illustration of a young lady with the caption “Famous Woman Detective From ...
Gladys Engel had her 100th birthday on Nov. 21. Gladys celebrated her birthday with family and friends at The Williamsport Home. Gladys has nine kids, 27 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, 14 great great grandchildren with one on the way.
My late Uncle Pepe was an avid mushroom hunter, rising early on late-summer Saturdays, field guide in hand, to head to a local New York City park for his weekly forage. Upon his return, my Aunt Jenny would meticulously wash the hen-of-the-woods, turkey tail or other fungi free of soil and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
