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Library to share online language program

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., through the state’s POWER Library portal, is now offering the Transparent Language Online. Whether you’re a true language-learning beginner, dusting off your old high school Spanish, or eager to tackle your tenth language — Transparent Language Online will help you get started and stick with it. With Transparent Language, you can learn any of the 120+ languages, including: • American Sign Language • English (ESL/ELL) learning content for speakers of over 30 languages • 30+ endangered North American and world languages ...

Local author to sign books at coffee shop

Barbara Henry Rodgers will host a book release and signing for the book she recently wrote and illustrated titled “Growing Up on Fox Street; Memories from the 1960s.” The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., Dec. 2, at the Backhouse Cafe Coffee and Tea, 901 W. Fourth St. ...

Centre County fire company’s all-female attack line makes history

(This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible people, beautiful places, and delicious food of Pennsylvania.) An otherwise routine day ended up being historic for Centre County’s Alpha Fire Company. In late ...

Library a stop on Victorian Christmas

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will participate in the 23rd Annual Victorian Christmas Tour of Historic Buildings on Saturday, Nov. 18. This year’s theme is “Historic Williamsport Preservation and Restoration.” To celebrate this event, the Library’s Moltz Rotunda Reading Room will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a small ensemble from the Repasz Band will perform holiday music at 12 p.m. The library will have Victorian-themed books on display, a slideshow of building preservation and restoration since its opening in 1907, and light refreshments. Public ...

Should gardeners ‘leave the leaves?’

Unless you’ve been living under a pile of leaves, you’ve no doubt heard about the “Leave the Leaves” movement that’s been gaining in popularity in recent years. The idea is to avoid sending bagged-up fallen leaves to landfills. Instead, we’re asked to leave them be, allowing them ...

Tioga County author’s book back in print

“It was 2007 and my bookstore, From My Shelf Books & Gifts had been open for almost a year,” said Kevin Coolidge, owner, according to a news release. “We were selling both new and used books. An older man came in. He identified himself as Joe Parry, an outdoor writer and a Vietnam-era veteran. Joe wanted me to sell his books.” “I was writing a column for the Wellsboro Gazette reviewing newly published books,” Coolidge continued. “He told me he used to write for the Wellsboro Gazette as well as ‘Pennsylvania Game News’, ‘Field & Stream: Finns and Feathers’, ...