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4-H Wildlife and Forestry Field Day coming in May

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Penn State Extension will hold the 4-H Wildlife and Forestry Field Day, an event where youth from across Pennsylvania can explore their interest in wildlife and forestry, according to a news release. This year, the event will be open to external participants, including those not involved in 4-H, Penn State Extension said. The event will occur on May 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Penn State Ag Progress Days site, 2710 W. Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace. Registration will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The event will be held rain or shine. “This year’s ...

Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer to perform at the Weis Center

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LEWISBURG — The Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University will welcome jazz pianist Dan Tepfer at 7:30 p.m. April 2, a press release said. Born in Paris to American parents and based in New York City, Tepfer is a pianist with great technique and bold harmonic ...

Man turns fitness into fundraising mission

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“It became a lifestyle I was hooked from an early age, and it’s become a lifestyle that I’ve carried on to this day,” said South Williamsport resident Chad Kamerer of his devotion to physical fitness. Kamerer began working out at age 15 while playing high school baseball and ...

Harriet Tubman reenactor 1st in series of six historical figures

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At 7:30 p.m., March 24 Daisy Century will portray Harriet Tubman on stage in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. According to a news release, this is the first of six important historial figures being portrayed during the 2026 History ...

James V. Brown Library gets 3 grants from different funds

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The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently was the recipient of three grants from the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania. The first grant was $9,142 from the Edward D. Neff Fund; the second was $8,821 from the Paul M. Neff Fund; and the third grant was $273 from the Poet Owl Fund. The Poet Owl grant is specifically for nature or natural history-oriented materials for children and young adults. The Library is honored to accept these grants, which are made possible by generous donors who are passionate about investing in their community through FCFP and ...

‘Martha Washington’ to visit Williamsport

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“Martha Washington” will appear at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society at 2 p.m., March 22 in the Community Room of the museum, the presentation will introduce a number of America250 presentations at the Taber, which will be free and open to the public. Families are particularly encouraged to attend. Titled “Meet and Greet the Late and Great,’ the Lecture Series held from March through October will include appearances by Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson, First Lady Abigail Adams, Freedom Seeker Harriet Tubman, ...