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Local writer to discuss beloved classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’

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The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will host the free program, “A Merry Christmas Carol: Dickens’s Holiday Novel,” at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 17. The program will be presented by Joseph W. Smith III, a local retired English teacher, speaker, film critic, journalist and author who currently writes for Webb Weekly, West Branch Life, NorthcentralPa.com and more. Marley was dead, to begin with. But of course, “A Christmas Carol” is still very much alive – after nearly 200 years. Smith will discuss the world’s most beloved holiday book; examine Dickens and how he created ...

Couple celebrates 50 years

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Dennis and Diane (Chamberlin) Cramer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 23, 2024.They were married in 1974 in Williamsport and have lived in South Williamsport ever since. They raised three children: Elisha (Danielle), Hannah (Michael), and Jordan (Rachel). They’ve been ...

Wellsboro’s ‘Dickens of a Christmas’ coming

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The 40th Annual Dickens of a Christmas is next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6, 7 and 8 in Wellsboro. Hamilton-Gibson Productions will present A Dickens of a Concert Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and six performances of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at the Deane Center’s two theaters ...

70-year milestone for couple

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Donald and Kyriakoula “Koula” C. Holmquist, of Williamsport, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. They were married on Nov. 28, 1954, by Rev. William Kehayes at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Boston. The former Kyriakoula Constance Papapostolos, formerly of Clinton, Massachusetts, ...

Views on garden insects are changing

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A neighbor texted me this week asking for advice about controlling carpenter bees. She was hoping for an exterminator recommendation, but I gave her a simple, do-it-yourself solution that is easier on the wallet and environment, and even more effective. It got me thinking about the ...

Big band jazz performance coming to Wellsboro

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WELLSBORO — If you love to dance, you’re in luck! The Starliters Big Band will hold a performance at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., a press release said. “For this performance, we are putting together big band arrangements of swing, Latin and polka dance tunes, as well as popular, classic holiday songs and a few contemporary arrangements,” said Bill Denson, one of the group’s founders. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. This ...