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Local student wins Investment Challenge

A Loyalsock Township School District student recently won the Woodlands Bank Semester Investment Challenge for the fall. Julia Breon, the student, worked under the leadership of her teacher, Michelle Carpenter, according to the press release. The competitions are held in the classroom across ...

Bloomsburg professor honored by Council for Exceptional Children

BLOOMSBURG — Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg faculty member Dr. Darlene Perner, professor of exceptionality programs, has been awarded the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities 2024 Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes individuals who, like its namesake Dr. Burton Blatt, have made a significant contribution to the fields of autism, intellectual disability, and other developmental disabilities. In her over 50-year career in the field, Dr. Perner has held multiple positions, including dean, chairperson, and ...

Warrior Run January Students of the Month

Warrior Run School District selects four students each month to honor as students of the month. Leah Rae Shaffer, Outstanding Senior; Rory Dunnick, Turbotville Lions Club Student of the Month; Gabrielle Lynne Staman, Watsontown Lions Club Student of the Month; Ryan Stephen Newton, Milton ...

Local students design snowboard with Selinsgrove company

Williamsport Area High School Commercial and Advertising Art students and Gilson, a snowboard manufacturer out of Selinsgrove, recently collaborated on a project. The collaboration allowed for the Ad Art students to create a snowboard that came to life at the Gilson factory, where students ...

Jersey Shore Area High School January Students of the month

Each month, Jersey Shore Area High School selects two students to honor as students of the month. Kaitlyn Marie Herman, Lions Club Student of the Month, and Rahel Birhane Hartman, Business and Professional Women’s Student of the Month, have been acknowledged for their efforts for the month ...

6-figure gift helps establish scholarship

LOCK HAVEN — In honor of the remarkable life and career of 1964 Lock Haven State College (LHSC) alumna, Toletha “Lee” Todd Amigh, her husband of 54 years, Jim Amigh ‘64, has established The Lee Todd Amigh (‘64) Environmental Education Scholarship through a major, six-figure gift to the Lock Haven University Foundation (LHUF). Lee left an indelible mark on the world through her passion for environmental education. A 1975 graduate of the Mohonk School of Nature, for 20 years she dedicated her career to fostering a love for nature through a reading series she created with ...