We made it through the extreme heat and very cool temperatures of August and have arrived at Labor Day, which is the unofficial ending of summer. There are many folks that say summer is not over until the fall equinox, which occurs this year on Sept. 22. Mary Alice always says that summer ...
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will meet on Friday at the Game Commission’s Harrisburg headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave. This meeting is one day only and will begin at 10 a.m. with public comments. Those wishing to speak may register beginning at 9:15 a.m. on the ...
The State Dept. of Agriculture is once again reminding area residents to be on the lookout for the invasive Spotted Lanternfly. In July 2025, the department received 2,121 public reports of lanternflies across the state, and 101 from Lycoming County alone, according to Press SecretaryShannon ...
There’s a moment every spring in Pennsylvania when the skies near rivers and reservoirs fill with a certain kind of excitement. A large bird with a white belly, dark eye stripe and outstretched wings hovers high above the water, then dives with fierce precision talons first into the ...
Recently, Mary Alice and I attended a family reunion at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. Our son Mark and daughter-in-law, Amy, hosted the reunion. All four grandchildren and their spouses and five great-grandchildren attended. We met a 4-month-old grandson from Washington State for the first ...
There’s been a slow, but steady, growing interest in the area regarding clay target shooting and skeet shooting. For Kelli Smith, she saw her oldest son Wade, a ninth grader this year, have interest as he registered for skeet shooting with her husband the past five years. The problem ...