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 time. I do not like to drive in heavy traffic around the bigger cities, so our son met us halfway and drove the rest of the way to the beach Since Colonial times newly married couples were encouraged to immediately move into homes of their own. The bridegroom’s family had to promise to help the ...
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 ...
The Deer Management Assistance Program, commonly known as simply DMAP, was established by the Game Commission in 2003 to assist landowners in countering crop damage. Over the years, the program has expanded and changed multiple times but remains a valuable tool in controlling local doe populations. DMAP permits allow a hunter to harvest one doe, or antlerless deer, per tag in a pre-designated area. This area may be a specific property or a geographic area. Permits are obtained via the HuntFishPA website or a license issuing agent, the same as regular hunting licenses or antlerless ...
We are over halfway through the month of August, and summer is coming to an end. Nature has been giving us hints that things have been changing. August is a month of sunshine and flowers. Flowers, flowers, everywhere. I am finding it necessary to check my flower book to identify wildflowers that grow at this time of year. On our walks, Mary Alice and I try to identify the wildflowers flowers we see, however, we often cannot come up with a name, that is until hours later when out of the blue one of us will blurt out the name of the flower. Our computer brains have eventually come up ...
