Last year, Kelli Smith and her husband started doing research regarding target shooting for high school athletics competition at St. John Neumann high school. They looked at some leagues to see what would fit the high school level the best for those interested. That’s when they settled ...
The common snapping turtle is a species that few Pennsylvanians give a second thought, unless they see one crossing the road or digging in their flower bed. This is because, outside the breeding season, they are almost invisible, preferring to spend their time in the water and hidden from sight. But there are still those who pursue these ancient aquatic creatures for both sport and food. Snapping turtles have lived in Pennsylvania lakes, rivers and ponds for thousands of years. Although no one can be sure when they first inhabited the Keystone state, it was long before the first ...
Every morning after we have our cup of coffee, Mary Alice checks for the word of the day. Today the word was hobnob. Now, most of the time we do not know the meaning of the given word, and that day was no exception. The word hobnob means to associate familiarly. There are many, many words in the dictionary that we do not use. One such word is autolycism. Through the years farmers, who had been cutting their hay and plowing their fields, have told me that they often have an animal or a bird follow the machinery around the field, waiting for a meal of insects and mice to be uncovered. ...
RENOVO — A three-alarm fire starting just after 3 a.m. Saturday, July 4, left three Renovo properties in rubble by the evening with damage so severe that what remained had to be razed by day’s end and saw numerous Renovo Borough apparatus destroyed. A neighbor noticed the flames at ...
(The Center Square) – New eligibility guidelines are now in effect for free and reduced school meals for the 2026-2027 school year. On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced the recently released federal income eligibility guidelines from the United States Department ...
PENNSDALE – As they work to get a data center ordinance drafted, the Muncy Township Planning Commission is seeking to get the okay from township leaders to hire a data center lawyer to help with the process. Residents attending this week’s meeting seemed in favor of bringing a lawyer on ...
