Futon County is one of nine counties in the 9th Congressional District slated to receive funding for food and shelter-related emergencies through a federally based program. More...
Come out to donate blood Christmas Eve (Wednesday, December 24) and the 100-county Greater Alleghenies Region of American Red Cross Blood Services will offer a little help with your last-minute holiday errands. More...
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Humane officers in Pennsylvania will soon start carrying guns as part of an SPCA policy change made to ensure officers' safety. The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals approved the decision recently and officers will be armed starting in January, chief executive Howard Nelson told the Pocono Record for a story Sunday. More...
To The Editor: Now that Christmas is coming, I sit here in my recliner chair in my retirement home, thinking how different my children's, grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's Christmas is compared to my own early, happy Christmases years ago. I reflect back on what Christmas was like then. More...
Neil and Betty Berkstresser celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 20. Kevin Lynch of Big Cove Tannery as on Washington television Channel 7 on Tuesday discussing the weather. He is the son of Polly Lynch. More...
McConnellsburg Man Released After Altercation Twenty-six-year-old David Truax of McConnellsburg was arraigned on charges of domestic assault, reckless endangerment and harassment last Monday and has been released on $25,000 unsecured bail. Truax was allegedly involved in an altercation at Hillside Estates on December 15 at 5:54 p.m. More...
The season is over and Jimmy Johnson has been crowned champion. Now maybe we can contemplate what has happened during the past few months and focus on the future. The slow economy continues to take its toll on sponsors, fans and teams. No one should take these times lightly. More...
A Christmas tea with light-as-air scones is the perfect way to relax during December
After college, when I wasn't quite sure what to do next, I went to live with a British friend and her family in a London suburb. Tamsin had moved into a flat on the third floor of the house, and I slept down below in the narrow room where she had grown up. We used the flat as a kind of hideaway after supper and on weekends. More...
Christmas Program Sideling Hill Christian Church, 10424 Sipes Mill Road, Needmore, will hold its annual Christmas program on Christmas Eve, December 24, at 7:00 p.m. There are recitations, a Christmas play entitled "Angel Alert," followed by a candlelight service. Everyone is welcome to attend. More...
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Jennings Brody and her staff at Parker and Otis cooked Thanksgiving meals for 46 people a few weeks ago. They roasted chickens, mashed potatoes, made gravy and pumpkin bread at the restaurant/gourmet foods store on Duke Street, and then loaded it all into containers and gave it away. More...
'88 20 Years Ago From The Files Of December 29, 1988 Fulton County commissioners Tuesday gave final approval to a 1989 county budget which calls for a three-mill increase in real estate taxes to a level of 19 mills. More...
The holidays are full of fun, but calendars packed with events and activities, and indulgence in extra snacks or not-so-healthy foods can turn any family's routine on its head. It's no wonder that the holidays are often prime times for illnesses, with kids especially susceptible. More...
John William Hennen Sr., 87, McConnellsburg, died Monday, December 15, 2008, at Washington County Hospital from pneumonia. He was born December 7, 1921 in Spring Gap, Md. He was retired from the Government Printing Office. More...
The best foundations, often left unseen, can still make mighty impressions
I know when people marvel at our Christmas tree, their eyes rarely, if ever, head directly to its absolute bottom. First, its sheer size causes onlookers to lift their gaze to its surprisingly high angeltopped pinnacle. "Is that tree 10 or 12 feet?" they ask of the artificial pine we bought at a department store during a sale in the late 1980s. More...
Snowball Raises $10,100