May 27, 2010 RSS feed / Features

PA’s Hiking Week Again Showcasing State’s Trails, Walkways

Goal of 100 hikes set for statewide event

Amid Pennsylvania’s bountiful outdoors, hikers again will be picking their pace and path when Hiking Week 2010 steps off Saturday, May 29, offering participants at least 100 organized hikes across the state.   More...

Searching For Unclaimed Money? It’s Easier Than It Used To Be

By Mark Trumbull CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

News reports that Americans are owed $33 billion or more in “unclaimed money” conjure up images of lotterystyle windfalls. More...

Bar Owner Says Trooper Fudged Traffic Stop

By JOE MANDAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

PITTSBURGH (AP) – A tavern owner who has spoken out against police tactics filed a federal lawsuit accusing a state police trooper of lying about whether she appeared to be driving drunk and citing a hospital blood test that showed she was sto More...

Tree Farm Now Belongs To Pa.

Two-year effort to preserve 2,500 acres at Michaux State Forest complete
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The Conservation Fund announced on Monday the transfer of the 2,500-acre Tree Farm #1 property in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), completing a two-year partnership invo More...

Do Mock Accidents Help Prevent Prom-Time Crashes?

By TIM DARRAGH ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) –

Melissa Brown knew her daughter Kelly was only acting her part in a gruesome play outside Bethlehem Catholic High School last week. More...