In the moments following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump Saturday, there was horror and confusion. Trump emerged defiant from the pile of Secret Service members who rushed to protect him, but as the nation breathed a sigh of relief we learned the attack had, indeed, ...
By ANN R. SWANSON This hot weather got me to thinking about how I eat when it is too warm to cook. I have several go-to things. First, I love cottage cheese. I fix cottage cheese with fruit and call it a meal. That makes a no bother lunch. Sometimes I go to my herb patch and get some chives. ...
City and county officials are making a nice addition to three county downtowns that capitalizes on one of the county’s biggest tourism assets. A state Department Conservation and Natural Resources grant through the Route 6 Alliance is covering the cost for bike racks and repair stations in ...
Recently a friend told me that she always enjoyed columns about my mother. I laughed with her saying, “I’ve told her stories so many times, it feels like everyone would have heard or read them all.” But the calendar reminded me of a relevant one. Friends have heard the story, but it has ...
It is good news that the state Department of Transportation will, under a new law, discontinue the planting of non-native or “invasive” species along Pennsylvania’s roadways. But it is also illustrative of certain underlying principles. The challenges of invasive species and their ...
What happens with a state park near the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland created in 2022 doesn’t much concern us here in Warren County. Most of us, after all, will never set foot in the Big Elk Creek State Park. But the controversy over improvements to the park does have an impact ...