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Deerfield Center offering client transportation

Transportation for clients in the Deerfield Center for Addiction Treatment Program has been underway in Warren County. The initiative assists with any barriers that individuals may often face when getting to appointments. Door-to-door service to office locations in Marienville, Tionesta and ...

Four area scouts honored by Pack 13 with Arrow of Light

Photo submitted to the Times Observer Four Pack 13 Cub Scouts earned their Arrow of Light rank recently. The Arrow of Light is the highest rank within the Cub Scouts program. The ceremony was also celebrating the founding of scouting in February 1910. Pictured are Felix Wilcox, Den Leader ...

Council reviews Pennsylvania Avenue parking changes

City staff are considering removing a mid-block crosswalk, which could allow for the addition of two to three parking spaces on each side of the street, in an attempt to help parking issues downtown. At Monday’s City Council meeting, council reviewed an update from Joseph Sproveri, city ...

As winters warm, falling through the ice is more common — and deadly

Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children. "He ...

New minimum wage proposal tied to legislators’ pay

If state lawmakers get a cost of living increase, a pair of state lawmakers think taxpayers should, too. Rep. Emily Kinkead, D-Bellevue, and Rep. G. Roni Green, Philadelphia, are circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for legislation they are drafting that would increase the minimum wage ...

RTPI to open exhibit March 29

The Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI) will present a new juried exhibition exploring the connection between art, nature, and environmental stewardship. Titled Art that Matters to the Planet: Beyond Beauty, the exhibition celebrates the world of wildflowers, while touching on concerns such ...