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City Council to consider grant applications, pension funding

Local News October 19, 2026

Warren City Council will consider several financial and administrative matters, including state pension funding, grant applications for ambulance replacement and generator projects and a tax assessment appeal settlement when it meets Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. Council is scheduled to consider distributing the Commonwealth’s 2026 allocation of state aid to pension plans. Under Act 205, the city must distribute the funding among its three pension plans within 30 days of receipt. Council also will consider proposed resolutions authorizing Local Share Account grant applications. The ...

Connecting Communities program learns about scratch cooking at Twig and Vine

Local News October 19, 2026

Members of Community Connections were invited into the kitchen at Twig and Vine to learn about cooking from scratch along with how to properly set tables, cook a meal safely, serve a meal, and clean up from a meal. Community Connections is a local group that has been available for a little ...

St. Joseph’s Crusaders earn four medals, capture trophy in back-to-back cross country meets

Local News October 19, 2026

FAIRVIEW — The St. Joseph’s Crusaders Run Club turned in two strong performances in early October, earning four medals at the Fairview Jr. Tigers XC Invitational on Oct. 3 before adding an individual trophy and a sixth-place team finish at the MYAA Championships on Oct. 10. Competing ...

Some Amish recall COVID dictates and question government on measles

Local News October 19, 2026

The Amish man who was hard at work at his outdoor food business in Lancaster County in early October had heard that measles was going around. As wisps of smoke and a tantalizing aroma rose from chicken roasting on his portable grill, the 36-year-old Manheim resident - undesiring of having ...

Lawmaker proposes gas, diesel fuel tax cut

Local News October 19, 2026

A new bill introduced recently would cut Pennsylvania’s gasoline and diesel fuel tax rates to bring them closer to neighboring states. Rep. Ryan Warner, R-Fayette, introduced House Bill 2841 to cut the state’s gas taxes to be in line with taxes in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, ...

Fall fungus on display at Audubon

Community October 17, 2026

Mushrooms are interesting. At a glance, fungi may look similar to plants, but they are their own separate kingdom, neither plant nor animal. Fungi actually share more things in common with animals, both in the chemical materials that cells are made of but also because fungi eat rather than ...