Last week I did a history of canning jars. This week I will concentrate on what went into the jars. There were several trying times. I really cannot remember which event came first, although if I looked back in my diaries I could find out. I have kept a diary for close to fifty years with ...

Rod was everyone’s idea of what an airline captain should look like. He was tall, good looking in an “aw-shucks” sort of way, with a crooked, always-ready smile. A teensy bit of gray hair was sneaking into his temples. The hero pilots in books are often described with “steely blue ...

By SEN. LISA BOSCOLA The recently signed state budget fails to address Pennsylvania’s most pressing issue, reducing our reliance on local property taxes as the primary source for funding public education. Pennsylvania homeowners remain overtaxed and too many school districts are short- ...

A June 17 Associated Press article, “Bills introduced to give retired teachers cost-of-living raise,” noted House Bills 1415 and 1416 would increase retired teacher pensions. The issue that teachers haven’t had an increase in two decades belongs to the Public School Employees ...

Local governmental officials are invariably problem solvers. Political affiliation is nearly impossible to detect as locals view situations and seek solutions, be it extending internet and EMT coverage or deciding effective WCSD configurations or how best to deal with blighted properties, or ...

When you look back in history you never know what you will find. I had a surprise as I researched the Ball Canning Co. Not only are Ball jars still being manufactured, but the company is out of that business and into space technology. In 2021 Ball designed and built the advanced optical ...