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Outdoor

Brush fires around the county

Officials caution against burning as four vegetations fires have broken out around the County within the past two days. Three of the fires broke out within one hour of each other Sunday afternoon, Mar. 15. Locations included Pine Ridge Rd. in Sugar Grove, Route 6 in Warren and Bush Rd. in ...

Nature: Inside and out

Nature creeps, crawls and slithers into our world every day. It is hard to draw a line between what we consider the human world and the natural world. Really, that artificial line doesn’t exist. The houses we live in are no different from the dens and nests of animals, aside from providing an ...

Warren County Dairy seeks royalty

It’s time to become Warren County Dairy Royalty. The Warren County Dairy Promotion Committee is looking for Dairy Princesses, Maids, Misses and Lil Misses. Prospective Princesses must come from a dairy farm, come from a dairy-related background, own dairy animals, have some sort of ...

‘My story’

Pennsylvania 4-H elected its new council members last month. Audrey Ferrie was among six newly-elected council members, and is the first member from Warren County to serve on the council. Nearly 700 Pennsylvania 4-H youth gathered to network and enhance their leadership skills during the ...

Department of Agriculture passes organic farm grant

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced a $1 million Pa. Farm Bill Farm Vitality Grant Program for organic transition planning assistance. This grant allows Pa. farmers to apply for grants up to $7,500. Pa. is currently third in the nation for organic, is home to more than 1,000 ...

ANF sets rules for leek picking

If leeks are your thing, then you’re welcome to pick them on most of the land that makes up the Allegheny National Forest. Federal officials sent out a reminder of the rules for picking leeks — a branch off of the onion family — this week. They caution that collection for personal ...