It’s in your nature: A July morning in ‘Penn’s Woods’ It was nearly a year ago when I got to my destination in the Penn Forest woodlands. I know that soon after dawn, the woo... It’s in your nature: Cavity nesters Most folks know Eastern bluebird nests in cavities (for a thrush species, that is actually unusual) and most choose the ... It’s in your nature: It’s nesting time You catch the evening weather forecast and that next May morning the temperature is predicted to drop to about 55 degree... It’s in your nature: Screech owls A sharp-eyed former student of mine Robbie Frey contacted me with a neat find. “Mr. Reed, in case you’re interested, I ... It’s in your nature: Patrolling our ponds and wetlands Probably the richest and most important habitats are our wetlands. The waters of marshes, streams, ponds and swamps teem... It’s in your nature: What more can our forests handle? My mother was born in 1921 and lived in Southwestern Carbon County near the Blue Mountain. She told me as a teen, she, h... It’s in your nature: The timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus Nearly three weeks ago I was “watching” the weather forecasts waiting for a cool, but mostly sunny day. The week or two ... It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker « Previous 18 19 20 » Next 8-10 inches of snow fall over the weekendPolice identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
It’s in your nature: Cavity nesters Most folks know Eastern bluebird nests in cavities (for a thrush species, that is actually unusual) and most choose the ... It’s in your nature: It’s nesting time You catch the evening weather forecast and that next May morning the temperature is predicted to drop to about 55 degree... It’s in your nature: Screech owls A sharp-eyed former student of mine Robbie Frey contacted me with a neat find. “Mr. Reed, in case you’re interested, I ... It’s in your nature: Patrolling our ponds and wetlands Probably the richest and most important habitats are our wetlands. The waters of marshes, streams, ponds and swamps teem... It’s in your nature: What more can our forests handle? My mother was born in 1921 and lived in Southwestern Carbon County near the Blue Mountain. She told me as a teen, she, h... It’s in your nature: The timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus Nearly three weeks ago I was “watching” the weather forecasts waiting for a cool, but mostly sunny day. The week or two ... It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker « Previous 18 19 20 » Next 8-10 inches of snow fall over the weekendPolice identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
It’s in your nature: It’s nesting time You catch the evening weather forecast and that next May morning the temperature is predicted to drop to about 55 degree... It’s in your nature: Screech owls A sharp-eyed former student of mine Robbie Frey contacted me with a neat find. “Mr. Reed, in case you’re interested, I ... It’s in your nature: Patrolling our ponds and wetlands Probably the richest and most important habitats are our wetlands. The waters of marshes, streams, ponds and swamps teem... It’s in your nature: What more can our forests handle? My mother was born in 1921 and lived in Southwestern Carbon County near the Blue Mountain. She told me as a teen, she, h... It’s in your nature: The timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus Nearly three weeks ago I was “watching” the weather forecasts waiting for a cool, but mostly sunny day. The week or two ... It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker « Previous 18 19 20 » Next 8-10 inches of snow fall over the weekendPolice identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
It’s in your nature: Screech owls A sharp-eyed former student of mine Robbie Frey contacted me with a neat find. “Mr. Reed, in case you’re interested, I ... It’s in your nature: Patrolling our ponds and wetlands Probably the richest and most important habitats are our wetlands. The waters of marshes, streams, ponds and swamps teem... It’s in your nature: What more can our forests handle? My mother was born in 1921 and lived in Southwestern Carbon County near the Blue Mountain. She told me as a teen, she, h... It’s in your nature: The timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus Nearly three weeks ago I was “watching” the weather forecasts waiting for a cool, but mostly sunny day. The week or two ... It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker « Previous 18 19 20 » Next 8-10 inches of snow fall over the weekendPolice identify man who threw hot tea at McDonald’s workerLansford woman charged in drive-by shootingSlatington brothers honored for 50 years of firefightingA career rerouted, a dream intact for NW grad Holmes
It’s in your nature: Patrolling our ponds and wetlands Probably the richest and most important habitats are our wetlands. The waters of marshes, streams, ponds and swamps teem...
It’s in your nature: What more can our forests handle? My mother was born in 1921 and lived in Southwestern Carbon County near the Blue Mountain. She told me as a teen, she, h... It’s in your nature: The timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus Nearly three weeks ago I was “watching” the weather forecasts waiting for a cool, but mostly sunny day. The week or two ... It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker « Previous 18 19 20 » Next
It’s in your nature: The timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus Nearly three weeks ago I was “watching” the weather forecasts waiting for a cool, but mostly sunny day. The week or two ... It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker
It’s in your nature: Hiding In nature’s world of hide or be eaten, wild things across the globe that don’t rely on flight or speed to elude capture ... It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot... Latest Photo GalleriesJan. 25 snowstorm2026-01-26Jan. 17-18 snowstorms2026-01-21Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven girls basketball2026-01-13Palmerton-Salisbury boys basketball2026-01-13Opinion Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh... Letter to the editor: Consequences Of Manhattan VoteOpinion: Dialogue, not discord fuels local progressLetter to the editor: Does Bresnahan represent the people?Opinion: Leaner Carbon budget honors real workersOn This Date - News JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the... JANUARY 24, 2006JANUARY 23, 2009JANUARY 22, 2003JANUARY 21, 2002AP News Grand jury indicts man in killing of ex-wife, her husbandMarkets trade near record levels to close out Wall Street’s weekKirk murder defendant seeking new prosecutorsProsecutor in Minnesota seeks shooting evidenceMan jailed in Pa. grave robbery caseMeta lines up nuclear power for AI data centersEarthquake hits MexicoSparkling candles likely ignited fatal Swiss fireAuthorities think mountain lion killed solo hiker
It’s in your nature: Early survival Probably within two weeks from this column’s publication, most of the fawn white-tailed deer will be born. Most does (fe... It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot...
It’s in your nature: Frogs, toads and tadpoles Spring ushers in myriad migrating birds. Some remain and claim breeding territories and others use our wetlands, woodlot...
Be prepared for snowmageddon If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwh...
JANUARY 26, 2008 The Mary Packer Cummings Memorial School in Packerton is nearing completion of a renovation and will soon reopen as a third location for the...