This year, Pennsylvania hunters will be able to purse spring gobblers from Saturday, May 1, through the entire Memorial Day Weekend, with the Pennsylvania Game Commission extending the season to inclu...
Michael Gurcsik of Hometown, who comes from a family deeply committed to scouting, recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
Gurcsik joins his older brothers John (Jay) and James (Jimi) in attaining ...
Zumba, the aerobics-gone-salsa dance craze that is making heads turn and hips gyrate, has transformed what used to be known as an exercise workout into a party.
"It's smiling and sweating without comm...
Rain played havoc with Friday's scholastic sports schedule as several games were suspended and a a couple of others were shortened by the weather.
BASEBALLMarian-Mahanoy A.The Colts used a five hit at...
Terrance McCall, the 19-year-old youngest son of Emmett P. and Mary Ellen McCall, Lansford, received a kidney transplant in a five-hour operation in Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Hospital....
Dear Editor:
The PIAA recentlyconcluded its annual Private (and Charter)School Championship Party (The PIAA Basketball Championships).Despite having just 25 percent of PIAA membership, private schools...
One of my favorite poems was written by a woman named Rachael Beck. It is titled "Character," and I want to share it with you.
CHARACTERBy Rachael BeckWhat a drag it is to build that kid's character!I...
Last week's column, which listed a lot of English words that have double or triple meanings, got a lot of response. One in particular caught our fancy.
The reader who responded admitted that English i...
Dear Editor:
As Washington seeks to find solutions for the current economic crisis, rest assured that our nation's more than 8,000 community banks stand ready to support our local economy. With nearly...
I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Please use other door."
I could hear my sister and two friends in the car laughing t...