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Don’t let your guard down with the flu or COVID

For most Americans, including people of the northcentral and central Pennsylvania — life is returning slowly but steadily to the way it was prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Seeing a person wearing a mask is much less common, pessimism about COVID-19 is giving way to increased confidence that the battle against the prolonged scourge is on the verge of being won, and that refinements to the vaccines developed so far will continue to make a COVID resurgence by way of a deadly new variant much less likely. Yet, we’ve seen quite a few cases of the flu — especially the ...

As violence ramps up at school, parents must step up

It starts with parenting. That role — that oh-so-very important-job — is the key to raising a good and decent child. Oh, it isn’t easy and kids don’t always react the right way to good parenting. But being involved with your kids and their emotional well-being is the basis for talking about problems — particularly fights — occurring at Central Mountain High School. The most recent incident has a 17-year-old female student allegedly attacking another student in a restroom at CMHS, causing serious injuries to the victim. That was followed by crude posts on social ...

Good to see people step up to the plate

It is heartening to see many people stepping forward to run for public office and serve the citizens of our region. Serving as an elected representative is kind of thankless these days, what with our divisive politics. The May 16, 2023 Primary Election in Pennsylvania will see various local offices up for election. Yes, this year is a big local election year. At the county level, you’ll see races for sheriff, commissioner, auditors, district attorney, prothonotary and register and recorder. In local courts you’ll see races for magisterial district judges. Area school ...

Beaver Stadium renovation makes sense

The Penn State Board of Trustees is moving forward on a major renovation to Beaver Stadium. For the past several years, the university has been wrestling with whether to build a new stadium or modernize its current 106,592-seat home. PSU confirmed its intentions following last week’s Board of Trustees meeting, and we think Penn State is making the right call. Plans are still being finalized and will be presented to the board for a vote in the “near future,” PSU said. The football program is a major source of price to this region and certainly an economic engine for Penn ...

‘Congratulazioni’ to Giosue Carducci Lodge 146

Congratulations to The Giosue Carducci Lodge, Sons and Daughters of Italy #146 for awarding more than $108,000 in grants to various causes — and people. From fire companies to the United Way to EMS to Jaycees to various scholarships to school sports teams and boosters to veterans to the YMCA to a local church to Millbrook to a Little League... The list goes on. Each year the lodge grants thousands of dollars to help people. Run by volunteers — we like to call them stewards —the local lodge is a gathering place for many people, including at the wonderful spaghetti dinner ...

Welcome to new county veterans affairs director

Todd Warner of Howard is Clinton County’s veterans affairs director. The commissioners approved his hiring recently. He called his appointment “a divine deal.” The position is very important as the office serves many veterans in the county. they also help families off veterans and that often is taken for granted. There are families behind our wonderful former active duty military. They sacrifice too and need help. Warner and staff will help with benefits, help coordinate rides for veterans who need such services, and more. They help verify a person’s military ...