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Business startups here build a positive image, vibrancy

e should be proud that Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey stopped by Lock Haven’s business district earlier this week to talk to entrepreneurs to tout the success of new businesses filling storefronts here. In our book, Lock Haven and Clinton County are a leader in new business generation. While admitting that we’ve not been formally tracking the number of startups in the county over say the last 18 months, we’d venture to say based on our coverage of ribbon cuttings and stories that it’s in the dozens. Nationally, new business statistics from 2022 show that over 3.8 million ...

If you resolve to do anything this year …

Get outdoors! The weather today, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, might be rainy, foggy and sort of depressing — save for the much-warmer-then-normal temperature — but just the thought of being able to get outdoors lifts the spirits. Benefits to your health and well-being come first, of course. But the rewards are far-reaching to your community and the businesses and venues that improve your quality of life. A recent report by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — via a webinar sponsored by the Pennsylvania Departments of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and Conservation ...

Don’t wish time away

We never want to wish time away. You won’t catch us saying or writing, “Oh, I wish it were...” No. Life is too precious. Time is too precious. And so here we are... on the doorstep of a New Year. 2023. Can you believe it? New Year resolutions? Sure. Don’t sit idle. Don’t respond or act in anger or hate. Don’t waste so much time on your cell phone... unless it’s to research opportunities to improve your life. Don’t let the silly or little things in life steal your happiness. Live, love and work with passion. Engage others directly in hopeful ...

America needs Christmas, and so much more

Peace on Earth; Good Will Toward Men. This is what the angel proclaimed at the birth of Jesus. In today’s antagonistic world — our world — America and Americans need to try harder to come together to create more “Peace on Earth” and “Good Will Toward Men.” Too much stress and anger permeate our daily lives. Our collective national temperature is too high. Social media too often is used as a public platform and display for aggression and offensive assault on others, simply because of disagreement. And the national, mainstream media bases its coverage on social ...

Please give blood if you can

As more people make travel plans to celebrate with family and friends this year, the American Red Cross is asking donors to set aside a time to give blood or platelets for patients waiting for care over the holidays. Throughout the season, several factors can disrupt the ability of the Red Cross to collect enough blood for patients across the country. “Travel: According to a recent study, nearly half of Americans plan to travel over the holidays this year, which may negatively impact the blood supply if fewer people come out to donate. “Seasonal illness: The U.S. is seeing a ...

Craving for recognition

The day I die, my branch of the family tree will die as well. I don’t have any children who could carry on our genes or pay the fee for our family grave in Austria. Ten years after my death, the cemetery staff will remove our gravestone and give the spot to strangers. It’ll be as if we’d never existed. It’s indeed a weird law that people in Austria don’t own their graves but have to pay for using it. My grandmother’s brother was out of luck. As nobody was willing to pay the fee for him, his name was replaced with a stranger’s. When I was in Austria this past ...