Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids carry home a laptop or tablet and textbooks, too. It’s good to be prepared, but kids who walk to school or participate ...
MILL HALL — Learn the basics of canning, the best practices for safely drying foods and how to preserve food at home during this information workshop! The Home Food Preservation: Introduction to Preserving event will explain the scientific principles behind modern home food preservation ...
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — I wasn’t a mall rat. Growing up in the 1970s, I didn’t hang out much with my friends at my local mall in New Jersey. The Livingston Mall, which opened in 1972 with stores including Bamberger’s, Sears and Hahne & Co., may have been a bustling social scene for ...
Nichole Sims started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her was doing it, especially before events like homecoming dances and prom. Eight years later, she was diagnosed with melanoma — a potentially life-threatening skin cancer. During that time, Sims has seen ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Sometimes the best way to experience a new idea or learn a new concept is to see it firsthand. That’s what visitors to Penn State’s Ag Progress Days can expect to do by attending any of nine educational tours. This year’s expo will be held Aug. 11-13 at the Russell ...
Summer has just begun, but here in central Pennsylvania, we’ve already experienced two heat domes that brought extended periods of unusually high temperatures and unrelenting sunshine. As a result, many of us have been sweltering and so have our plants. While humans can get away from the ...
