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JSASD to not fund local Pre-K Counts program

Local news August 15, 2026

AVIS — A local daycare’s Pre-K Counts program may not move forward for the 2026-2027 school year. According to All Things Bright and Beautiful, located in Avis, it has been faced with paying thousands of dollars in increased transportation costs from a previous school year which it says it was not made aware of until grant funding had already been allocated. The daycare currently partners with the Jersey Shore Area School District. According to Superintendent Dr. Brian Ulmer, the district exists as a “pass through” for state grant funding for the program. The issue at hand ...

As Abdul El-Sayed breaks a barrier, anti-Muslim vitriol surges on multiple fronts

Religion August 15, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Senate. But elation among many of his fellow Muslim Americans was tempered by awareness of persisting and widespread anti-Muslim sentiment across much of the ...

New study finds bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

Garden August 15, 2026

UNIVERSITY PARK — Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony’s queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen’s pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. For the study, recently published in the journal ...

US retail sales slump unexpectedly and sharply after a summer tax-refund boost fades

Business August 15, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — After splurging on the World Cup and Amazon Prime Day sales, Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July by the biggest amount in more than a year. Retail sales fell 0.6% last month, marking the biggest decrease since May 2025, compared with a revised gain of 0.2% in ...

Providence and superstitious people

Religion August 15, 2026

Jesuit Tony de Mello told a fine story about a parachutist who is taken by the wind and ends up hanging helplessly from a tree. Seeing a lone traveler with a mule passing on the road, he shouts down to him, “Where am I?” The traveler replies, “You are up a tree.” The chutist says, “You must be a part of the clergy.” The traveler is astonished and says, “As a matter of fact, I am, but how did you know?” The chutist answers, “Because what you say is perfectly true, but completely useless!” There are more promises of God in the eighth chapter of Romans ...

Sentencings from Clinton County

Police, court and fires August 15, 2026

LOCK HAVEN — The information in sentencings is obtained from public record. It is the policy of The Express that this information will not be withheld from publication. — Kani James Kline, charged with violating probationary conditions, sentenced 55 to 111 days at the Clinton County Correctional Facility with time completed. — Jeni Lyn Cowan, charged with using methamphetamines while on supervision, shall pay restitution in the amount of $9,355 and placed on probation for 36 months. — Angelo J. Ruocco, charged with criminal trespass-defiant and harassment, fined $300 and ...