CROSS FORK — Located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s rugged Black Forest region, Ole Bull State Park offers visitors a peaceful escape into one of the most remote and scenic landscapes in the Commonwealth. Situated along PA Route 144 in Potter County near the village of Cross Fork, the ...
LOCKPORT — Planning for a busy summer season at Riverview Park and the township boat launch took top spot in discussion during the Woodward Township Board of Supervisors meeting on June 16, as officials finalized arrangements for several major annual events — and a few new ones expected to draw visitors to the area. Supervisors approved requests for use of township facilities and provided updates on Riverfest, the National Canoe and Kayak Championships and the annual Labor Day Regatta. The board approved a request from the West Branch Susquehanna River Regatta Association to ...
LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven City Council’s hiring committee has begun conducting interviews as it searches for a new city manager. During its meeting on Monday night, Mayor Joel Long — who serves on the committee with council members Tami Brannan and Micah Clausen — said interviews of candidates would begin Wednesday, June 17. City Planner/Interim Manager Abbey Roberts said six interviews total were scheduled, with the final set for July 3. “We’ll just have four more to schedule after that. That’s just a matter of hearing from those candidates,” she said. Long ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaelyn Chester will wait your tables or stock your shelves. She’ll wash your dishes or scrub your toilets. If only someone would give the 17-year-old a chance. “I’ve been looking everywhere,” says Chester, an A+ student, high school basketball star and aspiring engineer who has blanketed her community with dozens of applications. “I’m not unemployed because I’m incompetent. I’m unemployed because nobody’s hiring.” The summer job, a rite-of-passage for generations of American teenagers, isn’t so easy to come by. About one-third of 16- to ...
LAURA TARANTELLA/THE EXPRESS Employees and management at Pizza Hut in Flemington pose for a photo during Dinosaur Day, one of several themed celebrations held during Employee Appreciation Week. General Manager Celina Dix organized a variety of themed days throughout the week to recognize and ...
In a near-unanimous vote, the state House passed a bill Monday that would ban the sale of what’s been dubbed “gas station heroin,” or tianeptine. “There are hundreds of documented cases from users becoming addicted, overdosing and dying, with one fatality in Fayette County a couple ...
