BELLEFONTE — What was once described as a “field of dreams” by former Bellefonte Area School District Superintendent Dr. Tammie Burnaford has become a reality, as members of the community turned out in droves to celebrate the grand opening of the new Bellefonte Elementary ...
WILLIAMSPORT — UPMC recently welcomed Brett Lewis, M.D., medical director and radiation oncologist, to the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center team in Williamsport. “Dr. Lewis brings the depth of leadership and clinical expertise that is essential to advancing radiation oncology services for ...
LOCK HAVEN — The Covenant Cafe, an activity group for those in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, will be meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m., at Riverview Park in Woodward Township. Participants can meet at the park at 1 p.m. and those who wish to carpool can meet at Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., Lock Haven. If the weather is inclement, the meeting will be held at the church. The group will have a pizza party followed by a drumming activity led by volunteer Kitty Oechler and a game of “Granny Pants” led by volunteer Deb ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not. “There was no place where we could guarantee that you could go in and hear it,” he told The Associated Press. “So, we had to establish that.” Freeman and his business partners, then-Mayor Bill Luckett and Howard Stovall, were inspired to open a juke joint in Clarksdale called Ground Zero Blues Club. Then, much more recently, they created ...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits. After acting to overhaul the nation’s vaccine policy and ...
LOCK HAVEN — The team at the nonprofit Clinton County Community Dental Clinic has been incredibly busy this year, thanks in part to grant funding from the Clinton County Community Foundation. “The Foundation’s support is greatly appreciated and allows us to continue to help the ...
