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‘Congratulazioni’ to Giosue Carducci Lodge 146

Congratulations to The Giosue Carducci Lodge, Sons and Daughters of Italy #146 for awarding more than $108,000 in grants to various causes — and people. From fire companies to the United Way to EMS to Jaycees to various scholarships to school sports teams and boosters to veterans to the YMCA to a local church to Millbrook to a Little League... The list goes on. Each year the lodge grants thousands of dollars to help people. Run by volunteers — we like to call them stewards —the local lodge is a gathering place for many people, including at the wonderful spaghetti dinner ...

Welcome to new county veterans affairs director

Todd Warner of Howard is Clinton County’s veterans affairs director. The commissioners approved his hiring recently. He called his appointment “a divine deal.” The position is very important as the office serves many veterans in the county. they also help families off veterans and that often is taken for granted. There are families behind our wonderful former active duty military. They sacrifice too and need help. Warner and staff will help with benefits, help coordinate rides for veterans who need such services, and more. They help verify a person’s military ...

PPL customers deserve honest answers on billing issues

One-hundred-and-two year old PPL Corp. has long been a provider of electricity to heat and power thousands of homes, businesses, hospitals and industries in our region. Perhaps your family member or neighbor work for the utility. The company has built a reputation of service and trust. That’s why it’s frustrating to learn that PPL, Pennsylvania’s leading electric utility, billed more than 790,000 of its customers much higher sums than any of the affected customers expected or than the company could clearly justify. Households that generally pay $150 to $200 a month for ...

Simply put: Quit smoking and don’t start

Did you know that Pennsylvania is listed as among the states with the worst policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, according to the American Lung Association’s (ALA) recent 21st annual “State of Tobacco Control” report? In fact, Pennsylvania earned mostly failing grades on the report, but did show an improvement in access to cessation services, moving from an ‘F’ to a ‘D’ grade. Big whoop. The report evaluates state and federal policies on actions taken to eliminate tobacco use and recommends proven-effective tobacco control laws and policies to save lives. Yes, ...

Breakthrough in cold case provides hope

Philadelphia’s “Boy in the Box Mystery” shows why police in every jurisdiction across this country should examine their cold-case-deaths files to determine whether evidence still exists that, with the help of the emerging field of genetic genealogy, could prove productive in helping to unlock the most important long-elusive facts, evidence and secrets of those cases. The naked, badly bruised body of the boy in question, which had been wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a large JCPenney bassinet box, was found on Feb. 25, 1957, in a wooded area of the City of Brotherly ...

It’s all about promotion: We have a great place to visit… and to live

Kudos to the Clinton County Tourist Promotion Agency, county commissioners and county planners for the combined strategy to enhance and expand the annual tourism-recreation grant program. As reported in The Express on Jan. 13, the TPA is enhancing the grant program as follows: - For-profit businesses that promote tourism and recreation will be able to seek grant funds, although those awards are limited to supporting promotion and advertising. - The 2023 program has earmarked $75,000 for grants, the highest amount ever allocated. Funds for the program come from monies collected ...