Today, “zero waste” may be a movement, but in the past, it was a necessity. Scraps were repurposed not out of environmentalism, but because they were too valuable to throw away. Folk art and crafts turned discarded material into useful and beautiful items. For example, a colorful ...
THANK YOU to the residents and taxpayers who supported the Mill Hall Volunteer Fire Company on their 61st annual Fishermen’s Pancake Breakfast on April 4, 2026. The Mill Hall Volunteer Fire Company has provided excellent and professional service for over a century and is now continuing fire company service to the Bald Eagle Township area and providing mutual aid for other companies. Thank you to all who supported this well equipped Mill Hall Volunteer Fire Company. — Friends of the community
Dear Annie: I love your advice and the fact you’re able to cut to the chase. I find myself in need of your level head, too! I’ve been (mostly) happily married for 26 years. My husband is very gregarious and never met a stranger. In fact, he happily opens up his life to anyone and everyone. I feel like he constantly overshares, but as long as he keeps it to his own information, that’s fine. However, he doesn’t keep my information private, especially my health information. A few years ago, I had a cancer scare and chose not to tell even my adult children until I knew for sure. ...
Call him the “antisocial” media president. When a president attacks the Pope, he telegraphs: “There’s nothing I won’t do or say.” That is a profoundly troubling message. There are no lines I won’t cross, no rules I won’t break, President Donald Trump is telling the whole wide world. Nobody is safe nor sacred in my book. Got it? And the White House press corps meekly accepts that. The worse Trump gets, the worse Trump gets, in a vortex of flexing power and expressing anger. This week he insulted the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion members. Last week, he ...
Dear Annie: My friend insists on splitting every restaurant bill “evenly,” no matter what. The problem is, she always orders cocktails and appetizers, while I usually stick to one entree. Last week, my $22 dinner somehow became $48 after the “split.” When I suggested we each pay for what we ordered, she laughed and said, “That’s so much more complicated.” I like spending time with her, but I’m starting to dread going out to eat. How do I bring this up without sounding cheap? — Tired of Picking Up the Tab Dear Tired: There are plenty of ways to split a bill that ...
Tim Mannello Williamsport On April 7 at 8 p.m., the President of the United States wrote this on his social media page: “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” Pause for a moment and let this sink in: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to exist again.” Do we truly understand the gravity of that? Do we grasp what is being done in our name? Or do we simply drift on to the next medication commercial after the news report, barely noticing what we just heard? This threat would mean the murder of 24 million Iranians who are babies, toddlers, kids in ...
