Many people think writing a book is driven by lightning bolts of inspiration that propel an author forward. Katherine Mansfield isn鈥檛 one of them. 鈥淭here are definitely points when something comes out of the ether and rests on your brain 鈥� but I think true creativity is just getting ...
In what has become a Christmas Eve tradition, an unknown donor slipped a rare gold coin into the Salvation Army Red Kettle at Giant Eagle in Washington on Christmas Eve, The coin came with no fanfare and no request for a receipt for tax deduction purposes - just an anonymous gift at holiday ...
鈥淎nd so this is the day after Christmas And what have you done? Spent all of your paycheck And had too much fun.鈥� This slight rewrite of John Lennon鈥檚 鈥淗appy Xmas鈥� can be the lament of a lot of people when Dec. 26 rolls around. Maybe Christmas revelers had one too many cups of ...
In 2019, Dr. Kathleen Miller launched the nonprofit Kleine Klasse Schule, German for 鈥渟mall classroom school.鈥� The former teacher set up a tutoring program in a building a few doors down from her home in West Alexander, helping anyone who walked through the door - from adults who needed ...
You may not know it (yet), but lots of holiday earworms have the work of a Pennsylvanian 鈥� or several 鈥� behind them. From 19th-century religious hymns to covers of Christmas classics by some of the commonwealth鈥檚 best known musicians, PA Local鈥檚 holiday playlist spans genres and ...
No one was injured when a Christmas Eve fire broke out in a Sycamore home. Center Township Fire Chief Paul Cook said the home at 851 Hopewell Ridge Road, used as a guest house by the property owner, was a total loss. No one was inside when the fire broke out around 8:45 a.m., Cook said. ...
