As a 16-year-old, when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, my world stopped. Of course, we had no information about his very active social life, his purported involvement with the significant other of a Mafia figure, the hatred from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the anti-Castro ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending two programs that provided more than $1 billion for food banks and schools to purchase food from local farmers and producers. The Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program, which provided funding for states to buy food from local farmers to ...
Fayette County Recycling Coordinator and Stormwater Manager Sheila Shea got to shine a light recently on a group of her most dedicated volunteers and was herself honored for her efforts. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its local arm, Keep Fayette County Green, recognized Dave Rice, Luke ...
The clickety-clack of tap shoes on a hardwood floor stayed with me for a long time. I could still see the two little kids, locked arms, clicking away to a phonograph record to the delight of the assembled parents. West Leisenring, or as I knew it growing up, Bute, was the home of many of ...
At the start of an 81-minute live stream, a calm voice reassures a man using an oxygen tank that no one is there to hurt him. But, the voice says, 鈥淲e do record, just for safety.鈥� At first glance, the video looks like one from a police body camera. In reality, it鈥檚 a social media ...
The Washington Spinners and Weavers Guild was founded 50 years ago and is still going strong. The group of about 30 members who are all interested in fiber, said club president Barbara Campbell of Grindstone. 鈥淢ost of us do a little bit of spinning. A lot of the women are knitters. Several ...
