Round the Square

ONLY IN PA: Bradford is in the news again. This time, it made the website Only In Your State , which is about trip ideas.  Author Jacki Mick says a vi...

OBSOLETE: Remember the show “Duck Dynasty”? Phil Robertson said once on that show, "I'm a low-tech man in a high-tech world." Looking at the list of t...

GIFTS: It's time to think about shopping for those on your Christmas list. Lots of disciplined buyers have been shopping all year long, but we have to...

PARADE: This year is the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with 34 giant balloons, 28 floats, 26 performers, 11 marching bands, 32 clown crews and n...

FOOD: What's for dinner on Thanksgiving? Do you have a traditional turkey dinner? According to Smithsonian Magazine, turkey wasn't the centerpiece of ...

WITCH: Beware of the November Witch. Did you think the talk of witches went out with Halloween? This is a different kind of witch. It refers to the fr...

SCIENCE: Animals are so interesting. We start learning general facts about them when we're toddlers, and it sure doesn't seem like we will ever know e...

TRUE CRIME: Did you follow what's become known as the 2003 Erie pizza bomber case? You'll be interested to know "Friends" star Courteney Cox is turnin...

CAR BUYING: Buying a car has long ranked somewhere between root canals and tax audits on the stress scale. But thanks to artificial intelligence, the ...

FACTS: A website called TheFactSite.com is such a treasure for those of us who are nerds at heart. We read books of facts for fun. The scientific term...

RECORDS: On Aug. 19, Harrison City resident Erik Gunstrom welcomed an 8 lb 12 ounce marvel. It measured 2 feet 7 inches around its middle. It's offici...

TOYS: The winners have been announced! The 2025 inductees into the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y. are (imagine a drumroll here) Battlesh...

NOVEMBER: To paraphrase Shakespeare, What's in a month? In November, there is quite a lot of history. According to History.com, the month may be best ...

THE END: It's hard to say goodbye. Especially when it's to a wonderful publication that's enriched lives for two centuries. Farmers' Almanac is hangin...

WALL: It was 10:45 p.m. Nov. 9, 1989, the day that the Berlin Wall came down and East Berlin ceased to exist. The wall was erected to keep people in, ...

JERSEY: New Jersey is the only state in the nation that has never had a state song. Dr. Rich Lee, a professor at St. Bonaventure University, wants to ...

WINDY: You might have noticed it's been a tad windy lately. It's a November thing.  November is a transition season, when cold air from the Arctic cla...

HALLOWEEN: It's all over but the regret from eating all that candy. Studies already show that Halloween 2025 saw record-breaking spending of $13.1 bil...

CLOCKS: Fall back, not asleep.  This weekend’s end to daylight saving time means one glorious thing: an extra hour of sleep. Daylight saving time ende...

CIVICS: It's time to prepare for the National Civics Bee, where middle school students from around the nation test their knowledge of American democra...