Round the Square

SPOOKY: The spooky season is upon us, although if you go by when chain stores started selling Halloween merchandise, we're in about its fourth month. ...

FAVORITE: What's your favorite candy for Halloween? According to Instacart, the most ordered candy in October of last year was Reese's Peanut Butter C...

ACORNS: Feeling squirrely?  Farmers Almanac tells us we can make like a squirrel and munch on some acorns — with some necessary prep work. Of course t...

CCC: The Lumber Heritage Region of Pennsylvania (LHR) has a blog where they share stories on the history of the region. This month, they are featuring...

CANDY CORN: It's a Halloween staple, that tricolor little candy that is so divisive. People have strong opinions on candy corn — love or hate. Few peo...

CONSTITUTION: On Sept. 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States proposed the amendments that would become the Bill of Rights, which were rati...

FACTS: We're all about strange facts, interesting bits of trivia and just weird stuff to know. Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to sp...

POEMS: We got these from a page named "The Poetry Collection," and with a title of "Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks," we had to look. ______ From ...

ROAD RAGE: In Tuesday’s edition, we shared the results of a Gunther Volkswagen Coconut Creek survey of about 3,000 couples seeking input on the most r...

DRIVE: 'Tis the season for romantic drives, with flaming fall foliage and cozy, cinematic looking landscapes. It's the kind of "curb appeal" that Gunt...

NU-WAY: Back in 1950, Nu-Way grocery store at 9 Main St. in Bradford had a nice, big ad for a sale for Labor Day. We took a look at the prices, and us...

JOBS: What are the most sought-after family firms to work for in the U.S.? In Pennsylvania, those would be Bassetts Ice Cream of Philadelphia, Straub ...

PUMPKIN: It's pumpkin time! For some folks, that means pumpkin flavoring in everything. Not to be outdone, the Popcorn Board has fall recipes includin...

FOOD: Remember going to a picnic as a kid and having some foods that you didn't know the name of, but were something you wouldn't mind having again? T...

MOTORCYCLES: There's something special about riding on a motorcycle, and Cycle Trader magazine takes note of that on its blog with 2025 Top Fall Motor...

CROSSWORDS: We need a six-letter word for a cry of discovery … According to a blog at newspapers.com, crossword puzzles haven’t always been the newspa...

MONUMENT: Eighty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1945, the Lt. John C. Roche Post 212 Veterans of Foreign Wars announced its sponsorship of a monument to be e...

PEEPING: We're talking about autumn leaves. The newsletter The Keystone offered a list of where to go to see the best views of foliage in Pennsylvania...

KEYSTONE: There's a Pennsylvania newsletter called The Keystone that we must recommend. It's "Pennsylvania news you can use," and we enjoy reading it ...

BIRDS: Where did they go? A reader from Derrick City reached out to ask if anyone else has noticed a lack of wildlife at their outdoor feeders. "If it...