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SOCIAL WASPS: The most common social wasps in Pennsylvania include paper wasps (Polistes species), yellowjackets (Vespula species), bald-faced hornets...

MCGRUFF: McGruff the Crime Dog is celebrating his birthday this month. McGruff debuted on ABC Schooled in 1980, a year after Dancer Fitzgerald Sample ...

Mr. Yuk: Pittsburgh native Mr. Yuk has officially turned 50 this year. In 1971, Dr. Richard Moriarty, a pediatrician and clinical professor of pediatr...

COVID ECONOMY IMPACT: Consumer habits shifted dramatically in March 2020 in response to stay-at-home orders and the shuttering of offices across the n...

DRUG USE: Over half of Pennsylvanians worry about increased drug use in their community due to the economic impact of Coronavirus, according to two re...

REMOVING WASPS: When social wasps pose a danger to their human neighbors, simple measures are available to reduce risk. Typically, bees or wasps becom...

Honor poem: A local reader recently called and suggested we share a poem she has received in the mail from Paws of Honor. The poem begins with a prelu...

PATRIOTIC: The Fourth of July is the time of year when patriotic films are popular with viewers, so says a study by the website Comparitech. They rese...

HEAT : The American Red Cross sent us some tips for folks to keep cool in the hot summer months. The first, of course, is to stay hydrated. Drinking e...

JULY : We know from past experience that July is usually pretty hot, for us northerners, anyway. One great way to cool off is to take a dip in a pool,...

FEATURE : Imagine our surprise as we were paging through the Pennsylvania Magazine and came across a four-page spread on the Austin Dam and The Last R...

HEAT : It’s nearly July, and it sure feels like it! The weather forecast for today calls for a high of 87. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ...

PATRIOTIC MUSIC: We hear there was a good crowd that attended Sunday’s Patriotic and Popular Music event Sunday at Crook Farm. About 100 people listen...

COVID ON TOURISM: Early outbreaks of COVID-19 affected tourism and related industries that rely on people traveling. Workers employed in travel, touri...

HIKING DOs and DON’Ts: June is Great Outdoors Month, and here are some tips for navigating the great outdoors. Below are general tips for planning an ...

MORE ABOUT THE OCEAN: This quote comes from an unknown source but seems worth sharing nonetheless: “Advice from the Ocean: Be shore of yourself. Come ...

SPELLING: Spelling is hard. According to AT&T, internet users often search for “how to spell” certain words. From March 2020 to March 2021, in Pennsyl...

GRILLING DOs AND DON’Ts : Rates of food-borne illness tend to increase during the summer months because germs grow faster in warmer, more humid weathe...

SUMMER WORK: To help job seekers find the best summer employment opportunities, WalletHub compared more than 180 markets in the U.S. across 23 key met...

TRAVEL : We know how beautiful this part of Pennsylvania is, and we’re always happy to see when other people notice, too. The website PA Bucket List, ...