Round the Square

UNEMPLOYMENT : Unemployment rates are higher than in 2019, but they are showing signs that COVID-19 is declining and allowing people to return to work...

LIFELONG LEARNER: Local resident Alex Freeman dropped by the newsroom recently to share the tale of his great-aunt, Mrs. Jane Ware of Smethport, who w...

DIAMOND : A song with which most are familiar achieved a huge milestone this week. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” has achieved diamond status — 10 times ...

BEST: Drumroll please. We’re about to announce the top 10 best Easter candies, as named by CandyStore.com We’re happy to say that all but two of the e...

BIRD FRIENDLY BUILDINGS : Glass collisions kill up to 1 billion birds in the United States each year. Both common and rare species are at risk. Recent...

WORST: CandyStore.com has an annual list of the best and the worst Easter candy. Here is what the website’s customers say is the worst, and we’re sure...

CANDY: It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for — OK, probably not, but we’re excited. CandyStore.com has announced the most popular jelly bean fla...

SPRING : Today is the first day of spring, with the vernal equinox at 5:37 a.m. today. We turned to The Old Farmer’s Almanac at almanac.com to find so...

SPARKY’S 70TH: Sparky the Fire Dog®, the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), celebrates his 70th birthday this month, ...

FLAVOR MADNESS: Penn State Berkey Creamery fans who want to make sure their best-loved ice cream flavor “scores the most baskets” are invited to take ...

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY : One in 10 Americans claim Irish Ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau, more than 31.5 million residents cla...

LION AWAITS: One local resident knows that March may start out calm, but that doesn’t mean it will end that way. Howard Johnson called into the newsro...

POETRY: The newsroom was delighted to receive a new poem from Frances Haight of Kane, a regular contributor to ‘Round the Square. Haight’s contributio...

BATTERIES AND CLOCKS: Sunday marks the time to “Spring Forward” and now’s a great time to replace those smoke detector batteries as well. Pennsylvania...

PHOTO CONTEST: Pennsylvania Magazine is holding its annual photo contest. The contest allows entries in three categories: black and white, wildlife an...

SPRING FORWARD: The time is almost here to set the clocks an hour ahead for daylight saving time; March 14 at 2 a.m. to be exact. We change the clocks...

DCNR NEWS: Governor Tom Wolf has lifted requirements for proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to visit Pennsylvania state parks. All state park ...

SIGNS: Larry Combs from Limestone called us on Friday to tell us about some signs of spring. “I saw three robins,” he said. “They were feeding on the ...

BIOMASS AS ENERGY : Over the last two decades, paper mills across Pennsylvania have closed. This has resulted in a collapse in the pulp market. Accord...

CHARTER DAY: Pennsylvania’s Charter Day is March 7. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) will celebrate the commonwealth’s 340th bir...