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May 18, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar f...
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May 16, 2025
IVY: “Leaves of three, let them be.” We’ve likely all heard that old saying about poison ivy. Farmers Almanac Editor Peter Geiger wrote an important a...
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May 12, 2025
JOHNSONBURG — Rolfe Beagle Club, an active bird dog and sportsmen’s group in Johnsonburg, completed another important piece of its wetland improvement...
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May 06, 2025
Now that temperatures are consistently in the 60-degree range it is finally time to weed, edge and mulch our perennial borders and foundation shrubs. ...
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May 02, 2025
SMETHPORT — On April 25, Arbor Day, the McKean County Conservation District held a celebration with a tribute to Conservation District Director Blaine...
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May 02, 2025
When one thinks of a school open house, sights that come to mind might be models of planets, or working volcanoes. Next Thursday, when the Otto-Eldred...
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Apr 25, 2025
I always look for my forsythia bush to be some of the first flowers of spring. Blooming during Eastertide caused the shrub to be known as the Easter T...
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Apr 22, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the c...
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Apr 22, 2025
Today is Earth Day. Interested in planting a garden or supporting pollinators this year? Two local libraries have just what you need to get started. W...
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Apr 17, 2025
The long-range weather forecast gives us hope that May will be the spring weather for which we have all been waiting. Our spring bulbs are blooming, t...
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Apr 16, 2025
MAYFLOWERS: Joe Cucuzza called us from Lewis Run to tell us the mayflowers are blooming behind the old Valley Hunt Club. His family has an annual trad...
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Apr 08, 2025
In McKean County, spring weather is always a rollercoaster. Sunshine and 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees and snow squalls the next. After a long har...
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Apr 01, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — While we’ve had a lot of snow and ice in Pennsylvania this winter season, we haven’t had consistent snow-covered ground and have alr...
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Mar 26, 2025
MARCH: March is filled with symbols that remind us of renewals. “The cheerful bloom, the daffodil, symbolizes new beginnings and hope, while the aquam...
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Mar 25, 2025
At our house no flower is more welcome than the early spring snowdrop. They are the first flower to appear in my garden often pushing their way up thr...
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Mar 24, 2025
SHANKSVILLE (AP) — Officials say it will take decades to replace and revitalize trees at the national memorial in western Pennsylvania to the crew and...
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Mar 20, 2025
SPRING: Spring is here! The snow and ice are disappearing, and soon the beautiful colors of nature will be everywhere. Sure, by about September we’ll ...
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Mar 19, 2025
YELLOW: When you think about harbingers of spring, does the lovely yellow forsythia bush make your list? It does for the Farmers Almanac.”Forsythia ar...
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Mar 13, 2025
I have always been curious about plants called the Christmas rose and another called the Lenten rose. They are herbaceous (die back to the soil and re...
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Mar 04, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — For those deciding where to start their garden or orchard, Penn State Extension is offering a webinar, “Living on a Few Acres: Soil ...
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August 17, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am a 67-year-old man who has two sisters. Recently, I was at my younger sister "Mitzi's" house, installing some blinds. While there, I re...
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States feel pressure to act
August 16, 2025
HARRISBURG (AP) — Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feedin...
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August 16, 2025
TOO SOON: We're sure children think this message from the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is coming along too soon: It's time for "Back to ...
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August 16, 2025
Dear Heloise: Due to my wife's health, after 68 years, I am now the cook. I find that the most helpful tools for me are pliers, scissors and screwdriv...
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August 16, 2025
DEAR ABBY: Four months ago, my 15-year-old oldest child was killed in a car accident. It has been really hard. My husband and I are doing our best to ...
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August 16, 2025
Several major changes will happen within all bucks before summer ends. Their behavior will change along with their feeding and bedding patterns. The b...
