Lifestyles
Jun 13, 2025
New gardeners often ask about easy perennials for their new gardens. My favorite easy perennial is the daylily. It has almost no pest problems, dies b...
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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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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
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...
News, Round the Square
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...
Lifestyles, Local News, News
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...
News, Round the Square
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...
Lifestyles
Mar 24, 2025
In a way, it’s kind of a little miracle. You place tiny little seeds in dirt – DIRT! – and you keep it damp. Wait a week or so, and something grows. W...
News, Round the Square
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 ...
News, Round the Square
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...
Local News, News
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 ...
Round the Square
July 11, 2025
MORE LETTER: Here's the second half of the letter from Orderly L.M. Peterson, from the Pennsylvania National Guard training grounds at Camp Miner, Mou...
Lifestyles
July 11, 2025
Dear Heloise: I hear a lot of talk about gender reveal parties, but where I'm from, there are far too many ungrateful mothers-to be. At a recent baby ...
Lifestyles
July 11, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I have suspected for many years that my son is gay. I don't understand why he would feel he can't talk to me about his relationships. I wou...
Lifestyles, Local News
July 11, 2025
July is the month of the garden. Our annuals have settled nicely into their containers. With fertilizer, regular watering and deadheading they are rea...
Local Sports, Sports
July 10, 2025
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Matt Dumba and a second-round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft from the Dallas Stars in exchange for defens...
