Local News, News, PA State News
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...
News, Round the Square
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...
News, Round the Square
May 13, 2025
WILDLIFE: It’s the time of year to be outside more often — when it isn’t raining. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a list of things everyone can d...
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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 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...
Local News, Nation & World, News
Apr 13, 2025
If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware professor whose groundbreaki...
Local News, News
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 ...
PA State News
August 30, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Birds of a feather flock together, often traveling over enormous distances that can cross international borders. This can make manag...
Nation & World
August 30, 2025
(TNS) — Who do you think will be the Democratic nominee for president in 2028? It doesn’t matter what you think! That’s right, it’s the Rock folks. Wr...
Lifestyles
August 30, 2025
Dear Heloise: Unload the bottom rack of the dishwasher first to keep the items there dry. Top rack items, like coffee cup bottoms, often still have wa...
Local News, Nation & World
August 30, 2025
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about a former Era reporter’s trip to Europe.) We departed France after two days to head to...
Lifestyles
August 30, 2025
DEAR ABBY: Recently, my neighbor, who has always been eccentric, has embarked on an unusual gardening project. Instead of traditional plants, he's tur...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
August 30, 2025
What I love most about this part of the country is the four seasons. From one season to the next, there’s always something new to look forward to. Wit...
