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AARP Pennsylvania Volunteer of the Month: Cassandra Robinson
AARP Pennsylvania spotlights its July Volunteer of the Month, Cassandra Robinson, who enjoys sharing AARP’s resources with others. Cassandra Robinson took care of her mother for 10 years before she passed away in 2018. “Once my mother was gone, I felt a void in my life,” said Robinson, a...
Pennsylvania Grandmother Michelle Rohl Takes Third in US Olympic Trials Race Walking Event
Michelle Rohl, now a grandmother, wins third place at an Olympic trial in race walking. A 58-year-old grandmother from Pennsylvania took third place at the U.S. Olympics’ Team trials this past weekend in a race walking event, writes David Propper for The New York Post. The bronze medal win...
Pa. Game Commission looks to add thousands more acres to game lands
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is considering the purchase of more than 7,000 acres of land to be part of various public game lands across the state and it’s considering a mineral and gas rights in Tioga County with bonus payments to the agency totaling more than $10 million. The agency’s board of commissioners...
ADHD patients in Pa. struggle to find medication and maintain normalcy amid ongoing shortage
This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. Pittsburgh neurologist Wesley Kerr was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder at the age of 35. He’d recently moved with his wife and two young sons from California to take a fellowship at the University of Michigan, and work was stressful. Kerr said...
Abuse and Neglect Investigations of Aging Pennsylvanians Are Woefully Slow. The Results Can Be Devastating
This story will be highlighted in How We Care, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring original reporting and perspectives on how we care for one another at all stages of life. Sign up for free here. Christiana Blake’s fever had been raging for days. On that day in early April last year, a doctor who examined her at an outpatient center became concerned that a family member was refusing to take her to the emergency room, even though the 76-year-old Dauphin County woman could barely keep her eyes open. In the haze of dementia brought on by a stroke, Blake couldn’t communicate or advocate for...
Republican Senate hopeful Dave McCormick seeks to be ‘strong advocate’ for IVF
EXCLUSIVE — Republican Senate challenger Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania says he intends to be a staunch proponent of in vitro fertilization, with tax breaks for the expensive fertility treatment being an essential portion of his pro-family policy plan. “I will be a strong advocate for IVF,” McCormick told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview. […]
Exclusive-Constellation talking to Pennsylvania on Three Mile Island restart, sources say
NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Constellation Energy is in talks with the Pennsylvania governor's office and state lawmakers to help fund a possible restart of part of its Three Mile Island power facility, the site of a nuclear meltdown in the 1970s, three sources familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday. The conversations, which two sources described as "beyond preliminary," signal that Constellation is advancing plans to revive part of the southern Pennsylvania nuclear generation site, which operated from 1974 to 2019. The nuclear unit Constellation is considering restarting is separate from the one that melted down.
Free day to fish, where PGC will make more public hunting lands, stocking blue catfish
Happy Independence Day. Today’s one of the days we can truly appreciate being an American and someone who enjoys the outdoors. After enjoying a hot dog and a slice of apple pie for lunch, you can take someone who hasn’t fished before fishing. Today until midnight, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat commission has...
Medical laboratories company laying off more than 100 people at Pa. facility; operation moving to Kansas
Quest Diagnostics is closing its facility and is laying off more than 100 people. The company is closing its Employer Solutions Lab at 400 Egypt Road in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, near Norristown. Quest Diagnostics filed a WARN notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry informing the...
Carbondale Area Junior/Senior High School honor roll
Joseph Farrell, Carbondale Area Junior/Senior High School principal, announced the fourth marking period honor roll for the 2023-2024 school year. First honors: Mckenna Bogdon, Alexis Borosky, Lily Burns, Colt Calabro, Callie Cicio, Haleigh Corrigan, Jill Fox, Gabrielle Gregory, Molly Halstead, Alexis Hoffman, Sincere Howey, Joseph Kelsch, Macey Loughney, Gracie McDermott, Kayden Melko, Caige Nolan, Alexis Nykaza, Jacob Ortiz, Rahi Patel, Claire Serkosky, Colten Shaw, Franceska Sheppard, Keith Staples and Breann Wagner.
Local high schools compete in U of S annual physics competition
More than 200 area high school students participated in the University of Scranton’s annual Hayes Family Science Competition for High School Physics and Engineering Students. The academic competition tested the high school students’ knowledge of physics and engineering through a series of quizzes and hands-on challenges. Students competed individually...
Olyphant couple celebrates 65th wedding anniversary
John and MaryAnn Turko of Olyphant marked their 65th wedding anniversary on May 23. A big celebration for the couple was held June 1 at DeLeos Catering in Peckville. The event brought together the Turkos' immediate family and the choir of SS. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Olyphant. MaryAnn...
Community calendar: Week of 7/4/24
All Saints Orthodox Church, 211 Willow Ave., Olyphant, offers a frozen pierogi sale from 9 to 11 a.m. every Friday and 10:30 a.m. to noon every Sunday in the basement of the church. St. John’s Cathedral, Mayfield, is holding a shoe collection at the church center, 701 Hill St., Mayfield....
Newly unveiled bills aim to modernize access to PA Treasury
(WJET/WFXP) – A new package of bills has been unveiled that aims to modernize access to the Pennsylvania Treasury. On Monday, July 1, State Representative Ryan Bizzarro (D-Erie) unveiled the Modernizing Access to Treasury and Housing Act, or MATH Act. The MATH Act is a package of four bills intended to increase accessibility in the housing […]
Biden's childhood hometown 'embarrassed' by debate meltdown
As residents of Joe Biden's hometown Scranton prepared to mark that most American of holidays -- July 4 -- many were also voicing alarm about the US president following his disastrous debate last week against Donald Trump. Like others in the town, however, he could not name anyone other than Harris to step up to replace "Scranton Joe" at the top of the Democratic ticket.
Yoga on the Roof returns to Scranton, benefits NEPA Philharmonic
A rooftop in Scranton is transformed into an oasis this Fourth of July. Hilary Steinberg of Jaya Yoga has been putting on this holiday tradition for the past ten years, as hundreds of yogis come year after year to find their inner peace. "It's very difficult to put into words...
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