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YOUNGSVILLE, Pa. – What began three years ago as an effort to bring more people into town, Kam’s Logging Supplies Cruise-In has grown into one of Youngsville’s more popular annual events. The Cruise-In began as a one-day event but quickly expanded to two days to include live...

Heated debates and a newly issued lawsuit over a new building project slated for downtown Warren have dominated recent city council meetings. The discussions and lawsuit revolve around a building located on the corner of Liberty Street and Pennsylvania in downtown Warren. The building, which has been vacant for several...

"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain," The beginning words of a song most children are taught early in school. Katherine Lee Bates was a teacher in Massachusetts, and in the summer of 1893, she traveled across the United States. In Chicago, she saw a beautiful model city, a "vision of tomorrow." In Colorado, she stood on Pike's Peak and saw the purple haze on the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado plains and the grain fields in Kansas and Nebraska. Words formed in her mind, and she went back to her hotel and wrote the words to "America the Beautiful." She later stated, "The city made such a strong appeal to the patriotic feeling," but she also recognized that America needed the hand of God to guide her to greatness. She included those thoughts in her writing, but didn't consider it for publication. Ten years later, she submitted her poem to a newspaper editor in Boston, and it was published November 19, 1904. It was well received, and several editors searched hymn books for a melody, but nothing worked. Finally, someone found music that had been written ten years before the poem. The creator, Sam Ward, had died, but his widow gave permission to use the melody. The song was published in 1912, and during World War I, it bounded together a weary nation. "America the Beautiful" gave musical testimony to the national motto, "One nation under God."

WARREN, Pa. – Warren City Council recognized Mary Conarro for her decades of service to the city on Monday, while accepting her resignation from the Parks, Recreation, and Landscape Commission. “It is with regret that I accept Mrs. Mary Conarro’s resignation from the Parks Recreation and Landscape Commission,” Warren...

WARREN, Pa. – A half dozen people voiced their displeasure with the service provided by Breezeline during a public hearing on Monday regarding the renewal of the City of Warren Cable Franchise Agreement with the company. Mayor Dave Wortman briefly explained how the city benefits from a cable franchise...

Pictured Above: Rendering of the Washington Crossing State Park and its new Museum and Visitor Center. Photo Credit: Contributed. The Public is invited on July 28th for "Table Talk Histories," at 1 pm followed by a 3 pm presentation on the new Museum and Visitor Center plans. Titusville, NJ –...