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  • Finality of 1620

    Scott Lowery

    It was a private ceremony without any witnesses. In the approaching twilight of October’s first day, the annual ritual was carried out with the solemn resolve that the MLB season had concluded in much the same manner as recent seasons. As an ardent and all too often suffering fan of the Boston Red Sox and

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  • Four Top Tech Devices to Enhance Education

    Four Top Tech Devices to Enhance Education0

    Family Features

    Gone are the days of paper and pencil being the necessities for learning. Schoolwork has gone digital, meaning it’s time to gear up your students for success with the top tech that keeps them connected in the classroom and beyond. From kid-friendly smartphones and earbuds to connected wearables and devices that keep learning fun, consider

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “American Castle: One Hundred Years of Mar-a-Lago” by Mary C. Shanklin

    The Bookworm Sez: “American Castle: One Hundred Years of Mar-a-Lago” by Mary C. Shanklin0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    If those walls could talk. If only the floors could say who walked across them, carrying towels, suitcases, or boxes. Would the doors say who slammed them, or why? Could the windows tell who peered from their glassy sides? If the walls of a building could talk – say, the ones in “American Castle” by

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  • Library to observe Banned Books Week0

    Family Features

    In turbulent times, books are tools that help people navigate the world around them. Intellectual freedom and access to information uplift people in crisis and during more peaceful times, so the James V. Brown Library invites you to champion the right to read during Banned Books Week, October 1-7. Banned Books Week is an annual

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  • Public Services, Local History and Reference Director At James V. Brown Library Wears Several Hats0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    The James V. Brown Library is not just a place for books; it is also a rich repository of things dealing with public services, local history, and reference. Several months ago, the Library hired someone to help oversee this rich collection and to help manage it for more efficient use by the public. That someone

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  • The Bookworm Sez: Books on Grief and Loss by various authors

    The Bookworm Sez: Books on Grief and Loss by various authors0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    There’s never a good time for this to happen. You should be enjoying the season. Spending time with your family. Laughing, planning, thinking about the future. Instead, the thing you feared most has come to pass, and these books on grief and loss might help… At a time like this, when the death of a

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  • The World of Weird Words0

    Joseph W. Smith III

    We are at No. 14 in these ongoing columns about oddball vocabulary; so here are 14 more weird words for your week. These are, incidentally, all nouns unless otherwise noted; and since most have fairly instinctive pronunciation, I left that out too, except where needed. Arsole – While it sounds indecent and is not listed

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  • Local Author Bill Stanford’s New Book, “Coop the Crow Goes to the Moon”

    Local Author Bill Stanford’s New Book, “Coop the Crow Goes to the Moon”0

    Press Release

    Recent release “Coop the Crow Goes to the Moon,” from Covenant Books author Bill Stanford, is an adorable story that centers around Coop, a crow with a penchant for collecting shiny objects to hoard in his special hiding spot inside a hollowed tree. One night, after staring at the moon and its brilliance, Coop decides

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  • Library Expands Saturday Hours to Better Serve Community

    Library Expands Saturday Hours to Better Serve Community0

    Webb Weekly

    In order to better serve the community, the James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., is expanding its Saturday hours. Starting September 9, the Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. “To some, a few hours might seem insignificant, but to others, it can make all the difference,” said

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  • Fogarty’s Call0

    Scott Lowery

    As the planning for Bitburg, Germany’s 1973 Little League World Series team reunion began to unfold eighteen months ago, players began to look back with fondness and look ahead with eagerness to a return trip to Williamsport. It has been fifty years since they had experienced the magic of the World Series, and most of

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  • The World of Weird Words0

    Joseph W. Smith III

    By Joseph W. Smith III Last week’s “Weird Words” marked installment No. 12; so I took those two digits as a theme and picked out several goodies from pages 1 and 2 of my ever-growing oddball vocabulary list. But I got only halfway through that selection before running out of space. Here is the other

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  • How Parents Can Pick the Right Backpack0

    Webb Weekly
    • August 23, 2023

    Students need many different supplies to help them move to the head of the class. Teachers frequently post lists online before school begins or advise students in the early days of the new year. Therefore, parents may want to wait to go back-to-school shopping until they learn what’s needed. There is one piece of gear,

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  • Simple Strategies to Protect Kids’ Vision Over the Long Haul0

    Webb Weekly
    • August 23, 2023

    Parents recognize there’s no aspect of kids’ health that can be taken for granted. Common colds can appear overnight, and injuries on the playground can occur in the blink of an eye. Such issues may be hard to see coming, but the risk for colds, playground injuries and other health-related conditions, including childhood vision problems,

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  • The College Bookbag0

    Bernadette Ulsamer

    I recently retired the bookbag I’ve been using since 2016. She was a good one, but all of her zippers finally busted, and now I’m in search of a new daily bag that can hold my laptop, lunch, makeup pouch, umbrella, water bottle, books, notebook, and all of the various sundries I’ve been carrying around

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  • Play Ball

    Play Ball0

    Jamie Spencer

    I would personally like to congratulate ALL of the teams who made it to the 2023 Little League World Series. Kudos to you and your families. This is a highlight for me as our lovely landscape provides the backdrop for an incredible sporting showcase. I look forward to heading over to Lamade and Volunteer for

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  • A New School Year is Coming

    A New School Year is Coming0

    Steph Nordstrom

    OK, OK, don’t come for me, but it’s getting to be that time. No one likes it, no one wants to think about it, but the new school year is right around the corner. Believe it or not, we are just a couple of weeks out from the first Friday Night Lights. While summer break

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