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Ed Ackerman - Optimist

Can someone please tell me? November 8

Tell me, someone, please, when we were kids back in the 50s were the blackbirds as big as they are today? Or the candy bars as small?

Down to my last 20, but that’s okay November 1
Two for the foxhole … make that three October 25
Fresh eyes October 18

Mary Ehret - Nutrition Corner

Don’t waste your pumpkin October 25

Most of us reach for pumpkin that has already been peeled, steamed and deseeded. It comes in a can and is quite easy to use. Some of us buy the canned with the seasoning and sweeteners already mixed in. It’s OK, we all need shortcuts. But this November 1, let’s see if a little reading can save that ...

It’s apple time October 18
The facts about H1N1 October 11

Maria Heck - Mother's Daze

The girls October 18

Right in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month … I’ve been personally made aware. A few weeks ago – I noticed a lump, about the size of a pea, under my arm.

Don Jacobs - Outdoors With Jake

Hunt went from wet to wild November 1

“Wet to Wild” are the only words to describe my most recent days in the field hunting deer. Let’s start with the wet. Last Saturday, October 24, was the last day of a week-long muzzleloader hunt. A muzzleloader is any gun that is loaded by putting the powder and slug down the barrel. It is not as ea ...

Maria Montante - Maria Remembers

Cemetery stones fascinating November 1

The fascination of cemetery stones and markers began much later in life for as a child I recall the fear of passing a cemetery. The sight of the cemetery brought to mind visions of a dead person in a coffin with many mourners dressed in black crying with emotional outburst of screams and sobbing.

Haley Taffera - Haley's Comment

Saying goodbye to Pittston November 1

I was three years old when my father, Mario Taffera, opened his first store. It was December 6, 1986, when the doors to Convenient Food Mart, located at 142 South Main Street, Pittston, opened.