Archives

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September 2008
Mother Earth
By Joyce M. Tice
In 1931, the people of Blossburg built, with soil from around the world, a monument of
thanks to President Woodrow Wilson for giving Poland back to her people.

August 2008
The Return of the
Demolition Diva
By Matt Connor
Gita Ladd returns to Wellsboro to play her cello and defend her title at the county fair.

July 2008
Painting the Town
By Matt Connor
Artist Michael Pilato paints walls peopled with inspirational figures chosen by the community. The result in Williamsport is a mural populated with Lycoming County’s finest.

May 2008
Goodies’ Mom
By Dawn Bilder
Galeton native Dawn Pletcher and her army of volunteers send boxes full of supplies — and love — to our troops in harm’s way.

April 2008
THE COMEBACK CANYON
By JOHN FULMER
After surviving winter and the saws of the “wood hicks,” the Pine Creek Gorge, environmental success story and regional landmark, is green again and open for hikers, fishermen, bald eagles, and what dreams may come

March 2008
Cottage Industry
By Cindy Davis Meixel
David Davies did a “super-size me” on a model house he built, turning this replica into a warm,
colorful, life-size home.

Feburary 2008
MELT THE ICE
By John Fulmer
Ed Clute of Watkins Glen heats up the first Mountain Home Winter Jazz Fest in Wellsboro

January 2008
The Heart of the Dance
By Kerry Gyekis and Terry V. Babb
Dance is romance but it’s also a heart-thumping form of exercise. Well, maybe that’s the same thing.

December 2007
SMALL TOWN SANTAS IN THE BIG CITY
By PEGGY LANDERS
Dunham’s, a century-old Wellsboro institution, is the last family-owned department store in Pennsylvania. See how they keep up with the times.

November 2007
Mountain man-eater or
Mountain myth?
By JOHN FULMER
Kerry gyekis, cougar detective, invetigates sighting of the mysterious cat.

October 2007
Babe’s Big Bash
By MICHAEL CAPUZZO
George Herman “Babe” Ruth, barnstorming through Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania after he was the hero and goat of the 1926 World Series, hit a baseball farther than Barry Bonds, Mickey Mantle, or any human being ever has, anywhere. The story of a magical moment in our past.