FREWSBURG — The night sky is filled with many stars. Bringing those stars into focus is what Martz-Kohl Observatory does for its members. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the observatory is not open to its members or to the public. According to Gary Nelson, observatory president, the ...
This past Saturday I had some extra time on my hands. With restrictions that go along with COVID-19, you probably did too. So I visited with some old friends. No, I didn’t go to anyone’s residence or even use a social media application. I stayed at my computer. The idea I had been percolating for some time, and Saturday was the day I implemented it. Some people love to listen to music of which I am guilty. Some people love to listen to different genres of music of which I am still guilty. So, I refined my love, so to speak. I could have gone to my go-to band, The ...
Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned “a Renaissance time,” rereading the classics, resuming her Danish lessons and studying Italian. “I was going to get more serious about my painting. I had all these lofty goals ... and none of that’s happening,” the popular daytime talk show host told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “We have never worked this hard in our entire lives,” said Ray, who is taping “#STAYHOME With Rachael” two days a week from her home. Her husband, John Cusimano, is now the ...
PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral stands crippled and isolated, locked in a dangerous web of warped metal scaffolding one year after a devastating fire gutted its interior, toppled its famous spire and horrified the world. Some of the 40,000 bars — erected for an earlier renovation project — melted in the intense blaze on April 15, 2019. The unstable scaffolding now endangers the Gothic jewel that for many embodies the soul of France. The restoration of the landmark from the 12th and 13th centuries has been halted and the workers sent home because of France’s coronavirus ...
John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died Tuesday at the age of 73. Prine died of complications from ...
Throughout my years as a journalist, many people have asked me why I chose the profession. To be truthful, I don’t think I chose it, but rather it chose me. Since my days at Persell Elementary School I had a yearning to get words down on paper. Storytelling always has piqued my interest. In fourth grade I was named the editor of my classroom newspaper. Ironically, it was named the Persell Post-Journal. During the spring, my class had a student teacher. She introduced us to the world of journalism. She connected with us, and, without anyone knowing, she gently cajoled us to be ...
