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2025-26 JPS Highlights

Learning & Leading Students rising as scholars, speakers, and future changemakers. Eligh DeLeon (1st), Mia DelPozzo (2nd), and S’miya Kingsbury (3rd) placed in the VFW Voice of Democracy contest. Peyton Joly earned first place at the NYNE Optimist Zone 2 Oratorical Contest. Ten ...

Mother’s Day Has Some Competition

Today is Mother’s Day. As I write this, on May 10, I’ve learned it’s also National Shrimp Day. Wh-a-a-a-t? Today is Mother’s Day. Period. How can it be anything else? Turns out it’s the date that determines these festive days. Every second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. But every ...

Shore-ly You Can Walk On Water

In the 1980s, the dream of strapping on shoes and walking on water was alive or so it seemed. An invention emerged that promised this modern day miracle, but it was less a pair of “shoes” and more a set of “personal styrofoam rafts that required professional-level core strength” to ...

Panama Officials Finalizing Memorial Day Service Plans

PANAMA — Memorial Day is fast approaching, and the village of Panama is working on finalizing their plans for the village’s big event. At the board’s May meeting, Mayor William Schneider said he found someone to do both Flanders Fields and the Gettysburg Address, but had not heard back ...

Pa. Man Jailed After Online Threats Against Democratic Party State Lawmakers

State lawmakers are again condemning political violence after a Lebanon, Pa., man was jailed after making threats toward several state Democratic Party lawmakers in leadership positions. The State Police at Jonestown have charged Adam G. Berryhill, 42, of Lebanon, Pa., with terroristic ...