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As I walked into the Williamsburg High School gymnasium recently for a boys' District 6-A semi-final playoff game, showcasing Saltsburg and the Blue Pirates, it was my privilege to run into an old friend and fellow WHS "alum," Ed Allender (1955). I had an immediate flashback to the 1954-55 Juniata Valley League championship team that Ed made a major contribution to. Interestingly, the "Allender" family lived directly across the street from the front entrance to the high school, an easy commute...
El Departamento de la Salud de Pensilvania confirmó que hasta las 12:00 a.m., el martes, 25 de agosto, hay 770 adicionales casos positivos de COVID-19 en el estado. Los casos nuevos aumentan el total estatal a 134,795. Todos los 67 condados de Pensilvania han reportado casos de COVID-19. El número de pruebas hecho dentro de los últimos 7 días – entre el 25 y el 31 de agosto – es 163,092, con 4,551 resultados positivos. Se reportaron 22,681 resultados de la prueba al departamento hasta las 10 p.m., el 31 de agosto. Estos resultados represe...
The Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville will continue to remember the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93 on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The National Park Service (NPS) is planning a shortened remembrance to honor the courage and heroism displayed by the passengers and crew members 19 years ago and will observe the day while also providing for the health and safety of visitors, the Families of Flight 93, volunteers and staff. In an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and in adherence to state and federal guidelines, the...
Girl Scout Scouts Western Pennsylvania (GSWPA) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have added 24 new badges that the young entrepreneurs can work toward. The badges incorporate skills in automotive engineering, STEM career exploration, entrepreneurship and civics. As these fields are often male-dominated, Girl Scouts is trying to push young women to find an interest in them. Through working toward the entrepreneurship badges, girls in grades kindergarten through 12th Grade can gain skills in...
The Garver Memorial MCA gymnastics team held its annual awards banquet on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 9, at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park in Martinsburg....
The Herald is introducing a new community calendar that is free to use. The Herald’s Cove Calendar has been completely revamped and is now easier to use. The entire Cove community is invited to make the calendar a central place to find out what’s going on in the Cove. There are no fees and no charge and the calendar is easy to use. “Our plan is to have one central calendar for the Cove community,” said Herald Publisher Allan J. Bassler. “We set up this new calendar to give the community one place to go for all the events happening in the Cove....
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Friday, Aug. 28, announced changes to quarantine requirements for deer farms in Blair, Bedford and Fulton counties to control Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The department established a CWD Core Captive Management Zone, to control the disease in the areas of the state where it is most prevalent, while allowing deer farms to stay in business. “Pennsylvania has taken CWD very seriously, taking aggressive steps to contain the disease, using a scientific, fact-based approach,” State Veterinarian Dr....
After 45 years of marriage, I have learned when my presence is not needed around the house. Such was the case one hot August evening when Donna was having a meeting at our house for one of the committees of the Williamsburg Women's Civic Club. I realized that I'd better make myself scarce. For years I have been mumbling about gathering some old bass-fishing gear and heading off to the "big river" below Huntingdon to catch some smallmouth bass. I have not used this gear in more than 30 years, tho...
With little rain in the long-term weather forecast, a worsening drought in much of the Northeast portends trouble for Pennsylvania’s vaunted fall foliage display, according to a Penn State forest expert. At least in parts of the state. “The drought is fairly extensive throughout the Northeast, but not in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York,” said Marc Abrams, professor of forest ecology and physiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “If this continues, there will be continued early coloration of trees, browning...
