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Kimberly Palmer: How to use tax refund to fight inflation

NerdWallet With prices rising on everyday items, consumers can use their tax refunds — which just over half of filers expect to receive — to offset some of those higher costs. Financial experts recommend using refund money to pay off high-interest debt, shore up savings, fund long-term goals, invest in home upgrades and create additional income streams. Splurging on a few relatively low-cost pleasures can also be a good idea. Taxpayers receiving sizable refunds might also want to consider adjusting their withholding so they receive a bigger paycheck all year long instead of a lump ...

MC spring banquet April 27

McVEYTOWN — The Mifflin County Historical Society will be holding its annual spring meeting and banquet on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Penn Valley Christian Retreat in McVeytown. A family-style roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served. The entertainment will be “The Life and Times of Eliot Ness,” a presentation by the Eliot Ness Fest and Museum from Coudersport, PA. Society members and non members are welcome. Tickets for members are $20 and non-member $23. Seating begins at 5:45 p.m. Seating is limited. For a reservation, contact the Society’s office at ...

River cruises offer exploration and comfort

Family Features Travel for pure enjoyment is on the rise, so this may be your year to plan the ultimate dream vacation. According to Sports and Leisure Research, 80% of people surveyed believe a vacation does wonders for mental health and travel is a top spending priority in the coming year. The survey indicated travelers want to immerse themselves in unique experiences, including new cultures, foods and people. For those who delight in exploring entire regions, one downfall can be the burden of packing and unpacking at each new destination. Taking your accommodations with you is a ...

Singers celebrate 50 years of singing

By Jim Diehl The Standard-Journal LEWISBURG — What started out as a group celebrating the 150th anniversary of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mifflinburg is still going strong 50 years later. What’s now known as the Buffalo Valley Singers was founded in 1973 by Charles Emerich, a band leader at the Mifflinburg Area High School. Emerich, a graduate of Westchester and Penn State universities, was asked to direct a chorus in singing for the 150th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. “The group started out with about 30 members,” Emerich recalled. “ ...

Teacher ‘couldn’t imagine life’ without his service dog

When Connor Green returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and was discharged from the Army in 2014, all he wanted was to live unnoticed. The transition to civilian life, coupled with a diagnosis of a seizure disorder, was more difficult than being deployed. Green couldn’t fathom his life today: standing before classrooms of teens as a political science teacher at Springdale Junior-Senior High School. “I kept to myself,” said Green, 29, a Sharpsburg native. “I wanted to be invisible.” Enter Bradley, a German shepherd trained in Florida through Guardian Angels Medical ...

Woman finds boat she believes saved her father from the Nazis

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Holocaust Museum is a place that largely reminds visitors of the inhumanity of which mankind is capable. Two Pinellas County women who lost grandparents to the Holocaust are helping to bring a message of humanity to the museum. They also have parents who escaped the Nazis due to the heroism of people in Denmark. When the Nazis prepared to round up that nation’s Jewish population, Danish fishermen ferried them to safety in their boats to Sweden. “This story can give people hope,” said Irene Weiss. It’s why she and Margot Benstock ...