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Kelsey's Dream honors birthday with donations to children's hospitals

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MIDDLEBURG — Kelsey's Dream marked what would have been Kelsey Kuhns' birthday Oct. 8 with a communitywide snack donation initiative benefiting children receiving cancer treatment and their families at hospitals across central Pennsylvania. The nonprofit organization collected snacks from community members and supporters to distribute to children's cancer clinics, where patients and their families often spend long hours attending medical appointments. The birthday initiative began Oct. 8 with a visit to Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital in Hershey, where the organization ...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. talks stakes of Democratic trifecta in Harrisburg

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(The Center Square) – With 10 days to go until the 2026 election, former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey was back on the campaign trail for fellow Democrats running for office in Bucks County. The longest serving Democratic U.S. Senator in Pennsylvania’s history said he thinks costs should be the focus of his party’s closing message. “Gas, groceries, housing, healthcare, and, you could add, utility costs to that as well, and to make it a very clear choice,” Casey said in an interview with The Center Square on Saturday. “They've had their chance with a president, a House, and the ...

Reading School Board members spent $93K to attend conferences

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READING — Several members of the Reading School Board spent more than $93,000 on conference travel during the two most recent academic years — exceeding their budget and outpacing pre-pandemic costs, according to a Spotlight PA review of spending records. A majority of members also broke state and district policy by taking more than two out-of-state trips per school year, the newsroom found. Those expenses came as the district raised property taxes and tapped its reserves to balance its budget. Trips over the past two years ranged from short stays in Hershey or the Poconos to ...

Birth Announcements

County Observer

SARAH ELIZABETH STOLTZFUS Sarah Elizabeth Stoltzfus was born at 9:51 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, to Ivan and Mattie Stoltzfus of Rebersburg. Sarah was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19 ¾ inches. EMILY JAYNE PEACHEY Emily Jayne Peachey was born at 11:58 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2026, at home to David and Suzanne Peachey of Belleville. Emily was 8 pounds, 12 ounces and 20 ½ inches. SAMUEL JOHN PEACHEY Samuel John Peachey was born at 3:38 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at home to Eli and Elizabeth Peachey of Belleville. Samuel was 6 pounds, 8 ounces and 18 ...

Outdoors

County Observer

OUTDOORS: Spook a flock of wild turkeys, then call them back By David Thompson The hunting season that opens Oct. 31 will give hunters opportunities to put a wild turkey on the dinner table on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day if they can wait that long. A turkey raised on acorns, beechnuts, wild plants, and grain remaining in farmland after harvest is a bit drier and less fatty than a supermarket turkey. The latter turkey is juicier, but a wild turkey dinner has been traditional among hunters ever since the early colonists in America gathered with Native Americans to break ...

Big Valley Rural

County Observer

Sadie Peachey Greetings to all on this cold, frosty morning. The second morning with frost, bringing an end to flowers and more. A nice day for wedding preparation days, one here in the valley at Israel and Naomi Swarey's and one at cousin John and Mary Kanagy's in Jackson, Ohio. A travel bus was to start for that one this evening for the wedding tomorrow. A six- or seven-hour drive. Wednesday the 14th, a busload went to the same area for a wedding at cousins Stephen and Katie Kanagy's for their daughter Sylvia and Samuel, son of Daniel and Mary Peachey. I went along with that bus in ...