A few years ago, the Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau teamed up to begin a Rose-Colored Glasses Campaign focusing on the positives in our community. Many local business owners and other community members chose to participate and were ...

If America were a company and not a country, we would have long ago dissolved the corporation, split the blanket, and gone our separate ways. What still holds this disputatious and divided people together? Consider. In announcing the $900 billion stimulus bill to deal with the pandemic, ...

No two ways about it. This has been a lousy year. In so many ways, our lives have been upended and, in more than 300,000 American families, tinged with the sorrow of losing a loved one to an invisible and insidious virus. We have all felt so helpless and frustrated by not knowing the end ...

Sometimes doing something very simple can have a huge impact on your community. They may be simple tasks, but when added up, will make a difference. The Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau follows the Proud Places Facebook page. Proud Places is a network of professionals focused on improving ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo is reported to be on Joe Biden’s shortlist for attorney general of the United States, though Cuomo claims he’s not interested. A savvy response, considering he might not be Biden’s final choice, and if he is, he’ll have to undergo Senate scrutiny. He’s got a lot ...

God works in strange ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge from a rasping, grasping old miser into a ...