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The Pennsylvania Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides income-eligible seniors with the opportunity to purchase locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers in Pennsylvania. The program provides five $5 vouchers totaling $25 to eligible seniors one time during the program year. The vouchers may be redeemed at designated area farmers markets through Nov. 30. To be eligible for the SFMNP vouchers, an individual must be 60 or older by Dec. 31 and must be a resident of Fayette, Greene, or Washington counties. An eligible individual’s gross income includes interest, Social Security, wages, compensation for black lung or unemployment, and must be ...
A Brownsville man faces charges after being accused of fracturing a man’s leg during a dispute in April. According to the criminal complaint, Joseph Stokes, 59, accosted James Wellington as he was walking through a parking lot on Hopewell Road in Luzerne Township on the night of April 23. Wellington told a Pennsylvania State Police trooper Stokes accused him of making a rude gesture to Stokes’ wife before punching him multiple times in the face and chest. Stokes also threw Wellington’s walking stick over a hill into the bushes, the complaint said. Medical records provided to police by Wellington’s family said he sustained a left medial tibial fracture in the assault, and ...
Later than planned but earlier than feared, the Greene County Historical Society Museum opened for the season Saturday. After a fundraising drive helped back necessary repairs to the building, the Historical Society thanked the community with a cookout and meet-and-greet with the artist ...
Brett Hickle’s father loved reading about World War II as a child. So when he’d go to visit extended family, it would have been natural for him to ask a family member who served what it was like. But the people who’d seen the kind of combat that would excite a young World War II buff ...
Food collection The Brownsville Area Ministerial Association’s "Food For Falcons" food program is collecting sandwich crackers and Pop-Tarts during the month of June. There will be a donation area in each participating BAMA church and at the end of the collection period the items will be gathered and taken to the Brownsville First Christian Church to be packed and sent home with selected elementary students. Yard sale Brownfield United Methodist Church, 1429 Brownfield Road, off of Hopwood Fairchance Road, will hold a yard sale starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 6. The fellowship hall will have refreshments and snacks. Rain date will be Saturday, June 13. Strawberry ...
In the summer of 2023, Ben Lumsden entered the transfer portal, leaving U.T. Arlington after a season. Lumsden started in 51 games at third base for the Mavericks, and he led the team in home runs with 11. Head coach Steve Sabins saw the tape and knew the player and person he was, and just had ...
Hopwood Village Plaza was one out away from being swept in a Fayette County Baseball League doubleheader against Oakland on Sunday. Then Chad Petrush stepped to the plate. Petrush lined a three-run double to center field to give Hopwood a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory and a split of their ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II hit a three-run double in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 to complete a three-game sweep Sunday. Reynaldo López (3-1) earned the win with a scoreless seventh, and Tyler Kinley ended a bases-loaded threat in the ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
Have you ever wondered about how it all happened? Why does a certain plant grow in the shade, while another must have a sunny location to reach its potential to just survive? What did the first plants look like and how different were they from what we see today? For billions of years the ...
