Stories from Thursday, July 29, 2021
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Official: Fairground races spur complaints
BLOOMSBURG — A town committee will meet next month to discuss changes to the town noise ordinance after hearing...
Man: Complex’s runoff damaging neighboring Scott Township property
SCOTT TWP. — The Lions Gate apartment complex has caused repeated flooding and erosion from storm water runoff,...
Nearly 1,000 customers lost electricity for hours
BERWICK — Downtown Berwick businesses were posting signs with a common theme on Wednesday: “Closed, no power.” The...
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1958: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA. 1981: Britain’s...
“THE GIRL WHO SWALLOWED A CACTUS”: 11 a.m., Bloomsburg Town Park, Totsburg, free children’s play by BTE. Fresh Express...
• Actor Josh Radnor, 47. • Actor Stephen Dorff, 48. • Actor Wil Wheaton, 49. • Actor Rodney Allen Rippy, 53. •...
Infrastructure bill moving WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion...
• Millville Borough Municipal Authority’s financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2020, showed total assets of...
Wolf: No mask mandate HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday he is not considering a statewide mask mandate as...
TREASURE HUNT: 15-24-28-29-30 MIDDAY PICK TWO: 6-6; WILD: 8 MIDDAY PICK THREE: 7-1-2; WILD: 8 MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 0-3-...
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The recent surge in new daily coronavirus cases across Pennsylvania eased Wednesday, with a drop of nearly 35% from...
Southern Columbia Area High School’s Class of 1985 plans to gather for its 35th reunion — 36 after the fact, because of...
Cops: Woman who hit light on drugs SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg woman whose car hit a light pole in the parking lot of...
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg man and an Elysburg woman were charged with having fentanyl and drug-use items in their...
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Family greatest joy of devout church member
Catherine I. Sitler, 90, of Foundryville passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at the Berwick Hospital Center...
Charities, businesses providing housing assistance
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Sharon Schechter escaped the South Florida condominium tower collapse with just the nightclothes she...
Lover, defender of all things ‘great and small’
On Friday, July 16, 2021, Vicki Vanpelt, 60, suddenly and unexpectedly died at her home of natural causes. She was a...
HOLBROOK, Ariz. (AP) —An Arizona man already facing assault charges for allegedly plowing his pickup into people...
Hayley Ashelman Ana Clouden and Dylan Ashelman, Bloomsburg, are the parents of a daughter, Hayley, born Monday, July...
NEW YORK (AP) — Mena Suvari wants to explain her reasoning for writing about Kevin Spacey on the set of their 1999 film...
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DANVILLE — A Danville man on state parole when he assaulted his wife at their home in Mahoning Township was given a...
HARRISBURG (AP) — A one-time chief of staff to the late former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter will run for U.S. Senate as an...
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It sounds like the plot of a movie. Maine Sen. Angus King urged government and private-sector officials to do more to...
For 16 years, the family of Ashley Marie Parlier of Michigan was left to wonder where she may have gone or how she died...
The preamble to the Constitution serves as a reminder to all Americans how important our forefathers considered the...
InsideSources.com The big story isn’t in Washington. It’s out West. It’s the drought. After the fires have gone out (...
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DEAR ABBY: Six months into the pandemic I was furloughed, then laid off. I could no longer afford my rent and was...
NEW YORK (AP) — Strong sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and other medicines helped Pfizer nearly double its second-quarter...
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A half-dozen Mason jars line the top shelf of Toni Dash’s pantry. Some are filled with clear liquid tinted almost...
Reunions are an interesting subject. Not all families are blessed with the same number of children or even the same...
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IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY Whatever it is you want, you usually get, and that’s because you often have no trouble going out...
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KANE (AP) — A crank caller ordered an “insurrection pizza” from Pauline Bauer’s restaurant, Bob’s Trading Post. Hate...
“With Canadian air flowing into Pennsylvania, yesterday was partly sunny and some 10 degrees cooler than Tuesday had...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Arthur” will soon come to an end. PBS Kids plans to end the long-running children’s series after...
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Swimmers making splash in Tokyo
TOKYO — Lilly King believed the U.S. women’s team was capable of winning every gold medal at the pool in Tokyo. That...
Pittsburgh boasts the top-ranked pass rush
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith seeks consistency heading into his second NFL season...
Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson appeared on the field at their teams’ first training camp practices. Lamar Jackson was...
Games will be throwback to pre-analytics age
YOKOHAMA, Japan — If the Colorado Rockies were in the Olympics, they’d have had some shorter nights. Olympic baseball...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —Aaron Judge went from being a late scratch to hitting a tiebreaking single in a two-run 10th...
East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Boston 63 40.612 - - 7-3 W-1 33-21 30-19 Tampa Bay 60 42.588 2½ - 6-4...
PITTSBURGH — Lorenzo Cain and Luis Urias hit two-run doubles, Adrian Houser pitched five scoreless innings and the...
CLEVELAND — Some batters hit for the cycle. Indians slugger Franmil Reyes nearly hit the cyclist. Reyes homered twice...
MINNEAPOLIS — Jeimer Candelario and Eric Haase each drove in three runs and Detroit, despite giving up seven homers and...
SEATTLE — Yuli Gurriel singled, doubled and homered to drive in three runs and lead Houston over Seattle. It was the...
NEW YORK — Pinch-hitter Brandon Drury delivered a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and right fielder Michael...
BALTIMORE — Ryan McKenna drew a bases-loaded walk from Steven Okert to force in the winning run in the bottom of the...
SAN DIEGO — Sean Manaea took a perfect game into the sixth inning and Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer to carry...
BOSTON — Rookie starter Tanner Houck struck out seven over four innings and Boston beat Toronto 4-1 to a split a...
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Cade Cunningham spent years honing his game for a shot at becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. The...
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni kicked off Camp Competition with quarterback Jalen Hurts taking first-team snaps for the...
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July 29, 1991 • Jack Nicklaus beats Chi-Chi Rodriguez by four strokes in an 18-hole playoff at the British Open. July...
Today No local sporting events scheduled ———————————————
Friday No local sporting events scheduled
AUTO RACING 5:25 a.m. (Friday) ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice 1, Hungaroring, Mogyor??d, Hungary ———————————————...
MLB FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
National League At N.Y. Mets -135/+120 Atlanta Washington -140/+125 At Philadelphia...
Nation G S B Tot United States 9 8 8 25 China 9 5 7 21 Japan 10 3 5 18 ROC 7 7 4 18 Britain 4 5 4 13 Italy 1 5 6...
BLOOMSBURG —Bloomsburg University’s field hockey team is hosting a summer high school ID clinic Aug. 11 from 6-8 p.m....
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled C Connor Wong from Worcester (Triple-A East...
TOKYO — For decades, they were told to shake it off or toughen up — to set aside the doubt, or the demons, and focus on...
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DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend is not getting vaccinated for COVID-19 because she thinks the vaccines could cause permanent...
In response to Berwick man’s e-mail, my husband is a veteran who gets some discounts when shopping and free admission...
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