Columbia County has extended deadline for absentee ballots
<p>BLOOMSBURG — Columbia County has extended to Friday the deadline to apply for and submit absentee ballots due to the closure of the courthouse.</p>
Press Enterprise
Haunted house comes back to life
<p>DANVILLE —Jeffrey Menschwas rebuilding his haunted house Tuesday after the danger of Hurricane Sandy had passed.</p>
Coed’s photos getting big play
<p>College studentMary Bovecontinues to make a big photographic splash — the New York Times has chosen two of her pictures in six months to appear on a slideshow on its Education Life Web pag
NOW YOU KNOW
<p>• Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., zoners in Montour Township will consider an appeal of a notice of violation issued to the Smokehouse Bar and Grill, with regard to the size of a sign.</p>
Around the State
<p>Storm blamed for deaths</p>
What to watch for in campaign homestretch
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Five things to watch for in the final week of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney:</p>
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
<p>• Actress-singer Willow Smith, 12.</p>
<p>• Rap performer Vanilla Ice (aka Rob Van Winkle), 44. </p>
WHAT’S HAPPENING
<p>Fall Harvest Party: 7-8:30 p.m., New Covenant Christian Church, 212 W. 11th St., Berwick, games, crafts, food; no costumes, please.</p>
Around the World
<p>Sandy kills Village parade</p>
<p> NEW YORK (AP) — Booooo! Not even the ghosts and goblins are safe from Sandy.</p>
HISTORY LESSON
<p>1926: Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.</p>