TORONTO — As Canada moves to reduce its dependence on American military suppliers, the push is on display inside a Toronto garment factory. Hunched over sewing machines, two workers rapidly stitch together pieces of camouflage-patterned fabric and Velcro strips. In the next room, workers ...
SPRUCE CREEK — HomeWaters Club has a storied past. The 127-acre tract of land that it calls home was part of the land grant given to William Penn in the late 1600s by the King of England in order to settle a debt. In more recent times this farm served as a Boy Scout Camp in the 1930s and ...
NANTY GLO — Cambria County farmers outlined legislative issues with local, state and federal officials Thursday at the Blacklick Township-based Moonshine Mine Distillery and Saloon, a family-owned business that holds the distinction of being the county’s first legal distillery. Most ...
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. For more than a century, countless have found it in the bedside drawers of American hotel and motel rooms. It has become a symbol of America’s roadside culture and Protestant tradition. It’s mentioned in lyrics, films, Broadway shows. “The Gideon Bible is a peculiarly and amazingly American object,” ...
Food pantry available The food pantry at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue, is available for those in need. Distribution will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, by appointment only. Call Deb by Thursday at 814-207-8293. The Septembetr dates are Sept. 11 and Sept. 25. Night of worship set Holy Spirit Ministry will host a night of worship from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at St. Michael Church, Hollidaysburg. Father Jeremy Mohler will speak on “From Simon to Peter.” The worship team will present the praise and worship ...
WILLIAMSBURG — It was sheer madness Wednesday night at the Williamsburg Community Farm Show as kids greased themselves with Crisco to catch a pig and later geared up to ride a fluffy sheep — all for fun, and perhaps a bit of cash if they happened to win. Fairgoers attended the barnyard ...
