Urges Specter to Reconsider and Support Bill that Stops Cuts to Doctors and Keeps Medicare Fair
 

HARRISBURG, PA - Gridlock has paralyzed the U.S. Senate, derailing a critical bipartisan bill that would have stopped a 10 percent cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients, kept Medicare premiums fair, and made significant improvements to a program that 44 million Americans depend o­n.

PIKE COUNTY, PA - Representatives John Siptroth and Mike Peifer, and Senator Lisa Baker, all hailed passage of legislation that would grant Pike County state-owned land in Milford, PA.

PIKE COUNTY, PA - While the beach can be a fun and relaxing place to enjoy your summer, it is important to also respect the power of the sea. Drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death in the United States, killing nearly 5,000 people each year.

PIKE COUNTY, PA - The United Way is pleased to announce the very generous donation of $2500 by the Dime Bank.

PIKE COUNTY, PA - Two northeast Pennsylvania teams were honored at the awards ceremony at the 29th annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in College Park, M.D. o­n June 3. Four other local teams placed in the top half of their divisions in the international creative problem-solving competition.

MANCHESTER, TENN. - In August 1969 hundreds of thousands of people gathered o­n a farm in upstate New York to celebrate, music, freedom and counterculture.

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival has become arguably the closest likeness to a “modern day Woodstock” and includes environmentally conscious performers like Pearl Jam who care about the fuel and carbon footprint they take to put o­n a festival with 80,000 people. This year, Sustainable Table and The Meatrix’s Moopheus have joined the lineup in the Planet Roo section of the festival.

GROVE CITY, PA - Earlier this month specifacally, June 5, 2008, was the 40th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy, o­ne of the most beloved politicians of his era. I was surprised by the lack of commemorations by news sources, which typically jump all over anniversaries. No doubt, this “anniversary story” was a victim of media myopia regarding the 2008 presidential race.

By Amy Holman Edelman

NEW YORK - You didn’t mean for it to happen.  It certainly wasn’t intentional.  But because of death or divorce—or maybe just an extended break—you haven’t been wading around in the dating pool for awhile.  And, since you’ve last donned your swimmies and your bathing cap, things have changed.  A LOT. 

MILFORD, PA - The Gallery at Antiques of Milford in Forest Hall proudly announces the opening reception o­n Saturday, July 5, 2008 of Dawn to Dusk, a o­ne-person exhibit of paintings o­n wood by local artist David Lee Bush. The exhibit will run until Saturday, August 2, 2008.

"There was o­nce an ancient city. The ancient city fell." - Virgil, The Aeneid

By John W. Whitehead

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Increasingly, parallels are being drawn between the Roman Empire and the current American Empire. Yet while some may look to Rome as an inspiration, others believe it casts a dark shadow over us and our supposedly imperial aspirations.

Black Bear Film Festival Calls for 2008 Artists

MILFORD, PA – Artistic? Creative? Want to exhibit your work locally? Submit your sketch for decorating a bear sculpture for the 9th annual Black Bear Film Festival. You don’t have to make the sculpture yet, just devise a wonderful way to adorn it.

PIKE COUNTY, PA - For over 30 years, the Pike County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs has held its annual Youth Conservation School. And this year will be no exception!

We face a very challenging situation regarding maintaining an adequate supply of corn and other grain commodities for this coming year.

TILDEN, NE - Inclement climatic conditions are wreaking havoc in the principle grain producing region of the nation according to Keith Dittrich, Chairman of the Board of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA).

Pray says the American Corn Growers Association