HIGHTSTOWN: Campers earn graduation gifts

HIGHTSTOWN — It looked like Christmas in August as 38 excited campers began ripping the tags off their gifts and spilling the contents all over the floor.

Want peace and joy in your home this Christmas? Start planning for it now

Long lines, parking lots so packed they don't have space left for a pigeon to land, and grocery store shelves stripped of every last morsel of gingerbread, cranberry sauce and cookie dough - such is the likely fate of those who wait until the last minute to prepare for Christmas.

Networking in a flash

The West St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce “Speed Dating for Business” breakfast held Aug. 20 was called “very worthwhile” and “a great way to make business contacts.”

Increased food concerns cause canning growth

FREDERICKSBURG — When Krista Ehlert started canning last year, she wondered if anyone else spent time cleaning, snapping and stuffing green beans into jars.

Mary Young: City on county's 'naughty' list

He's making a list, and checking it twice. No, Christmas isn't here four months early. But Berks County Commissioner Kevin Barnhardt is definitely keeping track - of all the things the commissioners, present and past, have done for the city in the last 10 years without expecting much in return.