Imagine driving 55 miles per hour with your eyes closed for five seconds – the equivalent of the length of a football field. Sounds terrifying, doesn’t it? Now, imagine reading or sending a text message while behind the wheel. The five seconds spent looking at your cellphone and not the ...
Gas prices, war in the Mideast, yo-yoing stock market got you down? You might benefit from a little “forest bathing.” The Japanese wellness practice has nothing to do with showering in the woods but is intended to provide a digital detox, an opportunity to disengage from urban trappings ...
Everybody has a story. Had it not been for his great-niece, we couldn’t have shared the one about Jimmy Rasel in last Sunday’s newspaper. The 79-year-old Lone Pine man was beloved to all who met him, and Amanda McWreath knew it would resonate with readers. And not because he achieved ...
As we march ever closer toward a cashless society, the time is now to ramp up security at the checkout. Credit card fraud is on the rise and the most common form of identity theft. The statistics are staggering – and somewhat surprising: – 63% of U.S. credit card holders have been ...
There’s good news and bad news on the measles front. First, the good news: Of the 12 confirmed cases of measles in Pennsylvania, none, thankfully, were in Washington, Greene or Fayette counties. Now for the bad: It’s only a matter of time before the highly contagious, once-eradicated ...
In the midst of this Lenten season, many in our area abstain from meat on Fridays. A number of groups offer fish fries as a way for Catholics to adhere to that religious obligation, though many others enjoy attending them. Among the many groups that prepare and sell fish sandwiches, pierogies, ...