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  • Holidays During a Pandemic Inspire United Behaviors, Expectations For Life In 2021

    MARY FIRESTONE, Staff Writer, Pa. NewsMedia Association|Dec 31, 2020

    For many Pennsylvanians, the late fall and early winter holiday seasons hold memories of coming together with friends and loved ones; a time of happiness and unity. Unity can be defined as many things: the state of being brought together, the quality of not being divided, a condition of harmony. In 2020, as a direct effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and related mandates, the physical aspect of unity has changed. Interestingly, "unity" is the word used by Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr....

  • A Civic Duty For Today's News Consumer: Identify Fake News

    MARY FIRESTONE, Staff Writer Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association|Nov 12, 2020

    Pennsylvanians are social people, often engaging with family, friends and others through numerous social media platforms. Information shared on these platforms can come from reputable news sources or, unfortunately, from other untrustworthy contributors that publish verifiably false content. Engagement with unreliable news sites is on the rise and it is important for news consumers to know how to identify these sources of misinformation. Since the run-up to the 2016 election, the rate of engagement with content from such organizations has...

  • Pandemic Mandates Put The Hammer On Pa. Festivals, Squeeze On Local Communities

    MARY FIRESTONE, For the Herald|Oct 1, 2020

    For many Pennsylvanians, fall is a season of senses. The cool air on your face, the warmth of jeans and hoodies, the crisp crinkle of leaves beneath your feet. The timeless smells of tart apple cider, freshly baked pumpkin pies and salty-sweet kettle corn. Children's laughter bursts around us, and if you listen closely enough, you can hear echoes of small feet through straw fields and pumpkin patches. Fall is a time of tradition and community, and for much of Pennsylvania's cities and towns, it...

  • Support from All Stakeholders – Namely Hunters – Critical to CWD Plan Success

    MARY FIRESTONE, Pa. NewsMedia Association|Aug 27, 2020

    On Saturday, July 25, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners reviewed and approved the newest form of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Chronic Wasting Disease response plan. Following the initial review period of September 2019 through February 2020, the Game Commission issued a revised response plan in the spring of 2020 for a second round of public review. All told, the Commission received 885 comments on the plan from the public, agencies and organizations. These were incorporated into the final version of the plan. “Development of...