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  • Cove Loses Farming Legend Bill England

    LUGENE SHELLY, For the Herald|Feb 23, 2023

    The Morrisons Cove farming community lost a legend when William England of Williamsburg died on Jan. 6 of this year. England, son of the late Foster and Frances England, was born into a farming family, but growing up, didn't want to remain on the farm. Instead, he entered Penn State, studying geophysics and geochemistry. The summer before graduation he went to Redding, Calif., to work for the Phelps Dodge Corporation. The mining company had a subsidiary in Douglas, Ariz., and the company...

  • Fighting for the Crown

    Feb 23, 2023

    Williamsburg's Jayla Woodruff and Northern Bedford's Abby Kline scramble for a loose ball on Friday, Feb 17, at Claysburg-Kimmel High School during the ICC Basketball Championship Semi-Finals. The Lady Pirates were the ICC Champions, defeating Bellwood the next day 51-48....

  • Educational and Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Black History Month

    Feb 23, 2023

    Each February, the United States commemorates the impressive contributions of Black individuals. Black History Month traces its origins to 1915, 50 years after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. In that same year, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (later known as ASALH) was founded to promote the achievement of Black Americans and others of African descent. In 1926, a more formal holiday was established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson with a national...

  • American Adults' Hearts are Much Older Than They Should Be

    Feb 23, 2023

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average adult in the United States has a heart that is seven years older than it should be. “Heart age” is a metric used by the CDC to determine if an individual is at greater risk for heart disease than they should be at any given point during their adults lives. Factors such as body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, whether or not a person smokes or has smoked in the past, and if that person has diabetes all help to determine heart age. The CDC indicates that millions of peo...