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LNP 14U Tournament opening night [photos]
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Conestoga Valley student carries flag at World Cup match in Philadelphia [photos]
Conestoga Valley student Michael Smith carried a flag the World Cup game on Saturday in Philadelphia as a part of the group that creates the tunnel for the players to run out of while the national anthems play. Nonprofit local news isn't free! It takes reporters, editors, and resources to do this work right. Your donation keeps that work alive.
Solanco vs. Lancaster Catholic - L-L League softball championship [photos]
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Snow geese descend on Middle Creek during peak migration [photos]
The first sizable flocks of snow geese have arrived at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area after icy weather kept them at bay earlier this month. Snow geese visit Middle Creek annually to rest during their journey north to their summer Arctic breeding grounds. Middle Creek typically sees up to 200,000 snow geese and thousands of tundra swans every year, according to a recent Middle Creek press release. Support local journalism.
Volunteers visit graves at Gap church as part of Wreaths Across America [photos]
Volunteers with Wreaths Across America placed wreaths on graves of veterans buried at Bellevue Church in Gap on Saturday. It was one of 30 cemeteries that Pequea Valley Cemeteries with Wreaths Across America visited Saturday. Also, the event was one of more than 5,200 such events slated across the country and beyond Saturday, according to the nonprofit’s website. The local observance began with a ceremony at Pequea Valley Secondary School before moving to the cemetery. Support local journalism.
2025 PIAA cross country championships [photos]
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Football 2019: Harvard 62, Howard 17
It was a rough week for Howard football coach Ron Prince. First, his star quarterback, Caylin Newton, announced that he would be placing his name in the NCAA transfer portal and thus would be unavailable for the rest of the season. Next, a group of players and their parents charged the first-year Bison coach with being “threatening, hostile, abusive, and disrespectful of the young men and coaching staff” under his command, prompting the school to say it would launch an investigation.
Robin Kelsey: Is a Photograph a Work of Art?
What makes a photograph art? A great photograph may be the result of skill and intention, or it may be the result of dumb luck: a fleeting, perfect composition captured by chance. At a time when there is a camera in every pocket, how do curators distinguish between documentary and artistic work? In this episode, Burden professor of photography Robin Kelsey, the dean of arts and humanities, explores the role of chance in artmaking generally, and in photography in particular.
Full Report: Harvard’s Use of Race in Admissions Upheld
Federal Judge Allison Burroughs, who presided over the lawsuit arguing that Harvard College’s use of race in admissions discriminates against Asian-Americans, upheld the University’s admissions program as constitutional on October 1. “Harvard’s admissions program has been designed and implemented in a manner that allows every application to be reviewed in a holistic manner consistent with the guidance set forth by the Supreme Court,” her decision reads.
New addiction risks in the war on smoking
Battles about the future of smoking have always been waged over children. For tobacco companies, the young represent the next generation of smokers.
On YouTube, watch vlogger John Fish grow
The first two years of college were a time of adjustments for John Fish ’21. Like any other student, he made mistakes, contemplated new ideas, and tried to best manage his time. But most students don’t go through this process in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands. Fish does. During his senior year of high school in Waterloo, Canada, Fish started making daily video blogs (vlogs) and posting them on YouTube.
HMML manuscripts Columba Stewart
A globe-trotting monk with the Benedictine “survival gene” seeks out treasured manuscripts How Father Columba Stewart ’79, a Benedictine monk from Minnesota, came to be hiding in a Timbuktu hotel during a jihadist attack last summer is a story that begins in the fifth century.
Survey Finds Mobile Devices Lure Us Into Working Longer, But No One Objects Much
For many professionals, the past few years have seen work and personal time become more intricately intertwined. Bedtime has become the final "email-check-time." Saturday and Sunday could be renamed "week-never-ends" and the good vibrations on vacation may very likely be coming courtesy of your boss via Apple and Samsung.Technologies like virtual desktops, unified communications and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs have forced a new day with regards to work rules.
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