Commonwealth Medical College is poised to benefit the local economy, local business leaders heard over lunch, Friday.

 “Every 16 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies by suicide. Every 17 minutes, someone is left to make sense of it.” — American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The following is the true story of a local family, still healing from the loss of a loved one who committed suicide. Their names have been changed to protect their privacy.
“It was a shock, but not totally a shock to me,” said Mrs. Dove, when she learned her ex-husband had taken his own life. “He was depressed...I didn’t think he could do anything like that.”

A local workforce development agency is unrolling a suite of free computer programs at county libraries that can help out-of-work residents find a job, or perhaps a different career for those searching for a new direction.

Three district attorneys came together on Friday to announce that an important program to educate local children on the vices of the Internet has been restored, thanks to a $20,000 grant from a U.S. telecommunications provider.

Farming’s been in Ellis Dix’s blood since day one.
“I was born on my dad’s dairy farm ...in Starlight, up in the northern part of the County. He rented my great-grandfather’s farm,” Ellis said of his dad, David. His great granddad’s name was Sylvester Dix. Ellis is a seventh generation farmer. 

 With a hearing on the subject scheduled for the December meeting, the Sterling Township Board of Supervisors is nearly set to approve a four percent tax on hotel patrons staying in the Township.
After months of debate, research, and waiting for resolution of a tax assessment appeal for Howe’s Comfort Inn at the intersection of Rt. 191 and Interstate 84, a draft ordinance is finally ready, and pending one minor revision, will be put before the people of the Township for discussion December 14 at 7 p.m.