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SUNBURY — Katie Cassidy is the new deputy director for the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association and Vernal School Environmental Education Partnership

MILTON — Community members are invited to celebrate the season and the moms in their lives at a tomato plant giveaway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Milton Municipal Museum, 168 S. Front St., Milton.

SUNBURY — A Northumberland man and a Mount Carmel woman will head to trial on more than two dozen felony aggravated cruelty to animals charges.

SUNBURY — A June trial for a 47-year-old Milton man accused of gunning down his girlfriend of seven years in a city alley in 2025 was continued earlier this week.

Dr. Chris Berry, a Geisinger Medical Center emergency room doctor, has been named the 2026 EMS Physician of the Year by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council.

DANVILLE — Nearly 200 second graders from the Danville Area School District and St. Joseph School will begin free swim lessons at the Danville Area Community Center next week.

KRATZERVILLE — Hearts of Praise will be the featured artist for Zion Church of Kratzerville’s free Music in Grove event at 3 p.m. May 31.

MILTON — The Milton High School esports team is Fortnite State Champions.

HARRISBURG — Two bills intended to improve roadway safety around the operation of commercial vehicles and a third bolstering penalties for unintentional deaths in traffic crashes were approved this week in the Pennsylvania Senate.

Election officials still recommend dating the envelope, even though counties aren’t currently rejecting ballots with improper dates.