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In his latest Local History column, Ross Eric Gibson writes about Hotel Ben Lomond.

Longtime Daily Journal writer and Farmington Press Editor Kevin R. Jenkins has been named editor of the Daily Journal by Greg Hoskins, Better Newspapers Inc. publisher.

CRANBERRY LAKE — A Cranberry Lake native who’s now a nationally touring musician will return home to perform a free show on July 31 at the Clifton Community Pavilion.

Mount St. Mary's University will host its 213th commencement exercises in four ceremonies on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 at Waldron Family Stadium. The ceremonies will celebrate the achievements of 560 total graduates. To ensure the health and safety of the Mount community, the university quadrupled the number of ceremonies from one to four, moved the events outdoors and limited the number of guests permitted per graduate. Masks are required, and physical distancing protocols will be followed.

I’ve got a few follow-ups on last week’s article on moonshine on the Susquehanna. Shickshinny Area Historical Society had a copy of a Mountain Echo article detailing the bust of a 10-still moonshining operation on Ryman’s Island, also known as Bald Eagle Island, by Mocanaqua in January 1923. The paper almost certainly got the name of the alleged moonshiner wrong, historian