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Pennsylvania Fishing Report – January 21, 2021 2021 Fishing License went on sale December 1st. Click here to purchase REMINDER: Mandatory Cold Weather Life Jacket Wear began on November 1, 2020 and runs through April 30, 2021 for anyone on boats less than 16 feet and in all canoes and kayaks.  Learn more here…   REMINDER: Once there is ice on the lakes, be sure to check the thickness and safety before venturing out on the ice. Ice should be clear to be safe, once it thaws, aerates and refreezes it loses its integrity. Erie County Area Steelhead Streams Steelhead are still i...

-- Contributed Four organizations each received checks for $736.25 as part of the Unionport Chapter No. 360 Order of the Eastern Star’s sponsorship of Wreaths Across America observances held in December at six cemeteries in Jefferson County that were first-time registrants in 2020. Those cemeteries were Pine Run, Unionport, Bloomingdale, Shaffer Cemetery in McIntyre and Mount Moriah Cemetery in Wayne Township and East Springfield Cemetery in Salem Township. Because the OES chapter was a sponsoring fundraising chapter, it received $5 back from each wreath sold with the funds to benefit anoth...

mmaroney@sungazette.com Many organizations each year do projects to ensure wild trout are in abundance in streams, lakes and rivers. Before the opening day of trout season on April 17, members of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited met for their annual watershed summit. Reducing acid mind drainage by removing two old coal refuse culm piles that were causing water impairment near Mildred and Loyalsock Creek was a project discussed. Acid mine drainage destroys the aquatic life, turning streams orange with toxic chemicals from mining, said Marc Lewis, spokesman for the Loyalsock Creek Wat...

Bloomingdale Mayor Dave Gaffney, right, was master of ceremonies at Bloomingdale Cemetery. -- Contributed UNIONPORT — While there were a number of area cemeteries among the locations for Wreaths Across America ceremonies, five cemeteries in Wayne Township and one in Salem Township were first-time participants on Dec. 19. “Our communities had a beautiful day with a lot of volunteers,” commented Le’Ann Gibbons, worthy matron of Unionport Chapter No. 360 Order of the Eastern Star, who coordinated the effort to have several cemeteries registered as WAA locations and ceremonies conducted t...

ANGOLA — The coronavirus pandemic hurt many Angola businesses in 2020 and slowed new development and infrastructure projects in the city, but Mayor Richard Hickman said this year has the potential to see the city rebound in a big way. Hickman, now in his fifth term as mayor, says working toward meeting an urgent need for new housing and making Angola a more appealing place to live and work are two of the items that top his administration’s agenda in 2021. Hickman says Angola, like many other communities in northern Indiana, currently has more job openings than it does workers to fil...