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It's almost time for opening day at the Sunbury Community Pool. Employees are doing last-minute preparations and hoping for a record-breaking year.

Central Florida Ridge Friends of NRA Nationally Recognized for Its Achievements by James Coulter In 1992, the Central Florida Ridge Friends of NRA, the local chapter of the Friends of NRA, started humbly with a small banquet in a pole barn in a lone cow pasture east of Lake Wales.Nearly 26 years later, their annual fundraiser…

An animal rescue is raising money for a puppy's upcoming surgeries in Northumberland County. Author: Nikki Krize Updated: 5:08 PM EDT July 19, 2021 NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — At first glance, seven-month-old Victor looks like your average Cocker Spaniel. But when he starts walking his birth defect is hard to miss. "He has no hip sockets. His right knee is basically on backwards and his left leg is pretty much useless," said Marcy Benner of Haven to Home Canine Rescue. Victor was surrendered to Haven to Home Canine Rescue last month. Marcy Benner serves on t...

Lack of workers will keep playground in Sunbury closed The Oppenheimer Playground and splash pad will not open this summer because no one applied to work there. Author: Nikki Krize Updated: 8:41 PM EDT July 12, 2021 SUNBURY, Pa. — Patricia Rice has lived across the street from the Oppenheimer Playground in Sunbury for more than 50 years. She can't remember a time during the summer when it was not crowded. "We have children down the street and all over town and children from outside of Sunbury come over here," Rice said. That won't be the case this year. The p...

ONE of Essex’s oldest regattas is set to return this year after being postponed due to the Covid pandemic. Burnham Week is now open for entries and will be take place from August 28 to September 4. Organisers called off the event last year after finding the restrictions put in place for the pandemic did not ease enough to put on the event. Burnham Week first took place in 1893, which makes it one of the oldest regattas of its type. With eight days of racing on offer, there will be something for racers, visitors and residents. One of the biggest events of the week is Quay Day, a ...