Photo provided to the Times Observer The Trails & Rails Equestrians 4-H Club met on Dec. 10 at the Sanford United Methodist Church, holding a business meeting and Christmas party. Members brought donations to be sent to troops through the Tidioute Ladies Auxiliary and exchanged gifts as ...

Photo provided to the Times Observer VFW Post 8803 in Tidioute sponsored two local essay contests - The Voice of Democracy (VOD) and the Patriot's Pen. The Voice of Democracy contest for ninth through twelfth grade and the theme was, "What are the greatest attributes of our democracy?" ...

By JOSH COTTON jcotton@timesobserver.com Why do the young and the fair and the gifted die? Why are those for whom life opens so full of promise and pleasure and usefulness, suddenly taken “over there,” while the poor and the old and the infirm, to whom life is already a burden, linger ...

LARGE TURNOUT FOR VISIT BY AREA AUTHOR It was a packed room at the Youngsville Public Library on Wednesday as area residents came to hear Marcy O’Brien answer questions, read a few excerpts from and then sign her first book, a memoir collection entitled: “Rounding Third…” ...

Public Engagement Specialist I have always been fascinated by ripples in the water. As a child, I loved to throw pebbles in puddles and ponds and watch the patterns created by the ripples as they overlapped. The surface became an ever-changing kaleidoscope of shapes as the ripples bounced off ...

Class to meet for lunch The Warren High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at noon Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Cornerstone Lounge in Warren at 308 Pennsylvania Ave. E.