Officials offer tips for Halloween safety

County and state officials want to remind residents, especially parents, to be safe when celebrating Halloween. “Halloween is generally an entertaining holiday to dress up and have fun with family and friends,” State Fire Commissioner Tim Solobay said in a state press release. “But not paying attention can be dangerous, and nobody wants to look back and think: ‘Nobody would have been hurt if only…

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For 11th-hour Halloween costume, get boxed in

Stumped for a last-minute Halloween costume? Two Men and a Truck, an area moving company, is urging people to think inside the box. Any home that has an old cardboard box in the basement or garage from that new electronic or appliance, has the making of a unique, inexpensive “boxtume,” according to a company press release. For skeptics, the company is providing directions for one…

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Aaron Taylor Mason of Lincoln University

Aaron Taylor Mason, age 25, of Lincoln University, died suddenly Monday, Oct. 24. Born in Hartford, Conn., Aaron was the son of Dennis and Sharyl (Bailey) Mason, and brother to Kathryn Mason of Bear, and Christopher Mason of Newark. He graduated from Avon Grove High School and the Technical College High School in 2010. He was a talented ASE certified auto mechanic who worked for…

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Mind Matters: Give our children a future

It has always amazed me how people manage to bear children in the most horrid circumstances. Babies have been born all over the world with bombs bursting in air from hither and yon. Poverty, famine, war—all sorts of violence does not stop procreation. Ever wonder why? Maybe it’s the very word: pro-creation. Having children is for rather than against creation. Apparently, the human condition is…

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