Williamsburg News

Experts say it's impossible to identify firefighters with a penchant for arson, but the problem is widespread enough to prompt a program to educate fire chiefs about it.

A Fourth of July picnic took a tragic turn in Cambria County on Friday.State Police say 21-month-old Cheyanne Dively, of Williamsburg, Pa., drowned in an above ground pool during a holiday outing with family.It ...

A 21-month-old Blair County toddler is dead after drowning in an aboveground pool at a Cambria County home.

Charles Schwab is an industrialist who has ties to the Lehigh Valley area. Schwab, born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Loretto, Pennsylvania, was president of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Lehigh ...

State police in Blair County say they are investigating an alleged assault on an unborn child after a pregnant 17-year-old girl was slipped a cow hormone in her drink. via WTKT-AM Harrisburg

“There were several buildings and spaces between the buildings. It covered quite a bit of ground.”

A week or so ago, Mike Toklish experienced a serendipitous Philadelphia moment, the kind in which idle curiosity opens up onto the vast expanse of the past. via The Philadelphia Inquirer

“I love best of lists, but I'm always frustrated at the random incompleteness of the New York magazine... They write about best goat and forego writing about onion rings. I don't know how much sense that makes.”

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Monday March 10 2008. It was last updated at 11:17 on March 10 2008. via Surrey Hants Star

“Increasing integration of immigrants and disconnected populations in the United States into civil society and strengthening civic education”

In the 1982 film Sophie's Choice, actress Meryl Streep plays a tragic character named Sophie. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Renewable energy projects that provide social and economic benefits for the community have been the goal of NativeEnergy since our inception in 2000”

Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, carried out its commitment to Live Earth attendees in the U.S. who signed up for carbon credits to offset the miles driven to attend the concert ... via Earth Times

When American Revolutionary War hero Kazimierz Pulaski was killed trying to reclaim Savannah, Ga., from the British, his cavalry legion was flying an embroidered red silk banner produced at the Moravian settlement in Bethlehem.

The banner and its presentation to the Polish nobleman-turned American general and freedom fighter -- the originator of the American cavalry -- is remembered in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ''Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem.''

''Take thy banner, May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave.'' Read more

Mr. and Mrs. Derek Byler Laura Karyn Dively, of Alexandria, and Derek Scott Byler, of Petersburg, were married on Sept. via Lewistown Sentinel