A Bloom history mystery is solved
<p>The mystery metal plate in Columbia County <strong>Commissioner David Kovach</strong> ’s office is a token of a short-lived and long-gone iron foundry that used to stand where
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Report: Lawmakers spent $200G on expos
<p>HARRISBURG (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that state lawmakers spent nearly $200,000 of public money last year for expos and other constituent outreach events, including paper shredding a
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<p>TREASURE HUNT: 07-10-13-28-29</p>
<p> MIDDAY DAILY NUMBER: 3-9-7</p>
<p> MIDDAY BIG FOUR: 6-4-4-5</p>
NOW YOU KNOW
<p>• North Centre Township Planning Commission will meet Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the township building to discuss a section of the zoning ordinance that concerns home occupations.</p>
AROUND THE WORLD
<p><strong>Police: Two damage Acropolis</p>
AROUND THE STATE
<p><strong>Flight 93 site fire not arson</p>
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
<p>• Actor Wes Ramsey, 37.</p>
<p> • Rhythm-and-blues singer Melinda Doolittle (TV: “American Idol”), 37. </p>
WHAT’S HAPPENING
<p>Free Blood Pressure Screening: Mondays, noon-4 p.m., Columbia County Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, 310 E. Third St., Mifflinville; info: 752-1780. </p>
HISTORY LESSON
<p>1927: The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a movie featuring both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.</p>
Driver on heroin let car drift, police say
<p>HEMLOCK TWP. — A driver was high on heroin when he drifted out into the middle of an intersection and nodded off, police say.</p>