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Winter X-Trail Challenge

It's that time of year again! We're planning for another Winter Cross-Trail Challenge in 2021. The goal is to journey along the Buffalo Valley Rail Trail mid-winter by any (safe and legal) means possible. That means, regardless of the ground conditions or weather that day, make some tracks. It could be a walk in the park... or in a blizzard. Choose your method of locomotion -- bike, boots, skis, snowshoes... Traction aids may be advisable. As a reminder, no motorized vehicles are allowed on the trail. Last year, it was sunny and in the 70s and a passel…

Yellow Means Caution!

This Yellow Phase of the Pennsylvania Coronavirus Pandemic Response will permit some additional business categories as well as daycares to resume operations and yet it will likely not be significantly different from what we're coming out of in many ways. In fact, with the label "aggressive mitigation" it may signal that it's time to be even more vigilant about our own personal/individual mitigation best practices. As the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce has put it in their guidance document for area businesses, we are working towards a "responsible re-entry"; in effect, that goes for the general public as well.The guidelines…