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Lock Haven summers are all about LIVE music…not only the summer concert series, but great artists we welcome to town – like Nova Scotia native Christina Martin, who will play live at Avenue 209 Wednesday May 29th – FREE! And this is part of what you will hear when you get there…

Twenty years – serving the people of BearCountry – with the BearCountry Christmas Wish. And after twenty years, it’s time to expand. So we have joined with the Bucktail Chapter of Toys for Tots, the Love Center in Jersey Shore, the Blanchard Church of Christ and the McElhattan United Methodist Church to present our first-ever [...]

I had all intentions of posting a video in this space, but cannot. Let me explain… This website and the radio station we all love plays music you can’t hear anywhere else. This combination of country, blues, folk, cajun and rock & roll is known as Americana. The history of what has become Americana is [...]

Mentioned in news reports Monday morning – the two best pieces of journalism I’ve read (so far) regarding the Jerry Sandusky case… http://www.esquire.com/features/joe-paterno-0612 And from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Sara Ganim: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/jerry_sandusky_central_mountai.html Educate yourself – read these superb stories – now!

Plans for a public memorial service for Penn State football icon Joe Paterno, to be held Thursday in the Bryce Jordan Center, were announced today. Koch Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements for the family, said there will be a public viewing from 1 to 11 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 a.m. to noon [...]

It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today. His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled. He died as he lived. He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had [...]

I don’t know about you, but Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback is required reading for me every week – not so much for the football stuff, but because of the extras he adds to the reports of game results – and he didn’t disappoint me today: “I asked Emily Kaplan, a friend of mine from [...]

Everyone in BearCountry has been touched by some aspect of the scandal at Penn State, from anger to despair. But, finally, school trustees moved forward Wednesday, according to SI.com’s Andy Staples: “Now, the university community needs to repair itself. Wednesday’s board of trustees meeting was a good start. Finally, someone at Penn State showed some [...]

WQBR is all over the Clinton County Commissioners candidate forum this Thursday, sponsored by the Lock Haven Express – station owner and Good News magazine editor Karyn Stratton will be one of the questioners…the forum starts at 6:30 at the Red Eye Center in Flemington… Help the 19th Annual Bear Christmas Wish… Free Food Monday: [...]

Don’t miss this week’s interview with Lock Haven YMCA executive director Cheryl Orndorf and co-worker Leila Fredrick on Good News Live! – Sunday morning @ 10 on WQBR! Find out more about the Y’s new programs @ www.lockhavenymca.com… AND… Hear all about the Second Annual Fall Festival at the McElhattan United Methodist Church, coming up [...]