Daily Item Reader Photos, back again

Now that the Prom Perfect contest is over, Daily Item readers have resumed sending in their artistic photos in, depicting life in the Valley in a unique and up-front way.

It’s also almost summertime – which means I’m in the mood to go outside, plant flowers and enjoy the sunshine – though as yesterday’s post reveals, this week hasn’t been the best for that.

Anyway, here’s my favorite recent reader photos, depicting the best of the beginning of sweet summertime:

“China Loves Treats,” by Cindy Hoffman, Richfield

“Crayfish,” by Rita Kurtz, Selinsgrove

Bonus Photos: GSVCC Awards Lunch

Yesterday, I attended the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce’s awards luncheon. I took lots of photos, some good, others not. Here’s some extras:

ATHENA Award winner Tere Rill

Shamokin Dam mayor receiving the Dan Foss Heritage Award.

2012 review: What the Valley was talking about

2012 has been a doozy, but now it’s on to bigger and better things – I hope!

Here’s a look through my eyes at some of the biggest stories in our area for 2012:

• Fresh on  everyone’s mind is that fiscal cliff. It’s all we could talk about heading up to the end of the year. Here’s a look back at some Daily Item coverage of the issue.
• School districts made big news this year as budget cuts continued to impact everyone. The Warrior Run school district, in particular, saw some troubles with both their budget and teacher contract negotiations.
• But people really came together to honor those that were tragically taken from us and honor their memories - like at the Kirk and Mayson Mahaffey Memorial Ride in September.
• Reality television contiuned to amaze us – but recent shows highlighting Pennsylvania’s Amish populations were blasted by experts.
• We also got reports of Bigfoot in the region – maybe this could lead to some big news in 2013…..

What were your big stories of the year?

Snow days!

Image from http://miriadna.com/preview/1305

It’s supposed to snow big here in the Valley today, so make sure to send me your snow pictures – I’ll post them here!

As I’ve previously discussed, I’m not a huge fan of snow – but I’m excited to see what it looks like across the area when the two to four inches hits us this afternoon.

And apparently a lot of people in the area are big fans of snow:

Keep checking at  dailyitem.com for updates on snow conditions and any road closings, and I’ll let you know what I’m seeing out and about tomorrow.

 

It’s like “The Mist” here in the Valley

The past several days, the Valley has woken up to some incredibly thick fog.

I’m half expecting flesh-eating monsters to crawl out from the depths of it as I drive to work.

Here’s some photos I took- email me at awislock@dailyitem.com with yours!:

Oh Christmas trees!

Last week, I talked with some Christmas tree growers who said the first weekend in December is the most popular for people to buy their trees. Looks like they were right: social media blew up this weekend with photos of newly decorated trees from around the region. Here’s a few.

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   Pretty Christmas tree in our suite. #christmas #pretty #love http://instagr.am/p/Sv1QXdLgEb/

   Courtney Wagner@ZOMGcourtyy

   Sun, Dec 02 2012 12:22:07

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