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historic fort on fort mcclure boulevard in bloomsburg . there will be historic demonstrations and displays food and an on site antique appraiser . fee is 5 per appraisal please no jewelry or firearms . admission and parking for the festival is free . the bloomsburg ymca invites you an afternoon of gift card bingo today at the bloomsburg fire hall on market street . doors open at noon games start at 2pm . cost is 20 for 20 games . there will be other games and raffles as well . saturday october 15 2016 posted saturday october 15th 2016 12 00am by whlm.com it s homecoming weekend in the only town in pennsylvania the bloomsburg university and high school homecoming parade forms at the hospital lot on lightstreet road and moves at 11am through downtown bloomsburg ending at the town park . the 51st tioga county early days fall festival continues today and sunday . from 8am til dark check out the sawmill cider press tractor & engine show music dancing and great food . the tioga county fairgrounds are on route 6 in whitneyville . good shepherd lutheran church in berwick s fall craft & vendor fair is today from 9am 2pm . come check out jewelry handbags kitchen and beauty products and more . the church in on fowler avenue in berwick . the annual camp lavigne wine festival is saturday october 15 from 11am 5pm . taste samples from ten wineries and two craft brewers enjoy music food and more at camp lavigne off route 487 north of benton . must be 21 or older to attend . the annual photography show and competition at first presbyterian church in berwick is today from 3 5 pm . the show features both amateur and professional photographers . entries will be judged by will michael photography . the church is on north market street in berwick . the 2nd annual mikey mash memorial bash is tonight at the bloomsburg fire hall on market street . doors open at 6pm . come in costume . entry is 10 at the door . must be 18 and over to attend 21 and over with id to drink . b.y.o.b. soft drinks and food will be provided . proceeds benefit local anti drug efforts . the 2016 fort mcclure fest is sunday from 11am 5pm at the historic fort on fort mcclure boulevard in bloomsburg . there will be historic demonstrations and displays food and an on site antique appraiser . fee is 5 per appraisal please no jewelry or firearms . admission and parking for the festival is free . the bloomsburg ymca invites you an afternoon of gift card bingo sunday at the bloomsburg fire hall on market street . doors open at noon games start at 2pm . cost is 20 for 20 games . there will be other games and raffles as well . friday october 14 2016 posted friday october 14th 2016 5 58am by mark williams news director keeping bloomsburg litter free the problem with littler throughout bloomsburg is like a burr under the saddle of joanne pileski . during a town council meeting earlier this week ... ms. pileski talked about going through her neighborhood ... picking up trash . ms. pileski says the university has bought into the litter clean up idea in hopes of keeping the town spotless . saturday parking if you plan to drive in bloomsburg on saturdays be prepared to pay when you park . starting this weekend parking enforcement officers will ticket anyone who does not keep the meters fed . that s because recently town council passed an ordinance expanding parking meter times to saturdays . red cross hurricane matthew a little more than two dozen people from across central pennsylvania have packed their bags ... and are traveling south to help out in hurricane matthew relief as part of the red cross . the organization s dan tobin says they re the everyday folks you see at fire scenes and blood drives . the red cross has an estimated 3 000 staff and volunteers ... as well as 355 emergency response vehicles in the affected area ... from south florida ... north to the carolina s. voter registration nearly 100 000 pennsylvania democrats have switched to republican since the beginning of the year . what s more the pennsylvania republican party says more than 240 000 new voters have joined the party since last november . the state republican party says that the surge in republican registrations is nearly twice the number of newly registered republicans compared to both the 2008 and 2012 numbers combined . numbers also show that 38 020 republicans actually switched to democrats . school performance profile the state education department has released the results of one measure of academic progress in public schools known as the school performance profile . scores for each of the state s public schools are posted online at paschoolperformace.org . they re mostly the results of two standardized tests the pssa and the keystone exam . state education officials say the scores are not where they d like them to be but are trending in the right direction . one reason for the lower than expected results is the implementation of new more rigorous standards over the last year . mikey mash the drug crisis in columbia county has hit a fever pitch with 19 fatal overdoses so far this year . allisa depoe has founded a non profit group to help affected families in our area . this weekend the bloomsburg fire department will host a mikey mash memorial bash fund raiser saturday at 6 pm . all profits go towards helping families recover from the loss of a loved one due to drugs . more details are available on our community calendar at whlm.com . fire prevention week as we get set to close out national fire prevention week the shrinking number of volunteer firefighters in the state has leaders worried . volunteer firefighters are critical to emergency services statewide but there aren t as many as there used to be and that s putting a strain on those who do volunteer especially as they get older . efforts are underway to convince local and state governments to direct more funding and incentives to volunteer fire companies . some say without that volunteer companies could close and local taxes could skyrocket ... wyoming valley west mold the wyoming valley west school district on thursday released more details about a mold problem that forced 1 200 students out of a middle school last month . it appears part of the problem was caused by a ventilation system not working properly . wyoming valley west middle school students have been attending class at the high school in plymouth since earlier this month . boater drowns a boater has died in northumberland county . authorities say two people were fishing wednesday night on the susquehanna river near sunbury when their boat capsized . the coroner said 58 year old walter belong of beavertown drowned . he called the death accidental . the other person was taken to a hospital . man shot a woman faces assault and other charges after a shooting in snyder county . police telling us 31 year old jennifer boop of beavertown got into an argument with a man and shot him in the side . the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition . boop is behind bars in snyder county . museum director the former director of a central pennsylvania museum has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on child pornography charges . now federal prosecutors in williamsport must decide whether to try 68 year old christopher lee on related charges that he enticed a minor girl into sexual activity at the boal mansion museum in centre county . lee lived at the museum which uses volunteer students from around the world to serve as guides . he was convicted in march on sex related charges . turnpike credit cards driving on the turnpike ... and low on cash . not a problem ... the pennsylvania turnpike now accepts credit cards at toll booths throughout the state . while cash and e z pass are the preferred means of payment the turnpike s toll collectors began receiving card readers september 13th as first reported in the pittsburgh based news web site the incline to cope with the realities of an increasingly cashless society . spokesman carl defebo says drivers gps devices were routing them to interchanges that are e z pass only creating a problem for those who then get on the highway without a toll ticket . whlm sports saturday october 15 2016 posted yesterday at 12 00am by whlm.com hs football bloomsburg celebrated homecoming by taking on loyalsock friday night in the whlm high school football game of the week . loyalsock was ultimately unstoppable beating the panthers 54 22 . the wagner s trophies and engraveables player of the game was jonathan stone of bloomsburg . both berwick and wyoming valley west took 5 and 2 records into their game friday night in kingston . in that game heard on classic rock 103.5 it was wvw coming out on top 48 24 . in other local games southern columbia remains unbeaten after downing danville 47 7 and central columbia fell to south williamsport 35 20 . friday afternoon columbia montour vo tech lost to saint joseph s academy 21 18 . bu football in a bu homecoming game saturday afternoon the huskies took on west chester at bloomsburg university . west chester beat the huskies 27 7 . friday october 14 2016 posted friday morning by jim doyle mark williams bloomsburg hs bloomsburg celebrated homecoming by taking on loyalsock friday night in the whlm high school football game of the week . loyalsock was ultimately unstoppable beating the panthers 54 22 . the wagner s trophies and engraveables player of the game was jonathan stone of bloomsburg . both berwick and wyoming valley west took 5 and 2 records into their game friday night in kingston . in that game heard on classic rock 103.5 it was wvw coming out on top 48 24 . in other local games southern columbia remains unbeaten after downing danville 47 7 and central columbia fell to south williamsport 35 20 . friday afternoon columbia montour vo tech lost to saint joseph s academy 21 18 . bu homecoming it s homecoming at bloomsburg university . saturday afternoon at 2 the huskies take on west chester . coverage on the whlm stations begins with the sunbury motors husky pregame show which follows the 1 o clock news . nfl thursday in the nfl thursday night ... it was the san diego chargers over the denver broncos 21 to 13 . mlb thursday in baseball in the fifth and deciding game of a national league divisional series ... the