Around the Region

n Frackville: The Frackville Recreation Board is gearing up for its annual fall townwide yard sale to be held Saturday, with the starting and ending times decided by individual participating homeowners. Participants can get registration forms at the Frac

Asphalt, trucks, refrigerator up on city auction block

LEWISTON — Everything from a restaurant-grade refrigerator to a vintage sidewalk plow to 18,000 yards of reclaimed asphalt will go on the auction block for the city of Lewiston next week.

Exeter area news briefs

Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, located at the Phillips Exeter Academy Bookstore on Spring Street in Exeter, is offering a free reusable tote bag to all of our customers during the first week of the 2010-11 academic year (Sept. 7-11).

101 things to do in Wyobraska

Nothing to do? No way! For years we’ve heard the lament that there’s nothing to do in Nebraska. At the Star-Herald, we don’t believe that.

Midstate nonprofits strain to help those in need

Diane Stinson lost her job more than a year ago. She receives $385 a week in unemployment compensation, which doesn’t cover the costs of housing and feeding her 10-year-old son and three grandchildren who live with her.