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1 month ago | 
udel.edu | Beth Miller |Amy Cherry |Adam Thomas |Karen Roberts
Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Others say you’re as young as you think. But how old is your brain really?
Scientists have been developing and refining methods to accurately measure the age and health of our brains, without cutting into our skulls to have a look. Understanding brain health is critical to identifying and addressing disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
news.yahoo.com | Beth Miller
Be prepared: Dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills expected for several daysThe National Weather Service in State College (NWS) is warning Somerset County residents that dangerously cold air temperatures and wind chills are coming to the area for several days, starting Monday. On Friday afternoon, the NWS issued an extreme cold watch for several counties in western Pennsylvania, including Somerset, from 4 a.m. Monday until noon Wednesday.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mimecast.com | Beth Miller
In our previous post, we provided an overview of CMMC and how it relates to DoD contractors. In this post we dive deeper into controlled unclassified information (CUI), one of the primary data types CMMC is designed to protect. What is controlled unclassified information (CUI)?
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
source.washu.edu | Beth Miller |Leah Shaffer
In mechanobiology, cells’ forces have been considered fundamental to their enhanced function, including fast migration. But a group of researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found that cells can generate and use lower force yet move faster than cells generating and using higher forces, turning the age-old assumption of force on its head.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Beth Miller
DAVIDSVILLE ― The churches of the Conemaugh Township Area Ministries are welcoming visitors to walk along with them on "A Journey to Bethlehem," their 10th annual live nativity program, on Friday and Saturday at the Davidsville Community Church. The program occurs from 5-8 p.m. Friday and 2-8 p.m. Saturday at the church, 197 Pender Road, Johnstown.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Beth Miller
Volunteers needed to help Windber VFW decorate veterans' graves. How you can helpWINDBER ― On Saturday, veterans and community residents will join others across Pennsylvania and the nation in a collective effort to "Remember, Honor and Teach" by decorating the graves of local veterans for Christmas.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Madolin Edwards |Beth Miller
Somerset County fire departments were called out to three different working structure fires at about the same time Monday morning, including one at a prominent building in Rockwood. Multiple fire departments were called at 6:34 a.m. to a commercial structure fire in the 400 block of Main Street, Rockwood. It was the former Rockwood Mill Shoppes building. Chad Lytle, Rockwood fire chief, said the fire was contained to the basement and the first floor of the building, in the former coffee shop.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Beth Miller
Coroner identifies man found dead in Meyersdale last week. What we knowMEYERSDALE ― Somerset County Coroner Cullen Swank has identified the man found dead in Flaugherty Creek on Nov. 27 as Scott Herring, 58, of Meyersdale. Swank did not have a cause or manner of death, saying that "everything is still pending." Toxicology and other tests were done on the body and those results could take 4-6 weeks to complete, he said.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Beth Miller |Madolin Edwards
Those who enjoy shopping on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, on the days known nationally as Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, will find plenty of places in and around Somerset County to shop for all of those holiday gifts. Christmas activities: What's going on in your community for the Christmas season? Here's a list'Black Friday' shoppingSomerset's Walmart Supercenter, 2028 N.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Beth Miller
JOHNSTOWN ― The shell of a Rutter's convenience store and gas station is rising along Scalp Avenue in Richland Township, and expectations are for it to open sometime in the first half of 2025, according to a company representative. Construction is underway to build a Rutter's convenience store and gas station at 1609 Scalp Ave. in Johnstown, next to Ollie's Bargain Outlet.
