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WYOMISSING — Penn State Berks announced the campus is offering a new course that studies the cultural and musical impact Taylor Swift has had on the world, according to a report by our newsgathering partners at Eyewitness News WBRE/WYOU.

TAMAQUA — A new event celebrating the community’s rich railroad and coal mining heritage debuts this weekend.

WILKES-BARRE — Work by a local artist who has earned national and international acclaim will be on display through August at Abide Coffeehouse.

DALLAS — For most railfans the love of trains begins early and runs deep.

Photos by Bloomsburg-based artist and railroad photographer Oren B. Helbok are part of “The Ties That Bind: Railroading in NEPA,” an exhibit that opens this week at Misericordia University’s Pauly Friedman Art Gallery.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its latest class last week, and it’s a diverse group that has a little bit for everyone. In general, the class is more modern than many of those of the past, recognizing artists that were actually active after 1975. This is a fun development for the Rock Hall. They have exhausted just about every worthy artist from before the 1980s who is deserving of such esteem. It’s time to move into a new age.

SCRANTON — Owners behind rootbeer company Parlor Beverages, John Phillips, Josh Balz, and Mat Giordano, stopped by NEPA Youth Shelter to drop off donations and express support for this important local resource in Scranton.

NEW YORK — One of the world’s better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing one.

The Times Leader Beer Gang is back with its weekly episode.