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1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Josh Walzak

   Leatherwood Academy expands to seventh grade as new year begins (opens the original)

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   NEW BETHLEHEM – As the new school year begins for New Bethlehem’s Leatherwood Academy, it comes with new growth and some changes for the private school. “The big thing this year is we have junior high,” academy director Heather Gourley said. Since its move into the former New Bethlehem Bank building at the corner of Broad and Wood streets several years ago, the goal of the academy has been to grow by one grade each year, Gourley explained. She said Leatherwood now offers pre-kindergarten

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Josh Walzak

   New Distant store opens in memory of local man (opens the original)

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   DISTANT – When Kelly Smith opens Danny’s Place in Distant next Thursday, July 23, it will represent a labor of love coming to fruition — the combination variety store, consignment shop and sweets kitchen is a tribute to her uncle, Danny Minich, on the second-year anniversary of his unexpected passing. “My Uncle Danny was my dad’s brother, but he was so much more than an uncle. He didn’t have any children, he had me and my brother, Bob, and he considered us like his kids,” Smith sai

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