I am a member of the Friends of Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization founded recently to support the courageous, ongoing work of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (PT).

Pine Street Lutheran Church is hosting an ice cream sale on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until sold out. Price is $7 per quart.

St. James UCC Church will be holding a drive-through ice cream and soup sale on Saturday, Aug. 16. Pickup is from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Preordering is advised.

U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.