The Bridge

12/02/2025

In our November edition of The Bridge called “A Quiet Hollow,” we provided a list of books that range from memoir, fiction, self-care guides, and more. We’ve provided the list with brief descriptions of each book.

If you do decide to purchase a book — consider shopping at your local bookstore (in Beaver County we have two: Moden Mercantile and eQuip Books; although The Little Green Bookstore and Penguin Bookshop are just across the Beaver County border 🙂!) Or, you can buy books online at Bookshop.org and choose which local bookstore gets a percentage of the cover price.

Also, Daniel Williams and John Bryant are two Beaver County authors! 😎

11/19/2025

Hilary Flint with the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - BCMAC talks about why we need to allow ourselves to express our feelings in order to continue doing good work. Check out this clip, which was published in our most recent edition of The Bridge!

11/12/2025

Jim Skal is the founder of Outdoor Immersion, which uses outdoor recreation to guide veterans toward physical, mental, spiritual, and social resilience. In this short clip, Jim talks about how the sound of water can provide peace.

Check out the full edition of The Bridge to hear more perspectives on self-care.

11/11/2025

In this short clip from a recent interview with Seth Whitted, Seth talks about a practice of separating fact from fiction in order to find peace and understand yourself better. Follow Seth to learn more about what he does at Whitted Media Services LLC, and be sure to check out the most recent edition of The Bridge!

11/07/2025

Joanne Martin is the executive director of Re-Imagine Beaver County, which is a group dedicated to reimagining a future for Beaver County that makes wise long-term economic, cultural and social development choices for a vibrant and healthy community. In this short clip, Joanne discusses why environmentalists need self-care.

Check out the full edition of The Bridge to learn more ways our community members and advocates are taking care of themselves.

11/06/2025

Daniel Williams is an author and English professor who recently wrote a book about his childhood. Titled “Misbehaving in Maine: 30 Half-Learned Lessons,” the book is part memoir, part creative nonfiction, and uses humor to dive deeper into some of Williams’ childhood — the light and dark moments.

Dan Williams is an author and English professor who recently wrote a book about his childhood. Titled "Misbehaving in Maine: 30 Half-Learned Lessons," the bo...

11/05/2025

The November edition of The Bridge is out! This self-care-focused edition is intended to be a space to pause, reflect, and find resources that nurture and fill you so that you can carry on.

This self-care-focused edition is intended to be a space to pause, reflect, and find resources that nurture you so that you can carry on.

10/31/2025

Come get a free kids' bike and helmet at the Valley Mall! We will be giving out smaller bikes (generally for kids ages 10 and under).

All the bikes and helmets are free, but please register in advance at this link: https://www.communicycle.org/new-bike-form

After you get your bike, don't miss out on some extra Halloween Fun happening at the Mall from 1-3! We hope to see you there! 🎃🚲

10/30/2025

In our October edition of The Bridge, several folks submitted how they think about the questions: where do you see hope right now; how do we dignify one another even when we disagree; and what makes a community whole?

Here’s Kate’s response. 🍅

Be sure to subscribe to The Bridge so you don’t miss more community wisdom and reflections. (Subscribe: https://read.letterhead.email/the-bridge)

10/24/2025

The Rev. Deanna Briody recently shared with us her perspective on how we can dignify one another even when we disagree. Listen to more of her response, and other residents’ responses, in a video in the October edition of The Bridge here: https://read.letterhead.email/the-bridge/hhogl2lahn

Full video is available on the RiverWise YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/683b3aO24Xk?si=tahmIYVCTXPeGiWD

10/21/2025

With the federal government still being shutdown, I'm aware that many of our residents are worried about November and feeding your families.

I'm reaching out to the community to see if we can all come together and have a meeting and host a food drive for our community members in need. If you can help or contribute and pass out the food on November 3, 2025 it would be appreciated.

If anyone is open to volunteering, helping to organize or support in any way, please reach out and email me at [email protected].

We are one community and when one of needs help, let's come together and find ways to step in.

Please no negative comments, it's not about us. It's about showing up for one another and honoring our neighbors.

10/21/2025

Erik Rusilko, a high school student from Center Township, submitted a poem in our October edition of The Bridge. The edition featured a variety of submissions about hope and dignity, and provided resources about community togetherness.

Thanks, Erik, for sharing your wisdom with us! Follow along as we share more submissions throughout the month. And if you haven't read the edition it its entirety, be sure to do so here: https://read.letterhead.email/the-bridge.