PILLAGER — Five Pillager Scout leaders completed the Wood Badge, Pine Tree District officials reported in a news release. Mike Anderson, Ryan Veith, Beth Ausland, Casie Tighe and James Gehrke each ...

Jeff Allan, cub master, Cub Scout 21, Dickson City, recently earned the Wood Badge, the most premiere and advanced training available to leaders of the Boy Scouts of America. Allan received a ...

In 1907, at age 50 Baden-Powell developed the idea and principles of Scouting. "At the end of my military career, I set to work to transform what was an art of teaching men to make war, into an art of ...

Merit badges have always been the heart of the Boy Scouts. They reflect the skills and knowledge considered important at the time. Unfortunately, some of these badges were discontinued, either because ...

GRANTVILLE, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania Eagle Scout on Sunday completed a rare feat, earning all 138 of the merit badges offered by Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Benjamin LaVerdiere of Troop 262 in ...