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  • 76th Flaming Foliage Festival Takes Place This Weekend

    76th Flaming Foliage Festival Takes Place This Weekend0

    One of the nicest and most anticipated events celebrating the beauty of the fall season takes place this weekend, October 10th-12th, when the 76th Flaming Foliage Festival occurs in Renovo, Clinton County. The event has many interesting aspects, including the crowning of the Annual Flaming Foliage Festival Queen, a parade through downtown Renovo, three full

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  • October 8, 1930: Williamsport Sun – Gas Company Interested in County0

    The possibility of Lycoming County becoming a gas and oil producing territory is of sufficient importance to entice of one of the largest operating companies in the western part of the state to obtain legal sanction for future development here. This is the explanation on the back of the application by the T.J. Phillips Gaas

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  • Williamsport Sun: October 6, 1927 – Will Durant to Address League0

    Will Durant, the author of “The Story of Philosophy,” and other noted works, and one of the most popular lecturers in America will speak in Williamsport on Sunday evening in the Elks auditorium under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the League of Women Voters, which will be holding its eighth annual convention in

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  • The Often Overlooked Eloise Flood of 19750

    This week marks the 50th anniversary of what sometimes has become an overlooked natural disaster — the Eloise Flood of 1975. This area has suffered the ravages of floods many times over the years. Most people remember well the Agnes Flood of 1972, as well as the flood produced by the aftereffects of Tropical Storm

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  • Williamsport Sun: September 26, 1949 – Merchants Plan Three-Day Sale This Week0

    Williamsport merchants today announced plans for a three-day event to attract visitors to Williamsport from throughout the area it will be known as “Williamsport Days.” Mayor Leo C. Williamson will officially open the event with a proclamation Tuesday. Rated larger than the semi-annual “Dollar Day,” “Williamsport Days” will be a cooperative effort of approximately 63

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