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  • We’re Going on an Easter Bunny Hunt!0

    Boys and girls, you’re about to behold a sight so fuzzy, so enchanting, so utterly charming, that I urge those of you who are easily tickled or prone to the giggles to look the other way — but if you are still here, step right up, everyone has a chance to win a prize! As

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  • WAHS Art Department to Be Featured At 2025 Master & Grasshopper Exhibition

    WAHS Art Department to Be Featured At 2025 Master & Grasshopper Exhibition0

    The Williamsport Area High School (WAHS) art department will be represented at the 2025 Master & Grasshopper Exhibition at the Loomis Gallery at Commonwealth University’s Mansfield campus. The juried exhibition, open to high school art teachers and students from Pennsylvania and New York, showcases mentorship between educators and their students. Representing WAHS are: – Josh

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  • Local Special Needs Woman Collects Snacks for EMS Workers

    Local Special Needs Woman Collects Snacks for EMS Workers0

    Sherry Clapper, daughter of Jack and Sharlene Clapper, has had a long and difficult road in her 50 years of life. She was born mentally disabled, could not walk or talk, and was told by some cruel person that she would be of no value to society. That road has included a severe kidney infection

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  • County Hall Corner: Finally! English is our Nation’s Official Language0

    For a person such as myself who tries to follow what is happening in the Oval Office, the Trump Administration is very hard to keep up with. However, I can finally highlight an executive order that I think is at least a century or more overdue — the establishment of English as the official language

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  • Through the Years: Williamsport Sun – April 2, 1954 – Area Site to be Suggested for New AF Academy0

    The industrial committee of the Community Trade Association is reviewing area locations of 15,000 acres or more with a view of suggesting one of them as a site for the new Air Force Academy. The announcement by the CTA follows an earlier announcement from Washington D.C. from Congressman Alvin R. Bush who has been asked

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  • Library to hold preschool financial exploration program0

    WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will offer a financial program for preschoolers to introduce saving and spending. The “Preschool Financial Exploration” program will be held on April 24 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Merrill Smith, from M&T Bank, will do an introductory discussion on the importance of

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  • County Hall Corner: Ronald Reagan: President of Humor0

    April 1st is April Fool’s Day and kicks off National Humor Month. It is tempting to write about how foolish our elected officials are, but it would be impossible to do that in a Webb Weekly article. It would likely result in a book the size of War and Peace. Therefore, I decided to highlight

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  • Williamsport Sun: April 1, 1937 – Williamsport Bell Employees are Cited to Meritorious Service During 1936 Flood0

    Employees of the Williamsport central business office of the Bell Telephone Company who served during the flood emergency of March 17-18, 1936, were cited with a Vail Medal in recognition of their heroism and devotion to duty during that occasion. Announcement of the award, which is the company’s highest badge of honor for conspicuous public

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  • Loyalsock Volunteer Fire Department Celebrates Its Centennial0

    In 1736, Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin helped found the first volunteer fire department in the world, the Union Fire Company of Philadelphia. The fine and dedicated men and women of the Loyalsock Township Volunteer Department help continue this fire safety service and protection to your neighbors. They recently celebrated 100 years of existence. The year

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  • County Hall Corner: The Unappreciated Vietnam War Veterans0

    The Vietnam War was unlike any other war in our country’s history. Look at the films from Hollywood that came out of this war: Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, The Deer Hunter, Coming Home, Tigerland, Born on the Fourth of July, the list goes on and on, but they all have the same theme

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  • Williamsport Sun: March 27, 1925 – Muncy Normal to Open for Summer Beginning June 150

    The Muncy branch of the Mansfield Normal School will open for the summer term on Monday, June 15 and will continue to August 16. New entrants into the teaching field must have 15 units of high school work or its equivalent, before they can be admitted to the Muncy school in preparation for study for

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  • 64th Annual West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association Home Show Takes Place This Weekend0

    As the weather gradually starts to get warmer, your thoughts may turn to those home fix-up projects that you have been putting off. Well, this weekend, March 21, 22, and 23, you might find the perfect way to get some ideas about your projects when the West Branch Susquehanna Builders Home Show takes place at

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