The Little League World Series is a celebration of all that is right on God’s green earth. What a welcoming act the Grand Slam Parade has become. I am amazed every year how the folks of the West Branch Valley wrap their arms around the teams during the event. It is a huge hug of
It is a great time to live in the Williamsport area. People from all over the world are focused on our little town and it is always exciting and makes me proud to be from Williamsport. Good luck to all the remaining Little League teams! Because we send to print the Friday before you read
About 8 o’clock Sunday evening was visited by the most destructive conflagration ever known in the history of this town. The wind was blowing a fearful gale from the south, which had prevailed during most of the day. The fire commenced in a stable belonging to C.M. Baker, on Black Horse Alley, and owing the
The past few weeks have caused many to wonder about the safety of the city of Williamsport. Crime makes headlines, of course, but behind the scenes is a remarkable corps of servants in blue who are changing the culture in the city, and deserve some recognition for the effort. We are talking about the Williamsport
As was noted in this last week’s County Hall Corner, Williamsport Police Chief Damon Hagan conducted an important press conference to address the recent number of shootings in the city of Williamsport. Only in the position of chief of police since January of this year, Hagan inherited a department that was suffering from low morale
Say what you will about Christmas, but I absolutely adore this time of year! No one else in the world gets to experience Little League baseball like we do. No one else gets to open their community to kids and families from all over the world quite like we do. Alas, with all of the
On July 23rd, 2019, thirteen Uptown Music Collective students were awarded scholarships for the nonprofit school of music’s 2019-2020 school year, totaling a value of $19,575, with an additional $3,000 being added to the Collective’s Financial Aid Fund. Funding was made possible through the generous donations of the local community, including both individual and corporate
A special press conference was held at the Williamsport City Hall on Tuesday, August 6th, to address the rash of recent shootings in the city. It was held by Mayor Campana, Williamsport Police Chief Damon Hagan and Captain Sherman Shadle of the Pennsylvania State Police. The attendees included all three Lycoming County Commissioners, the entire
Pictured above are representatives from Rearick-Carpenter Funeral Home presenting a donation to the board of the Jersey Shore Cemetery for improvements to be made to the cemetery’s Rachel Humes Hepburn Chapel. From left to right are: James Carpenter and Stephanie Wallen of Rearick-Carpenter, Bill Rummings, Jack Wolfe, Patricia Rummings, Connie Davis, Dorian Hollick Myers and
Joyful pandemonium broke loose last night—horns tooted, bands played, crowds cheered, sang and danced. The Newberry Little League team had returned home with the Eastern regional division crown, one step closer to a Little League World Seried championship. Newberry yesterday became the first Williamsport team to advance to the World Series since the series became
Joe Raup, a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Bridge of Lycoming County, recently received the “Everyday Hero” award from Woodlands Bank. Raup has been a Big with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program for three decades and has been matched with four Littles over that time span. He has been involved with
Williamsport and Cooperstown are connected by the Susquehanna River and baseball history, as Little League and the Baseball Hall of Fame were both established in 1939. While most of the baseball community knows Mike Mussina for his Hall of Fame career with the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, for the people in the Williamsport
