Now that spring is here, and summer is right around the corner visiting a local playground in a community park is a great way for children to try new things and be outdoors. Please keep these tips in mind when visiting your local playground this spring • Supervise kids using playground equipment • Check for
For the opening weekend of local trout season (April 13-14), we will again introduce the public to our resident Bald eagles. According to reports, the adults have been incubating eggs since February 23. Saturday’s programs are Eagle Watches at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Visitors will learn about the eagles and have the opportunity to
Strike a blow for physical fitness and help raise money for an excellent organization, when the Super Hero 5K Run/Walk takes place on Saturday, April 13 at the Lewisburg Area Recreation Park. You may wonder, “What is the Susquehanna Valley CASA?” According to Yvonne Heatley, Executive Director of Susquehanna Valley CASA, Susquehanna Valley CASA –
The grounds of the Stevens Primary School, 1150 Louisa Street, Williamsport will be a buzz of activity on Saturday, April 13, when an event to kick-off fundraising efforts to construct a new playground under the auspices of the Kids United program takes place. The activities that day, beginning at 8 a.m. will include a Community
Ladies, have a great and fun night out and at the same time help a worthy cause, when the Sixth Annual Mom Prom is held on Saturday, April 13th at the Genetti Hotel and Convention Center, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This year’s featured charity will be “Helping Our Warriors.” “As one of the founders who
The Kiwanis Club of Williamsport is celebrating 100 years of service to our community with a Century of Service Gala on Thursday, April 4th at 6pm at the Historic Genetti Hotel in Downtown Williamsport. The evening will include special recognitions, historical presentations, music and a fund-raising auction to support the outreach efforts of the Kiwanis
Four times a year there is a very special meeting held on the 6th Floor of the Third Street Plaza Building in Williamsport. It has representatives from the Lycoming County’s district attorney’s office, adult and juvenile probation departments, the department of public safety, the prison, re-entry service, and Clinton-Lycoming Mental Health Joinder, among others. Chairing
This series has featured two very special judges and a very talented editor. To complete the series, it seems appropriate to highlight another special woman who is a rather unusual editor. Her name is Anne Reiner, and she is the creator of the online magazine, On the Pulse (onthepulsenews.com). Its goal is to find people
Lycoming County is now just seven weeks away from the May 21st primary. Those with decades of political background in this area claim that this might be one of the most important primary elections in many years. Consider that all three county commissioners, the county row officers, the district attorney, Court of Common Pleas judges,
Hope Enterprises, a non-profit provider of programs for people with intellectual disabilities in Lycoming, Clinton, Northumberland, Columbia, Montour, Snyder and Union counties, has partnered with the AllOne Foundation to offer an Autism Collaborative Center of Excellence on Hope’s Children’s Campus at 614 West Fourth Street beginning April 1. Developed by the AllOne Foundation, a Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport will have its Sunday baseball this summer if present plans being made are consummated, according to reports reaching the “Gazette and Bulletin” and the baseball diamond will vie with the motorcar and call of the state highways in attracting local workingmen Sunday afternoons. Sunday baseball has been discussed her for several years but has
The Ronald McDonald House in Danville is part of a program that is a home away from home for families who are dealing with the emotional, physical and financial challenges of having a child in the hospital or receiving outpatient care. It is indeed a very worthy cause, and the good folks at the Milton
