The Williamsport Area School District Education Foundation (WASDEF) announced it recently awarded $24,009 in grants to support six programs and initiatives across the district. Those awarded were among the foundation’s first round of grants this school year with the potential to impact thousands of students this year and beyond. Three programs were funded through the
The historic Repasz Band will present its 2018 Holiday Concert on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Center, 220 West Fourth Street, Williamsport. As always, the Repasz Band seeks to channel many of the various spirits of the winter holidays through an exciting variety of repertoire. This concert includes music
There are three reasons that the general public attends public municipal meetings — to engage, enrage, and enjoy. The Lycoming County Board of Commissioners meets twice weekly with occasional exceptions due to holidays or training events. The Tuesday meeting is a “work session,” meaning that the commissioners review the items that will be voted on
About 60 boisterous Williamsport taverns, and 20 disgruntled club owners hailed and heralded the legalization of longer hours for an additional two hours until 2 a.m. Sundays. The new law permitting the two-hour extension, passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. David Lawrence, is expected to hurt private clubs throughout the
“It hit me like a deer in the headlights,” was the excited reaction of Montoursville’s Rachael Ulmer as she and her family re-entered their Bella Vista home following their ten-day stay at the Genetti Hotel awaiting the results of KISS-FM’s Extreme Kitchen Makeover contest. Dozens of onlookers consisting of sponsoring contractors, news media and friends
Last week the Webb Weekly family experienced the terrible loss of Gerry Ayers, known to his readers as “The Jaded Eye.” I was lucky enough to have known Gerry many years before he became associated with Webb Weekly. Gerry and I worked together as part-time clerks at “Jocks” sporting goods store on the Golden Strip
This country is currently waging a great war against the forces of terrorism with thousands of our sons and daughters deployed across the globe; almost all of them will miss spending Thanksgiving with their families. It was like this during other wartime Thanksgivings as well. Since we just observed the 100th anniversary of the end
Playing cold, efficient football all season, Williamsport High School’s powerful grid machine ground out a 20-6 victory over Steelton Thanksgiving Day, to finish the season undefeated and win the championship of the strong Central Penn Conference. Approximately 6,000 shivering fans were on hand in refrigerator-like West Third Street Stadium to see the Millionaires win the
Few things in life are more precious and beautiful than a baby. And thus, few things are more tragic and horrible than the death of such a one. The county coroner is one who must see this over and over again, and even experiencing it once is once too often. It was with this past
American Legion Squadron 104 Montoursville presents a $15,000 donation to the Harvest of Hope located at Faith United Methodist. Harvest of Hope is a new program under the Central PA Food Bank, which started a weekend Back Pack Program for the local schools and a Fresh Express Program (the second Tuesday of each month). Co
It’s that time again…The 12th Annual Skip Hunsinger Children’s Christmas Spectacular is scheduled for Saturday, December 8th at 10:00 a.m. FREE Tickets will be given out at 10 a.m. on November 24th ONLY. Children’s tickets are for people 12 years old and younger. Everyone else will receive an adult ticket. Tickets will be given out
Winners of the 2018 Billtown Blues Challenge, The Gabe Stillman Band, are presenting a fundraising concert for their trip to Memphis, TN in January of 2019 for the International Blues Challenge. The band will be representing the local Billtown Blues Association in a competition that includes the top blues acts from around the world. The
