Doubling Up Dave’s Red Kettle Donation
- Editorials
- November 30, 2022
Local News
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Gazette and Bulletin: November 10, 1938 – Mayor in Proclamation Urges Moment of Silence in City at 11:00 a.m. Friday0
- Old News
- November 9, 2022
“To the Citizens of Williamsport “Twenty years ago on November 11, 1918, the loud mouthed guns grew still on the foreign battlefield, armies and armaments ceased their work of slaughter, the war to end war had drawn to a close, and it was the hope of mankind that thenceforth the sword would never again rule
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County Hall Corner: The Coroner’s Conundrum0
- Government, Politics
- November 9, 2022
As noted in last week’s article, the issue of a permanent location for the Lycoming County Coroner’s office is one of the hottest hot potatoes that the county commissioners have faced in some time. The incredible irony is that all three of the commissioners are completely on board with securing a center for the coroners’
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Local Resident was Army Major General Who had Navy Ship Named for Him0
- Local News
- November 9, 2022
Lycoming County has a long and glorious military history that has contributed numerous men and women who have distinguished themselves in the service of their county. One of the most notable of these was U.S. Army Major General Edgar T. Collins, who even had a U.S. Navy ship named for him. I am grateful to
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County Hall Corner: Problems, Pain, and Politics0
- Government, Politics
- November 2, 2022
I remember well my first visit to a Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting in April of 2016. Jim Webb Jr. had asked me to attend to see if covering these meetings could become a weekly column. I had great doubts going in, but I was surprised at the dynamic that took place between the Commissioners at
READ MORERemembering Beatrice “Bea” Gamble0
- Local News
- November 2, 2022
Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good they do is oft interred with their bones.” Well, the love, the good she brought to others, and her legacy of service to others did not die with Beatrice “Bea” Gamble, who died on October 1. Her decency, her godliness,
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Williamsport Sun: November 2, 1953 – $40,000 Fire Damages New American Legion Home in Montoursville0
- Old News
- November 2, 2022
A $40,000 blaze damaged the interior of the new American Legion Post Home at 1685 Broad Street, Montoursville, early this morning. The Willing Hand Hose Company arrived at the blaze at 5:58 a.m. Fifty-two volunteer firemen, headed by Chief Carl A. Bower, and two pumpers responded to the alarm this morning at the Legion Home.
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Having A Ghoulishly Safe Halloween This Year0
- Local News
- October 26, 2022
Halloween is a joyous and interesting time for the ghouls and goblins who seek to garner a large harvest of candy and other goodies while they Trick-or-Treat. Still, it is important to follow some very necessary safety rules as they proceed during this fun and “spooktacular” time. What follows are some tried and true rules
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Grit: October 28, 1962 – JFK Supported by Billtowners in Cuba Crisis0
- Old News
- October 26, 2022
The spotlight in the Williamsport area has suddenly shifted from the civic arena to a place more than 1,000 miles away. Throughout the area—on street corners, in buses, in homes, in businesses, in the stores, one word can be heard again and again — “Cuba.” The crisis has become the topic of conversation in every
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Park Place to Host ‘Boo on the Porch’ on Friday, October 210
- Local News
- October 19, 2022
Park Place, the former Park Home and, before that, the former Park Hotel, is one of Williamsport’s most venerable architectural artifices; so, it seems only natural that it should help host a spooky fundraiser, “Boo on the Porch” to be held Friday, October 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. This fundraiser helps to fund an
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Williamsport Sun: October 17, 1927 – Thirty Midget Visitors in City0
- Old News
- October 19, 2022
The Park Hotel yesterday afternoon was invaded by the greatest number of midgets ever seen in Williamsport at one time. There were 30 of the little people and they were gathered together from all parts of the world. Among them were a Mexican and a Javanese. The party and their manager arrived on the noon
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County Hall Corner: The Case for Conservatism0
- Government, Politics
- October 19, 2022
Consider the philosophy that politics are framed around. In general, Republicans identify themselves as conservative and Democrats as progressive. It certainly seems that ‘progress’ itself is inevitable in society’s development, which is why the wind always seems to be in the sails of the Democratic Party. To be sure, the past has not been fair
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75th South Williamsport Mummers’ Parade Steps Off This Saturday, October 150
- Local News
- October 12, 2022
It has been three years since the last South Williamsport Mummers’ Parade was held. It was interrupted first by the COVID pandemic in 2020 and then a deluge of rain in 2021. But this year, it is back bigger and better than ever. According to Dori Rankinen, one of the parade organizers, they have added
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