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  • County Hall Corner: Don’t Read This!0

    Aha! You are disobeying the directive to not read this article. That means you are a person who is inquisitive, a person who is seeking truth no matter where you might find it, a person who wants to make up your own mind. You are the type of person that our founding fathers recognized was

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  • Gazette and Bulletin: August 8, 1913 – No One Wants to Be Councilman in Montoursville0

    Williamsport has twenty-seven avowed candidates for nomination as city commissioners, or councilmen with more to hear from. Montoursville cannot get anyone to run for councilman and will hold a public meeting this evening to discuss the situation and endeavor to prevail upon a few patriots to stand for election. The present councilmen are Dr. R.

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  • County Hall Corner: Defeating the Demon of Addiction0

    One of the fallacies of seeing history through the lens of Critical Race Theory is that it distorts the truly amazing elements of American history that have impacted the world. One example was our treatment of criminals. Throughout the world, punishment for crimes was meant to be severe to discourage others who might be tempted

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  • Annual Grand Slam Parade Steps Off At 5:30 p.m. August 140

    The streets of Williamsport will once again be filled with marching bands, various musical units, and lots of unique floats, and all 20 teams participating in this year’s Little League World Series when the annual Grand Slam Parade steps off at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 14. This year’s parade is highlighted by the presence

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  • Special First Friday This Friday, August 40

    The First Friday celebrations each month have been highly anticipated events for more than 20 years. This Friday’s event promises to be an extra special one. August is the month Lycoming Arts Celebrates Williamsport Lycoming Arts Council/LYCOMING ARTS celebrates 63 years (founded 1960), and they also celebrate 23 years of presenting Williamsport First Friday. August

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  • Williamsport Sun: August 5, 1946 – Milk Dealers Seek Mandatory Bottle Deposit0

    At a hearing before the Milk Control Commission at the Court House the Williamsport Area Milk Dealers asked the state to make it mandatory for dealers to make it mandatory to collect a five-cent deposit on wholesale milk for resale. In making the request for the deposit milk dealers, the dealers stated that the deposit

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  • County Hall Corner: The Pickle of Pennsylvania Politics0

    My wife gives away her Southern roots from time to time with her vocabulary, such as when she uses a word like “catawampus.” It means “all screwed up.” I think we might be looking at a “Catawampus Congress” in Harrisburg these days. It started with convening the 2023-2024 legislation session of the General Assembly of

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  • 50th Anniversary Clinton County Fair Takes Place July 29 to August 50

    The folks at the Clinton County Fair are hoping for a wonderful way to celebrate their 50th anniversary this year as the Fair takes place July 29th to August 5th at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. The Fair was born as a result of several meetings between 1971 and April 1973. In August of 1972, this

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  • County Hall Corner: Facing Friends and Fanatics at the Fair0

    My wife Debbie and I went to the Lycoming County Fair on Thursday, July 13th. We arrived at 4:00 p.m., just as the gates were opening, and got the best parking spot imaginable. Of course, there was not much going on that early, but we didn’t mind. The weather was perfect as we walked around

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  • Grit: July 24, 1960 – Cataloging Company to Open City Plant0

    By the end of this week Williamsport will be the home of the world’s only commercial book processing and cataloging operation, according to Leo Karpel, administrative librarian in charge of the Alanar Book Processing Corporation, now located in Montgomery. Workmen are now bringing in new equipment to the new headquarters at 1610 Memorial Avenue, the

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  • Reflections On the Loss of a Dear Friend

    Reflections On the Loss of a Dear Friend0

    Last week, I lost a dear friend, Vicki Smith, who died after a more than 10-year battle against breast cancer. Most obituaries would probably state that she lost her battle against cancer. Well, Vicki never lost at anything. She battled this scourge the whole way and bore her burden with dignity and strength. She never

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  • “Matilda” The Musical To Be Presented At Community Arts Center July 21 to 230

    “She felt fairly confident that with a great deal of practice and effort, she would succeed in the end.” ~ Matilda Roald Dahl is one of the most beloved authors of children’s books. One of his most popular works, “Matilda,” was adapted into a Tony Award Winning Broadway musical. The Lycoming College Summer Stock Program

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