The Bal Masque which was held in the ballroom of the Park Hotel Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Art Guild was one of the most elaborate, if not the most elaborate of the kind that has ever been seen in this city in many years. The committee in charge worked tirelessly to make
For most of the 1990s and into the first decade of the new millennium, I lived in Eastern Europe and wore a number of hats, one of which was working as a human resource management specialist. Picking up my MBA in Belgium and Ph.D. in Latvia, and postdoctoral work at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government,
By Lou Hunsinger, Jr. One of the most highly anticipated annual events to kick off the Holiday Season in fine fashion will occur again this weekend, November 18 to 20, when the 23rdst Annual Victorian Christmas and related activities are held. The Victorian Christmas Committee presents the event under the auspices of Preservation Williamsport. The
Harry Truman held up the famous November 3, 1948 headline on the Chicago Daily Tribune, which stated, “Dewey Defeats Truman,” with a big smile on his face. Last week’s midterm elections might be remembered similarly. The pollsters were unanimous in their assurance that the Republicans would easily control the House of Representatives and, most probably,
Four grim walls are all that remain of the Jersey Shore High School after the fire that was discovered at 6 o’clock last night and that in an incredibly short time was a raging inferno throughout the interior of the building. By the time the firemen arrived about 6:10, it was realized the structure was
The roots of our present-day observance of the holiday known as “Veterans Day” goes back to 1918, when on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice ending what was then the bloodiest war in human history, “The Great War” or World War I, was declared. According to the website
“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
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’
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
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,
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.
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
