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  • Remembering Beatrice “Bea” Gamble

    Remembering Beatrice “Bea” Gamble0

    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

    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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  • County Hall Corner: Problems, Pain, and Politics0

    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

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  • Having A Ghoulishly Safe Halloween This Year0

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • County Hall Corner: Joe Hamm – Quite a Man0

    Ten years ago, I was investigating joint municipal police forces as a township supervisor and went to Jersey Shore hoping to get some information. I met Joe Hamm, who was the borough manager and hoped to catch fifteen minutes of his time. Joe spent over an hour answering questions for no reason other than wanting

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  • Grit: October 13, 1957 – Cold Keeps School Pupils From Studies0

    A wave of common colds — and in some cases severe virus — have struck the Williamsport area, but local health and school officials report the community remains free of Asian influenza. Absenteeism in schools throughout the count is reported high. The Williamsport School District is counting on a shots-for-teachers program in the hope of

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  • Agricultural Day Slated for October 120

    Agriculture is one of the most important components of Pennsylvania’s and, in particular, Lycoming County’s economy. Unfortunately, the number of those farming is diminishing across the state. As a reminder of the importance of agriculture to our local economy and our way of life, Ben Hepburn, a retired agriculture teacher at Montoursville High School, started

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