Most of the baseball fans of Williamsport no doubt know of Little League which has just completed its third year of hardball, but I wonder how many of them know of those responsible for the success of the league and what they are attempting to accomplish with their players. A limited number of boys between
The Williamsport area has a long and varied boxing heritage. There have been several local boxers who had some public notice beginning with Otto Schliebener, who boxed under the name “Dailey,” who fought and was knocked out in 1913 by future heavyweight champion Jess Willard, two years before Willard became heavyweight champion by defeating the
The scourge of substance abuse is one of the great problems that plague society, and when an individual triumphs and overcomes this scourge, it is time for celebration. This is the idea behind the Advocates for A Drug-Free Tomorrow’s Sixth Annual Rally for Recovery that will take place this Saturday, August 28, in Clinton County
The New Love Center continues to work every day to fight and end hunger as it exists in the regions it serves. With six active and regularly scheduled programs, each tailored to address a particular segment of the population, the Center donates 5263 pounds of food every month. This is especially relevant now as the
Gilson, a Winfield, PA company that designs and builds snowboards and skis, recently hosted their Summer Snow Day festival. The event is held annually at the facility grounds, affectionately known as the Snowboard Farm. The festival’s goal is to put together the area’s biggest and most fun, free event of the summer. “It’s our way
Unemployed and needy persons who registered yesterday as family heads totaled 3,147. They registered yesterday at the city’s grade schools. Information those persons gave in their registration showed that they had 1,700 dependents. The figure 3,147 does not represent that number of wholly unemployed persons in the city as the total also includes men and
The initial figures have finally been released for the 2020 Census. Over the next few months, more data will be coming out, but these first statistics have some interesting items of interest. In 2020, 331 million people lived in the United States, and the population is growing, however it is the lowest recorded annual growth
“Just Say the Word”, the upcoming first full length release by Williamsport based, Gabe Stillman, has debuted at #8 on the weekly Roots Music Report on the Contemporary Blues Chart and #12 overall. His song from the release, “Out Of Time”, debuted at #15. Stillman’s work has also been noticed on the international scene with
Last year the millions of fans of the annual Little League World Series felt an aching void when it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the shadow of that pandemic still hangs over the LLWS, but the annual classic is returning anyway — in a revised form. The Little League World Series
The Fish Real Estate Leadership Challenge Course, the creation of which involved the same collaborative spirit that it will nurture in those who use it, was dedicated Aug. 11 on the wooded southcentral side of Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Challenge Course – a remarkable project funded by Brent and Daria Fish in memory of
Nearly 10,000 persons attended neighborhood church services last night, the first evening of the victory holiday. Worshippers assembled to offer their thanks for peace and to honor those men and women who died in battle. The Christ Episcopal Church was filled to capacity when the Rt. Rev. Thomas Heistand of Harrisburg delivered a message of
Several months ago, I interviewed Mike McMunn, the Director for the Lycoming County Veterans Affairs Department, in reference to the Veterans Court program. He sold me on becoming a Veteran Mentor for the program, and I was all ready to get started. The only thing I needed to enroll was my DD-214, the official discharge
