The Williamsport Crosscutters recently presented the American Rescue Workers with a check for $4,737.88, representing the proceeds from the team’s 50/50 raffles during from the 2021 season. The Crosscutters 50/50 raffle is presented by The Pitch In Charitable Foundation, a non-profit foundation of professional baseball teams. This represents the fifth straight season that the team
Christmas 1941 comes to a world where there is scant peace, where men search the skies for portents — not of joy but of death and where men of goodwill are, as were the simple Judean shepherds long ago, “sore afraid.” Happily, there is no blackout of the Christmas star here — no shrieking sirens
Eighty years ago, in 1941, three weeks before Christmas, the United States was “suddenly and deliberately attacked” in a sneak attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, plunging us into an unwanted war. What was supposed to be another routine Christmas holiday season was changed utterly by this. People in the Williamsport area and then
Music continues at the Uptown Music Collective! The Collective’s winter enrollment week begins on December 13th and runs until December 17th, 2021. Enrollment is open for both in-person and virtual private lessons on Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, and Drums. The Winter Semester will begin on January 10th, 2022, and will run for 15 weeks. The
Several weeks ago, news was received of the death of former Pirate, Yankees, and Astros manager Bill Virdon at the age of 90. Virdon has a strong Williamsport connection. He managed the 1966 Williamsport Mets, and later his grandson played for the Williamsport Crosscutters. Virdon was an accomplished major league player in his own right.
COVID continues to be our national nuisance, but there is a monster of a menace that is more harmful in the long run than this pesky pandemic. It’s like that ticking bomb that appears in so many dramatic television programs or Hollywood films where the hero is trying to figure out how to defuse this
Annually, for more than 50 years, Salvation Army volunteers have stood on the streets of Williamsport in the cold, windy weather attending Christmas kettles. Three generations, perhaps four, have grown accustomed to this Christmas scene. They know that once the Salvation Army has put out its kettles or Christmas chimneys, the temperature has never dropped
The Jersey Shore Bulldog football team has just completed one of the most memorable and productive seasons in its long, proud history. They bowed unfortunately to Aliquippa in the PIAA state semi-final game. Still, this loss does nothing to diminish the accomplishments of the fine young men of the Bulldog football program and their coach,
One of the most enduring and venerable Christmas traditions is the decorated Christmas tree. It is part of most families’ and many businesses’ Christmastime experience. For the past 19 years, as an exciting and unique fundraiser, the Williamsport Salvation Army has held an annual Festival of Trees at the Lycoming Mall utilizing an auction of
“Your Next Adventure Starts Here” is the slogan of the popular readers’ advisory service at the James V. Brown Library that is designed to help readers fall in love with a new book. Library patrons seeking book recommendations can fill out an online questionnaire about reading habits, likes and dislikes. When completed, the library’s team
With the holiday season in full swing, and people looking for the best gift ideas for the people on their shopping lists, the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association offers four unique items you can’t find anywhere else. Our new “Sentinels of the Susquehanna” book, with more than 50 stories highlighting a wide variety of issues facing
Only a few days away, we are gearing up for our annual Pajama Factory Holiday Market, a Williamsport tradition which is back in a big way. This event promises to get you in the merriest of moods with an atmosphere full of both the holiday spirit and the most unique gifts. The event will take
