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  • Several Area Social Service Agencies Assist With the Plight of the Homeless In County0

    The plight of the homeless in Lycoming County was brought into a stark and tragic spotlight two weeks ago when the body of a homeless man was found along the River Walk. Precise numbers for the amount of homelessness here is hard to obtain. Numerous attempts are made to quantify the amount, but those who

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  • Williamsport Sun: January 26, 1916 – Youthful Paper Thief Identified by His Bowlegs0

    A pair of bowlegs, which carry the legs of Henry Brewer of 430 Erie Avenue, aged sixteen appeared to get him into a peck of trouble which may end in his being sent to the reformatory. Brewer was charged before Judge Whitehead in juvenile court with having stolen papers off the porches on Elmira Street.

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  • Library Receives Highest Recognition for Nonprofit Organizations0

    The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently was awarded the 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, a service of Candid. By sharing metrics that highlight progress the Brown Library is making toward its mission, the organization is helping the public move beyond simplistic ways of

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  • County Hall Corner: Depends What You Mean by “Is”0

    At a typical Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting, there is a time right after all the official business has been conducted, and right before the public is permitted to address the commissioners with comments or concerns, that the commissioners themselves comment on whatever they so wish. To be honest, this is oftentimes the most interesting part

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  • Jersey Shore FBLA Operated Store at Nippenose Valley Village Helped To Enhance the Quality of Life For Residents There0

    The very active Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter of Jersey Shore High School has learned a lot about the workings of business through their operation of a store at the Nippenose Valley Village. Still, perhaps, more importantly, they have enhanced the quality of life for the residents, by having that store there at

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  • Grit: January 20, 1957 – High School Gets Facelift0

    If any graduates of the Williamsport High School Class of 1914, are beginning to feel their age a bit, they will have a bond of sympathy with a contemporary—the 43-year-old main building of the W.H.S. Although considered one of the sturdiest structures in the Williamsport school system, the sprawling yellow brick building is not as

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  • County Hall Corner: The Dream Speech Almost Didn’t Happen0

    Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech on August 28, 1963 before some 250,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. has become one of the most famous speeches in American history. It is known as “I Have a Dream” Speech, but there is tremendous irony here, as the whole section concerning the

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  • The New Love Center Serving the Hungry in Two Counties0

    The economic ravages produced by COVID-19 have taken a real financial toll on many families in this area. This toll is causing many families to have problems meeting their nutritional needs. One organization that helps them meet this challenge is the New Love Center, which offers services to families in both Lycoming and Clinton Counties

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  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  – Once Spoke at Lycoming College

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Once Spoke at Lycoming College0

    Five years before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his immortal “I Have A Dream” speech, he spoke here in Williamsport to students at a chapel service at Clarke Chapel at Lycoming College on April 23, 1958. He was not yet the world-renowned iconic figure that he would later become. He was then head of

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  • County Hall Corner: Shutdown Ill-Logic0

    More than three million people are injured every year due to car accidents, with more than two million resulting in permanent injuries. There are in excess of 40,000 deaths due to car accidents every year. Where is the outrage? What can be done about such a horrible carnage of death and destruction? I have the

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  • A Memorable Game and A Lifelong Friendship

    A Memorable Game and A Lifelong Friendship0

    A recent trip to Harrisburg gave me the opportunity to pay a long-overdue visit to a long-time friend, a one-time “on-the-court” adversary, then a teammate, and forever my brother Larry Moore. His lovely wife Lana had made Larry a scrapbook of his glory days as a player for the Williamsport High School Millionaires back in

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  • Gazette and Bulletin: January 15, 1906 – Police Stopped a Jollification0

    A party of seven men gave plenty of work to the police on Sunday morning between the hours of 2 and 5 o’clock. The seven were bent on having a good time and all of them are now guests of Sheriff Riddell at his big residence at the corner of William and Third streets. They

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