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  • Remembering Chuck Roan: A Dedicated Patriot and Public-Spirited Citizen

    Remembering Chuck Roan: A Dedicated Patriot and Public-Spirited Citizen0

    This Independence Day, as thousands gather in downtown Williamsport, they will be greeted by a skyline dominated by an enormous American flag. The driving force behind the effort to display this symbol of our freedom during the annual July 4 festivities was the late Chuck Roan, who passed away this past February. “Semper Fidelis,” meaning

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  • Williamsport Sun: July 5, 1955 – Local Fireworks Seen by Thousands in Area0

    The valley echoed with explosions last night and spectacular and aerial bombs lighted the sky for all in the Greater Williamsport area to see. The occasion was the annual July 4th fireworks display for all to see co-sponsored by the Sun-Gazette Co. and the Grit Publishing Co. It is estimated that more than 60,000 people

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  • County Hall Corner: It’s Independence Day, Not Just the Fourth of July0

    This Friday, we will celebrate Independence Day. This is when families get together for picnics, watch fireworks in the evening, and generally enjoy a day off. It is a tradition that goes back a very, very long time, in fact, as long as our national independence itself. John Adams, our first Vice President of the

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  • Pennsylvania Lavender Festival This Weekend June 28 and 290

    All things lavender will be celebrated and highlighted when the Pennsylvania Lavender Festival is held this weekend, June 28 and 29, at the Blue Sparrow Farm near Milton. According to festival organizers, the Pennsylvania Lavender Festival began in 2023 with just a few hundred plants. The number has now grown to more than 2,000 plants

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  • Two Local Residents Form Organization to Explore the Paranormal0

    Interest in knowing more about the paranormal and various ghostly happenings has grown markedly in recent years. Two local residents, Elaine Decker and Adam Wilson, have founded a local organization to explore this often fascinating area of inquiry, and they call their group “Ghost Quest.” In addition, the group has a YouTube channel called “Real

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  • County Hall Corner: CodeRed is Ready for You0

    Both my wife Debbie and I had chaotic 70th birthday parties. Three years ago, I spent my birthday in Geisinger Hospital in Danville with a major heart issue, and last year, my wife’s birthday had an uninvited party wrecker. It was late June, and Debbie had designed a fantastic event we planned for our church

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  • Williamsport Sun: June 22, 1939 – British King and Queen Take Home Williamsport Products for Daughters’ Fair0

    When the British monarchs, King George and Queen Elizabeth land today from their Canadian and American tour and open their bulging trunks their two young daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose will have some “Williamsport manufactured” goods with which to have a World’s Fair party their parents planned for them. Paper tablecloths, paper napkins, cups

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  • Makeshift Fire Museum Helps to Preserve South Williamsport’s Firefighting Heritage0

    The borough of South Williamsport has been blessed with fire protection through volunteer firefighters for almost 150 years. One local man celebrates that proud heritage through his own makeshift fire museum, located in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Matthews Boulevard near Second Avenue. It almost seems natural that Al Ginoble, the man who organized

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  • Williamsport Sun: June 14, 1950 – Many Attracted to Local Drill of VFW Drum and Bugle Corps0

    Parade-loving East End residents are treated once a week to a show staged at the Penn Street Armory by the Howard W. Kahler Post 844 VFW drum and bugle corps. The 40-piece organization meets every Wednesday evening at the armory for drill practice. Before proceedings are long underway, a large crowd of youngsters and grown-ups

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  • County Hall Corner: Look Who’s Coming to Town0

    It is rare to see a Lycoming County Board of Commissioners Meeting that was as excited and joyous as the one on Thursday, June 5th. If a county government were a family, this meeting would be like opening the presents on Christmas Day. I knew something pretty big was about to happen when I watched

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  • Williamsport Sun: June 8, 1932 – Williamsport Company Strikes Pocket of Gas in Potter County0

    The explosion of a pocket of gas in Newton-McGraw Number One, an operation of the Williamsport Natural Gas Company, in Hebron Township, Potter County on Sunday night delayed the drilling for only one day. At a depth of 4,555, feet, the drill penetrated into a pocket of about three million cubic feet of gas which

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  • County Hall Corner: Yes, the US Army Deserves a Parade

    County Hall Corner: Yes, the US Army Deserves a Parade0

    There is something special about a parade. For almost two decades now, we have seen this in Williamsport with the Grand Slam Parade in August. That parade welcomes the 20 teams from around the world that will be playing each other in the Little League World Series. The popularity of the parade is evidenced by

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