On January 22, 2020, volunteers and staff of Lycoming County’s homeless service providers will distribute items to homeless adults and children during the annual point-in-time (PIT) Count. During this time, volunteers canvas the entire county to get a real-time picture of homelessness in our area and distribute hygiene items and cold-weather accessories Volunteers to help
Is there any other holiday that has so many traditions associated with it? Everything from Christmas caroling to baking cookies to candlelight services to Candy Cane Lane, the activities surrounding Christmas and New Years are almost endless. There are personal traditions, like Scott Metzger, the new Lycoming County Commissioner who for the past 39 years
The following are the Winners of the Blaise Alexander Family Dealerships Christmas Fun Coloring Contest! Congratulations to all of our winners and many thanks to all of our entrants! We had over 400 entries this year! You kiddos wore our elves out with judging!! We’d also like to thank all of the people who offered
Horizon Federal Credit Union of Williamsport, PA donated a dozen bicycles as part of the local Marine Corp Toys for Tots drive. The donation continues a tradition started 16 years ago by William Craver. A Horizon member for over 25 years, Mr. Craver would purchase and assemble bicycles to bring into the Horizon branch at
I’m thankful for everything that helps me the tiniest bit. Are you? I’m thankful for family, God, food and water. I’m especially thankful for my family. My family helps me get through things. For example, once my hamster died they made me think about the good times. My family is loving and caring. They will
As the area continued to dig out of the snowfall, which struck the region Thursday, the threat of a new storm looms as a possibility to hit here as early as Monday. When the overcast sky broke Sunday afternoon to end the storm, which began at about 4 p.m. Christmas Day, the area lay under
The Yuletide of 75 years ago, 1944, was a mixture of dread, joy, and anticipation. There was joy and anticipation because the Allies in both the European and Pacific Theaters were making great gains against the Nazis and the Japanese, and there seemed to be real hope that the war might soon be winding down
Who knew that an idea generated at a simple neighborhood party in DuBoistown in 1957 would give rise to one of this area’s most special and enduring Christmastime institutions? That special institution is Candy Cane Lane, located on Summer Street and Spring Street in the borough of DuBoistown. There are 14 homes involved along Summer
Here ye, Here ye! Gather ‘round the Christmas tree munchkin children as we have important things to discuss! I have no idea what a sugarplum is, but tell them to stop dancing in your head, because it is once again time for the Blaise Alexander Family Dealership Christmas Fun Coloring Contest in Webb Weekly! Creatures
Lawrence Morgan Kelley, Williamsport’s proud contribution to the All-American list, whose pigskin heroics provided the most glorious chapter in Yale’s gridiron lore, hauled down his house, as he accepted the John H. Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player of 1936. As 750 banqueteers, among them his mother and father honored him at the
As Lycoming County voters noticed at the recent election, there was a new voting system introduced to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It involves a paper ballot that is inserted into a scanner — a verifiable and auditable ballot. While we might blame our Harrisburg bureaucrats for this, the blame should be pointed further south, all
