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  • Lycoming Animal Protection Society (LAPS)1

    Lycoming Animal Protection Society (LAPS) Sheltering and Protecting Cats For More Than 40 Years There are many wayward cats that wander the streets and byways of Lycoming County. For more than 40 years one organization has been trying to make life better for these wandering felines through sheltering them and finding good homes for them.

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  • This Week’s LION: Appreciating the Under-Appreciated0

    No one knows what we are going to call the Post-Pandemic Period, but the one thing we can predict is that it is going to be different than what we experienced just a few short months ago. We will be more cautious and careful in areas we took for granted before, but I believe we

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  • Kriger Fence Company Serving Our Area for Over 60 Years

    Kriger Fence Company Serving Our Area for Over 60 Years0

    Kriger Fence is a 3rd generation company that was started in 1955. Kriger Fence is owned by Scott and Sandy Kriger and was founded by Scott’s parents, Bill and Margery. They were one of the first companies in Northcentral PA to install fencing. Scott started working with his father in 1973, and eventually took ownership

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  • Tomato Plant Giveaway0

    T.I.M.E. – The Improved Milton Experience and Chef’s Place/Boiardi Museum and Eatery will hold a Tomato Plant giveaway to encourage the public to create “Victory Gardens.” The event is in recognition of the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day on Friday, May 8th which marks the end of World War II in Europe. Many homes in

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  • STEP Utilities Assistance Helping More People Through Expanded Fuel Types, Broader Income Guidelines

    STEP Utilities Assistance Helping More People Through Expanded Fuel Types, Broader Income Guidelines0

    In response to economic difficulties facing many area residents, STEP Utilities Assistance is broadening relief for PPL customers using a variety of fuel sources for heat (electric, wood, oil, and propane). At the same time, an increase in the maximum allowable household income will allow those being impacted by COVID-19 to receive assistance. Customers making

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  • Solemnity Marks Formal Programs for V-E Day Here0

    Williamsport Sun May 8, 1945 Entirely lacking in the fanfare and excitement which greeted Armistice Day in 1918, tempered by the realization that America will have a war with Japan to win, and made solemn by the knowledge that hostilities to this date have claimed hundreds of the city’s finest young men, Williamsport today, marked

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  • American Legion Makes Donation

    American Legion Makes Donation0

    American Legion Post 104 Montoursville stopped by the Central PA Food bank recently with a $5,000 donation to help out during this crisis. Pictured left to right are: Jeff Hamilton – Post Finance Officer, Food Bank Manager Travis Berg, and Doug Rupert, Post Jr. Vice Commander.

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  • County Hall Corner:0

    Yes, We Still Will Have an Election Coming The worst part of the The Great 2020 COVID-19 Shutdown is that we are living through a historic moment in real time. Decades from now, history books (or tablets, or whatever) will note how it slowly built through a concern to a genuine emergency to the point

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  • Gazette and Bulletin: April 26, 1893 – Due Honor Paid to the Liberty Bell0

    The reception for the Liberty Bell last evening was a complete success, unmarred by any occurrences that detracted from the pleasure of the occasion. The train arrived at the Park Hotel station at 6:15 o’clock and remained just 15 minutes. In this time all present had ample opportunity of gazing upon one of the nation’s

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  • The First 100 Days By Mayor Derek Slaughter0

    The first 100 days have been a roller coaster. Our administration was off to a good start — accomplishing some of our initial goals of getting our team in place, getting the City management processes and financial records in order, and working with City Council to formulate a long-range strategic plan for City government. Those

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  • 2019-2020 Edition of Loyalsock Lancer Marching Band Called One of the Best in School History0

    During the 2019-2020 competition season, the current edition of the Loyalsock Lancers Marching Band has earned the right to be called “one of the best, if not the best in the history of Loyalsock Township High School,” that is the opinion of their hard-working director, Ryan Bulgarelli. According to Director Bulgarelli, the band has broken

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  • Williamsport Sun: March 18, 1948 – Clay Building Closes Due to Scarlet Fever0

    Officials of the Williamsport School District and the Board of Health ordered closing of the Henry Clay School this morning after another case of Scarlet Fever was discovered. The latest sufferer is Delores Finn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Finn of 927 West Fourth Street, a fourth-grade pupil, Delores was in school Wednesday but

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