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  • Jersey Shore FBLA Efforts Benefits WeSHORECare Project0

    The students from the Jersey Shore Future Business Leaders of America have been busy the last couple of months with involvement in service projects that benefit Jersey Shore and the surrounding area communities. During this past November and December, the students focused on a project which was to fill 1,000-holiday meal boxes to be distributed

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  • Uptown Music Collective Sells Out CAC

    Uptown Music Collective Sells Out CAC0

    On Saturday, January 25th, for the first time in its fourteen-year history of presenting student performances in the 2200 seat theater, the Uptown Music Collective sold out the Community Arts Center. The show was Captain Fantastic and The Piano Man: The Music of Elton John and Billy Joel. “We had seen the ticket sales rising,

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  • Susquehanna Valley Shutterbugs Annual “Unrestricted” Photography Show and Reception0

    The Susquehanna Valley Shutterbugs have set the opening night reception for their 26th Annual “Unrestricted” Photography Show for Friday, February 7, 2020 at the Thomas Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society in Williamsport from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to come and vote for their favorite photographs while enjoying wine,

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  • County Hall Corner: Fairness Jazz0

    Jazz is considered the one unique contribution that the United States has brought to the world of music. It combines chords into note clusters that are put together in note sequences and then matched in rhythms, which becomes the music’s beat produced in repeating patterns. In other words, jazz sounds random, but actually there is

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  • Grit: January 29, 1961 – City Dime Store Commences Big Modernization Program0

    S.S. Kresge Company is undertaking a vast modernization at its 5 and 10 cent store at 431 Pine Street. Workmen from the Jacob Gehron Company Inc. are removing counters, repairing floors and laying asbestos tile in the renovations that will include new display counters and fixtures and seven check-out counters similar to those at super

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  • This Week’s LION: Jennifer Lake and DWELL0

    There is a saying that there are some who make things happen, some who watch things happen, and the others who wonder what happened. It is the hope in this Year of the Volunteer; we can see more folks move into that first category. Jennifer Lake, executive direction and founder of Dwell Foster Care, is

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  • The Community Art Center’s Educational Series0

    The mission of the Community Arts Center is to contribute to our communities through Artistic experiences and creative Collaborations. One of our primary principals is to assure that “Our programming will be appropriate to the diverse interests and educational needs of our regional audience and positioned to assure accessibility to all”. Our Educational Series is an

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  • County Hall Corner: Something New is a Happenin’ Here1

    There is a theory in psychology about first impressions that has been popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking. It is a little bit misleading because this process does involve thinking, just not the way we generally think about thinking. This theory postulates that our initial impressions are

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  • Grit: January 25, 1970 – Plans Announced for Nursing Home0

    Plans for a 4 million dollar nursing home center and multi-building apartment complex to be constructed on the north side of Four Mile Drive in the 1300 block in Loyalsock Township were revealed last week by former Governor George M. Leader during a visit to the city. The former governor made the announcement in his

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  • American Cancer Society Daffodil Days Are Back for 20200

    The American Cancer Society has kicked-off our annual Daffodil Days. This colorful first flower of spring represents a campaign to bring hope to cancer patients and those affected by the disease. Funds raised through the sales help support groundbreaking research, patient services, and other cancer society programs. Daffodils can be purchased by the bunch for

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  • Pin Trading Williamsport Winter Classic To Take Place At the Liberty Arena/KAOS Fun Zone January 24-260

    Pin trading as a hobby has mushroomed in recent years, particularly here in Williamsport, the home of the Little League World Series, where the opportunity to obtain and trade pins of various types is greatly enhanced. A large event celebrating this hobby, called the “Williamsport Winter Classic” will take place January 24 to 26 at

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  • Notes From the Williamsport Crosscutters 2020 Hot Stove League Banquet0

    If you love baseball, the ballroom of the Genetti Hotel in downtown Williamsport was the place to be on Wednesday, January 15. Attendees were regaled with baseball talk from such luminaries as legendary Phillies slugger Greg ‘the Bull’ Luzinski, Phillies Assistant General Manager, Bryan Minniti, ESPN commentator, Tim Kurkjian and Cutters’ manager, Pat Borders, as

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