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  • 20th Anniversary 9-11 Memorial Coalition Motorcycle Ride This Saturday0

    This Saturday is the 20th anniversary of a grim day in American history — the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, that claimed 3,000 lives. As they have every year since this horrific event took place, the 9-11 Memorial Coalition Motorcycle Ride will honor and remember the victims in a 37-mile motorcycle journey that seems

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  • Making the Impossible Possible0

    After three years of ‘Making the Impossible Possible,’ the team at My Vision 9 Foundation is pleased to announce funding of $75,000 from the AllOne Foundation. These funds support the welfare of those most likely to “fall through the cracks” and provide a streamlined collaborative approach to access behavioral and mental health services empowering participants

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  • Emergency Rental Assistance Program for Lycoming County1

    Renters in need of assistance can now apply for a new program. For Lycoming County residents, the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will be administered by Lycoming-Clinton Counties Commission for Community Action (STEP), Inc. ERAP was established and signed into law on February 5, 2021 and gives the Department of Human Services the authority to

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  • This Week’s LION: United Churches of Lycoming County0

    This year is the 75th anniversary of one of the most amazing organizations in our area. The United Churches of Lycoming County grew out of twenty-four churches and two organizations that met in November 1945 to discuss how they could cooperate together. From that group, the United Churches of Lycoming County was officially formed on

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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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  • Happy New Year!0

    There is no doubt that 2020 has been quite the year. Probably the most memorable of most of our lifetimes. To make things even more interesting, this is actually our 53rd issue of the year, which I had to double-check the calendar to see if that was even possible! Also, due to how the calendar

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  • The Balance of Power0

    As I write this article, the presidential election results have yet to be finalized – and they won’t be for some time because the Electoral College votes on December 14. It is what it is, but the extended wait during such a contentious and divided season has everyone’s head ready to explode. Friends, we live

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  • United Way to Kick Off Homelessness Awareness Month in Socktober: New partnership with Curtin Intermediate School to help community0

    One of the biggest needs for homeless shelters and those serving the homeless are socks. Yes, socks. Since 2014, Anna Radspinner and the Curtin Intermediate School have held Socktober. Every student would bring in a pair or bundle of unused socks to give to organizations throughout the community. In the past, socks were provided to

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  • Fire Prevention: More Than Just One Week a Year0

    Each year, hundreds die, thousands are injured, and millions of dollars in property damage is done by fires that happen in a wide variety of structures. Some simple preventative measures could have prevented most of these blazes. Knowing those preventative measures and acting on them is the essence of National Fire Prevention Week. In 1925,

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  • Unique Fundraiser “Over the Edge” To Be Held September 190

    For the third time, more than 80 brave individuals will be rappelling down the side of one of Williamsport’s tallest building — in this case the Genetti Hotel — to help raise funds for three worthy non-profit groups, the River Valley Regional YMCA, the YWCA of Northcentral Pennsylvania and the Williamsport Area School District Education

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  • I’m Not Biden It!1

    For the past couple of years, I have written that everyday hard-working Democrats need to take their party back. It is no longer the party of past presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, or even President William Jefferson Clinton. What began during the Obama administration has carried on under the current leadership of

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  • Fall 2020 Trends0

    In normal years, as summer comes to an end, I’d be all sorts of excited for the new season’s trends, writing up my shopping list of must-haves for the upcoming fall/winter. However, in the “new normal” we find ourselves living with, things like fashion and trends have been put into a more flippant light than

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  • Double Fund the Police, Double Down on Education0

    If we really want to improve inner-city life for all that live there, two basic things must happen. It is only common sense when you think it through. What is going on nationally in our largest cities proves this. We cannot cater and kneel to criminals and lawlessness at the expense of the law-abiding. I

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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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  • County Hall Corner: A Census That Makes Sense0

    The Lycoming County Commissioners took a week off from their regular meetings, but have been in continual contact with key county leaders as well as state and federal officials. I personally realized how dedicated our county employees are during this crisis when I received an answer to an email from the commissioner’s administrative manager, Eileen

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  • This Week’s LION: Resource (Foster) Parents0

    One of the difficulties in growing older is not just the decline in physical vibrancy and mental alertness but also adjusting to the new meanings of words. In my lifetime, “liking” someone meant more than checking a box on a screen, a “tweet” was a sound from a small bird, and a “meltdown” was reserved

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  • This Week’s LION: The Church Volunteer0

    There have been lots and lots of studies done to explain the decline of volunteerism in the last few decades, attributing it to things like the breakdown of the family, increased mobility, growth of the suburbs, etc. One area that is rarely mentioned is the decrease in church membership. In previous generations, church life was

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