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  • County Hall Corner: Addiction – The Forgotten Pandemic0

    Larry Stout

    COVID has sucked up much of the air this past year and has caused many other serious concerns to be pushed to the side. This is not only true in the national picture but also in Lycoming County. While the shutdowns have played havoc with commerce and education, it has also had a terrible impact

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  • As Not Seen On TV0

    Jim Webb

    The United States of America is not the racist hate land as portrayed by the major news networks, elected officials, and groups using this issue to segregate and create division. I have not seen, read, or heard anyone condoning Derek Chauvin or the officers involved in the taking of George Floyd’s life. I have witnessed

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  • Absolute Presidential Absurdity2

    Jim Webb

    As I had written when Joe Biden was elected President, I would give him the opportunity to get to work for the American people before I passed any judgment on his job performance. President Biden now has the first quarter of 2021 under his belt, and my pen has been burning up to let you

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “The Jigsaw Man: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    Finders Keepers. It’s all yours now, that cool, unique, surprise thing that suddenly turned up and you laid claim to it. What once was lost is yours now. Finders keepers, except, as in the new novel “The Jigsaw Man” by Nadine Matheson, what’s found is a dead body. Looking as though it was about to

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  • County Hall Corner: Let the Sunshine in Both Ways0

    Larry Stout

    Every year in March, the United States News Media Association sponsors a Sunshine Week to highlight the importance of transparency in our government at all levels, be it national, state, county, or even local school boards, township supervisor, or city council meetings. At the Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, March 16th, the commissioners read

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  • A Lesson Related0

    Scott Lowery

    At 6’8”, Dean Kriebel is an imposing figure as he stalks the sidelines. While a basketball court is a familiar surrounding for the former Lock Haven University standout who earned a tryout with the Philadelphia 76ers, his new role as seventh-grade coach for the South Williamsport Mountaineers reengages him with the game he loves while

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  • DA’s Office Shows Appreciation for Local Law Enforcement0

    Steph Nordstrom

    Being a member of law enforcement isn’t easy. Especially today. And while some of the disdain for law enforcement is warranted, that can leave good officers feeling wholly unappreciated. Locally, District Attorney Ryan Gardner is working to ensure that members of law enforcement in Lycoming County know that their hard work is noticed and appreciated.

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  • County Hall Corner: Depends What You Mean by “Is”0

    Larry Stout

    At a typical Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting, there is a time right after all the official business has been conducted, and right before the public is permitted to address the commissioners with comments or concerns, that the commissioners themselves comment on whatever they so wish. To be honest, this is oftentimes the most interesting part

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  • The Bookworm Sez – Holiday Gift Guide0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    The holidays this year are going to be, well, unique. Some family members won’t be there. Others are coming, regardless of whatever’s going on in the country. Still others are sending their regards and a box of presents, which is something you might do, too. And here’s the good news: books are easy to wrap,

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  • County Hall Corner: State Award to JPO Chief Ed Robbins

    County Hall Corner: State Award to JPO Chief Ed Robbins0

    Larry Stout

    For almost 70 years, the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission of Pennsylvania has been responsible for establishing standards that are used in the juvenile court system in the Commonwealth. They have been a flagship to the rest of the nation in this area. Besides setting parameters for best practices, they also seek to highlight those who

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  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month0

    Steph Nordstrom

    Domestic Violence Awareness month was originally started in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country. According to the CDC, 1 in 4 women, and 1 in 7 men have experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Think

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  • County Hall Corner: Senseless Census Avoidance0

    Larry Stout

    It is somewhat ironic that almost all national media sources are singularly focused on the presidential election to be held on November 4th, highlighting that it will have ramifications far into the next decade, yet hardly mentioning something that in many ways could have even an even bigger impact — the 2020 census. This decadal

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

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    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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  • The Roving Sportsman… Gun Ownership Today0

    Jon Pries

    Today’s gun owners vary widely in their interests in firearms. Some are collectors, admiring the workmanship and artistry of a finely engraved piece that is enhanced with a beautifully grained wooden stock. Some are hunters, looking for a working tool that will aid in their quest for all kinds of wild game and birds. Yet

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  • County Hall Corner: Our World After COVID0

    Larry Stout

    In my lifetime, I have seen our country go through race riots, campus riots, assassinations, foreign wars, presidential impeachments, inflation, recession, epidemics, bank failures, stock market crashes, technology explosions, terrorist attacks, etc., etc., etc. And amazingly, after these crises came, they also went, and life went on. It is helpful to keep this in mind

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  • Double Fund the Police, Double Down on Education0

    Jim Webb

    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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  • County Hall Corner: The Thin Blue Line0

    Larry Stout

    In the past couple of months, there have been serious public disturbances resulting in riots and numerous acts of public violence throughout the United States. Williamsport had very peaceful demonstrations, but there was trouble brewing. On July 18th, Williamsport could easily have become yet another community to add to this disintegration of law and order

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  • City Police K9 Program in Full Swing

    City Police K9 Program in Full Swing0

    Dave Bellomo

    Due to the generous donations, the largest of which was $43,000 made by Greg Ciocca on behalf of Ciocca Toyota dealerships, the first K9 unit in many years has been working the streets of Williamsport. The generous donation enabled the Williamsport Bureau of Police (WBP) to send Police Officer Tyson Minier and his four-legged partner,

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  • County Hall Corner: The Court is Now in Session0

    Larry Stout

    Having lived in the former Soviet Union for sixteen years provides me with an appreciation for many of the institutions we have in our country. For example, voting in the USSR was mandatory (you would be fined if you did not vote), but voting was essentially meaningless and everyone knew it because all the candidates

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  • Brown Library Participates in Virtual ‘Big Library Read’ Digital Book Club0

    Press Release

    The James V. Brown Library is joining others libraries around the globe in encouraging patrons to read a historical fiction thriller e-book and audiobook during Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club. From August 3-17, readers can borrow and read Tim Mason’s “intellectually stimulating and viscerally exciting” The Darwin Affair from their public

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  • America’s Civil War – An Ongoing Biblical Battle1

    Jim Webb

    Absolutely no man deserves to die like George Floyd did. An absolute despicable act perpetrated by a completely evil individual. The complete disregard for humanity, callousness, and arrogance as Officer Derek Chauvin executed this poor man as he knew the world around him was watching. A truly demonic act. This made more unthinkable by the

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  • County Hall Corner: Ed Robbins – Juvenile Probation Champion0

    Larry Stout

    On July 10th, Lycoming County Government will be losing yet another one its exceptional department heads. The county commissioners should be commended for their ability to find excellent replacements for these departing chiefs, but they will need to find someone with really big shoes to fill those of retiring Juvenile Probation Department Director Ed Robbins.

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  • Facts, Fiction and You’re Fired, Governor Wolf and Dr. Levine1

    Jim Webb

    A tip of my Webb Weekly cap with the American Flag on it to Mr. Paul Butters who reached out to me and was very disappointed that there would be no traditional Memorial Mass and Remembrance at Saint Boniface Cemetery. For whatever reason, the guidelines the Catholic Church are following deems it nonessential per Governor

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  • County Hall Corner: The Real Deal District Attorney0

    Larry Stout

    The office of county district attorney has traditionally been a stepping stone to higher office. It comes from the nature of the position itself. Law enforcement officials arrest an offender, the courts will try them, but it is the DA’s office that prosecutes. The DA is the one who, in effect, determines how justice will

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  • The Bookworm Sez0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    Hunker down. That’s what you’ll be doing for the immediate future: trying to stay well or get well or just waiting. You’ve had enough TV and the pantry’s as clean as it’ll ever get, so maybe it’s time to find something to read. Why not try one of these great books: FICTION If you’re a

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  • This Week’s LION: Hope from Israel0

    Larry Stout

    There is a saying that misery loves company, and if that statement is true, there must be a lot of love going around these days. It has been estimated that one-third of the world is in some form of isolation due to the COVID-19 virus. I was curious how some of these folks are coping

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  • Never Give In-Resilience in Troubled Times0

    Dave Bellomo

    With all of the doom and gloom in the news and on social media lately, I would be remiss if I did not mention the grit of this great community. Surely, it is not perfect. Like everywhere else, there is crime, and the darker side of humanity occasionally comes to the fore, but there is

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  • 50 Years of Self-Defense Instruction0

    Dave Bellomo

    Lanny Reed was an avid wrestler in high school, wrestling in the 112-pound weight class. It was no wonder that when he joined the Air Force in 1967, Reed began taking martial arts instruction to fill his spare time. While he was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, in Anchorage, Alaska, Reed began taking judo

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  • County Hall Corner: The New District Attorney, Ryan Gardner0

    Larry Stout

    Ryan Gardner has the physique that would make it easier to believe that he was a fitness trainer rather than a district attorney, but in some ways, he is trying to get someone into shape. Actually, not a ‘someone’ but a ‘something,’ and that something is the Lycoming County District Attorney’s Office. His strong stature

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  • Not So Democratic Party1

    Jim Webb

    The Inquisition of President Trump is absolutely pathetic. I have never seen a less Democratic procedure take place in our Nation’s Capital. Democracy and the current Democratic Party couldn’t be any greater of a contradiction. The current House Judiciary hearing has absolutely nothing to do with what they claim are two impeachable offenses, and everything

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  • The Bookworm Sez0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    So, it’s a wrap. Everything’s under paper and under the tree. You’re done with all your shopping, except for one person. Or two. Maybe four. So what do you get for that hard-to-buy-for person who never likes anything? Well, as they say, a book is a present they’ll open again and again, so why not

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story” by Cara Robertson

    The Bookworm Sez: “The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story” by Cara Robertson0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    Twelve people just like you. At trial, each of them will hear the same words. They’ll see the same evidence and watch the same witnesses, but they’ll each embrace different things. How will they judge – guilt or innocence or, as in “The Trial of Lizzie Borden” by Cara Robertson, will the end of the

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  • The Week’s LION: Very Special Judge Marc Lovecchio0

    Larry Stout

    There is an adage that an expert is someone that is at least fifty miles from his hometown. The reason is that we often take for granted those who are closest to us. This column has noted on many occasions that the Lycoming County government has frequently been recognized for excellence on a statewide basis,

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