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  • What’s in the Bag?0

    Jamie Spencer

    Fall is my favorite time of the year to play, and I will occasionally tee it up for a few good causes. The teams and organizations I represent vary, but I will almost never pay my share. Golf is way too expensive. I simply rely on my friends to pick up the tab. I sometimes

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  • County Hall Corner: Of the People, By the People, For the People?0

    Larry Stout

    On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made a short dedication speech, just 271 words, beginning with “Four score and seven years ago.” It was a forceful reminder that 87 years earlier, a document known as the Declaration of Independence was signed by representatives of the 13 colonies, declaring that they wanted to form a

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  • Statewide Bear Season Kick-Off October 16th0

    Press Release

    The numbers tell the tale when it comes to just how good black bear hunting opportunities are in Pennsylvania these days. In the six and a half decades between 1915 and 1979, Keystone State hunters typically harvested 398 bears a year. That jumps to 424 if you exclude the four years – 1934, 1970, 1977

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  • This Week’s LION: Recognizing Thirteen Fallen Heroes0

    Larry Stout

    The number of indignities in the fiasco of America’s departure from Afghanistan would fill volumes, but one that has got almost no media attention was the blocking of official recognition by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the US House of Representatives floor for the recognition of the thirteen US military personnel who lost their lives just

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  • County Hall Corner: County Government ABCs0

    Larry Stout

    County authorities, boards, committees, councils, and commissions are an established feature of municipal governments which offers citizens an extraordinary opportunity to participate in a county’s government affairs. Their activities have helped to shape or influence public policy in many areas. In Lycoming County there are seven authorities and seven boards which citizens can volunteer to

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  • County Hall Corner: I Fought the Law and the Law Won0

    Larry Stout

    A standard science-fiction device is an unstoppable foe. It could be a virus or disease, an alien invasion, or a monomaniac bent on world conquest, but the common strain is that its power grows and grows without anyone being able to stop it. We have had such a creature growing in the United States for

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  • County Hall Corner: God Help Us0

    Larry Stout

    From the United States Congress to local municipalities, official meeting sessions are generally opened with a prayer. Often these are more directed toward the audience hearing them than Almighty God. Still, at the Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting on September 7th, Commissioner Chairman Scott Metzger opened the session with a prayer that spoke volumes. It deserves

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  • County Hall Corner: Toughest Job in Town – Voter Services0

    Larry Stout

    How many of us would like a high profile job where it seems the whole world will see the result of the work? This job also allows for a zero margin of error — everything must be done perfectly. And just to make it even more challenging, the boss changes the way the job is

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  • Williamsport Sun: August 23, 1932 – City Unemployed Registered for Basis of Relief0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Unemployed and needy persons who registered yesterday as family heads totaled 3,147. They registered yesterday at the city’s grade schools.  Information those persons gave in their registration showed that they had 1,700 dependents.  The figure 3,147 does not represent that number of wholly unemployed persons in the city as the total also includes men and

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  • Local Grange Celebrates Sesquicentennial0

    Press Release

    After two years of preparation, which included a complete renovation of its facilities built in 1887, Eagle Grange #1 will hold its official 150th anniversary celebration on Saturday, August 7, 2021, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Grange Hall, located at the intersection of Route 15 and East Blind Road, Montgomery. The event begins with

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  • County Hall Corner: War on Words0

    Larry Stout

    Throughout the day, every single one of us is sending and receiving messages: our lives and society function on the ability to communicate effectively. There was a day, not so very, very long ago, when communication focused on seeking clarity between the sender and receiver of information. To communicate well meant that both parties sought

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  • County Hall Corner: Change for Gain without Pain0

    Larry Stout

    Since childhood, I have been a quote collector, and one that I have used in recent years more than any other has been by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who said, “Every organization is either living out the birth of a new vision or the death of an old one.” A more succinct quote in the same

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  • 75 Years Strong Clinton Township Volunteer Fire Company0

    Larry Stout

    Anniversaries traditionally are celebrations of the past, but the 75th Anniversary event of the Clinton Township Volunteer Fire Company on June 25th was that and more — it was a vision for the future. The fire company was formed immediately after World War II, as thousands of veterans returned to the United States with a

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  • This Week’s LION: Jack McGee-100 Years Strong!0

    Larry Stout

    The Lycoming County Board of Commissioners Meetings could be described as 99% mundane matters and 1% wow moments. The ‘wows’ generally catch me by surprise, such as line item 1.6, “Proclamation: Jack McKee 100th Birthday,” listed on the Tuesday, June 22nd agenda. OK, I guess it is great that a guy hits the century mark,

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  • County Hall Corner: Jury Duty – A Special Privilege0

    Larry Stout

    The Lycoming County Commissioners designated the first week of June as Jury Appreciation Week. This is not exactly earth-shattering news as hardly a week goes by that there is not something or another being appreciated, but this one is a bit different. Commissioner Mirabito noted at that June 1st meeting that as much as Americans

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  • County Hall Corner: The Emerging Census Scandal0

    Larry Stout

    Our census, mandated by the United States Constitution and held every ten years since 1790, has tremendous importance and significance. It is far, far more important than a national headcount. The census sets the amount of federal assistance in some 130 different programs and state allocations as well. The Lycoming County commissioners have publicly emphasized

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