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  • The Guide to Foolproof Babyproofing During the Holidays0

    UPMC Susquehanna

    You’ve spent the last nine months readying for your new bundle of joy, but is your home ready, too? As baby grows, so does his or her curiosity and ability to explore—and with the holidays fast approaching, even more people and hazards are afoot. Make sure your home is ready for a safe holiday celebration

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  • The Hard Water Cometh0

    Ken Hunter

    I know, there are a lot of people who don’t want to hear about the lakes freezing over because that means bitter cold days, snow that needs to be shoveled, windshields that need to be cleaned, and a whole lot more that comes with winter. To the “walk-on-water crowd” however, the freezing temperatures mean it

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  • Make This Season on the Slopes Safe and Successful

    Make This Season on the Slopes Safe and Successful0

    Family Features

    Skiing and snowboarding remain very popular among athletes and outdoor enthusiasts who refuse to be relegated to the couch upon the arrival of winter weather. For the millions of men, women and children who can’t wait to hit the slopes each winter, the thrill of racing down snow-covered mountainsides is a feeling unlike any other.

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  • Bears – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.0

    Ken Hunter

    The statewide archery season and the statewide firearms season for bears in Pennsylvania is now over however we still have the extended season for several days in late November that varies according to the wildlife management unit being hunted. With around 20,000 bears now roaming Pennsylvania’s woodlands your chances of success are pretty reasonable. While

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  • An Appreciation of The Jaded Eyed: Gerry Ayers0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Last week the Webb Weekly family experienced the terrible loss of Gerry Ayers, known to his readers as “The Jaded Eye.” I was lucky enough to have known Gerry many years before he became associated with Webb Weekly. Gerry and I worked together as part-time clerks at “Jocks” sporting goods store on the Golden Strip

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  • Thanksgiving Day in America

    Thanksgiving Day in America0

    Jim Webb

    I wish everyone a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving. The holiday kick-off is at our doorstep, complete with an early walk in a winter wonderland. Yeah, I think I could have waited for that. But you have to admit, there’s nothing like the beauty of that first falling snow. That perfect white blanket covering the

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  • The Bookworm Sez: Holiday Gift Guide By Terri Schlichenmeyer0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    The mistletoe is hung, and so are the garlands, the ornaments, window decorations, and lights. You’d be ready for the holidays, too, if you weren’t hung up on a gift for that one certain person. Now what? Now head to the bookstore with this column in-hand, and look for one of these great books…. FICTION

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  • Savor Simplicity: Holiday recipes worth sharing0

    Family Features

    Most great holiday gatherings start with great food and end with quality time spent with loved ones. This holiday season, rely on simple recipes that let you spend less time in the kitchen and more time celebrating special moments with family and friends. As a holiday host, it may be tempting to explore complicated new

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  • Pumpkin Pie Kids’ Craft

    Pumpkin Pie Kids’ Craft0

    Family Features

    With just some tissue paper, a paper plate and tons of glue — you can make this easy craft with your child today. Best part is it’s calorie free and you “make” it over & over again — on the fly & cheap! Supplies: • Large Paper Plate • Orange Tissue Paper • Brown Cardstock

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  • Get Creative With Gift Choices This Holiday Season

    Get Creative With Gift Choices This Holiday Season0

    Family Features

    This year make some holiday gifts — or give presents that foster creativity in your family and friends. Woodcraft offers many choices for creative gift-giving, as well as more traditional tools and accessories for woodworkers and DIYers. Woodburning and Woodcarving Pyrography, commonly called woodburning, involves the use of a heated pen to “burn” designs and

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  • Gift-Wrapping Tips and Tricks0

    Family Features

    Much of the focus of each holiday season is on gift-giving, but all those gifts will eventually need to be wrapped. Stacks of presents just waiting to be covered with paper and ribbon can overwhelm gift givers, prompting them to put off wrapping gifts until the last minute. Hesitant wrappers with a pile of gifts

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  • Great Gifts for Sports Fans0

    Family Features

    Sports fans are passionate about their favorite sports and favorite teams. Perhaps nowhere is that passion more evident than in how much sports fans are spending to attend sporting events. A 2017 study from CreditCards.com found that American consumers spent $56 billion to attend sporting events over the year prior to the study being conducted.

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  • Light Bites for Healthier Holidays0

    Family Features

    For those who are always on the go leading up to the holidays, the season can feel more like madness than merrymaking. From planning get-togethers to building out a perfect menu for the events, there can be difficulties for hosts and guests alike to ensure proper nutrition is still top of mind. Instead of sacrificing

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  • How to Keep Gifts Secret and Hidden0

    Family Features

    Surprising loved ones and friends with gifts is part of the excitement of the holiday season. It can be just as exhilarating for gift-givers to witness the gifts being opened as for the recipients who are tearing into the paper to reveal their gifts. But in order for presents to be the ultimate surprises, it

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  • Land of the Free and Home of Some Monster Bucks

    Land of the Free and Home of Some Monster Bucks0

    Jim Webb

    We are so truly blessed to live in the greatest Country in the world. Like I always say, there’s a reason everybody is fighting to get in, and no one is choosing to leave. Although some Hollywood elitists do make the idle threat of leaving our Country, they never do. However, they may change their

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  • Pennsylvania’s Ultimate Big Game?0

    Jon Pries

    Those of us who hunt wild turkeys here in our home state of Pennsylvania often consider this bird to be the ultimate game to pursue. Whitetail deer hunters are without a doubt even more fanatical about naming deer as the greatest game animal within our state’s borders. And, yes, we are very fortunate to have

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  • Gazette and Bulletin: November 15, 1941 – Hunters Asked to Save Spent Shells for Defense Use0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Hunters throughout the nation were urged by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to save their used rifle shells this season for conversion of the brass into national defense material. Seth Gordon, director of the state commission, estimated that the hunters could reclaim at least 20 million shells, and Pennsylvania might be able to provide one million

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  • What to Wear for Family Portraits0

    Bernadette Ulsamer

    It’s that time of year when the holidays start looming large. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it and the stores are already starting to push Christmas décor on shoppers. This is also the time, while the leaves are vibrant on the trees, for many families to have portraits taken, not only for their

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  • County Hall Corner: Broadband or Bust0

    Larry Stout

    Lycoming County is the largest county in area in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, covering over 1,200 square miles. That is a larger area than the entire state of Massachusetts. But, unlike the Bay State, which has 6.8 million people living there, Lycoming County has about 114,000 residents. Though this figures out to a population density

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  • County Hall Corner: Not the Last Laugh0

    Larry Stout

    It all started with Jason York, director of the Lycoming County Resource Recovery Facility, otherwise known as the County Landfill. As there are often expenditure items that need to be approved by the county commissioners, Jason is something of a regular at the weekly work and regular sessions of the Lycoming County Commissioner meetings. Jason

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  • Treadmill-A-Thon Fundraiser / To Be Held November 10-11 / To Benefit Veterans Mental Health Project0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Sean MacMillen is a combat veteran who did three tours of service in Afghanistan. Upon leaving the service, he found that he had great difficulty readjusting to civilian life. This led to many problems for him. “I fully admit I struggled to reintegrate into society when I returned from my 3rd tour in Afghanistan. I

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  • Southern Specialty Showcases Comfort Food

    Southern Specialty Showcases Comfort Food0

    Family Features

    When a cold snap hits and cabin fever sets in, spending time in the kitchen creating delicious comfort foods can be just what the doctor ordered. Southern comfort food immediately brings to mind dishes like chicken and dumplings or grits, but this recipe for “Fried Catfish Po’ Babies With Creole Rémoulade Sauce” from Denise Gee’s

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  • Overcoming the Senses0

    Ken Hunter

    When it comes to deer hunting a huge part of the ultimate reward of bagging your quarry is your ability to overcome a deer’s keen senses. While overcoming a deer’s senses is vital to success, I don’t want to downplay the importance of knowing and mastering your weapon of choice either but that’s another whole

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  • A Proud Past, A Rock Solid Present, A Promising Future0

    Jim Webb

    Midterm Madness is finally upon us. I will be glad when the dust clears, and I don’t have to watch any political commercials. Across our great Nation, there has probably never been a more important midterm report card provided by “We the People.” There’s also probably never been more at stake. To me, it’s a

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  • The Roving Sportsman… A Hunt With Lucy and Mattie0

    Jon Pries

    Growing up outside of Montoursville, in rural Lycoming County, during the 1950s and 1960s gave a youth many opportunities to hunt and fish. Whitetail deer were available to hunt, turkeys were beginning to reach huntable numbers, and there was the occasional black bear that one might come across. But more numerous, and therefore more often

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  • True Value0

    Tim Hartzell

    What has more value, gold or water? Before you answer that question, let me tell you a little story. Wilbur had done his research. Native American folklore, geological surveys and several productive scouting trips had him convinced that there was gold in the high desert. He sold nearly everything he owned to finance his expedition

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  • Be Informed0

    Steph Noviello

    I’m sure you are probably wondering why we are doing an issue on voting so far in front of the mid-term elections. The reason is that we want everyone in the area to be as informed as possible before they head to the polls, and to have plenty of time for you to do your

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  • Horror Films Keep Moviegoers Screaming

    Horror Films Keep Moviegoers Screaming0

    Family Features

    Halloween is an exciting time of the year, particularly for horror fans who embrace the ghoulish and ghastly. Halloween hijinks and costumes may be one way to keep things scary. The array of horror films slated for release also can raise hackles and ensure sleepless nights to come. Here are a few sneak peeks at

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  • Five Easy Ways to Add Colorful Curb Appeal

    Five Easy Ways to Add Colorful Curb Appeal0

    Family Features

    Before the dull and dreary days of winter set in, you still have plenty of time to update your home’s curb appeal with pops of color that add a cheerful touch to offset the oncoming gray weather. Get a Step Up with Railings Chipped, tired railings can make a home look outdated and unkempt, but

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  • Time Flies and So is My Nephew0

    Gerry Ayers

    When I first started this column, my nephew Malcolm was three years old and didn’t read it. Just made fun of my picture — head tilted to the side like a clown trying to shed his wig. Now he’s 13 and devours each word every chance he gets. I enjoy his critiques, as it’s not

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  • Pranks, Positivity and Prosperity0

    Jim Webb

    What an absolutely unbelievable time to be alive in the United States of America. I thank God that somehow my family and I ended up in the beautiful and friendly confines of the West Branch Valley. There is no place in the world I would rather live. I still look forward to the Mummers’ Parade

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  • Counting Candy Corn!4

    Steph Noviello

    Attention boys and girls! It is time once again for Webb Weekly’s annual Halloween contest! We are taking this year’s contest back to it’s roots. The very first year we did this we counted Candy Corn, so we are going OG this year. I’m sure you know how this works, but just in case you

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  • 73rd South Mummers’ Parade Steps Off This Saturday, October 200

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    An enduring South Williamsport tradition, which has become an institution associated with the borough each fall, steps off at 2 p.m. for the 73rd time this Saturday, October 20, when the South Williamsport Mummers’ Parade takes place. “We are determined to make the day about putting smiles on a lot of little faces this year!”

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