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  • Some Notable Women of Lycoming County History 2

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    By Lou Hunsinger, Jr. March is Women’s History Month and before the month is completely over, we at Webb Weekly would like to highlight in capsule form some of the notable women of Lycoming County’s history. The first two were around before there was even a Lycoming County. The first is Madame Montour, born Elizabeth

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  • County Hall Corner: Keeping the Ship on a Steady Course0

    Larry Stout

    The Lycoming County Commissioners are doing their very best to keep a steady hand on the helm, and they should be commended for their efforts. The work session on Tuesday, March 17th was heavy on substantial work. Among other things was the approval of Tom Heaps’s reorganization of the Prothonotary/Central Collections/Assessment office. Similar to the

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  • Williamsport Sun March 15, 1930: Withhold Permission for Steam Shovel to Cross Creek Bridge0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    The county commissioners refused permission to the Standard Construction Company of Altoona to cross the Montoursville bridge across Loyalsock Creek with a steam shovel. Word was telephoned to the commissioners’ office this morning at the courthouse about 11 a.m. that the company was at Montoursville with the shovel on a trailer. Permission was sought to

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  • 61st Annual West Branch0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Now that spring seems to be in the air, it might be time to start thinking about those home improvement projects, both indoors and outdoors. You have the perfect opportunity and venue to get even more serious about those ideas when the 61st West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association (WBSBA) Home Show is held this weekend,

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  • Grit: March 4, 1973 – Hearing Scheduled on Countywide Network of Police Communications0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Public hearings wlll be held at 7:30 p.m. March 26 at the Lycoming County Courthouse on the problems of present emergency communications systems operating in the county. Called by the Lycoming County Planning Commission, the hearings will be used as part of the commission’s study on a possible county-wide communications network. “The hearings are for

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  • Obstacles and Fuzzy Math0

    Jamie Spencer

    I swung by to catch up with a few retired chums. It was totally random and unannounced. We sipped coffee, talked some hoops, and inquired about direct flights to Charlotte. It was a very interesting conversation. It always is. I love hearing from my older and wiser friends. I simply missed them. One who I

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  • County Hall Corner: Golf is Not a Four-Letter Word0

    Larry Stout

    The Lycoming County Commissioners are moving toward selling off portions of the White Deer Golf Course area but have recently discovered a governmental glitch. It seems that due to a condition that came with receiving federal funds for the purchase of the property decades ago prevents it from being used for anything but recreational use.

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  • County Hall Corner: Making Recognition Really Count0

    Larry Stout

    In covering the weekly County Commissioners Meetings these past five years, much of the action is rudimentary administrative actions. Still, at least once a month, time is set aside in the meeting to acknowledge employees for their time of service or when they have done something special that deserves recognition. The Thursday, February 6th meeting

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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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  • County Hall Corner: Fairness Jazz0

    Larry Stout

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

    Larry Stout

    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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  • This Week’s LION: LION of the Year — The Young & Amazing0

    Larry Stout

    One of my favorite exercises at the end of the year is to review all my columns throughout the year. I began writing LION (Leaders In Our Neighborhood) features in April of 2014, and I am always surprised how each year seems to have a certain theme. In 2018, it was good people passing away.

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  • County Hall Corner: Voter Rights and Wrongs0

    Larry Stout

    As Lycoming County voters noticed at the recent election, there was a new voting system introduced to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It involves a paper ballot that is inserted into a scanner — a verifiable and auditable ballot. While we might blame our Harrisburg bureaucrats for this, the blame should be pointed further south, all

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  • County Hall Corner: Lame Duck or Sleeping Lion?0

    Larry Stout

    American democracy has a rich heritage and one that we woefully take for granted. Marvel for a moment that since 1900, only six countries in the world have NOT changed their form of government. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the insights of our Founding Fathers in crafting such an amazing document as

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  • County Hall Corner: County Government Coming to You0

    Larry Stout

    Very few people can make it to the Executive Plaza in downtown Williamsport on a Tuesday or Thursday morning to attend a County Commissioners Meeting. Not many more have the extra time and energy to go to a public location to review a proposed county budget. But good news is here! The county is as

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  • We Are – Here to See Kevin0

    Jamie Spencer

    Expect big things from Kevin Anderson and the University of Delaware this year. The former St. John Neumann Regional Academy superstar and the Blue Hens are just getting the season started. Anderson is now a junior, and he was recently named as an ALL Colonial Athletic Conference preseason selection. The 6 foot 5 starting point

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  • County Hall Corner: God Rested…and so should we0

    Larry Stout

    The Lycoming County Commissioners are taking a two-week break from meetings — partially to attend some CCAP (County Commissioners of Pennsylvania) seminars and partially to campaign. Having followed these commissioner meetings for four years now, experience has shown that when they reconvene, there generally is someone who stands up and castigates them for taking time

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  • County Hall Corner: Heads up, Voters!0

    Larry Stout

    Next Tuesday, Lycoming County will be voting for several local offices, as well as for retention for a few state and county state judges. There will be some serious changes when you walk into your voting precinct location next week. What has not changed is that some identification must be shown. This is to verify

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  • Rumors0

    Jamie Spencer

    Whenever I am feeling blue, I stop by Wegmans to say hello to my crew. I am counting down the days until I can join them full time. My older retired friends come in all shapes and sizes. They are good for my morale as they are all fans of this column. We talk fishing

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  • County Hall Corner: Building the Best Bridge0

    Larry Stout

    If you live or work in Lycoming County, there is a very good chance that on any given day, you are likely to cross a bridge. Bridges are so common that they just seem like part of the road. We rarely think about bridges until one gets closed — and then it seems like the

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  • Deciding Who Deserves a Do-Over0

    Jim Webb

    Before I get started, tip of my Little Mountaineer Little League cap to a wonderful lady, Dori Rankinen, chairperson of the South Williamsport Mummers’ Parade. Dory has done a fantastic job breathing life back into the event and keeping a great tradition marching down the streets of South Side. It’s great that the Mummers’ Committee

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  • County Hall Corner: Sleeping with the Enemy0

    Larry Stout

    There is a folklore tale that the origin of the “Rule of Thumb” dates back to Sir Francis Buller, an eighteenth-century British judge who determined that a man may beat his wife with a stick no wider than his thumb. There is no record that he made such a statement, but even if it is

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  • Getting Back to the Political Poppycock0

    Jim Webb

    Before I get started on my main topics of discussion, just a reminder to all our hunters out there. If you’re lucky enough to tag that big buck you’ve been watching all summer, make sure you enter our Uncle Ron’s Monster Buck Contest. Webb Weekly’s very own Ron Mingle will be back to oversee the contest even

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  • County Hall Corner: Speak up, Citizens!0

    Larry Stout

    At a typical County Commissioners Meeting, when the official business is completed and right before the public is allowed to address the commissioners, there is a time designated as “Commissioner Comments.” This is generally the time when the individual commissioners will comment on some action that has been taken or perhaps lay the groundwork for

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  • County Hall Corner: Gollies and Follies0

    Larry Stout

    A recurring theme in the County Commissioners Meeting is lamenting the number of issues that they must deal with that were caused by previous administrations. The most classic albatross was the county’s endeavor to build a water park near the White Deer Golf Course back in the 1980s. The business plan was doomed from the

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  • County Hall Corner: Crime and Punishment0

    Larry Stout

    The saying goes that crime doesn’t pay, but that is not completely true, because someone does pay — the taxpayer. When a crime is committed, emergency services are utilized, if an arrest is made, the court system gets involved, and if guilt is determined, the penal system is engaged. And all of these cost money!

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  • County Hall Corner: The Art of Argument0

    Larry Stout

    There are ebbs and flows in any organization; times when it seems that all hell has broken loose, and other times when there is hardly anything happening at all. This was evident with county government during the month of August. The weekly County Commissioners’ meeting agenda would have two or three action items, whereas it

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  • County Hall Corner: Grass is Greener Where?0

    Larry Stout

    Lycoming County Commissioner Tony Mussare made an interesting comment at a recent meeting stating that it is not unusual for him to be contacted by Lycoming County natives who have left the area, but still follow what is happening back here. It is not a great surprise, however. A rather unknown fact about Pennsylvania is

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  • County Hall Corner: The Guns of August0

    Larry Stout

    A special press conference was held at the Williamsport City Hall on Tuesday, August 6th, to address the rash of recent shootings in the city. It was held by Mayor Campana, Williamsport Police Chief Damon Hagan and Captain Sherman Shadle of the Pennsylvania State Police. The attendees included all three Lycoming County Commissioners, the entire

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  • County Hall Corner: Moving On0

    Larry Stout

    Stress is caused by an event that results in an upheaval from the norm. In stress inventories, death of a spouse always tops the list, followed by other troubles such as losing a job or coming down with a serious illness. But also high on the list is moving a living habitation, which obviously grows

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  • County Hall Corner: Counting You In – the 2020 Census0

    Larry Stout

    The year was 1790, and George Washington had barely been sworn in as president Congress authorized complying with Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which required the federal government to conduct a census of the country, and continue to do so every ten years. On August 2, 1790, the country had its first

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  • This Week’s LION Kaleb Daniels: Intern Extraordinaire

    This Week’s LION Kaleb Daniels: Intern Extraordinaire2

    Larry Stout

    The comic strip “Dilbert” mocks the contemporary business office. There is a character by the name of Asok, who is a brilliant young intern whose wisdom is not appreciated, and thus ends up doing the most menial of tasks. (Example: “Hey, my staple remover is broken. Somebody toss that intern to me.”) Scott Adams, the

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  • County Hall Corner: Lights, Camera, Action0

    Larry Stout

    Reader’s Alert: This article is meant as sarcasm. So read, relax, and enjoy the fun! At a recent County Commissioner’s Meeting, there was quite a debate over televising the proceedings. Now, the problem with the idea is that even though they are televised in other area municipalities, it has revealed the dirty little secret that

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