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Coming to America: Terrific New Film Honors Mother Cabrini0
Quick trivia question: Who was the first American to be canonized as a Catholic saint? Well, if you read our headline above, you probably already guessed: Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who worked tirelessly to help her fellow-countrymen in their struggle against poverty, prejudice, crime, and disease at the turn of the last century.
READ MOREPennsylvania State Police Unveils “PSP Tips” as Public’s New Crime-Fighting Tool0
- Local News, Police
- April 3, 2024
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) today unveiled PSP Tips, a new way for the public to share information related to active investigations, cold-cases, the apprehension of wanted persons, or locating missing persons. “Assistance from the public is often vital to solving crimes or locating missing or wanted individuals,” said Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, Deputy Commissioner
READ MORELove and President’s Day Reality0
- Editorials
- February 14, 2024
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. Please don’t forget that special someone in your life on a day intended to show and celebrate your feelings. Maybe it’s your spouse or someone you’re hoping will be. Maybe you and the person you love now have children to celebrate on Valentine’s Day. I have always loved getting my kids
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: The Power and Problems of PFAs0
- Government, Politics
- February 14, 2024
The Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting on the first of February had a small item on the Salary Board agenda that stated, “Sheriff’s Office – Request to add a Part-Time Clerk III, Paygrade 4.” Commissioner Metzger invited Sheriff Lusk to comment on the reason for this personnel addition to the Sheriff’s Office. Lusk was more than
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: Rethinking the Future0
- Government, Politics
- January 31, 2024
I taught an elective course on Future Studies at a business college in Europe. The students were quite interested in knowing what skills and possibilities in employment would be out there when they entered the working world. It is obviously a shaky science as we have no way of knowing the future and, at best,
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The Bookworm Sez: “The Lost Tomb and Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder” by Douglas Preston0
It was a dinosaur bone. Not really but it was fun thinking that it was, even for a while. You were just seven years old then, and the truth (it was a simple rock) didn’t deter you from digging some more. It never stopped you from dreaming of ancient treasure or the rarest of relics.
READ MORE“We Shouldn’t Have to Bury Our Children”: Film About Opioid Crisis Hits Hard0
I have to get even more personal than usual in this latest film review, because “The Rise of Opioids” hit me hard. Sponsored by Muncy’s Road Radio USA and produced by Williamsport’s On the Pulse, this documentary on the local opioid crisis starts right off by interviewing Caroline Miele, who lost her son Zachary to
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The Bookworm Sez: “Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response” by Jeremy Norton0
Somebody needs to mop up this blood. You can’t just leave it on the carpet or floor or sidewalk or alley. There are teams who clean that sort of thing, and they need to be called. Someone should sweep up the glass, pick up the detritus of a calamity, and calm the family and the
READ MOREThe Bookworm Sez: “Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless” by Laurah Norton0
And who are you? Even when nobody asks, you sometimes just go ahead and introduce yourself around because people like to put a name to a face and know who they’re talking with. Who are you, what’s your name, what do you do for a living? It’s information that, as in the new book “Lay
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The Bookworm Sez: “Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless” by Laurah Norton0
And who are you? Even when nobody asks, you sometimes just go ahead and introduce yourself around because people like to put a name to a face and know who they’re talking with. Who are you, what’s your name, what do you do for a living? It’s information that, as in the new book “Lay
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: Crime and Punishment (Should Go Together!)0
- Government, Politics
- October 25, 2023
I have a nephew named Todd, who grew up in Lewisburg and had been living in San Francisco for nearly a decade. He recently moved back East and spent the weekend with my wife and me. I asked Todd if San Francisco was as lawless as we have been told. He told me that in
READ MOREThe Devil’s Working Overtime0
- Editorials
- October 18, 2023
Before I get to the pure evil being witnessed around the world, I want to pick up where I left off last week — the complete debacle regarding the ousting of Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. I think it’s important to note that both locally elected United States representatives, Republicans Glenn “GT” Thompson and
READ MOREThe Bookworm Sez: “The Longmire Defense” by Craig Johnson0
Finders, keepers. It was the law of playground and classroom and may still apply today: if it’s lost and you find it, it’s yours. Not that that’s always fair, mind you, but generally speaking, he who loses something, loses out. They say finders, keepers; losers, weepers unless, as in the new novel ‘The Longmire Defense”
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The Bookworm Sez: “The League of Lady Poisoners,” written and illustrated by Lisa Perrin0
The bon-bons look absolutely yummy. You heard there’s a special creme inside them, so you’ll be sure to have one or five. The pies smell delicious; sweetness and a nip of sour, your favorite. Cake, cookies, pile that plate and forget the diet. As in the new book, “The League of Lady Poisoners,” written and
READ MORETransplanting Agatha Christie: Branagh’s “Haunting in Venice”0
For most filmgoers, the name Michael Green probably doesn’t ring a bell — but I’ve had my eye on him since 2049. Um — Blade Runner 2049, to be precise. Green penned the ingenious screenplay for that 2017 title, creating a sequel almost as good as its groundbreaking predecessor. That same year, he also wielded
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: The Other Police Force0
- Government, Politics
- September 27, 2023
Ever notice how drivers automatically slow down when they see a police car, even if it is on the opposite side of the road? Or how we barely notice people who walk by us on the street, but when a police officer walks by, we become very aware that they are there. Engaging a police
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Remembrance, Understanding And Education0
- Editorials
- September 6, 2023
It was a beautiful, sun-drenched, latesummer morning. It appeared all was right in the world. The early day’s sun was still very warm, the smell of fall was in the air. I dropped my sons off for school and daycare. Jimmy had just started kindergarten, and Hunter was a very young preschooler. I was looking
READ MOREThe Other “Tom Terrific”: A Few of Cruise’s Offbeat Winners0
Early fall is typically a dead time at the movies. So now that Tom Cruise’s latest vehicle is no longer showing, your Webb critic offers a few of the actor’s other titles to tide you over till Kenneth Branagh’s “Haunting in Venice,” Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” later this
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: Defeating the Demon of Addiction0
- Government, Politics
- August 9, 2023
One of the fallacies of seeing history through the lens of Critical Race Theory is that it distorts the truly amazing elements of American history that have impacted the world. One example was our treatment of criminals. Throughout the world, punishment for crimes was meant to be severe to discourage others who might be tempted
READ MOREYou’re Doing a Great Job, Joe!0
- Editorials
- August 2, 2023
One of the things that keeps coming up in my conversations with people is the kill them with kindness approach. I have written about the division within our Nation and how people are getting paid a whole lot of money to drive that division. I have tried to suggest applying common sense and reason as
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The Bookworm Sez: “What the Dead Know: Learning about Life as a New York City Death Investigator” by Barbara Butcher0
Dead men don’t tell tales. Their voices are forever silenced, their fingers will never point to what happened to them or why. Their eyes will never widen in fear or anticipation, or glance in the direction of the guilty. Dead men don’t tell tales but, as in the new book “What the Dead Know” by
READ MORE“It’s the Best There Is” A Tribute to Alan Arkin0
- July 19, 2023
When actor Alan Arkin passed away in June at the age of 89, he left behind a wide-ranging filmography of more than 80 titles — with a bevy of award nominations that eventually netted him an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and a Tony. Some of his best-known films include “Argo” (Oscar nom), “Little
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German Police Trainee Does Internship With Williamsport Police Department0
- Local News
- June 28, 2023
Paul Kurt is a young man training to be a police officer in his native Frankenberg, Germany, located in the state of Hesse. He has cousins living here in Williamsport and made arrangements to intern with the Williamsport Bureau of Police. For the past several months, he has served with them doing that internship and
READ MOREFather’s Day Closet Upgrades0
When we married, I told my husband I would never tell him what to wear unless he asked. And I’ve kept that promise for twenty years, and for twenty years, I’ve turned a blind eye to the many fashion crimes he’s committed. I can no longer ignore such atrocities, so for this Father’s Day, whether
READ MOREThe World of Weird Words0
- Weird Words
- May 24, 2023
Snollygoster. Numpty. Absquatulate. Gonk. Yes, those all are actual words. They’re taken from a list I started years ago, when I was teaching English at Loyalsock High School. Inspired by three students who compiled an oddball vocab list for fun, I instantly began amassing my own; eventually, I turned it into one of our weekly
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: Don’t Mock the Monarchy0
- Government, Politics
- May 16, 2023
The coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla, king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, occurred on May 6th at Westminster Abbey. About 100 heads of state worldwide traveled to London for the occasion. It was estimated that as many as a billion people all over the globe watched
READ MOREIn a World Divided, We Need a Nation United0
- Editorials
- March 22, 2023
As I watched the report of Polish President Andrzej Duda pledging four MiG 29 fighter jets to Ukraine, I realized this high-stake game of poker had just been raised significantly. This made Poland the first NATO country to actually step forward to provide Ukraine fighter jets. In a twist of irony, the MiGs are actually
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: The Horror of Human Trafficking In Lycoming County!0
- Government, Politics
- March 15, 2023
When I was in high school back in what seems like a million years ago, I had to study a 14th-century epic poem by Dante Alighieri entitled “The Divine Comedy.” It was no comedy in my book, as it poetically described a journey through Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Heaven). Inferno is what most
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: Sorry, Henry, History is Not Bunk0
- Government, Politics
- March 1, 2023
It was noted in the article a couple of weeks ago entitled “Blueprint for ARPA Funds” that the primary focus for disseminating the $22 million federal grant funds to our area would be for generational projects. Commissioner Metzger emphasized this again at the Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting on February 9th. The commissioners keep mentioning this
READ MORECounty Hall Corner: A Killer in Our Midst0
- Government, Politics
- February 22, 2023
If there were a known serial killer in our area, all of us would be up in arms. Parents would be protecting their children 24/7. Everyone with a carrying permit would be carrying. What would you say if I told you that this killer has taken the lives of seven Lycoming County residents in the
READ MOREAre You Ready for Some Football?0
- Editorials
- February 8, 2023
As another NFL season comes to a close, it’s time for our yearly rundown of Super Bowl picks and predictions! Mike Rafferty started this tradition over a decade ago, and it has been so much fun to continue the tradition each year! Let’s start around the office. Jaime is up first with an Eagles win
READ MOREThe Bookworm Sez: Best of 20220
It happens every year. The decorations come down. The last of the Christmas leftovers have been eaten. Errant bits of ripped wrapping are found and discarded. You have no more holiday candy or cookies, you look around at your empty hands, and you wonder — now what? Now it’s time to settle in and read
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