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  • Building Connected Communities0

    Steph Nordstrom

    The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) commemorates the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in April with their “Building Connected Communities” campaign. The campaign “uplifts the role of inclusive, equitable, and connected communities in reducing sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. Community is an integral part of all our lives, and the health and

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  • Easter Blessings0

    Jim Webb

    As I sat and pondered what to write about it was a beautiful sun-drenched spring morning. Although the temperature might be a little on the chilly side, the smell of spring is in  the air. You can feel the warmth of the sun and just know warmer days are right around the corner. It’s such

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  • Crazed and Evil Perpetrators0

    Jim Webb

    The cover reading February 21st means only one more issue this month; that’s a good thing. To go along with Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day falling on the same date, we also have a leap year in 2024. An early Happy Birthday to all those folks who only celebrate that special day once every four

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  • Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month0

    Steph Nordstrom

    Dating violence is more common than you may think, especially among teens and young adults: 1 in 3 U.S. teens will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from someone they’re in a relationship with before becoming adults. And nearly half (43%) of U.S. college women report experiencing violent or abusive dating behaviors. For parents and

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  • County Hall Corner: The Power and Problems of PFAs0

    Larry Stout

    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

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  • Working-Class Heroes: George Clooney’s “Boys in the Boat”0

    Joseph W. Smith III

    It’s fitting that George Clooney’s crowd-pleasing Boys in the Boat focuses on rich and privileged know-it-alls being bested by working-class heroes at the 1936 Olympics. Fitting, I say, because privileged know-it-alls — i.e., American critics and the left-leaning Hollywood establishment — already do not care for this film; I’m sure it won’t see a single

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  • Fishing Boots for Christmas0

    Scott Lowery

    Exchange week. Party week. Travel week. Rest-up week. Whatever these December days between Christmas and New Year’s may be called where you reside, you can be assured of one thing when it comes to the media; its broadcasts and pages will be filled with a lot of ‘year-in-review’ lookbacks. With so much increased violence, corruption,

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  • The Devil’s Working Overtime0

    Jim Webb

    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

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “Flags on the Bayou” by James Lee Burke0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    There’s right. And there’s wrong. You know the difference, even if you can’t or don’t want to know. One is more exciting, fun, more profitable, and easier to do. The other is hard, and can leave you holding an empty bag but a fuller heart. So, which do you choose? Or, as in the new

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  • Trust Nothing, Question Everything0

    Jim Webb

    I want to begin this column by saying that I understand that everybody wants to be right — whether it’s social media or mainstream media. They want to share their story and thoughts and make you believe what they’re saying is right. They will baffle you with knowledge, numbers, analytics, and information that supports their

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  • Brown Library Adds Comics Plus to Online Resources0

    Press Release

    The Lycoming County Library System recently added a new online platform for readers of comics, graphic novels and manga called Comics Plus. Comics Plus, powered by LibraryPass, is a digital platform offering thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga to readers using a smartphone, tablet, or web browser, and can be downloaded to multiple

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  • German Police Trainee Does Internship With Williamsport Police Department

    German Police Trainee Does Internship With Williamsport Police Department0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    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

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  • Happy Father’s Day…0

    Steph Nordstrom

    Much like my Mother’s Day list, my Father’s Day list changes and flow and gets a few edits along the way, but I think it’s a pretty good list. So much like Dads usually appreciate, let’s not get fussy and get on with it… First and foremost, Happy Father’s Day to Steve. You are an

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  • The 40-Year-Old Version: Low-Key Movie Picks from 19830

    Joseph W. Smith III

    A few days ago, the movie “Local Hero” showed up on my Facebook feed, reminding me that this charming little chestnut — which I saw three or four times in theaters and countless times thereafter — is now exactly 40 years old. Wondering what other 1983 worthies might be celebrating four decades, I dug around

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  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month0

    Steph Nordstrom

    In July of 2016 I wrote the following: “Let’s make this perfectly clear. Crystal clear. Just-Windexed-sun-streaming-in-clear. There is never, and I mean never, a justification for rape or sexual assault. I don’t care if you bought her a drink. I don’t care if you bought her dinner. I don’t care if she flirted with you.

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “The Stable Boy of Auschwitz” by Henry Oster and Dexter Ford

    The Bookworm Sez: “The Stable Boy of Auschwitz” by Henry Oster and Dexter Ford0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    One way or another, you’ll get by. That’s the thing about you: you’re resourceful. You’ll always figure out a way to survive, to work around a problem, to slap on a bandage and keep moving. You never fail to find a way, and in the new book “The Stable Boy of Auschwitz” by Henry Oster

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  • What the Ladies are Thinking0

    Jim Webb

    A few weeks back I mentioned my intention to interview and feature the thoughts from women across the West Branch Valley. The question I would be asking was with all that is currently going on across our nation and beyond, what worries them the most. I thought this would be a simple topic to cover;

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  • “Cocaine Bear”: A Farewell to Arms – and Legs0

    Webb Weekly

    Violence in movies can serve to shock, provide catharsis, and sometimes even carry a theme. But when it’s there for mere entertainment; when the filmmakers seem to enjoy it and want viewers to enjoy it too; if the audience starts laughing when somebody’s leg gets torn off, or their guts are pulled out and eaten

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  • The YWCA of Northcentral Pennsylvania Celebrates 130 Years of Service0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    The year is 1893. Grover Cleveland is President of the United States, Robert A. Pattison is Governor of Pennsylvania, and William G. Elliot is Mayor of Williamsport. The “Panic of 1893” occurs, causing a major two-year depression in the economy. The 1893 World’s Fair, also known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, is held in Chicago,

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  • Black-Eyed Bomb: Marlowe Movie Makes a Mess0

    Joseph W. Smith III

    When John Banville wrote his Raymond Chandler tribute novel “Black-Eyed Blonde,” one critic said he not only nailed the style and milieu of Chandler’s 1940s detective Philip Marlowe; he had also captured Marlowe’s soul. As for the new movie based on that book: I don’t think those folks could find Marlowe’s soul if it drove

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “A History of the World Through Body Parts” by Kathryn Petras & Ross Petras0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    Give the gentleman a hand. He did a good job, and he deserves it. Seriously, someone gave him a leg-up, he jumped in with both feet, and shortly after he put his nose to the grindstone, he found himself rubbing elbows with influential people. He shouldered some responsibility, kept his ear to the ground, and

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  • South Williamsport Police to Re-Establish K9 Program0

    Dave Bellomo

    With the retirement of K9 Dany in 2018, the borough of South Williamsport is working on adding a new K9 partner to the patrol division. The addition of a K9 partner will do many things for the boroughs of South Williamsport and Duboistown, including performing public relations between the police and the community, providing appearances

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  • Danielle Deadwyler in “Till”: A New Gold Standard0

    Webb Weekly

    Until now, I always felt that Meryl Streep in “Sophie’s Choice” was probably the finest female lead I had ever seen in a motion picture. But with the recently released “Till,” Danielle Deadwyler sets a new gold standard for what an actress can accomplish onscreen. Yet, her astonishing work is only one of many sensational

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  • County Hall Corner: Problems, Pain, and Politics0

    Larry Stout

    I remember well my first visit to a Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting in April of 2016. Jim Webb Jr. had asked me to attend to see if covering these meetings could become a weekly column. I had great doubts going in, but I was surprised at the dynamic that took place between the Commissioners at

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  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month0

    Steph Nordstrom

    It’s not an easy topic to discuss and not one that you would typically find on the cover of Webb Weekly. However, it is difficult to consider yourself a ‘Family-Oriented Newspaper’ without acknowledging how domestic violence affects families. It affects families right here in our cities, towns, and boroughs. I feel that we would be

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  • Heads Up0

    Scott Lowery

    It was a normal football Friday night as I took my spot in the press box for another game of statistical coverage. What wasn’t normal was the operator of the game film camera standing next to me. The young man behind the camera was a member of the school’s football team. Inquiring as to why

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  • Mistakes, Distractions, What Drives Your Reaction0

    Jim Webb

    A happy fall to everyone. There is so much good going on in the world; we all need to find positivity and pass it on with a side of kindness. This especially holds true on the highways. I’m just putting this out there in the most straightforward way possible; everybody makes mistakes while driving. And

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  • Gilson Summer Snow Day 20220

    Dave Bellomo

    Gilson Snow, a Winfield, PA-based company that designs and builds snowboards and skis, recently hosted their 2022 Summer Snow Day festival, and it was awesome! The event is held annually at the facility grounds, affectionately known as the Snowboard Farm. The goal of the festival is to put together the area’s biggest and most fun,

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  • Let’s Talk…0

    Steph Nordstrom

    Statutory sexual assault, institutional sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, corrupting the morals of a minor, unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse… How many times have you read headlines that involve these charges recently? Obviously, one is too many, but these cases seem to be becoming more and

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  • Six for the Road: A Cinematic Tribute to Travel0

    Joseph W. Smith III

    At the height of the travel season — and in honor of the state-traversing U.S. Route 6, Pennsylvania’s coolest two-lane — Webb presents a half-dozen road movies. We’ll stick to “under-the-radar” films in this category — trusting that most readers already know about such classics as “Rain Man,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” the Oscar-magnet “It

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  • County Hall Corner: Rage is All the Rage0

    Larry Stout

    Our area has finally joined many of the municipalities in the United States by experiencing an act of rage. It probably had to happen sooner or later. Around 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 3rd, a woman took out her rage against Little League International by driving her minivan through the front door of the World

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  • The Growth and Creation of an All-Inclusive Division0

    Jim Webb

    I could hear the birds singing and chirping before the sun even woke up — what a perfect way to awake and start the day. I love the long hours of July sunlight. What a special time of the year. It goes without saying no matter where you look or listen; the daily topics are

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  • Happy Father’s Day…0

    Steph Nordstrom

    I just want to take a minute to say Happy Father’s Day… First off Happy Father’s Day to Steve. You are an amazing Dad and Kiddo and I love you! Now on to my list. It changes and flows from year to year, but the sentiment remains the same… Happy Father’s Day to the Dads

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