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Loyalsock Township firefighter charged with sex crimes involving a minor

A Loyalsock Township volunteer fire company member has been arrested on charges of soliciting sex from a male minor inside the firehouse on Northway Road, state police alleged in court papers. Joseph Leo Foster, 47, of 156 Mulberry St., was charged by Trooper Josiah Reiner with criminal solicitation to statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, unlawful dissemination of an intimate image, corrupting the morals of a minor and illegal use of a communication device. It is alleged by Reiner that Foster solicited “the victim multiple times for sex,” it was stated in a ...

Honoring our veterans on America’s 250th

Scores of guests attended the Montoursville Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday at the Montoursville Cemetery hosted by Eugene Grafius American Legion Post 104. Keynote speaker Lt. Col. Robert P. Donnelly Jr., United States Air Force Academy 1977, shared his story of service, which included ...

Loyalsock Township supervisors propose to eliminate municipal property tax

The Loyalsock Township Board of Supervisors announced a proposal to eliminate the municipal property tax for the upcoming 2027 budget, down from the current 0.5 mills. Bill Burdett, township manager, called it a “historic budget” as he presented it at the supervisor meeting. “This ...