The state Game Commission says it has plans to remove most of the remaining concrete World War II dome-shaped igloos near the lost village of Alvira near Allenwood due to vandalism and nefarious activities such as illegal drug use. Recent security measures include crews bringing in large ...
To give youth in the community a chance to be heard, the Boy Mom Marathon along with J.U.M.P. (Juvenile Uplifting Mentoring Program) is hosting a Youth Council meeting at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 7 at J.U.M.P.’s location, second floor, 734 W. Fourth St. “We have lots of conversations in the community about young people, but we don’t always have those conversations with young people,” said Loniqua Howell, of Boy Mom Marathon. “So this is the space where we’re creating for them to speak for themselves about their own experiences, their challenges that they are facing, and what ...
With the American Rescue Workers’ (ARW) closing of the Saving Grace Shelter on Sept. 11, there are no shelters operating in Williamsport for women, children and families that are experiencing homelessness. There is a temporary shelter for men at ARW’s Elmira Street location and the YWCA Northcentral PA offers shelter for victims of domestic abuse at their facility. The Saving Grace Shelter, located at the corner of Campbell and Grace streets had been closed in anticipation of it being sold to Next Step Ministries, which is the non-profit founded by John and Sue Best, who have ...
Communities hosting hyperscale data centers are seeing benefits even while the protests grow. “New recreational spaces, water and wastewater infrastructure, traffic lights, build-outs of local roads and grants for schools were among the pluses for communities hosting them. “Our roads ...
Enormous sources of energy are needed for anyone using Facebook, Instagram, What’s App, or Muse - the latest product the data center cluster development is being required to meet the demand of consumers. In fact, over the last 20 years, Meta has grown from a small social network connecting a few universities across the U.S. into several apps and novel hardware products like Meta glasses that serve over 3.6 billion users daily worldwide, said Etta Lockey, director of Commercial Energy Supply, Meta. Lockey was the closing keynote speaker at the recent 16th annual Marcellus Shale ...
The state House on Monday passed a bill intended to put up safeguards for the huge number of children interacting with artificial intelligence “companions” but a ranking Republican criticized the bill’s invasiveness. The vote came on the first day of voting sessions by the House and Senate in two and one-half months. Outside the Capitol, Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman of Indiana County told a luncheon gathering it was unclear if there would be any deal to legalize so-called “skill games” and that Gov. Josh Shapiro had made missteps as he tried to work in ...
