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City of Williamsport lacks shelters for homeless with closure of Saving Grace

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 ...

Panel asks public to be open-minded about benefits of data centers

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 ...

Energy remains big variable for data center viability

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 ...

House passes kids’ chatbot safety bill but gets pushback on invasiveness

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 ...

Fetterman secures $1.4M for Williamsport Municipal Water Authority tank replacement

Recently, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, announced $1.4 million from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority (WMWA) for a tank replacement. According to a news release, this funding was secured by Fetterman through the EPA’s Community Grants program to have the city’s aging water tank replaced, bolstering water service reliability for over 51,000 customers. “One of my highest priorities is securing federal investments that lower costs for Pennsylvania families and businesses. I was proud to support WMWA in its efforts to ...

Angel Families Unite holds National Day of Remembrance Ceremony

It was a night to grieve, to remember and find strength in each other as Angel Families Unite held their seventh ceremony marking the National Day of Remembrance for Homicide victims at Brandon Park Friday night. “None of this happens alone. Every family who shows up, every person who ...