Trevor Dodge is reaching high, his direction aimed to the heavens as he follows in his father’s footsteps. Dodge, a 2014 Montoursville Area High School graduate, will finish 13 weeks training of officer candidate school with the Navy in January. After that, he’ll be commissioned as an ...
Mark Chesney retired from the Navy after 25 years as an independent duty corpsman, a unique job that afforded him the chance to extend health care to other servicemen and women while seeing the world. “It’s been very rewarding and humbling at the same time,” Chesney said. Independent ...
The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently was awarded the 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, a service of Candid. By sharing metrics that highlight progress the Brown Library is making toward its mission, the organization is ...
Removing ice from roads and walkways in winter might be essential for safety, but salt can be damaging to plants and soil. Salt has the same effect on plant roots as salty potato chips do on your lips: It draws water from living cells. Salt can ruin soil structure so it wads up into an ...
The local Red Cross, organized in 1917, was active in fighting World War I on the home front, as were chapters in surrounding areas.At the same time, the women were defending the local residents against the influenza epidemic of 1918, often referred to as the Spanish flu. Lycoming County was ...
Attendees: Walter (moderator, dachshund, 14), Miriam (dachshund, 13), Kevin (dachshund, 10), Ivy (big, shaggy dog of mixed parentage, 5), Marty (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, 5), Phyllis (chihuahua-dachshund mix, 7 months), Virgil (cat, 16 years) Walter: My mid-morning nap is fast ...
The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently transitioned to being a fine-free library This change affects items owned by the Brown Library, which includes Links, Bookmobile, and Storymobile books, music and DVDs. Brown Library hotspot portable wi-fi devices will still accrue fines ...
Who doesn’t love the holidays? Pretty lights are all strung up, people are baking, decorating, and giving away special gifts. Many say it’s one of the happiest times of the year. But it can be quite easier to get caught up in the magic of the holidays and forget that some individuals may ...
The Lycoming County United Way and Wegmans have been partners in helping our community since the store opened in Williamsport, and for the second year, the team at Wegmans provided Christmas to a family in the transitional living program at Journey House; a ministry of the New Covenant United ...
The Lycoming County United Way recently was the recipient of just under $26,000 from Procter & Gamble and its employees and retirees. This contribution to the United Way’s 2020-21 campaign in Sullivan County accounts for almost 75 percent of the total funds raised annually in Sullivan ...
During the World War II years, when food preparation in general was challenging, planning menus for the holidays was an especially formidable task. The Williamsport housewife had to calculate budget points wisely, using the red stamps in the ration books for meat, cheese, and fats and the ...
The holidays are rapidly approaching and you may be trying to search for that perfect gift for the person on your list who seems to have everything. Did you know that there is a way to cross that person off your holiday list and give a gift that benefits your community? With the James V. ...
The Whistle Stop Electric Train Show and Sale held its 41st annual event Sunday to show off model railroad and matchbox cars to Lycoming County residents. Despite a loss of vendors due to the pandemic, the show and sale went on from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Woodward Township Volunteer Fire ...
Four new members were elected to four-year terms on the Board of the Friends of the James V.Brown Library at the annual board meeting on Dec. 1. Carl Raymond Huff, Lois Williams,Denise Sutherland, and Tom Zimmerman will join board committees that enhance library funding through organizing and ...
Dear Neighbors, If any of you happened to be looking out your windows to see what all the commotion was about this past Sunday morning sometime around 8 a.m., you may have witnessed a spectacle, and I feel it is mostly my fault. You see, while I had been up at the crack of dawn to let the dogs ...
In recognition of November being Homelessness Awareness Month, we ask the question: What do you envision when you hear the word “homeless?” A man with a scraggly beard and dirty clothes and a bag on his back packed with all he owns? Perhaps someone asleep on a bench piled with newspaper ...
WATERFORD (AP) — The big screen has gone dark for the season at Sunset Drive-in in Waterford Township. The last of the vendors at the weekly flea market staged at the theater have folded up their card tables and packed away their wares. Drive-in theaters, down from a high of about 4,000 in ...
2020’s been a rough year. In the spirit of Thanksgiving I decided to remind myself just some of the things that make me smile, that leave me with a warm, contented feeling — things for which I feel blessed and truly grateful. My home: Our house is 102 years old and in need of many ...
Dear Annie: I have two grown children living at home. Both are disrespectful to me and to my husband. I feel obligated to allow them to live here since they don’t have anywhere to go, stable jobs or means of transportation. How can I get rid of them and move on with my life? — Tired of ...
Local families use the James V. Brown Library every day to meet their learning and leisure needs. But in mid-March, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries mandated that we close. We closed our doors, but we didn’t abandon our mission, or our community. Library staff took to Facebook and ...