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Families share tips for Halloween during COVID-19

DENVER — For Laura Stoutingburg and her family, Halloween has always been a monthlong celebration of corn mazes, pumpkin patches and, of course, trick-or-treating in their suburban Denver neighborhood. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the mother of two to change their ...

Library’s Bookmobile campaign connects readers with books

In late 2019, the James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., launched a new “Bookmobility” campaign to transform mobile outreach services in Lycoming County. It is a goal of the library to continue bookmobile services but in a more targeted approach. The current vehicle is more than 10 ...

Banned Books Week arrives

In turbulent times, books are tools that help people navigate the world around them. Intellectual freedom and access to information uplift people in crisis and during more peaceful times, so the James V. Brown Library invites you to champion the right to read during Banned Books Week from Sept. ...

World peace begins at home … in the bathroom

I haven’t had a private moment in the bathroom at home in years. My husband generally leaves me alone, though on occasion, he needs to discuss some very important topic while I am otherwise occupied. Through the years, my children, however, have routinely needed me for all sorts of important ...

Lucy, Josephine, and Minnie Munson: A local family leaves traces to today

From the mid-19th century, the Munson family was prominent in Williamsport business, legal, and social circles. The story of three generations of this family captures local life in this time period. While father, son, and grandson were leaders in the community, their wives were active in ...

Creature Comforts’ Ask Walter: Puppy Stuff

Dear Walter, I’m a puppy with lots of questions. I get a little distracted and sidetracked, sometimes. When I’m goofing around with a ball or something, and then catch sight of that bumpy spot on the wall, I can’t stop myself from running over and investigating (and nibbling at the ...