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Potter County museum to host event

The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum will hold its annual Spring Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 18 and 19. According to a news release, antique vendors will be on-hand at the Ulysses Township museum selling a variety of items like furniture, glassware, coins, books, clothing, and collectibles. ...

History author taking part in Preservation Williamsport fundraiser

Guy Graybill, author of “Prohibition’s Prince: The Bizarre Life of America's Millionaire Moonshiner,” will be featured at Preservation Williamsport’s fundraiser ‘Casino Evil’ from 5:30 to 10 p.m. April 18 at Farrington Place, 416 W. Third St., Williamsport. Graybill graduated from Gettysburg College with a degree in history and spent three decades in Middleburg as a history teacher. After retiring from Middleburg, he was elected to a four-year term as chairman of the board of commissioners of Snyder County. In March, Graybill was a special guest speaker at a large ...

Speakers to address Ford Model T history

Early automobiles will be the topic of discussion at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society at 2 p.m., April 26. Historians Earl and Valarie Mowrey will lead a discussion titled The Ford Model ‘T’ and Model ‘A’: The Cars that put America on Wheels. The lecture held in the Community Room of the Museum is free and open to the public. According to a news release, Earl and Valarie Mowrey and members of the Susquehannock Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) will reflect on these early Fords and the part they played in the ...

Western Clinton County enjoys egg hunts just before Easter

RENOVO — On Saturday, just a day before Easter, Renovo area youth enjoyed two separate egg hunts, providing an afternoon as they raced to get as many colored Easter eggs, some of them hoping to find prizes inside. At noon on the Bucktail Area High School campus, the Chapman Township ...

Wellsboro event to teach kids planting

The free Deane Little Beans program for 3-12 year olds is being held from 12 p.m to 1 p.m., April 18, in the lobby at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. Free snacks will be provided. According to a news release, during the one hour program, the Deane Little Beans will be making recyclable seed starter pots out of newspaper and paper towel rolls, along with seed saver envelopes. Parents are welcome to stay and help them. Showing the youngsters what to do will be McKayla Accettulla, part-time coordinator of the Penn State Extension Master Gardner Program ...