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Free Comic Book Day coming

Isle Of Comics in South Williamsport will celebrate the largest event in the comic book industry: Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) for the 10th consecutive year from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 2. According to a news release, each year, thousands of participating comic book stores give over six million comic books to millions of fans to introduce them to the wonders of comics. “Wildly known, this event is one of Isle Of Comics’ favorites events of the year that they organize for the community,” the news release said. “This year, Isle Of Comics has partnered with another comic ...

Group plans last Wellsboro concert of season

In addition to national touring artist Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice, there are other reasons not to miss the Wellsboro Community Concert Association’s last concert of the 2025-26 season at 7:30 p.m., April 25 in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. Piccolo is nominated for a prestigious 2026 Blues Music Award by The Blues Foundation in the “Instrumentalist-Horn” category, a news release says. He is known for his work with his own band Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice, which he started in 1994, and for coming to national ...

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 ...