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Foundation’s grant to Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra to support February festival

The Williamsport Lycoming Competitive Grant Program at First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania (FCFP) approved a grant to the Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra (WCJO) to support the third annual WCJO Jazz Fest to be held on the campus of Lycoming College on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, 2026, according to a news release. The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra includes professional musicians and music educators from around the area. The Jazz Fest is an outreach program that affords area high school and college students the opportunity to engage with WCJO members, as ...

Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra to present 2 holiday concerts

The 18-member Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra is presenting its popular annual Holiday Jazz Concert twice next weekend, on Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m at the Community Theatre League at 100 W. Third St., Williamsport and on Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Deane Center’s Coolidge Theatre, 104 Main St., ...

The secret to keeping holiday greenery fresher

I’ve planted the potted mums in the garden and packed away the scarecrows -- now it’s time to deck the halls. That means filling vacant pots with evergreen branches foraged from my trees and shrubs, hanging cedar swags on the porch and placing a wreath on the door. They’ll look great at first, of course, but that threatens to change as December marches on. And since nothing says “The Addams Family” like a house adorned with crispy spruce boughs, my challenge will be to keep them fresh for as long as possible. The best way to do that would be to treat them like produce. ...

4-Hers attend Endless Mountains Teen Retreat

Seven teens participated in the Endless Mountains Teen Retreat. Teens ranged from ages 13-18 years old and were active 4-H members in Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union and Wyoming counties. Endless Mountains Teen Retreat took place Nov. 21-23 at Three Springs Ministries in Morris Township. According to a news release, throughout the weekend teens attended various workshops, made new friendships, and even got to stay in a mansion. The workshops focused on leadership and activity-based programming. ...

41st annual Dickens of A Christmas coming

The 41st annual Dickens of A Christmas is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5, 6 and 7 in Wellsboro. According to a news release, an indoor Craft Show with 26 artisans. The Active Living Center will be open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday with four ...

Museum to host Williamsport Music Club

The public is invited to a musical performance of the Williamsport Music Club Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society. “The holiday-themed musical performance is free and open to the public and will be an introduction to the museum’s holiday exhibit ‘Echoes of Eden in a Rising Republic, Still Life and the Beauty of Becoming,’ featuring 37 still life paintings of the 19th Century,” a news release said. “The exhibit continues through May 31, 2026. The musical interlude will be the last Coffee Hour of 2025. The entire lecture ...