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Museum to use grant to offer reduced, free admission

The Lewisburg Children’s Museum has received a grant award from the Battram Community Fund to support the Museum’s Count Me In initiatives according to a news release. This $2,000 grant helps to provide free or reduced admission or programming fees to underserved families in our community. “The Count Me In program has been a hallmark initiative of the Museum since opening,” said Erin Jablonski, museum board president, in the news release. “LCM exhibits and programs encourage children to build social, emotional, cognitive, and fine and gross motor skills in a safe and ...

Lock Haven opens Triangle Park survey

LOCK HAVEN — The City of Lock Haven is looking for public input regarding future renovations at Triangle Park. “Triangle Park is the location of various events and is a focal point for anyone passing through town. Over the past five years, it has become clear the park needs a few tweaks to better serve residents, organizations, businesses and visitors that use the park,” City Planner Abbey Roberts said. Roberts said the city is asking for community input about potential renovations at the park as staff works to create a preliminary design and ultimately apply for grant ...

Annual festival continues Saturday night with fireworks

Crowds lined the street on Thursday in Jersey shore for the annual Town Meeting’s parade. The parade was led in by the Lycoming County police followed by this year’s town crier Elijah Rauch. The parade featured community groups, the Jersey Shore cheerleaders and marching band, fire ...

Actor who went from Millbrook to Titanic passes away

An actor who got his start in Clinton County’s Millbrook Playhouse before appearances on Columbo and Cagney & Lacey and in the film Titanic has died. Actor Leon Louis Palter was born in Brooklyn New York Nov. 3, 1928, and passed away in his Los Angeles home of lung cancer on May 21, reported WATE News. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Palter graduated from Tufts University, then received his master’s degree from Alfred University and his Ph.D. in theater from Northwestern University. Between the start of his acting career and education Palter enlisted to serve in the United ...

James V. Brown Library joins One Big Read

James V. Brown Library cardholders of all ages can experience Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club, with a “A Very Typical Family” by Sierra Godfrey is available with no waitlists or holds July 13-27 from Libby. Written with delightfully dark humor and characters you can’t help but cheer for, “A Very Typical Family” is an uplifting family drama that will have you reveling in the power of second chances. Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over 15 years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and ...

Girl Scout’s Gold Award project helps James V. Brown Library

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently was the recipient of a family workstation for the adult computer area created by a local Girl Scout. Girl Scout Sarah Kline, of Troop 60041, Montoursville, designed and built the project as part of her Gold Award, the highest award in ...