(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...
(Editor’s note: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself.) The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United ...
Two brick street sections in the City of Williamsport will be paved over after a vote taken on second reading by City Council. The brick streets to be paved are First Street, between Campbell and Walnut streets, and Wayne Avenue, between West Fourth Street and Hillside Avenue, said Bill Scott, ...
The following real estate transactions were recently recorded by Lycoming County officials. COGAN HOUSE TOWNSHIP Charles F. and Michele D. Trimble to Lewis and Kjirsten Meixel, $260,000, 5074 Cogan House Road David A. and Kaila R. Koon and Kirsten and Timothy W. Brooks to Londyn P. and Cody ...
River Valley Transit will implement a fare adjustment effective July 1, marking the first update to its fare structure since 2014. This is the bus service and the change ensures the continued delivery of safe, reliable, and high-quality public transportation service while introducing expanded, ...
South Williamsport has a new borough manager, Maria Maddy, following the retirement this week of Steven W. Cappelli, who assumed that position in 2018. “Steve did a lot for the borough,” Maddy said in a telephone interview from the South Williamsport Community Center, 545 E. Central ...