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District office selects employee of the quarter

Jeff Noble is the state Department of Transportation’s district office Employee of the Quarter for the second quarter, 2023. Noble is a supervisor in the permits unit. In this capacity, he is directly responsible to provide a comprehensive review of highway occupancy permits that are submitted to the district office. This includes independently addressing applicant/permittee questions as they arise, understanding, interpreting, and explaining federal and state laws and serves as the district’s primary contact for the permit team regarding all customer care concerns, as well as a ...

Women brewers highlighted at Craft Beverage Expo

When it comes to the craft brewing industry, it’s no longer just a man’s world. “There are more women in the industry than people realize,” said Jen Walzer, owner of Inner Groove Brewing in Verona and Allentown and a board member of the Pittsburgh Brewers Guild. “There are head brewers and assistant brewers who are women.” Women were recently highlighted at the Craft Beverage Expo and Distribution Conference held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown Pittsburgh. Allegheny County has more than 40 breweries, according to Pittsburgh Brewers Guild. Walzer ...

Trucking company expands into Maryland

The Patton Logistics Group recently announced that its subsidiary, Watsontown Trucking Company, is expanding its operations into the Hagerstown, Maryland, market. With the opening of a new trucking operations center on a 16-acre property on Breeze Hill Drive, the company is positioned to “better serve its customers in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia,” a news release said. This new location offers Watsontown Trucking direct access to interstates 81 and 70 and Route 11, expanding the company’s service area and creating 50 to 75 truck driver and operations support staff ...

Medicare, Social Security face troubling future

WASHINGTON (AP) — The financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on and millions of young people are counting on will run short of money to pay full benefits within the next decade, the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Friday warns. Medicare, the government-sponsored health insurance that covers 65 million older and disabled people, will be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031, the report forecast. And just two years later, Social Security won't have enough cash on hand to pay out full ...

Williamsport Business Association to host annual gathering

The Williamsport Business Association (WBA) will host 2023: New Directions, a gathering of local entrepreneurs, small business people, and career professionals on Monday, March 27. The association, which boasts 60 members, and is going on 40 years, uses the County Comprehensive Plan as a ...

Surveyor earns professional award

Larson Design Group, an award-winning, employee-owned national architecture, engineering and consulting firm, recently announced that Craig Baker was awarded a 2022 Distinguished Service Award from the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors at the organization’s annual conference. ...