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Milton Savings Bank announces new CEO

Milton Savings Bank’s board of directors recently announced a change to the executive management of the bank. Effective March 22, Robert “Bob” Crane has been appointed chief executive officer of Milton Savings Bank. Crane will be replacing Scott Pfaff who was with the bank for over ...

Violin-crafting in ‘idyllic’ place

BELSANO (AP) — Robert Gordon III can hear, and even see, the music inside a piece of wood before he transforms it into a finished violin. To demonstrate how, Gordon, a second-generation luthier, twisted a Douglas fir top to a violin made based on a Guarneri mold that was handed down to ...

March hiring accelerated to 916K, yet many jobs remain lost

WASHINGTON — America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. The March increase — the most since August — was nearly double February’s gain of 468,000, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate declined from 6.2% to 6%. Even with last month’s robust increase, the economy remains more than 8 million jobs short of the number it had before the ...

Former Genetti Taphouse to undergo transformation

The Genetti Hotel recently announced a new restaurant concept, “Windows on 4th”, coming in April. The restaurant, located inside the Genetti Hotel at the corner of 4th and William Street (formerly known as the Genetti Taphouse) will undergo a transformation which will involve a full ...

Dick’s to depart Lycoming Mall for Lycoming Crossing Plaza

Dick’s Sporting Goods, currently located within the Lycoming Mall complex, is in the process of building a new location at the Lycoming Crossing Shopping Center, according to the Muncy Township supervisors. Dick’s follows several other businesses, notably Old Navy, in leaving the mall to ...