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Business

Model train store works to restore sanity

Looking for diversions, many people have looked to hobby stores to fill their times during the pandemic, said a local business owner — sometimes to keep themselves sane in a world where everything seems to be going very wrong. In times like these, Lee English, of English Model Railroad ...

Grand jury finds regulatory failures in natural gas drilling

A grand jury investigation into Pennsylvania’s large natural gas drilling industry released Thursday by state Attorney General Josh Shapiro found systematic failures in state departments regulating that industry. The report, which came after nearly two years of investigation into the ...

Wolf Run Veterinary Clinic still offering curbside service in green phase

MUNCY — As owners of an essential business, Josh and Dr. Amy Phillips, of Wolf Run Veterinary Clinic and Animal Hospital, were able to be open during the shutdown, doing a curbside service for pet owners. “We had to go out, obtain the pet, bring the pet in, examine the pet and then go ...

Chamber offers financial relief to local businesses

The Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce announced the first set of grants and loans awarded to small businesses in Lycoming County through the Lycoming County Small Business Relief Fund Grant & Loan program. The pool of $200,000 in funds was funded in part by the Covid-19 United ...

Area businesses navigate a wedding season impacted by COVID19

vents canceled or postponed, flowers being destroyed because there’s no way to get them shipped, these are just some of the realities of running a business related to the wedding industry in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to The Knot, a popular wedding website, weddings cost ...

Venues adapting to canceled, rescheduled weddings

For brides-to-be in the time of COVID-19, the pandemic has been less about social distancing and hand sanitizing, and more about putting your dreams on hold and postponing that special day. According to Becky Yeagle, general manager at Herman & Luther’s, Montoursville, a wedding venue ...