Buildings and safety discussed at East Lycoming School District

November 21, 2024

The East Lycoming School Board was briefed this week on the cafeteria expansion, fine art classrooms and music education area renovations in the Hughesville Junior-Senior High School building. Estimated construction costs of $3.6 to $3.9 million for the cafeteria expansion and performing arts rooms renovations, according to the architectural firm of Marotta/Main. The cafeteria expansion will include a modern addition to the dock of 1,700 square feet. It will have windows to allow natural sunlight and a view of the Lycoming Career and Technology Center. Interior work will encompass ...

Software donation benefits emergency management majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology

November 21, 2024

Students enrolled in emergency management & homeland security at Pennsylvania College of Technology are benefiting from a recent software donation, according to a recent press release from the college. D4H has donated its cloud-based emergency management software to the college. Students in ...

Montgomery Area School Board OKs staffing positions at light meeting

November 21, 2024

A light agenda was on tap as the Montgomery School Board approved staffing and event workers at their recent meeting. The board gave their blessing to Dan Snyder as a van driver for Mowery Transportation; Whitney Edkin as a part-time cafeteria worker; Sherman Heaster as girl’s varsity wrestling assistant coach at a salary of $2,550; Christopher White as assistant boys junior high basketball coach; Gary Yokum Sr., Richard Williams, Jason Miller and Megan Moser as event workers; and Logan Almeida as volunteer assistant boys junior high basketball coach. In other news, the district ...

Montoursville nabs third in first academic dacathlon of school year

November 14, 2024

The Academic Decathlon of Central Pennsylvania held its first competition for the 2024-2025 year. At the fall meet, held at Montoursville Area High School on Nov. 7, students competed in Essay, Literature, Art and Social Science. Montoursville came in third place out of eight teams. ...

Loyalsock Township High School announces Students of the Month for September, October

November 14, 2024

Samantha Hauke, daughter of Elwood Hauke and Marie Steele has been nominated by the Science Department as the September Student of the Month. Samantha has been on the High Honor Roll every semester in high school to date and has a 4.0 GPA. She is an active member of the Art Club. Samantha ...

‘Cutting-edge’: Lycoming College awarded $150,000 grant for Detwiler Planetarium

October 31, 2024

The George I. Alden Trust granted Lycoming College $150,000 for updated instrumentation in the Detwiler Planetarium including a new projection system, software, and increased computing power. This is the sixth grant awarded to Lycoming by the Alden Trust since 2005, bringing a total of ...