While under the influence of a combination of pcp and alcohol, a 40-year-old woman struck her teenage daughter with her Buick Regal, dragging her several feet in front of the family’s home on Washington Boulevard early last month, according to city Patrolman Andrew Stevens. Vanessa ...
MUNCY— The Muncy Township Supervisors unanimously agreed to sell the 87 Quaker Church Road public property to Josh Lidecker for $235,000 in an in-person meeting on Wednesday. Lidecker plans on using the property for rentals and small businesses when proper paperwork and the terms and ...
The South Williamsport Area School Board approved refinancing of general obligation bonds toward avoiding a real estate tax increase at its meeting Monday. “We are at the end of our debt service payments,” business manager Jamie Mowrey said. “We are at a unique situation where this is ...
Loyalsock Township Supervisors unanimously approved a $2,500 change order for Larson Design Group for a new traffic signal at the intersection of Northway Road and Sheridan Street on Tuesday in an in-person meeting. “We are putting in a new traffic signal and it has been going on for a ...
Old Lycoming Township Supervisors unanimously awarded the aggregates bid to Hanson including limestone, coarse rock, subbase and coarse aggregates totaling $51,045 as well as a $3,900 cold patch bid to HRI Inc. in an in-person meeting on Tuesday evening. Supervisors also unanimously agreed to ...
A micro-surfacing project including center and edge line rumble strips and new line painting will begin on Monday in Delmar and Shippen townships, Tioga County, according to a state Department of Transportation news release. The contractor, Suit-Kote Corporation, will begin work during ...
City police were looking for two men who fled in a white four-door Chrysler 200 sedan moments after several shots were fired in the 2100 block of Newberry Street just after 4 p.m. Wednesday. There were no reports of injuries, police said. “We heard two gunshots, bang bang, and then three ...
I am going to walk you through what our senior year was supposed to be. I am going to remind all of you why we, the Class of 2020, will actively embody the words of Vivian Greene. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.” ... Let us all imagine ...
City Council is expected to amend Mayor Derek Slaughter’s proclamation on outside gatherings and how it follows Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendations for preventing spread of COVID-19. The latest recommendation follows the office of the governor on gatherings no larger than 250 and ran through ...
High school was hard. I know that may not be an earth-shattering realization to anyone who has experienced it first hand, however, I think it bears repeating. High school was hard. For years we were pushed by our parents, our teachers and by ourselves to be the best that we could be. With ...
Lycoming County commissioners are expected to act on an amendment at today’s meeting restricting hunting preserves to areas zoned resource protection. Earlier this week, commissioners and the county planning commission publicly discussed the issue including the pros and cons of allowing such ...
These four years we spent together on the hill prepared us the most for our adult lives. Our big school doesn’t only have the jocks, the theater nerds and the artsy kids. We have students who play a varsity sport, participate in the musical or play and take a culinary class, all while also ...
For Ashlyn Bird, one of the commencement speakers at Williamsport High School, encouraging her classmates to imagine what senior year would have been like if COVID-19 had not happened was one way of helping everyone remember what was lost, while preparing to move on. “Now, let us pretend. ...
Before I begin, I would like to thank my friends and family for pushing me to be the best possible version of myself. I would also like to thank the teachers, guidance counselors and the rest of the school’s administration for making my experience at South Williamsport High School ...
I have been part of the automotive technology program at Lycoming Career and Tecnology Center for the past three years. I have had a passion for cars ever since I was a little boy, a trait that runs in my family. I am proud to be Lyco CTC’s Student of the Year. I would like to start off ...
Many don’t understand the process of when to apply for a permit in Williamsport, particularly with marches taking place for various reasons this summer. “It’s not necessary if you want a couple of people to gather on the sidewalk and hold a sign and protest any subject to obtain a ...
Graduation, that time when students become alumni and stadiums are filled with students hugging and tearful goodbyes. But this year, there was none of that, except for tears perhaps. There were no hugs, no walking across a stage to the cheers of family and friends, no large gatherings. This ...
First of all, I would like to thank Bishop Bambera, Mrs. McNamee, Mrs. McPherson and all the rest of the faculty for putting this celebration together. We have an opportunity that other schools do not have and we are so grateful for your efforts in making this celebration possible. To our ...
City Council’s finance committee questioned River Valley Transit officials Tuesday about why it wanted to switch auditing firms. It isn’t a question of the cost, which is about $35,000 for either Baker Tilly, or RKL, the two auditing firms discussed at the committee meeting, both of which ...
My wildest dreams could never have imagined the Class of 2020 facing a situation like the one we are living right now. Times have surely changed, but our inner strength has allowed us to gather here today. ... General George S. Patton once said, “Success is how high you bounce when you hit ...