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Planning for Susquehanna River Walk expansion continues

Another access point to the popular Susquehanna River Walk, the bicycle and pedestrian pathway allowing for scenic views of the levee system, greater Williamsport and its environs is a step closer to reality today. A resolution authorizing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between City of ...

Data center talks dominate Lycoming County Planning Commission meeting

Data centers were on the mind of several of those attending this month’s Lycoming County Planning Commission, with local municipal officials bouncing questions off the county’s board to try to understand how their municipalities can deal with the issue before a proposal arrives at their doorstep. For Muncy Township residents at the meeting, the proverbial fox is already in the hen house, so to speak, as a legal notice of deemed approval was already published by the developer of a proposed data center. Under the Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), there are strict timelines that ...

Montoursville Walmart evacuated

The Walmart located at 1015 N. Loyalsock Ave. in Montoursville, was evacuated shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday what has initially been deemed a “fire-related” incident. At about 3:40 p.m., a command post was set up in the parking lot near Subway across from the entrance, according to scanner reports. Employees say they were told to evacuate when a threat was called in. The nature of that threat has not yet been verified by authorities. “They just made us leave the store,” a customer said. “A store employee told us there was a threat. They told us to get in our vehicles and ...