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Muncy Creek Township official skeptical data center plan crosses out of Muncy Township

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Muncy Creek Township has yet to receive any notice or documentation it is a party in the Muncy Data Center project plan submitted by a Williamsport-based builder-developer. It was stated this week by Muncy Township Solicitor Joseph F. Orso III that “half the project is in Muncy Creek Township,” but a Muncy Creek Township supervisor said he was surprised to hear that and challenged such an assertion. “Muncy Creek Township has not received any applications, permits, requests for zoning determination, plan submittals, or any other documentation relating to a data center in its ...

Muncy schools to receive $138,000 boost in state funding for general education

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The Muncy School District will receive a $138,000 increase in state funding over last year’s allocation, it was announced at the July meeting. Business Administrator Andrew Seese reported to school directors that the money, approved as part of the recently passed state budget, will include additional funds for general education, basic education, and the Ready to Learn Grant. The funding will help fill the more than half-million-dollar deficit of the district’s 2026-2027 spending plan approved in June, which did not include a tax-millage increase. School directors approved the ...

Clock ticking on skill games

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Lawmakers have less than three months to take some sort of action concerning the estimated 70,000 “skill games” in the state before a stayed Supreme Court decision stirs up a potential political hornet’s nest. The Legislature and Gov. Josh Shapiro enacted a new state budget on July 12 ...

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Driven by movie franchises and role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, interest in worldbuilding has grown rapidly in recent years. Lycoming College joined the party this spring with a popular course that attracted students from a large variety of majors. Led by Phoebe D. Wagner, ...