This time of year, especially, and through the holiday season the candy wrappers are being unfoiled by eager fingers. Well, not many people may realize it, but much of that super-thin aluminum is manufactured in Williamsport. It is done at Chance Aluminum, 2457 Trenton Ave. The business ...
The Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association and its Vernal School Environmental Education Partnership will host a special holiday-themed Nature Book Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Montour Preserve. The event will feature a large assortment of nature and science-themed books and STEM kids from the PaperPie publishing group, as well as featuring numerous local bookstores with tables of books available and a growing list of authors and speakers. Among them will be award-winning nature and science writer Rebecca Hirsch, who has written more than 100 books ...
The 2026-27 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season is scheduled to open on Nov. 2, according to information from STEP. Many of STEP’s customers rely on the LIHEAP, which is administered through the County Assistance Office, to manage their heating expenses through the ...
There is a new world record for the heaviest pumpkin, weighing in at 3,156 pounds on Oct. 10. The pumpkin was grown by Ron Wallace and verified at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off at Frerichs Farm in Warren, Rhode Island. This is the first pumpkin or any fruit to weigh in over 3,000 pounds, truly making this a major milestone in the history of the pumpkin cultivation. We think of pumpkins as a vegetable, but they are biologically considered a fruit. Along with other forms of squash, pumpkins are easy to grow. They were a favorite with the English colonists that became ...
A fiery Pennsylvania Republican lieutenant governor candidate ripped into the record of Gov. Josh Shapiro, delivering a scathing keynote address at the Lycoming County Republican Party Committee fall dinner recently held at the Eldred Township Volunteer Fire Co. Before a crowd, with ...
A total of 580 fish representing 22 different species were recently rescued from pools remaining in the natural fish passageway around the Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam near Sunbury, after the dam’s bags were deflated the week before. The effort, which occurred on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, ...
