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Outdoors community calendar for week of July 22

MOON AND MOUNTAIN PIES WHERE: Little Pine State Park WHEN: Friday, July 31 at 9 p.m. NOTES: Enjoy an evening walk on the dam to see and learn about the rising moon in moon and mountain pies. Topics will include the moon phases, some folklore and other stars and constellations that are in the sky. On the other side of the dam, there will be a fire ring set up to make mountain pies on. This program is limited to 15 people and pre-registration is required to participate. A confirmation e-mail will be sent after registered. If you have not received it, call 570-753-6005. The cost ...

Loyalsock Township dentist retires after 55 years

Dentistry wasn’t initially in the cards for Dr. Robert Fredrickson, DDS, but that is the profession from which he retired late last month, ending a career spanning 55 years. “Heading into college, I thought I wanted to be an engineer until I took trigonometry. That didn’t work out so ...

Woman injured in accident

County Commissioner reacts to comment

Reacting to a comment submitted virtually during the public comment portion of their meeting this week, the Lycoming County commissioners addressed the issues raised pertaining to the leadership at the county’s landfill. The person raised the question of why the commissioners had hired a management company run by the same family that heads the Clinton County Municipal Waste Authority, which the author of the comment claimed is the Wayne Township landfill, a competitor of the county’s landfill. “We hired a management firm, which you can say is Wayne Township landfill, but the ...

TWA Flight 800 victims honored at memorial

The General John Burrows Historical Society of Montoursville hosted a memorial service honoring the lives of those who lost their lives when TWA Flight 800 exploded shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to Paris on July 17, 1996, Saturday afternoon. The ...

Muncy Council stiffens penalties for owners of nuisance properties

Muncy Borough Council at its July meeting approved a code enforcement resolution that could mean stiffer consequences for habitual offenders of the property maintenance and nuisance ordinance. “It’s an opportunity for us to be more aggressive,” Borough Manager Charles Hall said. Ultimately, property owners who repeatedly fail to adhere to borough code face the possibility of a lien placed on their property. Hall noted that although the borough always apparently had that option, it has not pursued it in recent years. “We never had a formalized policy for filing a lien ...