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Study searches for power plants to be reactivated, looks at Lock Haven

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Nearly two dozen former power plant sites across Pennsylvania are part of a study to identify potential locations for new generating facilities that could help ease the region’s power crunch. The study is being carried out with a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant awarded to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC). It’s being conducted by consulting firm KeyLogic Systems and the Electric Power Research Institute in a partnership between the PUC and the economic development nonprofit Team Pennsylvania. The goal is to narrow the list to five to seven sites with the ...

Williamsport Area School District retiring CTE course

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Due to declining interest and enrollment, the Williamsport Area School Board voted in favor of closing the machine tool technology/machinist Career and Technical Education (CTE) program at the high school. The action was taken at this month’s board meeting. “We currently have 15 CTE ...

Rapper serving in prison transferred to Allenwood

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a federal prison in Pennsylvania after reports that the hip-hop mogul was living the high life and was injured in a fight at his New Jersey lockup, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. The federal Bureau of Prisons is transferring Combs, 56, from FCI Fort Dix to FCI Allenwood Low, a low-security facility near the Lycoming-Union County line, the person said. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the move but ...

Public arts group celebrates 20 years by unveiling new work

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Public ARTWORKS (PAW) will celebrate 20 years of community service with a new piece of public art and a book honoring the artists who created public art for Lycoming County. The committee is under the aegis of Lycoming Arts, which is a nonprofit 501(c)(3). “I am truly amazed. I have never ...

Bellefonte Area School District, teachers reach tentative four-year contract deal

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BELLEFONTE -- The Bellefonte Area Education Association and Bellefonte Area School District have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement, averting a planned strike set for Monday, Oct. 12. The union announced the agreement Oct. 10, and formally withdrew its strike notice. In a Facebook post, the Bellefonte Area School Board of Directors confirmed the agreement, stating, “The Bellefonte Area School Board of Directors is pleased to report that a tentative four-year agreement has been reached with the Bellefonte Area Education Association. The association has formally ...

City plans open house for safer streets, roadways

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The City of Williamsport has invited the public to participate in its planning process for the citywide road safety action plan funded by a U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets for All planning grant. On Monday, Oct. 26, the city and its consultants with Kittelson Associates will be having a public workshop from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Curtin Intermediate School, 85 Eldred St. It is an open house style event so attendees can come at any point during the two hours. “We will have stations set up with maps and materials and the opportunity to have one-on-one conversations ...