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Paving of West Fourth Street in Williamsport set to begin

The City of Williamsport provided an update on the West Fourth Street resurfacing. On Wednesday, the city’s contractor M&J Excavation of Bloomsburg will be milling Fourth Street starting at Mulberry Street and moving west to Hepburn Street. The milling will be conducted one block at a time ...

Region’s legislators split votes on budget

Lycoming County’s lawmakers in the General Assembly were divided over the compromise budget signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro Monday, with state Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, voting yes and state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, voting no. The budget passed the state House on a 167-35 ...

Therapy pet named Volunteer of the Year

It was a party at the Presbyterian Home at Williamsport. There were balloons and cake and ice cream as residents gathered to honor their Volunteer of the Year, an 11-year-old Great Pyrenees therapy dog, named Aspen. Aspen, along with her owner/handler, Tammie Cristini, accepted the plaque ...

Judge accepts guilty plea for manslaughter of teenager outside T.G.I. Friday in 2024

Ja’hsir Kahseem Legare, the gunman in the March 2, 2024 shooting at T.G.I. Friday in Loyalsock Township that claimed the life of 15-year-old Ahmeen Palmer, pleaded guilty Monday to the fatal shooting and illegally carrying a firearm, a sentence to be imposed Sept. 15 that could be no less than 7 ½ years and no more than 15 years. Legare, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, appeared with his attorney Robert Hoffa, before Judge William Carlucci and a relatively filled courtroom. Lycoming County District Attorney Tom Marino was prosecutor. The plea was for Count 1 Voluntary ...

Outdoors community calendar for week of July 14

HAPPENINGS AT HYNER WHERE: Hyner Run State Park WHEN: Saturday, July 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. NOTES: At Hyner Run State Park on July 18, join the park naturalist and guest speakers for a good late morning and afternoon of local history. There will be five programs dealing with the local history of the area: • “CCC of Clinton County” is a program presented by Rich Wykoff, education and outreach administrator for Lumber Heritage Region, and will be a scavenger hunt-like approach to learning about the CCC Camp in Hyner Run State Park and others. • “General history” of ...