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How many tags do you need for doe?

Some conversations Pennsylvania sportsmen have every season, like clockwork. No, I’m not talking about opening day. I am sure that will come up eventually, but it is not the topic of today’s conversation. Today, I want to talk about doe tags. Doe tags are one of those topics that never goes away. Too many tags, not enough tags, too slow getting tags, too easy to get tags. The arguments are numerous, but they avoid one central question — how many tags do you need at one time? As it stands, a hunter is permitted to hold up to six unfilled doe tags. In WMUs 5C and 5D, a hunter ...

Little League partners with Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Little League Baseball and Softball along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America are teaming up in a partnership. Launched Sunday at the Little League complex, the partnership is meant to get more youths to play baseball and softball and provide more access to kids who want to play the ...

SGP announces its 15th annual Susquehanna Greenway Photo Contest winners

The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership is excited to announce the winners of the 15th annual Susquehanna Greenway Photo Contest. Each year, the contest attracts hundreds of photographs from across the Susquehanna Greenway—a 500-mile corridor for outdoor recreation along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. A panel of judges evaluated entries based on their interpretation of the category themes, composition, creativity, and overall photographic quality. This year’s contest featured four categories: River from Above, Greenway in Motion, Hidden Details, and Wild & Free. With an ...

Trees benefit our communities, and us personally

Early fall is a best time to plant trees since this is the time of year when they are starting to withdraw nourishment from their leaves back down into root systems and, therefore, don’t need as intensive watering as trees planted in the spring Trees planted in spring dry out fast and ...

Assault, theft among charges filed in Lycoming County district courts

Assault-related charges land Jersey Shore area man in prison Bail was denied for a Watson Township man who was arrested after he allegedly struck a woman in the head with a cane during a domestic disturbance in his home at 224 Herold Road about 10 a.m. Monday, according to state police. ...

Variety of charges lodged in Lycoming County district courts

Court document provides fresh details to recent Old Lycoming Township shooting Moments before gunfire erupted inside 1955 Lycoming Creek Road on Aug. 15, brothers Levis Gage Johnson and Dominic Reynolds “squared up” in an argument with Johnson telling Reynolds “You got something to say,” according to a Lycoming Regional police affidavit. Johnson told his brother “he was going to fight him because he ‘was legal,’ meaning he had a license to carry a concealed firearm,” the court document stated. “Johnson subsequently pulled a firearm from his pocket, and chambered a ...