A roundtable discussion with U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer and UPMC Susquehanna medical staff Tuesday revealed a disturbing trend in the COVID-19 pandemic. A “bit of a spike” in cases in the past two weeks was revealed to Keller by Dr. Rutul Dalal, chief of infectious disease UPMC ...
PNC Bank, located both on West Fourth Street and inside the Giant store on East Third Street, is heavily involved in the Williamsport community and not just by their depository, lending, wealth management, investment and financial planning services. “Many of our employees who work in the ...
Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ...
JERSEY SHORE — Paulhamus Diesel Performance, located at 2007 Dennison Drive in Jersey Shore, works to service any large or small vehicle or diesel truck for business, municipality or family needs. Dan Paulhamus, owner and founder, started the business over eight years ago after being in ...
Montoursville Borough Council agreed to give residents and businesses who haven’t paid their water bills another chance to avoid utility shutoffs. More than 40 bills are reportedly in arrears since the onset of COVID-19 more than a year ago, but customers can now pay their bills in three ...
MUNCY — Susquehanna Mills Co., located at 349 Village Road, started out as a biodiesel company in the early 2000s, making fuel out of waste cooking oil, and is now a regional cooking oil company that services a number of universities and restaurants with a cooking oil recycling program, as ...
LOCK HAVEN — Amid the fight against integration proposed by Chancellor Dan Greenstein, it appears Lock Haven University has achieved a significant victory. The outcries involving the integration have been left with positivity relative to the former threat of outsourcing of staff jobs. ...
Lycoming County Commissioners voted 3-0 to approve the loan agreement for the purchase of golf carts for the White Deer Golf Complex. The fleet of carts, to replace aging and worn-out carts, will cost $41,525, a savings of more than $60,000 from the original cost. The county loan is to be ...
Amber Faivre and a friend only had about another 10 feet to go to reach the front door. The two women were carrying a smoldering mattress from Faivre’s second floor to the first, trying to get it outside when it suddenly erupted into flames at 621 Lloyd St. about 9:30 a.m. Monday. As ...
Diary entry for March 29, 2021: “Drove to Farmer’s Valley and stopped several times, hoping to hear wood frogs.” Although the temperatures have been low at night, our days are sunny, and I thought perhaps the wood frogs might have begun their mating rituals. The wood frog’s breeding ...
Will we ever go back to who we were before the pandemic? With eight out of 10 COVID-19 deaths in the United States in people over the age of 65, there is more than a devastating loss of life, there is also a loss of family history that the older population carried with them, something that ...
Pennsylvania hunters followed up the 2019-20 hunting season’s highest overall deer harvest in 15 years by topping it when they took an estimated 435,180 deer in the 2020-21 hunting seasons, which closed in January, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported Monday. The 2020-21 estimated ...
ALLENWOOD — Four people were injured — at least one seriously — in a violent two-car crash on Route 15 early Saturday morning, state police confirmed Monday night. A northbound vehicle driven by Chicarje Barkholz, 29, of Muncy, crossed the center line and traveled into the southbound ...
A new $5.5 million Lycoming College music facility moved a step closer to actual construction in the East Third Street Old City Redevelopment area. The City Planning Commission gave a positive recommendation for the college’s land development plan for the music hall to be built at 334 Basin ...
Efforts to reform nursing home care have drawn the attention of lawmakers at both the state and federal levels. U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville, and Robert Casey, D-Scranton, have joined in a bipartisan effort to enhance accountability among the nation’s poorest performing nursing ...
DuBoistown Borough Council held its monthly meeting to discuss several smaller agenda items last Thursday. Borough Manager Ann Baker announced the borough’s website will launch April 24. However, residents can visit the borough’s Facebook page under “DuBoistown PA Borough” in the ...
Though this year did not go as planned for county and state Dairy Princesses with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Katelyn Taylor, a 17-year-old from Elimsport, has made it her mission to continue to educate the public about dairy farming and agriculture. “Overall I feel like this year has ...
Three motorists charged with DUI Quaydee Blackwell, 28, of Bloomsburg, has been charged by state police with DUI and careless driving on Interstate 180 in Montoursville about 5:20 p.m. on Jan. 23. Police alleged in court records that he was under the influence of a drug or a combination of ...
MANSFIELD — When the proposed integration of Mansfield University and two other area schools is completed, opportunities for students should expand without the loss of what makes each institution unique, according to Dr. Charles Patterson, Mansfield’s president. “University integration ...