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Salary Board busy at Commissioners meeting

Actions taken by the Salary Board at this week’s Lycoming County Commissioners’s meeting are part of the commissioners’ efforts to get things more in line, according to Commissioner Marc Sortman. “Not that there was anything wrong in the past, but I think we had a habit of making pay grades for the person, and not the position and we’re just cleaning all that up,” Sortman said. “As new hires come in place, they’re hired at a rate the position demands and not what an individual person may need or want to take the job in the county,” he said. Sortman explained ...

No injuries in single-car crash

ELSD announces new Core Values Committee

The East Lycoming School District superintendent recently briefed the school board and public on the newly formed Core Values Committee. “I am hopeful we can soon bring to the board a recommendation for a set of Core Values that represent our district and community,” said Dr. Gregory S. Scoggins, superintendent. He noted the first Core Values Committee meeting was held 4:30 p.m. Sept. 3 in the high school library and there is an upcoming meeting Sept. 24. The board had a final reading for a board policy on records management. The policy effectively changes the number of years ...

Line painting and mental health co-responder with police approved

From street line painting, to co-responders trained in mental health emergencies and public works building comfort improvement, the City of Williamsport took care of business at its recent council meeting. The street line paving project was approved in a resolution awarding construction services for the 2026 streets line paving contract as presented by Bill Scott, city engineer. The contract goes to Road Safe Traffic Systems, which has done the work in the city. The project was bid twice, once in April and once in June, and the city received no bids. The city then reached out to ...

President's planned arch would become a 'military complex' able to host drones and snipers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. It is one more example of how ...

Public-sector retirees to see pension raise

During a speech to AFSCME Chapter 13 retirees in Harrisburg on Monday, Gov. Josh Shapiro touted the first cost-of-living adjustment, known as COLA for short, in over 20 years for various public servants. “You represent really the best of the best, the people that make our world go round and round,” Shapiro said. “The people that make a difference in our communities: the bus drivers and the building engineers, the municipal workers in our boroughs, our townships, our communities, our cities-and the amazing employees that I get to work with every day, who make up the nearly 80,000 ...