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Montoursville board approves proposal for sale of school

Top News September 11, 2026

The Montoursville Area School Board at its recent meeting approved a proposal from Fish Real Estate for the sale of the Loyalsock Valley Elementary School property. Under its proposal, Fish would receive up to a 5.5% commission with the sale. The proposal lists a suggested sales price of between $2.25 million and $2.50 million. The school located on a 13.6-acre parcel at 3790 Route 87N, Montoursville, is closing at the end of the 2026-2027 school year at which time all elementary students in the district will attend Lyter Elementary School. The vote to approve the proposal was ...

Residents appeal conditional use approval for data center in Muncy Township

Top News September 11, 2026

Two Muncy Township residents have filed an appeal against conditional use approval of a data center proposed in April in the township next to their home. Rae-Ellah B. and Sean S. Tetreault filed in Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas against Muncy Township supervisors and DANKO Holdings II, LP/FISHLIPS, LLC. The filing is identified as a notice of land use appeal pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. The plaintiffs are challenging the deemed approval of a conditional use application for a data center facility and related landowner curative zoning ...

President Trump’s pitch to send Americans $5,000 if Republicans win in November midterms

National News September 11, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's pitch to send Americans $5,000 checks should Republicans prevail in the November midterms is drawing scorn from some members of Congress — the very people who have constitutional authority over federal spending. Economists and other political observers are ...

Work on Shaw Place Park pump track continues in Williamsport

News September 11, 2026

The City of Williamsport is getting pumped up for a new kind of bike park that is starting to take shape. Mounds and piles of dirt can be seen from above Shaw Place Park in the east end of the city as the highly anticipated “pump track” for BMX bikes and other kinds of bicycles. In ...

CPRS offers tuition reimbursement to Penn College students

Education September 10, 2026

Pennsylvania College of Technology has entered into an agreement with CPRS Physical Therapy that will allow physical therapist assistant students to offset a portion of their tuition while potentially securing full-time employment. Upon graduation from the PTA program, students who sign an ...

Some charges withdrawn in two cases while a guilty plea is accepted in a third

News September 10, 2026

All charges have been withdrawn against 43-year-old Damian Colegrove, of 3731 Lycoming Creek Road, Cogan Station, except for criminal mischief, according to court records at the office of District Judge William Solomon. Lycoming Regional police dropped charges of felony burglary, terroristic ...