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Data center talks dominate Lycoming County Planning Commission meeting

Data centers were on the mind of several of those attending this month’s Lycoming County Planning Commission, with local municipal officials bouncing questions off the county’s board to try to understand how their municipalities can deal with the issue before a proposal arrives at their doorstep. For Muncy Township residents at the meeting, the proverbial fox is already in the hen house, so to speak, as a legal notice of deemed approval was already published by the developer of a proposed data center. Under the Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), there are strict timelines that ...

Montoursville Walmart evacuated

The Walmart located at 1015 N. Loyalsock Ave. in Montoursville, was evacuated shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday what has initially been deemed a “fire-related” incident. At about 3:40 p.m., a command post was set up in the parking lot near Subway across from the entrance, according to scanner reports. Employees say they were told to evacuate when a threat was called in. The nature of that threat has not yet been verified by authorities. “They just made us leave the store,” a customer said. “A store employee told us there was a threat. They told us to get in our vehicles and ...

Muncy Creek Township official skeptical data center plan crosses out of Muncy Township

Muncy Creek Township has yet to receive any notice or documentation it is a party in the Muncy Data Center project plan submitted by a Williamsport-based builder-developer. It was stated this week by Muncy Township Solicitor Joseph F. Orso III that “half the project is in Muncy Creek Township,” but a Muncy Creek Township supervisor said he was surprised to hear that and challenged such an assertion. “Muncy Creek Township has not received any applications, permits, requests for zoning determination, plan submittals, or any other documentation relating to a data center in its ...