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15 sentenced in Lycoming County

Fifteen individuals were sentenced, some over the past year or so. Sun-Gazette staff are working to reduce a backlog in reporting on sentencings. County Prison Travis E. Seals, 1648 Scott St., city, 11 ½ to 23 months and 42 months probation for delivery of a controlled substance, criminal ...

Shapiro backs Flock camera ban

(The Center Square) – Regulating Flock cameras and other automated license plate reading systems, or ALPRs, has drawn the attention of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. On Friday, Gov. Josh Shapiro made his position on this technology clear. “I would welcome bipartisan legislation ...

Willow Street in Williamsport to see improvements

Willow Street in Williamsport, running from Market and Basin streets, has always been rather non-descript. Running between Third and Fourth streets, though, places it in position to be a connector route for those in cars or on bikes in the historic Old City section and near Lycoming ...

Reflections in Nature: A closer look at the tobacco plant and smoking

Recently, a man that walked by me was smoking a pipe and for an instant, the smell of the tobacco brought on a craving. Later I was talking to someone that was a heavy cigarette smoker and the smell of smoke on his clothes was heavy. We have family living in the Lancaster County area, and we enjoy driving through the farm country and seeing how the Amish work their tobacco fields. One thing that I’ve never seen growing in Bradford County is tobacco. It must have been grown here at one time because I remember seeing a tobacco barn just outside of New Albany. Tobacco has always ...