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West Virginia born in times of division, struggle

(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

Real estate transactions

The following real estate transactions were recently recorded by Lycoming County officials. COGAN HOUSE TOWNSHIP Charles F. and Michele D. Trimble to Lewis and Kjirsten Meixel, $260,000, 5074 Cogan House Road David A. and Kaila R. Koon and Kirsten and Timothy W. Brooks to Londyn P. and Cody ...

UPMC pediatrician: Healthy summer habits for kids

As the school year ends and summer begins, many families look forward to a season of camps, vacations, pool days, and more flexibility at home. While summer can be a great time for rest and fun, it can also bring major shifts in sleep, meals, activity, and screen use. For children, those ...

Lycoming County's public safety director presents plan to ease staffing shortage

When someone calls the county’s 911 center, it’s usually at a time of crisis in their lives. Currently that department is operating significantly below the 18 personnel that they are authorized to have with 11 positions vacant, a situation that may not be resolved for some time due to the training, background investigations and medical screenings involved once the appropriate candidates are found. “It’s not a comfortable number to say out loud, but I think the board deserves honesty. The public we serve deserves a department that owns where it is and what it plans to ...

Attorney’s concerns include water, proximity of proposed egg farm in Muncy Creek Township

“It is not just a case where ‘it’s allowed to be here, so let’s let it happen’ . . . sometimes just because something can be done does not mean it ought to be done.” That is what attorney Layne Oden, who lives half a mile from the proposed concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) and solar farm by Sunny Side Up Farms and Bollinger Solar LLC, said in closing remarks during a conditional use hearing for the proposed CAFO, which would consist of five-barns housing 350,000 chickens and Bollinger’s 52,000-plus solar energy facility on land zoned for agricultural ...