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IMC announces new members for its board of directors at recent meeting

With a unanimous vote, the Innovative Manufacturers’ Center (IMC), Inc. is excited to announce the appointment of Ken Healy, executive vice president and director of engineering at PMF Industries, Inc. located in Williamsport, PA and Tammy Bubb, corporate controller at Remmey – The Pallet Co. in Beaver Springs to its board of directors. The IMC is a public-private partnership that is dedicated to driving economic success and business growth for manufacturers in its 12-county region. IMC provides expert advice and solutions to small and medium-sized manufacturers through ...

Milton-based bank appoints new president and CEO

The board of directors of Milton Savings Bank has made a change to the leadership of the bank’s executive management team. Effective July 1, Thomas R. Crissinger Jr. has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Tom replaces Robert Crane in this role, and the board, according to a news release, would like to thank Bob for his more than 5 years of dedicated service and wish him the very best in his future endeavors. “Tom comes to the Bank with over 32 years of community banking experience,” the news release said. “For the past 18 years he has served ...

Harrisburg misses budget deadline for 5th straight year

For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget - a situation that will have little practical effect in the short term but raises the ugly specter of last year’s 135-day impasse. In 2025, even though political leaders spoke ...

Footsteps to Follow: Who would have thought?

I feel that the representatives of those thirteen fledgling colonies, who gathered in Philadelphia 250 years ago, would be amazed that they were successful in severing their political ties to Great Britain. They probably did not think that the nation they were working to shape would still be ...

Community leaders speak: What America’s 250th means to me

The Williamsport Sun-Gazette asked several people from throughout the region their perspectives on the meaning of the United States of America ahead of the 250th Fourth of July: John Leeser, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Publisher/Advertising Director Looking back to the bicentennial in 1976, I was just a kid growing up in Milton. The bicentennial offered parades, special events and festivities. My family went to Williamsport to see the Freedom Train. That was a major highlight for me as a teenage kid. But truth be told, I probably didn’t fully appreciate what it all meant outside of ...