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Try the gratification of container gardening

Why care about growing your own container gardens? Sounds like a lot of work for minimal return? Think about something you have done in the past where you had no idea how great it was until you did it — perhaps hunting gobblers or eating a new food for the first time. You just might come ...

Reflections in Nature: June is time to see young wildlife, especially fawns

I was recently asked when the deer population is at its peak in Pennsylvania. During the past 50 weeks, the white-tail deer population has been declining. However, during the next two weeks the population will increase drastically. In Pennsylvania, the peak fawning season is the last week in May and the first week in June. Starting in the second week of June, the deer population will begin to decline until the third week of May of the following year when it reaches its lowest level. Now, this is not to say that fawns are not being born other than during these two weeks. The ...

Small flow treatment facility agreement gets council approval

A Williamsport homeowners’ residence received an installation and maintenance agreement with the city for a small flow treatment facility on their property. In a resolution, the City Council approved the facility agreement at 372 Daughertys Run Road. The property owner is unable to tie into the sanitary on their lot. A requirement will be for them to pay an escrow amount to the city for annual inspections and maintenance, as recommended by the city sewage enforcement officer. The property owner will need to have an engineer in charge of inspecting and submitting a design for the ...

Williamsport attorneys named to ‘Super Lawyers’ list

Marshall, Parker & Weber, LLC, a local elder law and estate planning firm, recently announced that certified elder law attorney Matthew J. Parker and certified elder law attorney Tammy A. Weber were named to the 2026 Super Lawyers list in the field of elder law by the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers organization. This is the 18th year that Parker has been named to the list and the eighth year for Weber. Elder law, a news release said, is the legal field that concentrates on the circumstances and legal needs of older adults and people with special needs. Elder law includes issues such as ...