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Presbyterian Home has supported senior community for nearly 100 years

Since 1927, the Presbyterian Home has supported the senior community through two major forces: faith and compassion. “In a time before Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the network of social services that are taken for granted today in our country, the responsibility to care for ...

Timeline for website-building business includes Drew Barrymore

A website is an essential part of an entity’s brand these days, and Positive Medium has been refining the skill since the beginning of the internet. Positive Medium builds and maintains fully customized websites for a wide range of customers including small businesses, non-profits, ...

Eder’s means country charm, tradition, tasty ice cream

Eder’s Ice Cream serves up not only tasty cold treats but a glimpse into yesteryear when life was much simpler. That shouldn’t come as a surprise given that the business has been passed down in the family through several generations. “I’m fourth generation Eder’s,” Tye Sheets, ...

Get a workout at the Fitness Factory on Hughes Street

One peek inside the Fitness Factory and one cannot help but be struck by the rows of numerous and different types of work-out equipment. It’s safe to say, perhaps, that this gym located at 330 Hughes St., Williamsport, has something for anyone looking to become stronger or more fit in any ...

South Williamsport’s municipal government ‘has one goal’

South Williamsport Borough Council and the Borough Administration work together to improve the borough’s outcomes. “Our borough council has been good at defining our strengths and weaknesses and finding solutions to make our community better,” Council President David Geise said. “We look at each problem and discuss them thoroughly to ensure the best possible decision is made.” Council works seamlessly, even though its members are given time for their individual contributions and thoughts, for the betterment of the borough. “Everyone on council has one goal, to make ...

BLaST Intermediate Unit 17 meets the needs of students, families, communities

BLaST Intermediate Unit 17 provides student services, educational planning, as well as technology and management needs for 19 public and other schools across Lycoming, Tioga, Sullivan and Bradford counties. “IUS were created to prevent inequities in the state,” Executive Director Christina Steinbacher-Reed said. “Our vision is transforming lives and communities through educational services. She oversees a staff of more than 300 people charged with helping bring schools and their students the educational support they need. “Our greatest asset at the IU is our people,” she ...