New Jersey-based agri-business manufacturer has purchased a Muncy facility and anticipates 69 new full-time jobs with possible expansion of its staff to eventually create hundreds of jobs once the plant begins operation in a year. Officials with Farmplast LLC of Parsippany, Wednesday ...
The Lycoming County Commissioners approved updating two policies, one on family and medical leave and the other on parental leave, which prompted Commissioner Marc Sortman to address the importance of doing that to bring them more in line with the current and future workforce. “As as we ...
Williamsport City Council approved a half-mill real estate tax increase in a first reading of the proposed 2026 budget. It is the proposal presented by Mayor Derek Slaughter. A promise has been made by council members to make a few changes. A second reading is held Dec. 11. The tax rate ...
Williamsport Council President Adam Yoder says he viewed the biggest takeaway from the Public Financial Management (PFM) process as the opportunity that is in front of the city with Home Rule. From a revenue perspective it fixes a lot of problems the city is looking at today and those likely ...
Following up on November’s elections, the South Williamsport Area School Board held their reorganization Tuesday night. Re-elected board members Ben Brigandi, Cathy Bachman, Jason Lewis and Steven Rupert, as well as newly elected member Dr. Kimberly Kohler were then administered the oath of ...
For a parent, there is probably no greater sorrow than the death of a child. It just isn’t meant to happen that way. For Ashley Cowan, whose 16-week-old daughter died accidentally while in the care of a babysitter in 2019, that sorrow has turned into a mission to show that her child’s ...