News highlights from June 2020
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June 1 -- Montoursville Borough Council approved a dog park at 41 Mill St.
June 3 -- Polling places in Williamsport and surrounding areas were bare, as the COVID-19 anxieties prevailed in the primary campaign in Lycoming County. So, too, did the loosening of mail-in ballot restrictions to provide another option for voters, county Voter Services staff said.
June 6 -- High school graduates maintain social distancing and go through drive-through ceremonies to get their diplomas in many cases, with loved ones huddled nearby in cars to watch their graduates receive their diplomas.
June 8 -- Lycoming County commissioners are on the fence on whether they want to spend up to $250,000 to relocate individuals who want to leave ManorCare in Jersey Shore for other places, including a local hotel. Patients may want to stay or go, and those that want to go should be permitted, said Rick Mirabito, Democrat commissioner.
June 10 -- Many businesses are split on whether to require customers to wear masks. Some allow it, some don't. But there are spikes seen in coronavirus cases in a dozen states other than Pennsylvania.
June 13 -- Mayor Derek Slaughter said he has denied permits for all mass gatherings during July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That would stop the proposed meeting of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement rally that was considering applying for a permit for July 18, according to Slaughter.
June 19 -- Gas drilling impact fees account for $446,000 additional revenue for the city and some more for townships such as Cogan House and Cummings, which have the most gas drilling well sites in the county.
June 23 -- The routes 220 and 405 interchange at Hughesville is under way for a year and in the second year lane changes and final work is to be done on the traffic improvements, many of which are to help large trucks as they enter the eastern sections of the state's Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling areas.
June 25 -- The Lycoming County Fairgrounds is going to host the 25th annual Set the Night to Music fireworks show.
June 26 -- Customers of the Williamsport Municipal Water and Sanitary Authority will see rate increases on water and sewer in January bills. The costs are due primarily to ongoing capital improvement costs and operations costs increasing, staff said.
June 29 -- Two members of City Council, Liz Miele and David Banks, questioned adding taxpayer dollars to the way of potentially paying for training for city Police Special Response Team for officers from outside municipalities and the Lycoming County sheriff office. The measure passed 4-2, with Councilman Jon Mackey absent, but Miele and Banks observations will be taken into account by police which will give a cost breakdown on the training as part of a separate line item in the annual budget.