Beginning Oct. 19, the sight of passengers embarking at the Williamsport Regional Airport (IPT) will return, following the announcement Wednesday that Contour Airlines will be offering daily service between here and Charlotte, North Carolina. Declaring that the local airport is “officially ...
Data centers and their pros and cons was one of the topics of questions fielded by a federal lawmaker who held a tele-town hall this week. With a data center proposed in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, representing the 9th Congressional District, took a ...
The City of Williamsport will receive $100,000 to help address the city’s housing concerns. The city was granted the money through the state’s Municipal Assistance Program (MAP), said state Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport. He noted that the funding will go to the creation of a ...
(Editor's Note: The following article is from the Williamsport Sun-Gazette’s archives.) Some places inspire memories that are more feeling than fact. The Memorial Park Zoo was such a place. It boomed during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s when its cages were filled with a variety of ...
As students head to school, and walk home, the City of Williamsport has begun working with a firm to study ways to create safe streets for them and all segments of the population. The Safe Streets for All (SS4A) plan is a comprehensive initiative focused on creating a city-wide Comprehensive Road Safety Action Plan. Backed by a $356,458 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by adopting a Vision Zero approach. The initiative is designed to deliver small, actionable, and rapid projects that ...
A plan for a solar agrivoltaic project with access from Spook Hollow Road in Piatt Township was approved by the Lycoming County Planning Commission at their monthly meeting. The project, which is known as the Bailey Land Development, is on land which is owned by the Bailey Family Irrevocable Trust and Craig and Trudy Bailey. The solar facility is being constructed by Pivot Energy. It will be located on a 12-acre leased area and have 5,250 solar panels which will create 2.5 megawatts.The project will be enclosed by an eight-foot fence and sheep will graze in the solar array. The ...
