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Williamsport man proposes Brandon Park disc golf course to council

A Williamsport man has tossed his idea at City Council for a disc golf course designed and constructed in Brandon Park. Nick Saramandich recently briefed council on his efforts that he said began two years ago. Disc golf is like golf but the sport uses specialized flying discs, where players ...

Flooding keeps emergency crews busy on Sunday

Late Sunday afternoon the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for northcentral Lycoming County. There were reporters of numerous incidents of flooding in the city, South Williamsport, Loyalsock Township, Eldred Township and Old Lycoming Township. The county’s 911 center was inundated with several flood-related calls beginning about 4 p.m. A deluge of rain began pouring about 1 p.m. and continued well after 5 p.m. A call went out for all available manpower to report to the Old Lycoming Township firehouse on Dewey Avenue to handle flooding incidents in their ...

Williamsport officials now accepting bids for historic City Hall building

Williamsport City Hall is officially up for sale. The City of Williamsport started accepting bids Friday for the historic building at 245 W. Fourth St. that has been vacant since 2021, with exception of limited Bureau of Police storage purposes. Bidding will remain open for 60 days. Bid ...

Where’s the money coming from? That is what the Lycoming County commissioners want to know in response to the Register and Recorder’s office requesting an additional $10,000 for legal fees for ongoing litigation against the county, which was not an approved 2026 budgeted item. The county had already approved an additional $12,000 for the department over the budgeted amount of $5,000 for legal purposes and with the request for $10,000 to be added to that, Commissioner Marc Sortman said that would bring the total to $27,000 for legal fees — $22,000 over the amount actually ...