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Tragedy, heroism of Flight 93 remembered in southwestern Pennsylvania

Teenaged students from Greater Johnstown School District were clambering about the rope course set in the rural beauty of Camp Harmony that morning, and teacher Lugene Shaver felt good about it. They were kids with extra challenges in life who benefited from bonding and thrills at the ...

Solar-egg farm developers appeal land use conditions in Muncy Creek Township

The two Lancaster County-based farming companies seeking to construct chicken barns for laying eggs and a solar array in Muncy Creek Township have filed an appeal with Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas on land use granted by Muncy Creek Township supervisors. Sunny Side Up Farms LLC, the landowner, and Bollinger Solar LLC, filed appeals within a 30-day appeal limit on the concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) and solar applications for the 164.43 acres of property at 5117 Clarkstown Road. Supervisors’ decision was issued following a public meeting on July 9, giving the ...

Senators question status of medical research funding

U.S. Senators Dave McCormick, R-Pittsburgh, and John Fetterman, D-Braddock, recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to share their concerns regarding the recent cancellation of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grants and the impact this will have on Pennsylvania research institutions. On July 15, more than 150 AHRQ grantees, including researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pittsburgh, were notified that funding for ongoing, multi-year research projects would be canceled. ...

State tells Bald Birds Brewing Company to settle hundreds of thousands in unpaid wages

The state Department of Labor and Industry reportedly recovered over $600,000 in unpaid wages and related penalties for employees at a Lycoming County brewing company. According to a news release, the department announced it recovered $582,782 in unpaid wages for 124 workers and an additional $64,228 in damages for 108 workers after an investigation into Bald Birds Brewing Company — which has locations in Jersey Shore and in Montgomery County — where it found wage payment and collection law violations. According to the news release from the department, the investigation into ...

Ceremony ahead of 9/11 Memorial Ride brings people together

“Leave every place better than where you found it.” That is what retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Louis F. Johnson Jr. called on the hundreds of participants in the 9/11 Memorial Ride to do before they rode off to greet spectators on a 42-mile ride through Lycoming County in remembrance of ...

Spectators reflect on 9/11, memorial ride, 25 years after attacks

The 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride began humbly in the days following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when a small group of local motorcyclists, feeling the need to do “something “ held a solemn ride to honor the 2,977 victims killed at the World Trade Center in New York City, the ...