City of Williamsport seeks $797,000 transportation grant

July 31, 2026

The City of Williamsport is seeking a state transportation fund grant amounting to $796,869 and change. In order to submit it, City Council recently approved a resolution authorizing the administration to file a Multimodal Transportation Fund grant. This is to be done through the Commonwealth Financing Authority. It designates Mayor Derek Slaughter and Melanie Shutt, city grants administrator, to be the officers to execute all documents and agreements between the city and the authority to facilitate and assist in obtaining to handle it for the city. The grant is to be used for ...

Communities plan ‘National Night Out’ events throughout Lycoming County

July 30, 2026

Neighborhoods in the city, boroughs, townships, and villages become stronger when they know and support one another. That is the premise behind the annual National Night Out, which takes place in communities across Lycoming County on Tuesday, Aug. 4. National Night Out is a nationwide ...

Williamsport Area High School art teacher charged for inappropriate contact with students, jailed without bail

July 30, 2026

A Williamsport Area High School art teacher was arrested and jailed Wednesday afternoon on multiple felony and misdemeanor counts for having inappropriate contact with five female students at the school at 2990 W. Fourth St. during the first three months of the year, it was alleged in court ...

Safe Streets Task Force aims for safer streets and transit in Williamsport

July 30, 2026

Making sure streets are safe and transit is more pleasant and efficient in the City of Williamsport are among the main objectives of the newly formed Safe Streets Task Force. “As part of the City of Williamsport’s development of a citywide road safety action plan, we have assembled a Safe ...

Between prices and a diarrhea-causing parasite, lettuce is causing hard times at some restaurants

July 30, 2026

It's been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce. Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third of America's lettuce is grown. Now, restaurants are dealing with the fallout from a cyclospora outbreak linked to ...

Bank to be demolished, rebuilt in Williamsport

July 30, 2026

The City of Williamsport is getting a newly constructed financial institution. City Council gave conditional approval for a land development plan for PVEDI, submitted on behalf of West Branch Federal Credit Union at 1640 High St. The applicant submitted a complete demolition plan for the ...