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18-year-old dead, two others wounded in Williamsport shooting

An 18-year-old city man was shot to death and two other men were wounded in a shooting that occurred at Memorial Avenue and Lloyd Street, just east of Memorial Park, about 2:50 p.m. Monday, according to city police. In a telephone conversation about 5 p.m., Lycoming County Coroner Charles ...

Real estate transactions

The following real estate transactions were recently recorded by Lycoming County officials. CUMMINGS TOWNSHIP Thomas, Denise and Heather McCormick and Shane Luggiero to Trailhead One LLC, $335,000, 100 Ramsey Drive DUBOISTOWN Randy and Teresa Pfirman to Breeann C. Caschera and Damien B. ...

Lycoming County is getting better financially

For the first year since the current board of commissioners took office, the county has been able to pay off the Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes, known as the TRAN, which Commissioner Marc Sortman called a “great day” for the county. The TRANs are short-term municipal debt securities that are used to pay the bills before the expected tax revenue is collected. Sortman indicated that for three years, the county had not been able to pay off the TRAN and so were forced to refinance one TRAN with another one. “This is the first year since the three of us have been in office, and ...

Lycoming County Commissioners address NDA, Bass Pro Shops rumors

As public figures, the Lycoming County Commissioners know that they can’t always control what people say about their decisions, particularly those people who comment on social media. At their meeting this week, the commissioners tried to dispel some of the inaccuracies they’ve seen ...

America at 250: An age of innovation

(Editor’s note: This week marks the final chapter in our three-month series of exploring America at 250 years old through the lens of some of the most important national events that took place in our communities. We enjoyed presenting these important slices of American history — and hope you’ve appreciated them (and learned from them) as well. As we prepare for the semiquincentennial, we urge each of you to get involved in helping make our nation great for another 250 years.) The way we build things, the way we travel, the way we protect ourselves, the way we are able to ...

Man escapes injury after jumping from Maynard Street bridge

After jumping off from the city side of the Maynard Street bridge in Williamsport, and swimming in the Susquehanna River for about 30 minutes on Sunday night, the male jumper was lifted into a city fire department boat, taken to shore and turned over to state police. The man's identity was ...