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East Lycoming School District OKs new director of technology

East Lycoming School District has approved the hiring of Noah Adams as its director of technology. Adams will arrive with a vast amount of technology experience having worked at Intrada Technologies and he spent eight years at Millville Area School District, according to Dr. Gerald McLaughlin, acting superintendent. Adams will receive a salary of $85,000 and benefits. He is anticipated to start July 13. Currently, the district is looking for a candidate to recommend for Director of Buildings and Grounds. The district has re-advertised for this position and is hoping for a new ...

Lycoming County celebrates America’s 250th birthday

Williamsport’s plan to tackle the worst blighted properties in motion

Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter says he has since he took office in 2020 wanted to see beautification of the City of Williamsport and one way for that to happen is to remove the worst-of-the-worst of its blighted properties. This past week, City Council passed a resolution for what is ...

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 ...