Facing $1M deficit, Jersey Shore Area School District considers program, staff cuts

June 17, 2026

JERSEY SHORE — Confronting a roughly $1 million budget deficit, the Jersey Shore Area School District is considering cuts to staffing and student programs that parents and community members have criticized. After the school board directed Superintendent Brian Ulmer to identify additional savings earlier this spring, he returned last week with a package of proposed cuts totaling more than $141,000. The recommendations include leaving several vacant positions unfilled, reducing field trip and extracurricular budgets and placing the district’s swim team on a moratorium. Ulmer said ...

Muncy Creek Township leadership to make decision on solar farm June 25

June 17, 2026

Whether two Lancaster County-based companies that want to bring a hybrid form of agriculture and energy businesses in Muncy Creek Township receive conditional use will be determined soon. Township Supervisors Eric Newcomer, chair, and Harley Fry II are expected to give their verbal decision ...

Litigation between Lycoming County register/recorder, commissioners continues

June 17, 2026

Litigants in continuing legal action between the Lycoming County register and recorder and Lycoming County commissioners were in court this week over the latest motion filed in the case. Register and Recorder David A. Huffman has sued the county and Commissioners Scott Metzger, Marc S. ...

City of Williamsport to sell firetruck to Trout Run

June 17, 2026

A resolution was approved by Williamsport City Council authorizing the sale of fire apparatus to Trout Run Volunteer Fire Co. Williamsport Bureau of Fire Chief Tracey Harer, prior to the approval vote, said about two years ago the WBF got a new fleet of apparatus. “We had tried to sell ...

2026 Anthony Disalvo Flags Across America celebration

June 16, 2026

The 2026 Anthony Disalvo Flags Across America was celebrated at Penn College on Sunday in Williamsport. The annual event by the Susquehanna Council BSA to honor God, country and community began at the the parking lot on the south side of the Madigan Library, continued down Park Street, ...

Loyalsock Township School Board approves tax increase

June 16, 2026

The Loyalsock Township School Board passed its final budget for the 2026-27 school year, including a 0.65 mill tax increase. This increase will bring the district’s real estate millage rate to 16.00. Very little changed between the district’s May meeting and the passing of the budget, Business Manager Dan Egly said. “Unfortunately we wait on the state budget. We’re held to a timeline of June 30, they are not, so it’s very hard to predict exactly what will be given to all 501 school districts through Pennsylvania,” he said, while noting that the budget passed by the ...