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Route 44 bridge construction underway in Jersey Shore

A restoration project for the Route 44 bridge over the West Branch Susquehanna River in Nippenose Township and Jersey Shore Borough is underway, with completion slated for fall. The contractor, Spartan Contracting LLC, will be performing steel repairs and continuing the construction of a ...

Erasing the ravages of time: Workshop teaches headstone cleaning

The headstones, forming a concentric circle around the monument dedicated to the soldiers who fought and died in the Civil War, sits atop a hill in Wildwood Cemetery. Time and the environment have obscured the names of those brave soldiers, so the cemetery is planning a workshop to ...

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

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

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 ...

City of Williamsport to sell firetruck to Trout Run

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 ...