If there is one thing that Xavier Vargas wants people to know about his family, it is that they are not criminals and that they were following the rules for seeking asylum from the persecution that they feared in their home country of Venezuela. “We’re not bad people. We’ve come here ...
Three family members safely escaped their Upper Fairfield Township home on Reeder Road early Saturday morning when flames erupted in or near the garage directly below a bedroom, according to investigators. The fire at 3172 Reeder Road was discovered about 3:40 a.m. when family members ...
Although many people describe the immigration crisis in this country as a highly-charged partisan issue, for Dan Cale, lead pastor at the Evangelical Friends Church, Hughesville, it’s not politics — it’s how we treat people. “From Judaism to Christianity, our faith is rooted in the ...
An agenda item to approve agreements for the collection by the county of local municipal taxes for 24 municipalities was tabled at the request of Commissioner Marc Sortman, at this week’s Lycoming County commissioners meeting. Sortman indicated that the county’s treasurer, Cindy Newcomer, ...
A Philadelphia-based financial consultant has issued recommendations after reviewing the city Bureau of Codes’ ability to be productive in its residential rental inspections program. “We talked about some of the frustrations and the challenges with city codes enforcement,” said Gordon ...
Potential property value losses from the operation of a proposed large chicken farm for egg production was among topics that dominated testimony at the conditional-use hearing for Sunny Side Up Farms this week. The continuing hearing process before the Muncy Creek Township supervisors is ...