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Former Williamsport church to become halfway house

There will be a halfway house for reentrants, those who served their time in prison, to be relocated into a current church building on Grier Street in Williamsport. In about 14 months, the Transition Living Centers three facilities in town will relocate to Well Church, 522 Grier ...

McCormick hopeful Shapiro will opt Pennsylvania into national school choice

(The Center Square) – As U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick continues to advocate for a federal school choice program, he expressed optimism that first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro would opt Pennsylvania into it. “I think that the rationale of this opportunity will hopefully convince him to ...

Former Muncy Township zoning officer addresses application for data center

A former Muncy Township zoning officer disputes a township supervisor’s version and timeline of events leading up to when the township first received a site plan and application for a preliminary zoning opinion for a data center on John Brady Drive. “That isn’t factual,” said Victor Marquardt, the former zoning officer in the township, of the reference made at this week’s meeting by Supervisor Terri Lauchle, chair, to this being pushed through as a “warehouse.” “I told her it needs to be denied as a use not provided for, and the developer, if they so choose, would apply ...

Pennsdale Fire Company sues Muncy Township

Muncy Township Volunteer Fire Co., which has parked its apparatus outside its station because of a sewage backup that occurred in April, filed civil action Friday in Lycoming County Court against the township and its board of supervisors. A hearing is scheduled on the matter at 9 a.m. on ...