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Williamsport schedules paving for several roadways

Among the City of Williamsport streets to be paved this year is Fourth Street from Mulberry to Hepburn, skipping over Market Street, in time for the Grand Slam Parade and Little League World Series. City Council has approved a resolution awarding construction services for the Community ...

Seven Ranges survey changed course of country

(Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

Landfill expansion proposal approved by Lycoming County Commissioners

What should have begun years ago has finally been put into motion as the Lycoming County Commissioners approved a proposal to expand the county’s landfill. Jay Alexander, part of the management team from the Clinton County Solid Waste Authority who the commissioners hired earlier this year ...

Physician assistant claims increased respiratory ailments possible if poultry operation approved

A physician assistant with background as a Muncy pharmacist claims bird flu and increased respiratory ailments are possible if Sunny Side Up Farms’ large-scale poultry operation for egg laying production proposed in Muncy Creek Township would ever be approved. “These risks are not speculative,” said Theresa Tarquinio, a resident of Muncy who was permitted to testify before township supervisors - Eric Newcomer, chair, and Harley Fry II - at a conditional use hearing for the Lancaster County-based applicant. These hearings have been going on for more than a year now, and have been ...

Former supporter contends supervisor working in secret

Muncy Township resident Dan Waugh acknowledged that he supported Terri Lauchle in her bid to be township supervisor, citing her stand on wanting transparency accountability and bringing the township together. After an emergency meeting of the supervisors this week had been abruptly ended by ...