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Lycoming County sheriff’s department offering two online services

County residents will now be able to apply for a license to carry (LTC) permit online following approval by the Lycoming County commissioners this week of an agreement with Permitium LLC. According to Sheriff Eriic Spiegel, who presented the agenda item for approval, Permitium is an online platform that residents can use on his department’s website to apply for the LTC as opposed to coming in to the Sheriff’s Office to apply. “They still have the option to coming into the office and applying in person, but this just gives them another option to do it online,” Spiegel said. ...

At 100 years old, historic Bowman Field evokes memories

Countless stories, rich in history, many of them colorful, are part of Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, a community landmark marking its 100th birthday this year. And perhaps no two people know more about the old stadium and the many players and personalities who’ve been ...

Lawmaker’s resolution honors contributions of Negro Leagues

The state House of Representatives passed a resolution authored by state Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, recognizing the contributions African American baseball players made to the game and acknowledges the significant impact the Negro Leagues had on the civil rights movement ...

Doctor offers his take on solar, chicken farm as a Muncy resident

Family physician Dr. Steven Barrows, admittedly, is not against poultry farms. Barrows, of Muncy, shared how he wants people to eat healthy food such as eggs, which are a source of protein and nutrients. What Barrows disagrees with and testified to before and during a recent conditional use hearing for Sunny Side Up Farms, a Lancaster County-based agriculture business that wants to bring a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) close to the borough in Muncy Creek Township, is its location. “I’m not opposed to CAFOs in the right place,” he told the Sun-Gazette. Sunny Side ...

Partnerships celebrated at new Habitat for Humanity site

Almost 60 years after students at what was then the Williamsport Area Community College (WACC) built a house on Fifth Avenue, another home was dedicated that the current generation of students at the Pennsylvania College of Technology designed and built, in the process earning real-life ...

Dog saves woman from Barbours house fire

BARBOURS - A retired Montoursville School District employee and her dog safely escaped her home on Route 87 Sunday night when a fire erupted on her wrap-around porch, according to Plunketts Creek Township Brad Stine. The woman, who lived alone, was asleep in her living room and was awakened ...