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Lycoming County commissioners approve Public Safety Department pilot program with Lycoming Regional Police

An agreement with the Lycoming Regional Police Department (LRPD) as a partner in a pilot program which will supplement the county’s 911 radio dispatch support was approved by the Lycoming County commissioners this week. The program will be funded through 911 grant funds. Director or Public Safety Forest Rothchild told the commissioners that the program would decrease the cost of overtime and contracted staffing now utilized to fill that role. “Our newest telecommunicators, as they are moving through their phone training to their next phase, telecommunication officers often have ...

Federal Reserve official touts research efforts during visit to Penn College

Resilience, optimism and growth. These were three words that Anna Paulson, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia used for Pennsylvania College of Technology officials and business leaders Friday in a roundtable discussion and tour of the cutting-edge laboratories and ...

Officials mark completion of Frank E. Heller Dam spillway

Officials celebrated the completion of the Frank E. Heller Dam spillway located in Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, on Thursday. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) delivered $1,176,800 in funding from the ...

Sen. Gene Yaw pushes PJM to focus on growing state’s energy capabilities

In a letter to the PJM Interconnection Board of Managers, state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, urged the regional transmission organization to resolve governance issues and refocus its attention on the growing need for new ...