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

May 6, 2026

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

May 5, 2026

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

May 5, 2026

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 ...

Senator: Close tax loophole for data centers

May 5, 2026

A free pass given to data center companies on the Pennsylvania sales tax is erasing hundreds of millions of dollars in state revenue, and a lawmaker wants to revoke the free pass and use the new flow of money to lower gas prices. The concept from Sen. Jarrett Coleman, a Lehigh County ...

Williamsport schedules paving for several roadways

May 5, 2026

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 ...

Governor demands stop to ‘excessive’ rate hikes — but has little authority

May 5, 2026

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters.) HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvanians struggle with ...