The inaugural Arbor Day festivities at Waldron Park in Muncy on Saturday included a tree planting in honor Muncy art teacher Nella Storm along with a demonstration of proper pruning techniques, vendors and activities for children. Plans to have the event become an annual affair is a ...
The James V. Brown Library has announced the return of an in-person author experience at the 2026 Library Gala, featuring best-selling author Bruce Holsinger. The event will take place Sept. 10 at the Williamsport Country Club. After hosting a virtual author for the past few years, the ...
Candidates for the proposed Home Rule Study Commission will host a public meet-and-greet and information session on May 9 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St. The free event is open to all residents and will provide an overview of Home Rule - a form of ...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.) Should voter registration applications be rejected if voters’ personal information doesn’t match government databases? The Pennsylvania Department of State ...
(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.) Lawmakers are renewing a push to end the practice of Pennsylvania counties diverting Social Security benefits owed to children in foster care into their own budgets, after new federal directives called on states to take action. An investigation published last year by Resolve Philly and Spotlight PA that analyzed four years of data found at least 1,300 children in Pennsylvania ...
When redistricting time arrives, the parties flip a coin and the winner picks one district and redraws it - then the other party picks a different district and redraws it - and then the first party goes again. And so on, until the whole process is done. That’s the essence of a new proposal from Pennsylvania Sen. Dan Laughlin to resolve the seemingly endless fights over redistricting - like this week’s blowup in Virginia. That situation was in the back of Laughlin’s mind as he issued a co-sponsor memo in the Legislature this week. “I don’t think any of these states ...
