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Each year, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette features a person or people of the year to end December, along with finalists in the days ahead of that honor.
We believe as we prepare to begin anew, we should reflect on those neighbors, friends and family who make our communities better.
The hard work of Dr. Ryan Collins, Dr. Natasha Alligood-Percoco and Dr. Fadi Sweiss was recognized by the state's Medical Society. Their colleagues praise their dedication to patient care and safety, their willingness to listen to patients and their kindness and willingness to help.
The countless hours of research by Mike DiRocco has brought closure and peace to families with decades of grief. His efforts to remember and honor children buried in unmarked graves at Mount Carmel Cemetery, and to reflect on their families' losses with a memorial site, is, in the words of one such child's family, "beautiful."
Over 25 years, the Lycoming Drug and DUI Court has overcome skepticism to better focus the limited resources of our justice system into how the system can most effectively rehabilitate community members.
Colleagues of Mary Sieminski, retired independent researcher, librarian and writer, all agree that her work as part of the Lycoming County Women's History Project is a "treasure" and a "priceless impact."
The staff of Lycoming County Voter Services have worked diligently in an age when the expectations and challenges with which they must contend have grown and intensified.
After David Yost, who was once struggling with homelessness, turned his life around, he dedicated that life to helping people afflicted with the same misfortune as the kitchen manager for Sojourner Truth Ministries.
Yost has "a better understanding of the very problems homeless people are facing," Pastor Angelique Labadie-Cihanowyz, executive director at SJM told the Sun-Gazette. "David is great with connecting (with people) and perceiving."
We are honored to congratulate David Yost, and the finalists for 2023 person of the year, for their service to enriching our region. We all are better for their hard work and dedication.