hose in the Borough of Montgomery, Clinton Township and Lycoming County won’t soon forget the contributions of Leslie (Les) M. Gruver. Gruver, who passed away on Nov. 12 at the age of 79, devoted his life to public safety and community service - whether it was issuing alerts for the ...
LOCK HAVEN—A few feet separated Bishop Guilfoyle from a game-clinching, fourth quarter touchdown. Muncy guarded those feet like Atticus Finch on a sugar high. Victory hopes fading, Muncy offered one last valiant look at what exactly made it one of the state’s four best Class A football ...
The Somerset School was a one-room schoolhouse in Brady Township. The building’s history was outlined in a book entitled, “The One-Room School — Lycoming County’s Legacy” by The Junior League of Williamsport. The schoolhouse was one of three that once educated the children in ...
Virtuoso’s fall season offering was a wonderful revue titled, “From Broadway to Penn.” Montgomery’s musical theatre program gave the revue in the high school auditorium on Nov. 19 and 20. The audiences on both nights were quite impressed with the entertainment provided by the ...
Muncy Borough Council at its recent meeting approved a proposed 2025 budget that includes a 0.25 real estate tax millage hike. It would mark the borough’s first tax increase since 2018 to bring the overall millage rate to 5.55, according to municipal officials. Council voted 5-1 in ...
About the time the morning fog gave way to sunshine, patience gave way to chants of “cut the ribbon, cut the ribbon” as the students at Carl G. Renn Elementary School sat through a brief grand opening ceremony for a newly renovated playground at the school. After photos were taken, a ...
The East Lycoming Shopper and News is having its first-ever Four the Community Food Drive. This is going to be a contest happening from Nov. 23 through Dec. 4. The contest includes 10 local businesses participating: Kidscycle; Be Unique. Be You. LLC Apparel and Home Boutique; Spotts ...
The annual meeting at UPMC Muncy was a time for reflecting on the past year and looking ahead to what the hospital wants to do moving forward. “The most important thing at the top of every one of our agendas is patient quality and safety, without question. We’ve moved that to the top ...
Halloween parties held in Montgomery have been recorded in various local newspapers since the 1890s. One of the earliest ones was held by the Montgomery Literary and Social Club in 1895, according to the Williamsport newspaper The Evening News, on Nov. 1, 1895. While a lot of Halloween ...
