An incumbent Williamsport City Councilman seeks the Democratic nomination in the May 18 primary election.
Dave Banks, 37, of 1306 Hepburn St. filled the vacancy left by former Councilman Derek Slaughter. Slaughter ran a successful campaign to become mayor and took the oath of office in January 2020.
Banks was appointed to finish out Slaughter’s term and has been a councilman who said he has a passion to grow the city from an economic standpoint.
“That is why I am running for a four-year term until 2025,” he said.
If able to be nominated and retain his seat in the fall election, Banks said he will continue efforts to support economic development, responsibly oversee the city budget, modernize the government’s internet presence and improve infrastructure and pedestrian access throughout Williamsport.
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Finally, the day of promise arrived for Anthony Giansante.
Signing Day allowed Giansante, the burly senior lineman from Norwin, to finally make his dream of playing Division I football a reality. After his first run through the recruiting process fell through for reasons out of his control, the second was a take.
The 6-foot-4, 300-pound offensive lineman signed Feb. 3 to play at Western Carolina, a Division I FCS program from the Southern Conference.
“I’m just feeling grateful,” Giansante said. “Grateful to have the opportunity to play football where I am wanted, where I can learn a lot and where I feel like I will fit in.”
WILLIAMSPORT An area graphic designer’s 100-day dedication to a drawing and writing practice has culminated in an exhibit at The Gallery at Penn Colleg
2021 Rising Stars: Hassan Riaz
Technical Service Specialist, Nova Chemicals Corp.
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Hassan Riaz and his family moved to Canada when he was 2 years old. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a bachelor s degree in chemical engineering and started working for Calgary, Alberta-based polyethylene maker Nova Chemicals Corp. in 2018 as a technical service specialist.
Riaz is a member of the Association of Rotomolders, Industrial Packaging Alliance of North America and subcommittees, Rigid Intermediate Bulk Container Association and Plastic Drum Institute. He has been a panelist and presenter at ARM s regional and annual meetings.
He said speaking at his first ARM conference in 2019 has been his greatest accomplishment. He attended his first ARM conference in Montreal when he was just out of school and working for Nova for five months and watched his co-worker and mentor present to more than 300 molders.