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The search in December resulted in the seizure of suspected fentanyl, meth, three firearms and US Currency.

pcrossley@sungazette.com The Loyalsock Township School Board approved Hal Gee to fill the seat of board member John Raymond who had resigned, effective April 8. Gee will now be sworn in by a member of the judiciary prior to the next meeting, May 12. Because Raymond had served as board vice-president, the board approved board member Melvin Wentzel to fill that position. Stacey Patchett had also interviewed for Raymond’s seat. In other business at the special meeting held recently, the board approved a request from Michelle Bartley, Loyalsock’s Odyssey of the Mind coordinator, for a contr...

pcrossley@sungazette.com In an effort to ramp up support to those who have had difficulty during this year of COVID, for about five weeks this summer, students in the Loyalsock Township School District will be able to attend summer school and remediation programs offered by the district. The school board gave their okay to the program which will be offered to students in first grade through fifth and incoming sixth, seventh and eighth graders and also eighth graders going into ninth in the fall. According to Gerald McLaughlin, superintendent, principals in the district have been working to i...

pcrossley@sungazette.com Over a four day period recently, over 1,800 educators in Intermediate Unit 17’s region received vaccinations for COVID-19, according to Dr. Christina Steinbacher-Reed, executive director of the intermediate unit. As part of a statewide initiative, intermediate units were tasked by the governor to play a central role in providing an opportunity for the vaccinations. “As part of these statewide efforts, Intermediate Unit 17 partnered with local districts to vaccinate educators and staff from across Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan and Tioga counties,” Steinbacher-Re...

Remote days have replaced snow days in the vocabulary of many area students as districts have opted to have students attend classes in a remote platform rath