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From Staff Reports LOCK HAVEN — UPMC intends to open a community COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Clinton County next Wednesday for those who are age 85 and over. But it is by appointment only, and those who get the shot will have received a phone call to confirm and schedule, UPMC officials emphasized. It’s the health system’s way to get people vaccines that need them amid a shortage of the shots. This past week, UPMC began rolling out community vaccine clinics – and yesterday in Potter Couunty – distributing 326 vaccinations and counting in Williamsport and Wellsboro. “Since the arri...

pcrossley@sungazette.com Noting that Gov. Tom Wolf”s recent budget proposal addresses the issue of cyber charter school reform, members of the Loyalsock Township School Board reaffirmed their support of the governor’s efforts at their meeting earlier this week. The board agreed to reaffirm a resolution, which had been approved last year, calling for the reform. Superintendent Gerald McLaughlin noted that the state’s school board association had called for boards to again acknowledge their support of the resolution. Wolf’s proposal, if approved, would establish cyber charter school ...

Students in the Loyalsock Township School District will continue with remote instruction for the week of Jan. 4 through Jan. 10, Gerald McLaughlin, district sup

pcrossley@sungazette.com MARK NANCE/Sun-Gazette Traffic cautiously makes its way down West Fourth Street as snow begins to fall of the city Wednesday. For students in some of the local school districts, the weather forecast of what is predicted to be a huge amount of snow moving into the area over the next few days, will sadly not bring with it the reprieve from school, historically known as a “snow day.” With many of the districts in remote learning due to the pandemic, students are able to receive instruction, negating the necessity for a weather-related day off. But, not all districts ...