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Federal • The House was out of session. State • The House was out of session. County • Lycoming County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve funding requests from 11 agencies amounting to more than $1.5 million. Commissioners Scott Metzger, Rick Mirabito, and Tony Mussare voted yes. • Lycoming County commissioners voted 3-0 to extend the Declaration of Disaster Emergency for another 90 days. The Declaration allows the county to continue to be eligible for government funding related to COVID-19 issues. Commissioners Scott Metzger, Rick Mirabito, and Tony Mussare voted yes. Mun...

mmaroney@sungazette.com City Council on first reading decided to add annual fees to access the brush/mulch pile. It is part of a plan to make residents and others purchase an access “key” card to get into the locked gate. Chris Cooley, who works for River Valley Transit, said the fees are needed to issue the cards to enter the brush disposal and mulch collection area at 1500 W. Third St. Cooley said the information will be put online so people can review it and download the forms from the city website or go to River Valley Transit headquarters to pick up a form to begin the process.

mmaroney@sungazette.com The weather is breaking and those who care about accessibility in Williamsport’s nine parks were given assignments to check for inclusivity and access as the city consulting firms go after federal and state government grants. Three of the members on City Council’s accessibility advisory commission Thursday said during the meeting on Zoom that they were willing to go out and check on any issues they find that may be able to put on a list for two of the city economic development consulting firms – Delta Development Group and Thomas Keller and Keller Partners. The i...

A city man who is sight-impaired has a beef with River Valley Transit. Timothy West, a voting member of the new Williamsport Accessibility Advisory Commission

Landmark developments are happening in terms of Williamsport’s accessibility to the disabled community. It begins with the first ever Accessibility Commission, which is a body under development, and which will hold an initial meeting at 3 p.m. Feb. 25, a city official involved said. City Councilman Jon Mackey, who facilitated the commission formation to this point, said the meeting will be held remotely by Zoom technology and accessible by going to the city website and following the lead to YouTube. “We are excited to be holding our first meeting,” Mackey said. The names of the commissi...