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Dec 23, 2020 MARK NANCE/Sun-Gazette St. John Neumann Regional Academy Class of 2020 Salutatorian Maria Helminiac relaxes before the SJNRA's annual commencement at St. Boniface Church Thursday. June 1 — Montoursville Borough Council approved a dog park at 41 Mill St. June 3 — Polling places in Williamsport and surrounding areas were bare, as the COVID-19 anxieties prevailed in the primary campaign in Lycoming County. So, too, did the loosening of mail-in ballot restrictions to provide another option for voters, county Voter Services staff said. June 6 — High school graduates maintain so...

mmaroney@sungazette.com A four-year contract for the Williamsport Bureau of Police Lodge 29 union narrowly passed Thursday in a 4-3 vote by City Council. The main discussion point was the unionized police officers’ contract including raises of 1 percent next year, 2 percent the following year, 2 percent the year after and 3 percent in the final year. Concessions were made to employee contribution on health insurance, Damon R. Hagan, city police chief said. A copy of the contract was requested by the Sun-Gazette and was not provided as of press time. Hagan said the city administration propos...

It’s over but it’s not. City Council passed a half-mill real estate tax increase and approved Mayor Derek Slaughter’s $29 million 2021 budget Thursday, but with an eye toward reopening the budget in January to see if further reductions to the size of tax millage increase can take place. Council and the administration set the tax rate at 16.22 mills, but upon getting information from Norman Lubin, city solicitor, learned it had to before Feb. 15 to reopen, discuss options and adopt the reopened budget. If nothing is done, the half-mill is $50 more per tax bill for households assessed at ...

Housing authority buys north San Jose office building for HQ [Mercury News] Dec. 17—SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County Housing Authority has bought its new headquarters, a north San Jose building where Chinese tech company LeEco once was located before its Silicon Valley operations imploded. The Housing Authority has bought a building at 3553 N. First St. in San Jose, according to Santa Clara County public documents that were filed on Dec. 16. “The building offers us much needed expansion space for staff, parking for our visitors, and is strategically located near public transportation,�...

mmaroney@sungazette.com City Council tabled the proposed 2021 budget Thursday, looking to meet in a week to perhaps finalize it. Before doing so, however, council removed another $434,000 out of Mayor Derek Slaughter’s proposed spending plan, reducing the proposed tax increase in the millage rate to 1 mill. But council remains unsatisfied, calling on Slaughter to find ways to further reduce his proposed spending plan. “We made good progress and accomplished a lot, lowering the burden on taxpayers,” Councilwoman Liz Miele said. “I’d like to see us go further.” Miele said she wants...