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Community invited to Mental Health Awareness Night on May 7 in Williamsport

WILLIAMSPORT — The community is invited to come together for an evening of hope, connection and support at the 1st Annual Mental Health Awareness Night on Thursday, May 7, from 5–7 p.m. at Shaw Park. This free, family-friendly event, sponsored by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and Lycoming-Clinton Joinder Board Behavioral HealthChoices, is hosted by Skills of Central PA in collaboration with mental health providers throughout Clinton and Lycoming counties. Centered around the theme “Together We Are One,” the event will celebrate recovery, promote mental wellness, ...

Elopement stinks: Yeah, yeah

With spring in the air, romance is certainly not far behind. No doubt reflections of love stories will come to mind. Even tales of two individuals being led by passion to run away forever will make the heart swoon. Sorry, but the “runaway lover” trope has been cliche long before a lonely teenage girl stood on a balcony, at night and asked “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” (And how did that little slice of courtship work out for everyone?) A Lock Haven runaway romance made it to the newspapers in 1897 (just not in Clinton or Lycoming counties). Two people under the age of 23 ran ...