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Passenger jet service returns to Williamsport airport after five-year absence

MONTOURSVILLE — Passenger jet service returned to Williamsport Regional Airport on Monday, marking the first such flights from the facility in five years. Contour Airlines Flight LF3501 departed shortly after 6 a.m. for Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, restoring a connection that airport officials and regional business leaders have worked to secure. The airline will offer daily departures to Charlotte at 6:15 a.m., with return flights arriving in Williamsport around 5:45 p.m. The flight takes approximately 90 minutes. The new service follows the ...

Pennian Bank parent company declares quarterly dividend

MIFFLINTOWN — First Community Financial Corp., the parent company of Pennian Bank, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6 cents per share. Scott E. Fritz, president and CEO, announced that the company's board of directors approved the dividend Oct. 13. The dividend will be paid Oct. 30 to shareholders of record as of Oct. 27.

Kish Bank names Capella senior credit officer

STATE COLLEGE — Kish Bank has announced the appointment of Lisa Capella as vice president and senior credit officer. In her new role, Capella will support the bank’s commercial lending and credit administration operations, working alongside Tracy Wilkinson, senior vice president and ...

Tuscarora Wayne donates $3,000 to Kish for the Cure

REEDSVILLE — The Tuscarora Wayne Mutual Foundation has donated $3,000 to Kish for the Cure, an employee-led fundraising campaign that supports organizations assisting cancer patients and funding cancer-related programs in Central Pennsylvania. The donation was made through the Kish ...

Penn State breaks ground on $65M animal diagnostics expansion

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has broken ground on a $65 million expansion of its Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, a project designed to increase testing capacity and improve the university’s ability to detect animal diseases. Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott participated in the groundbreaking for the 46,000-square-foot, two-story addition at University Park. The Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, originally constructed in 1956 and last extensively renovated in 1999, conducts diagnostic testing related to animal ...

Geisinger adds primary care providers in Lewistown, Philipsburg

LEWISTOWN — Geisinger has added three primary care providers at locations in Lewistown, Philipsburg and State College as part of an effort to expand access to primary care services in the region. Dillon Costantini, M.D., and Emma Stanich, PA-S, have begun seeing new patients at Geisinger Lewistown Community Medicine. Anthony Froncillo, D.O., is seeing new patients at Geisinger Philipsburg Community Medicine and Geisinger Healthplex State College. The providers are among those joining Geisinger's primary care network across central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Primary care ...