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Tioga County manufacturing company to see $100M expansion project
TIOGA, Pa. (WETM) – Victaulic will expand its location in Tioga, Pennsylvania, with a $100 million expansion project supported by the Commonwealth, as announced by Governor Josh Shapiro. The Commonwealth is investing $1.5 million to support the manufacturing company in its expansion project that Governor Shapiro says will create at least 214 jobs in Tioga […]
DNA confirms human remains found in Tioga County were those of missing Westfield woman
The family of a Tioga County, Pennsylvania woman finally has closure a year after she went missing, and eight months after her car and human remains were located. Phyllis Potter, 85, of Westfield, disappeared July 21, 2023, triggering a massive search by Pennsylvania State Police at Mansfield and other agencies, along with hundreds of citizen volunteers.
Victaulic investing in $100 million expansion in foundry in Lawrenceville, Tioga County
Victaulic, a Forks Township-based maker of pipe couplings and valves, is investing $100 million to expand a foundry in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The manufacturer plans a 150,000-square-foot addition to its Lawrenceville operation for new molding lines, finishing and paint equipment. The expansion will include a 60,000-square-foot machine shop that uses Computer Numerical Control (CNC) equipment.
Victaulic to build $100 million expansion, add more jobs to Lawrenceville foundry
LAWRENCEVILLE, PA. (WENY) -- Victaulic, the company that runs a foundry in Lawrenceville, is expanding its property and creating 214 new jobs in Tioga County, according to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The company is planning to spend $100 million to add a 150,000 square-foot expansion to the property. New molding...
Missing Tioga County woman identified eight months since remains were found
WESTFIELD, Pa. (WETM) — A missing Westfield woman has been identified months after searchers located her vehicle and remains nearby. According to an obituary from Kenyon Funeral Home, 85-year-old Phyllis C. Potter was found in Westfield, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2023. Potter was born in Westfield on February 8, 1938. She was married for 59 […]
Howllywood Comes to Wellsboro
Move over Sasquatch, there’s a new cryptid coming to the Tioga County, Pennsylvania woods. Technically Cocaine Werewolf has already been here, since Mark Polonia, the director, filmed this horror-comedy in December 2023. But this coked-up canine will steal Bigfoot’s spotlight on July 5 and 6, 2024, during the world premiere of the low budget cult film at the Arcadia Theatre in Wellsboro at 9 p.m. each night. Mark will be there, along with producers Tim Yasui and David Sterling, and much of the cast. A Q&A session will follow in the 200-seat theater. There’s an after party at the Gas Light Bar & Grill at 35 Main Street.
New PA Wilds Conservation Shops open in Tioga and Forest counties
Wellsboro, Pa. — The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship is proud to announce the opening of two new Conservation Shops. These gift shops source 90% of their inventory from rural artisans in the Pennsylvania Wilds region. The new shop at Leonard Harrison State Park in Tioga County was once a mobile pop-up shop around the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. Now the shop has a permanent brick-and-mortar home in the park. In...
Forks Township-based Victaulic set for $100 million expansion in central Pa.
FORKS TWP., Pa. — Victaulic, the pipe-joining manufacturer based in the Easton area, will undertake a $100 million expansion project in north-central Pennsylvania that will create at least 214 new, full-time jobs and retain 1,611 more across the state, it was announced Tuesday. Pennsylvania will invest $1.5 million to...
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State awards $1.5M to Victaulic for $100M expansion; project to create 214 new jobs
The Victaulic foundry in Lawrenceville will see a large expansion with an accompanying increase in new jobs, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the state. On Tuesday, Governor Josh Shapiro announced the Commonwealth is investing $1.5 million to support Victaulic, the originator and world’s leading producer of grooved mechanical pipe joining and flow control systems.
PA Wilds Center opens two new PA Wilds Conservation Shops
WELLSBORO — Two new PA Wilds Conservation Shops have opened this year in the Pennsylvania Wilds. Operated by the nonprofit PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, these mission-driven gift shops help improve market access for rural entrepreneurs by sourcing 90 percent of their inventory from rural makers and businesses in the 13-county PA Wilds region, while also accomplishing other mission points.
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