Do You Have What It Takes?

Grit: courage and resolve; strength of character. That’s what it took to survive in Lycoming County back in the 1800’s.  So much so, that a newspaper founded in Williamsport bore the name of “Grit.” Small business owners can learn a lot from the courage and resolve of Dietrick Lamade, (pronounced...

Buy Local–For the Right Reason!

This image appears on Facebook every so often, and makes an appeal to “buying local” by, in part, disparaging the “big chains” as being greedy, and implying that all the money goes out of town. While there is “truth” to this, that isn’t the full story. The image reads: “When...