radioNOVO News for Williamsport: June 18, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 06/18/26          TENSIONS BOILED OVER AT THIS WEEK'S MUNCY TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS MEETING, WHERE EMBATTLED CHAIRMAN SUPERVISOR TERRI LAUCHLE WAS BACK IN THE SADDLE, AFTER HER BRIEF STINT IN JAIL EARLIER THIS MONTH.           WHEN CONTROVERSY OVER THE REAPPOINTMENT OF FORMER TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR JOSEPH ORSO THE THIRD HAPPENED, HE STORMED OUT OF THE MEETING BEFORE HIS REAPPOINTMENT VOTE, SAYING HE WOULD NOT BE PART OF WHAT HE LATER CALLED AN UNPROFESSIONAL ATMOSPHERE.          THE MEETING FEATURED HEATED EXCHANGES BETWEEN OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS, INCLUDING DISPUTES OVER ORSO'S PROPOSED HOURLY FEE HE'D BE PAID, AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENT RULES. AT ONE POINT, TOWNSHIP SECRETARY KATHRYN HARPER PHYSICALLY INTERVENED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENFORCE SPEAKING TIME LIMITS, DRAWING SHARP CRITICISM FROM AUDIENCE MEMBERS.          MEANWHILE, IF ALL THAT WASN'T ENOUGH EXCITEMENT............. A SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST BLAISE ALEXANDER ALSO TOOK PLACE AT THE MEETING.           HE SHOWED UP AFTER LAUCHLE CLAIMED HE HAD OFFERED TO PAY HER SEVEN-THOUSAND-DOLLAR CONTEMPT-OF-COURT FINE SHE RECEIVED IN THE BASS PRO SHOP DEVELOPMENT DISPUTE.          ALEXANDER STRONGLY DENIED THE CLAIM, TELLING THE CROWD, QUOTE, "THAT'S A LIE."  LAUCHLE THEN SAID HER HUSBAND ACTUALLY PAID THE FINE.  ALEXANDER, HIS FIANCEE AND DOG LEFT THE MEETING TO LOUD CHEERS FROM THE AUDIENCE.