Baker Announces August Office Hours in Wyoming County
Sen. Lisa Baker announced that field representative Tom Yoniski will be available for consultation from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7 in the Commissioners’ Office Conference Room inside the Wyoming County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Tunkhannock. Appointments are welcome but not necessary. Constituents are encouraged to visitContinue Reading
Boback Announces August Outreach Hours
Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) today announced her outreach events and satellite hours for August. Representatives from several different organizations will offer assistance at her district offices throughout the month. Please note these events are weather permitting. “My staff and I are here to help with state-related issues,” said Boback.Continue Reading
River Celebrated with Music, Activities and Presentations at Tunkhannock
Local residents and visitors to Tunkhannock (top) relaxed and listen to music in Riverside Park on July 21. Above, children who had participated during the previous week in a music camp at the Dietrich Theater assembled on the stage to perform a pair of folk songs with Tim and AbiContinue Reading
Wyoming County Represented at Harrisburg Opioid Workshop
Factoryville/Clinton Township Joint Municipal Park (top) is one of two projects to which the Wyoming County Commissioners will lend support via letters the municipalities will submit with DCED grant applications at the end of July. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) After working through aContinue Reading
Flooding Threat Diminished, But Drying Out Will be Slow
The Susquehanna River was rising quickly in Wysox (top) and Towanda on Wednesday afternoon, but predicted crests that would have put the flood-prone waterway over its banks at several locations had been scaled back by Wednesday evening. Photos by Rick Hiduk Blue skies today almost seem like an anomoly withContinue Reading
Mental Health Services Lagging for Wyoming County Inmates
Photo and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Though 13 more individuals were released over the last month than were taken into the Wyoming County Prison system, numbers of those incarcerated remain high. The bigger problem, reported Warden Ken Repsher, is the increase in people needing mentalContinue Reading
Montrose Man Found in Stolen Vehicle in Windham Township
Story By Rick Hiduk / Map by Google Earth (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) James Walsh, 23, Montrose, faces charges for alteration or destruction of a vehicle identification number, receiving stolen property, defiant trespass on a posted property, and public drunkenness or similar misconduct. State police were notified at aboutContinue Reading
Buck Hands Off ‘444 Club’ Mantle at River Day
EMHR water trail manager Dana Rockwell of Susquehanna Depot (top, left) tells of the trip he and a friend made down the entire length of the river last year that led to his membership in the 444 Club. Looking on are fellow 444 Club members (from left) Emily Rinaldi, DavidContinue Reading
Claverack Member Meeting Draws Hundreds to Springville
At least 900 people moved through Elk Lake High School on July 17 and enjoyed a chicken dinner as guests of Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative. Nathan Stoddard, a Claverack field service supervisor enthralled guests with demonstrations of how the rural electric cooperative has integrated various technologies to provide quicker responseContinue Reading
No Till Gardening Session Planned
Submitted Article Like gardening, but don’t like all the hard work associated with it? This may be just for you. If you are like me, I like to put a garden in every year. However, as my mind wrestles with tilling the soil; all the weeding, and watering, and tendingContinue Reading