(submitted article) Have you noticed the new lighting of the marquee at the historic Dietrich Theater? When the Dietrich Theater opened in the last century in 1937 its marquee was appropriately lit with the lighting of the time, neon lighting, to blend with its art deco architecture. Today it isContinue Reading
When the TBPA’s “Wreaths Around Tunkhannock” kicks off this weekend, visitors will have the opportunity to hunt for 36 decorated wreaths in a variety of businesses and offices. Each will have a unique theme, while some wreaths have been decorated by representatives of the businesses and offices, others have usedContinue Reading
Story by Rick Hiduk The Grammy-nominated Boxcars will headline at the 7th annual NEPA Bluegrass Festival at Lazy Brook Park, east of Tunkhannock over the last weekend of May. This year’s NEPA Bluegrass Festival, set for Thursday to Sunday, May 29 to June 1, will continue to honor the traditions ofContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk As a building along McCord Street in Tunkhannock is pulled down behind them, a number of individuals who worked together to fund the buyouts and demolition of flood-prone properties in the borough gathered on Wednesday morning to see the fruits of their labor. ParticipantsContinue Reading
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from right) Tom Henry, Ron Williams, and Judy Meade proclaimed the county’s observance of April 13 to 19 as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. They were joined at the meeting by Wyoming County 911 staff members (from left) Brian Miller, DebiContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk A Management Action Plan for Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) gathered steam last week, as consultants from Peter J. Smith & Company met with a wide cross section of residents from Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties who are concerned about balancing heritage and progress in theContinue Reading
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk (March 13 update: After Wednesday’s sentencings, which included a 10-month to four-year mandate for Robin Gorton-Parrish for embezzling more than $34,000 from the Noxen Fire Company, prison population in Wyoming County stood at 70 inmates. The decision by Judge Shurtleft concerning Gorton-Parrish did not affectContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk The furnace at the Wyoming County Prison in Tunkhannock shut down on Feb. 24 in the midst of the cold snap that has held sway in the Endless Mountains since January. Warden Ken Repsher said that the culprit was a combination of a bad gasket and snow andContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from left) Ron Williams, Tom Henry, and Judy Mead and the county’s election board honored (continuing from left) Janet Kristunas, Walter Reese and (not pictured) William Dodge for 50 years each of consecutive voting in local and national elections. In aContinue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk It has been years since the landscape around Susquehanna River bridge at Tunkhannock has appeared this wintry. The river looks to be frozen solid but is in fact simply jammed with ice that flowed to this point during last week’s brief thaw and got stuck. HeavyContinue Reading