Lonnie Moore III (left) and Darryl Gore (right), direct descendants of the Perkins and Dennis families who settled the historic Dennis Farm in Susquehanna County flank Keystone College liaison Lucas Taylor at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, where they shared the story and information about their capital campaign last week. StoryContinue Reading
The Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) will conduct a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 22 focused on the needs of heritage-, recreational- and agriculture-based organizations from 10 am to noon in the Community Room of the Main Branch of the Susquehanna County Library at 458 High School Road in Montrose. EMHRContinue Reading
Edited from submitted articles Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved funding totaling more than $2.4 million on Wednesday that will go toward the reimbursement costs of repairing roads and bridges in Susquehanna County that were damaged by flash flooding in August 2018. “The flooding that occurred during that summer wasContinue Reading
Courtroom 1 at the Susquehanna County Courthouse at Montrose was barely recognizable last Wednesday with scaffolding in place for renovations that should be completed by early January. Susquehanna County commissioners (above, from left) Betsy Arnold, MaryAnn Warren and Alan Hall inspect the progress of renovations. Changes to the floor planContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Susquehanna County Independent) Approximately 60 people from a variety of backgrounds participated in the annual conference of the Susquehanna County Coalition for the Prevention of Child Abuse held on Nov. 7 at American Legion Post 154 at Elk Lake. The topic this yearContinue Reading
State representatives Jonathan Fritz (far right) and Mary Issacson (second from left) checked in on a nursing students class while touring the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center last Thursday, meeting (from left) Melissa Valentine, Erica Hawkins, Marisa Kenny, Chrystal Bender, Michell Drost and nursing instructor Karen Killian. Participants inContinue Reading
Ed Blystone (top, left) of the Kenworth of PA team takes his shots at station #7, while teammates (continuing from left) Charlie Heller, Bob Zenker, Bill Burns and Shawn Brown look on. Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas students (above, from left) Tom Gudykunst, Kevin Payet, Scott Wasilchak, GarrisonContinue Reading
Energy industry workers and invited guests (top) seem dwarfed by the expansive interior of the new GDS maintenance facility in Lenox Township, the opening of which was celebrated on Sept. 25. Key speakers included (above, from left) Shealynn Shave of the Northern Tier Industry Education Consortium, Phil Stalnaker of CabotContinue Reading
Little Meadows residents and friends who gathered at the Whitetails Bar & Grill for the monthly Coffee With Friends meeting on Sept. 5 included (top, clockwise from front, left) Linda Newman, Ron Kemmerer, John Butler, Fred Pitcher, Rhonda Pitcher, Carol Newman, Liz Gleason, Joyce Barnum, Sharon Hickey, Linda Kemmerer, JudyContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Susquehanna County Independent) Patrons of the Harford Fair endured some sultry days and nights this year until Thursday’s rains brought some relief from the humidity and more characteristic “fair weather.” For a second year in a row, fairgoers had the option ofContinue Reading