Storms Challenge Wyoming County 911 Personnel
Wyoming County Commissioners (seated, from left) Judy Mead and Tom Henry welcomed Atty. Timothy Michaels (standing) to the board room on Tuesday. Michaels will officially become the county’s new public defender on June 1. Story and Photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) At the May 29 meetingContinue Reading
Heritage Attractions Sign to Be Unveiled at County Museum
Displaying a prototype of a Susquehanna County Heritage Attractions sign that will be unveiled in Montrose on June 12 are (from left) Susquehanna County Free Library director Susan Stone, Susquehanna County Historical Society Museum curator Betty Smith, Montrose Borough Council member Craig Reimel, Endless Mountains Heritage Region board member BrianContinue Reading
Donna Iannone to Host Open House at New Campaign Office
Submitted Article PA House of Representatives District 110 candidate Donna Iannone (above, right with Friends of Donna Iannone campaign treasurer Marge Dailey) will host an open house at her new campaign office in Wyalusing on Friday, June 1 from noon to 7 pm in the Wyalusing Community Building on 20Continue Reading
Spring Was Short! Here Comes Summer
Area streams rose swiftly on Tuesday and again on Wednesday after a series of storms moved over the already saturated Endless Mountains. Meshoppen Creek coursed swiftly through the borough on Wednesday as Tunkhannock Creek briefly breached it’s banks at Lazy Brook Park. The Susquehanna River at Meshoppen crested just overContinue Reading
Family Service Association Opens Registration for Kids Clay Shoot
The Bob Klein Breaking Clays for Kids – 3rd Annual Clay Shoot benefiting the Children’s Center of Susquehanna & Wyoming Counties is officially open for registration for the July 13th Clay Shoot. Submitted Article The Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania has officially opened its registration for the 3rd AnnualContinue Reading
Northeast Title & Tag Opens New Tunkhannock Office
Participants in the ribbon cutting ceremony at Northeast Title & Tag’s new location in Tunkhannock included (from left) Nancy Parlo, Debbie Dowling, Ed Carter, Jr., Kimberly Carter, Dylan Grunza, John Roy Thompson, Rosemary Thompson, Catherine “Kitty” Ohara, Cole Kebles, Maria Carter, Joseph Grasso, Michael Aten, Leslie Cadden, Juliann Miller, GinaContinue Reading
Wysox Supervisors Table Motion on Construction Bids
Wysox Township supervisors (above, from left) T. Thompson, Bill Them, and Evan Barnes look over eight bids received for all or parts of the project to construct a new township building on May 17. Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) At a special public meetingContinue Reading
Camp Kelly Hires New Boys Basketball Director
Submitted Article UNC’s Camp Kelly recently hired Tyler Whitcomb (above, far left) to be its new Boys Basketball Director. Tyler started off his coaching career as a student assistant college basketball coach at Kalamazoo Valley Community College which lead to an assistant coach position on some college teams under aContinue Reading
Free Screenings of ‘Peoples of the Susquehanna’ Planned
“Peoples of the Susquehanna River,” a documentary about the indigenous predecessors to European settlers who thrived along one of the world’s oldest waterways, will be shown at Susquehanna High School, 3192 Turnpike Street, Susquehanna at 2 pm on Saturday, May 26 and at the Keystone Theatre, 601 Main Street, TowandaContinue Reading
Progressive Artists Add Spice of Variety to NEPA Bluegrass Festival
By Rick Hiduk While Rhonda Vincent and a host of award-winning bluegrass artists hold down the Traditional Stage at this year’s NEPA Bluegrass Festival, the Progressive Stage will be teeming with pickers and mashers who take bluegrass music to new levels, bending the rules a bit to carve their ownContinue Reading