The Bradford County Commissioners ordered all flags at county buildings to half-staff on March 10 in honor of Tom Fairchild, who passed away on March 5 at the age of 92. The commissioners honored Fairchild as a veteran and POW, as well as for his service to county. Fairchild served eightContinue Reading
Partners in Family and community Development Director Joyce Kerrick (top, standing, right) welcomes members of the Communities That Care coalition to a breakfast meeting held on Feb. 18 at the American Legion Post in Towanda. Key speaker at the meeting was Phyllis Law (above) of State College-based EPISCenter. Communities ThatContinue Reading
United Way of Bradford County Executive Director Kerri Strauss (above) announced on Monday that grant applications are now available for project funding for 2016. The grant application can be found online at http://www.unitedwaybradfordcounty.org. The grant application must be filed electronically versus paper as in the past. All applications must be completedContinue Reading
Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Prize winners in the United Way Pledge to Win raffle included (above, from left) Alex Piechocki (DuPont), Cameron Turner (Cargill), Desiree Roof (Cargill), Natalie Malkemes (Century Farm), Tim Mello (AES Armenia Mountain Wind), Elizabeth Page (Cargill), Stacey Bowman (GTP), Rick Morgan (GTP), Alisa WestbrookContinue Reading
The Sugar Runners, comprised of (from left) David Buck, Chris Turrell, Lydia Whipple, and Megan Hatley braved the drizzly weather of April 26 to pull this trash up from the banks of the Susquehanna River as part of a larger Great American Cleanup of PA event. Endless Mountains Heritage RegionContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk It might have been beginners luck, but six-year-old Jack Russell of Little Meadows in Susquehanna County (above, left) was the only angler to have landed a trout by midmorning at the junction of Mehoopany Creek and North Fork at Forkston Four Corners on AprilContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park Association (BCVMPA) members George Crowell (left) and Joe Doherty flank recently built forms for the stairway that will take visitors from the parking lot to the main park. A handicap-accessible ramp runs to the right. As a long, coldContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk Morgan Christopher (standing) speaks to Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau members at a marketing workshop about how to accommodate tour operators and meeting planners when they come to their business. The Endless Mountain Visitors Bureau (EMVB) has made outstanding progress in the past year in not only putting the four-county (Bradford,Continue Reading
(Mehoopany) – Connection for Oil, Gas & Environment in the Northern Tier, Inc. (COGENT) is pleased to announce a $50,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for pipeline emergencies training. These funds will be used for training first responders in Bradford, Sullivan,Continue Reading
(Harrisburg) – Legislation sponsored by Reps. Garth Everett (Lycoming), Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), Sandra Major (Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming) and Matt Baker (Tioga/Bradford) to clarify minimum royalty payments in state law was the subject of a meeting of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Tuesday in Harrisburg. House Bill 1684 would directly respond toContinue Reading