Submitted Article With a reminder that pure water is a constitutional right, state Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) today introduced House Bill 930, legislation that would require public and non-public schools to test all outlets used for cooking and drinking annually for the presence of lead, and to ensure that saidContinue Reading
Submitted Article Rep. Tina Pickett (Braford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) met and approved over $1.2 million in state grant funding for the 110th District. “I am very pleased to see these types of major investments coming to the district,” said Pickett. “All of these grants will helpContinue Reading
(submitted Article) The Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce (WyCCC) just received word that an additional $1 million grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development Pipeline Extension Program (PIPE) has been approved, as has another $1 million grant application from Leatherstocking Gas Company to service Wyalusing. The grant wasContinue Reading
Submitted Article/Photo by R. Brown In an effort to honor all area Vietnam-era veterans, the office of Sen. Pat Toomey (PA) and state Rep. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) will co-host a ceremony honoring Bradford County Vietnam veterans. The ceremony will take place on Monday, April 1, from 4–5 p.m. at theContinue Reading
Family Service Association and Children & Youth Services managers from Susquehanna and Wyoming counties planted 86 pinwheels in the west courthouse lawn to mark Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Participants included (above, from left) Howard Heise, Meagan Janiszewski, Janine Fortney, Kimberly Tuttle and Mike Zimmerman. Photos and story by RickContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) The mangled wreckage of a truck, tractor and tanker trailer that rolled over the south bank of Route 6 near the Wyoming County Fairgrounds on Wednesday morning is barely discernible among the trees, brush and debris it took with it. AccordingContinue Reading
The Loyalsock Creek (top), one of two waterways to be celebrated by the EMHR in a speakers series this spring, at Worlds End State Park in 2018. Paddlers on a sojourn take in the Great Bend area of the Susquehanna River (above) in 2018. Scenic photos by Rick Hiduk TheContinue Reading
Submitted Article The PA House Judiciary Committee has unanimously passed legislation authored by state Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) that would provide civil immunity for damages resulting from forcibly entering a motor vehicle to rescue an individual. “I’ve been down this road before, as this is the third time I’ve introducedContinue Reading
Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Participants in the March 14 meeting of the Bradford County Prison Board included (above, clockwise, from left) Warden Don Stewart, commissioner Doug McLinko, chief clerk Michelle Shedden, commissioners Ed Bustin and Daryl Miller, and sheriff C.J. Walters. (Exclusive to Endless Mountains Lifestyles) When aContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk A large crowd gathered in downtown Meshoppen last Friday as a pair of operators moved their excavators into position to push down the last part of the former Tyler Hospital and Kennard Hotel that was methodically demolished over the course of a week. Traffic on RouteContinue Reading