Photo by Rick Hiduk Oldest House docents Deborah Courville (above, left) and Karla Uccellini will be welcoming guests to Day 2 of the annual Fall Fancy Fair on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 9 am to 5 pm. In addition to soup and sandwiches available for purchase for lunch, other itemsContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk A request by the Wyoming County Board of Elections to consolidate the two Falls Township precincts to one polling location was turned down by Judge Russell Shurtleff yesterday. It had been hoped by Falls Township officials to have everyone vote at the Assembly of God Church onContinue Reading
Submitted Article The last Open house for this year for the three venues of the Clifford Township Historical Society will be Sunday, Oct. 21, from 1 to 4 pm. Start the tour at the historic Clifford Baptist Church, Church Street in Clifford that was built when Thomas Jefferson was stillContinue Reading
Hundreds of quilts displayed in the sanctuary of the United Methodist Church (top) were an unusual but appreciable site during the Hometown Fall Fest. Shari Herring (above, left) of Thornhurst stopped by the Dietrich Theater on Saturday to learn what her old friend, Frances Urie, had to say about theContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk / Map by Google (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Craig Martin Bauer, 47, Montrose faces charges for making terroristic threats that caused the evacuation of the P&G Federal Credit Union on Lane Hill Road in Tunkhannock Township on Sept. 20. Just before 3 pm that day, anContinue Reading
Celebrating the impending opening of the Endless Mountains Extended Care facility on Lithia Valley Road in Wyoming County at an open house last Friday were (above, from left) Nick and Trish Colangelo, Leo Vergnetti, and Stephen and Arianne Scheller. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Advocates for persons in WyomingContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) After years of planning and meetings with corporate officials and municipal leaders, The Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that ground will be broken on Tuesday, Oct. 16 for the installation of a natural gas line to bring serviceContinue Reading
Judge Russell Shurtleff (top left) showed tour participants on Oct. 5 an interesting mark assumed to have been left behind by someone working on the courthouse windows in the 1920s. State Sen. Lisa Baker (above, center) congratulates commissioners Tom Henry and Judy Mead on the 175th anniversary of the WyomingContinue Reading
Story by Rick Hiduk / satellite image by Google (Also published in the Rocket Courier) Five flash flooding events in a single year have been tough on residents and municipalities throughout region. But for Laceyville, a relatively small borough with a shrinking tax base, the costs to fix the damageContinue Reading
Just a touch of fall color could be seen in Tunkhannock from the Wyoming County Courthouse on Friday. That will change rapidly over the next two weeks as cool air and possible frost replace the warmer-than-average air mass now dominating the area. Photos by Rick Hiduk The best news isContinue Reading