Submitted Article The Endless Mountains Theatre Company (EMTC) presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to the stage this Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 2 to 5, in the Elk Lake High School auditorium, 2380 Elk Lake School Rd., Springville. The family-friendly musical, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, isContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk Employees of Nonweilers Amusements were busy Monday afternoon setting up rides and refreshment stands, while fire company members were emptying the bays that will become the bar for their five-day carnival. The annual Triton Hose Company Carnival opens on Tuesday, July 31 and runs through Saturday,Continue Reading
Submitted Article Five educational facilities offering child care to families in Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna counties will benefit from state grants offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, according to a press release from the office of Rep. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna). The department’s Office of Child Development and Early LearningContinue Reading
Sen. Lisa Baker announced that field representative Tom Yoniski will be available for consultation from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7 in the Commissioners’ Office Conference Room inside the Wyoming County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Tunkhannock. Appointments are welcome but not necessary. Constituents are encouraged to visitContinue Reading
Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) today announced her outreach events and satellite hours for August. Representatives from several different organizations will offer assistance at her district offices throughout the month. Please note these events are weather permitting. “My staff and I are here to help with state-related issues,” said Boback.Continue Reading
Local residents and visitors to Tunkhannock (top) relaxed and listen to music in Riverside Park on July 21. Above, children who had participated during the previous week in a music camp at the Dietrich Theater assembled on the stage to perform a pair of folk songs with Tim and AbiContinue Reading
Factoryville/Clinton Township Joint Municipal Park (top) is one of two projects to which the Wyoming County Commissioners will lend support via letters the municipalities will submit with DCED grant applications at the end of July. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) After working through aContinue Reading
The Susquehanna River was rising quickly in Wysox (top) and Towanda on Wednesday afternoon, but predicted crests that would have put the flood-prone waterway over its banks at several locations had been scaled back by Wednesday evening. Photos by Rick Hiduk Blue skies today almost seem like an anomoly withContinue Reading
Photo and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Though 13 more individuals were released over the last month than were taken into the Wyoming County Prison system, numbers of those incarcerated remain high. The bigger problem, reported Warden Ken Repsher, is the increase in people needing mentalContinue Reading
Story By Rick Hiduk / Map by Google Earth (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) James Walsh, 23, Montrose, faces charges for alteration or destruction of a vehicle identification number, receiving stolen property, defiant trespass on a posted property, and public drunkenness or similar misconduct. State police were notified at aboutContinue Reading