Submitted Article Farm Women United (FWU), a grass-roots association organized by farm women to “Take back our food supply, one policy project at a time,” is holding a “Dairy Farm Family Crisis Hearing” on July 24, 2018, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the Lairdsville Fire Hall, 143 School Lane, Lairdsville, to addressContinue Reading
Rep. Karen Boback (Columbia/Luzerne/Wyoming) has announced her office will hold a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Seminar featuring state Secretary of Aging Teresa Osborne. The event will take place on Friday, July 20, at the Wyoming County Active Adult center located at 101 Dymond Terrace in Tunkhannock. Doors will open at 10:30Continue Reading
Submitted Article/Photos by Rick Hiduk Forksville, located along the Loyalsock Creek in Sullivan County, was established as a borough in 1880 and, in the 1900 census, had 152 residents. Today there are around 50 residents. Forksville is also the site of one of the three remaining covered bridges in SullivanContinue Reading
With members of Auburn Township Boy Scout Troop 88 and T-Town Twirlers among their ranks, American Legion Post 510 members from Black Walnut (top) led the color guard unit into Meshoppen Community Park for the veterans memorial service that was widely appreciated by patrons of Meshoppen Community Day on JuneContinue Reading
After a cloudy, muggy day that was punctuated by rain showers and some isolated heavy thunderstorms, temperatures made a run for 90 degrees again today in river towns like Wysox in Bradford County. Photos by Rick Hiduk It won’t feel like much of a break to some people, but tomorrowContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (also published in the Rocket-Courier) Looking at $67,000 in combined sewer and water bills owed by building owners in Meshoppen, borough council members agreed on Monday that it is time to cut service to those properties regardless of the circumstances. “If service is rendered, then you haveContinue Reading
Photos and Commentary by Rick Hiduk The tradition of June weddings has been broadened over time into two wedding seasons per year; May to early July and late August to October. Couples-to-be smartly avoid what is generally the hottest month of the year, even though Mother Nature always has theContinue Reading
State Rep. Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne) announced that more than $16,058,972 in impact fees from the natural gas industry will be disbursed to the district’s counties. Susquehanna County will receive the vast majority of funds and Wayne County, because of the prohibition on natural gas drilling, will receive a much smallerContinue Reading
The Susquehanna River at Tunkhannock was brown and moving swiftly this afternoon, swollen by a day and a half of showers and thunderstorms that finally moved away in the afternoon. Photos by Rick Hiduk Humidity will build along with the heat as the weekend approaches. Some of the highest temperaturesContinue Reading
2018 graduates of the Leadership Wyoming program on June 13 included, seated (front, left) Mike Gomez, Phil McKeon, (second row) Alisa Shaffer, Bonnie Nemergut, Matt Swartwood, (standing) Diana Petlock, Kimberly DeLeo, Justin Kostelansky, Brad Georgetti, Rick Hiduk and (not pictured) Kelly Langan and Brian Zeidner. Twelve representatives of as manyContinue Reading