Photo Courtesy Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau Participating in the PA RiverTowns ceremony at Falls on Wednesday afternoon were (from left) Wyoming County Commissioner Ron Williams, Richard Fitzsimmons, Endless Mountains Heritage Region Director Annette Schultz, State Rep. Karen Boback, Anne Marie Willis, Art Coolbaugh, Commissioner Judy Mead, designation coordinator Carol Bedzel,Continue Reading
Participants at the Nov. 14 meeting of the Wyoming County Prison Board included (above, clockwise from left) commissioners Judy Mead, Tom Henry, and Ron Williams, chief clerk Bill Gaylord, Atty. Steve Franko, warden Ken Repsher and president judge Russell Shurtleff. Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk (As published in theContinue Reading
Wyalusing Valley High School Cross Country coach Jim Schools (above, left) and assistant coach Ellen Coates (right) introduce state qualifiers Catherine Brown, Kevin Heeman, Alex Patton and (not pictured) Hannah Corson to the school board on Monday evening. Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk (As published in the Rocket-Courier) SportsContinue Reading
Wyoming County Commissioners (above, from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry and Ron Williams work their way through a pile of new contracts that will keep the county’s recycling program in business for the next 10 years. Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk (As published in the Rocket-Courier) A stackContinue Reading
Mike and Renee Wilson’s daughter Ada-Mae (above) is just one of many additions to Shores Sisters Farm Market and Bake Shoppe. There appears to be no end in sight for expansion of the popular produce and dry goods store. The couple cites faith in God and the continuous support ofContinue Reading
With its upcoming fall concerts, the Northern Tier Symphony Orchestra will feature a new Principal Trumpet Player. Bryan Carr (above) of Wyalusing has been moved up to the position, where he will be the leader of the trumpet section. In that role, he will advise the other trumpet players, andContinue Reading
Laceyville police officer Kevin Costello (upper right) assisted Laceyville Business Association members (above, clockwise from lower left) Dawn Bluhm, Tony Bluhm of Bluhm’s Shopping Center, Tracy Slater of Split Enz, and Jenn Bluhm. Story by Rick Hiduk / Photos Courtesy of Dawn Bluhm The Laceyville Business Association got a jumpContinue Reading
Bridge replaced as part of Public-Private Partnership Submitted Story/Photo by Robert Williams The Canal Street bridge, which spans Little Meshoppen Creek in Meshoppen Borough, Wyoming County, reopened to traffic today. This bridge was replaced as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. The new crossing is longer and widerContinue Reading
The Troy Fair, Bradford County’s biggest and oldest, will get a big boost in 2018 with help from room tax grants through the Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency. Grants for $10,000 and $7,000 were recently given to the fair association and Alparon Park (above), where the annual fair is held.Continue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk Public officials and representatives of the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership and Endless Mountains Heritage Region will gather at George R. Hock Memorial Park in Falls at 1 pm on Wednesday, Nov. 15 to officially designate the village as a PA River Town. The celebration is several yearsContinue Reading