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
Submitted Photo Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) was honored to receive the Pennsylvania Dental Association’s Kay F. Thompson Outstanding Legislator Award for her positive legislative efforts in the field of dentistry. Pictured with Boback are Peg Kuskin and Dr. William Spruill, PDA past president.Continue Reading
Members of the Bradford County Prison Board, including (above, clockwise from left) Sheriff CJ Walters, President Judge Maureen Beirne, Commissioner Ed Bustin, Dep. Warden Pete Quattrini, Commissioner Daryl Miller, Warden Don Stewart, and District Attorney Dan Barrett met at the courthouse in Towanda on Nov. 9. Photo and Story byContinue Reading