Wyoming County Commissioners (above, from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry and Ron Williams held their regularly scheduled public meeting on Tuesday morning after the monthly meeting of the Prison Board. Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk The July 11 meeting of the Wyoming County Commissioners had its highs and lowsContinue Reading
The success of the annual Cornstock Folk Festival at Lazy Brook Park owes as much to its atmosphere as it does the high caliber of its musicians. Organizers of the fifth annual Cornstock Folk Festival are expanding the scope of the event by putting additional emphasis on the arts thisContinue Reading
Wyoming County Prison Board members at the July 11 meeting included (clockwise, from front, left) Solicitor Paul Litwin III, Commissioners Judy Mead, Tom Henry and Ron Williams, Chief Clerk Bill Gaylord, Sheriff Ned Sherman, District Attorney Jeff Mitchell, Warden Ken Repsher, Judge Russell Shurtleff and (not pictured) Public Defender StephenContinue Reading
Pictured with Rep. Karen Boback are (above, from left) Wyoming County Detective David Ide, Tunkhannock Area High School Principal Greg Ellsworth and Tunkhannock Area High School Vice Principal Todd Bosscher. Submitted Article Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) will be holding her annual senior expo on Friday, July 28, from 10 am to 2Continue Reading
Board members of French Azilum, Inc. want to take the time to thank the community for their support of the organization’s endeavors. On Saturday, July 22, the French Azilum historic site will be hosting “Descendants Day.” They would love to see the community come out and meet some descendants of theContinue Reading
The Wyoming County Players pose for their upcoming production of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” Pictured in the front row are Jacob Robinson, Sarah Brown, Saige Kleyman, Paul DeGroat, Edward Baumeister and Julia Risitano. Middle row is Angel Trowbridge, Danielle Perone, Wendy Kleyman, Coral Kleyman, Theresa Caines, Gina Perone, Molly Goodwin, Will Hagenbuch, IgorContinue Reading
The Dietrich Theater’s 3rd Annual Summer Fest, a feast of 23 foreign and independent movies, begins on Friday, July 14 and continues for three weeks, ending Thursday, August 3. Amid the blockbuster movies of the summer come the movies with stories of love, adventure, discovery, and this year, many films all about our humanityContinue Reading
Laceyville’s Oldest House (above) will host a Grand Reopening from Friday to Sunday, July 14, 15, and 16. After several months of repairs to the structure it is ready to open again for special events and weekend tours. The supporting sills of the house were replaced and, as is often theContinue Reading
Representatives serving counties in the Endless Mountains weighing in the budget the House delivered to Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday feel the $32 million proposal is a fair and conservative compromise to Wolf’s version of the budget proposed in March. Mostly importantly, Reps. Boback (above), Fritz, and Pickett were unitedContinue Reading
Members of the Northeast Republican Delegation (above) met with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and his staff on Wednesday to discuss the status of a lawsuit involving the alleged deceptive royalty payment practices by two drilling companies operating in the state. Submitted Article In the continuing fight on behalf of thousands ofContinue Reading