Local Republican State Representatives Tina Pickett (above, left) and Jonathan Fritz (right) weighed in on today’s disclosure of HB 218, the House compromise of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. House Bill 218 is the legislative vehicle for the 2017-18 state budget, which spends $31.52 billion, aboutContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk If Meshoppen property owners accept the conditions of a buyout plan of flood-prone properties currently proposed by PEMA, most of the structures on Church Street (above) will be demolished. The block grant proposal is in jeopardy, however, after significant quantitative evidence was brought to theContinue Reading
Church Youth Groups Invited to Participate Participants in the 2016 ‘Student Heritage Sojourn,’ including Bradford County Commissioner Ed Bustin (above), wait patiently for their fellow paddlers to launch onto the Susquehanna River North Branch for the start of their journey last spring. The Endless Mountains Heritage Region has announced that thereContinue Reading
Bradford County Regional Arts Council “Nightlife Presents” comes to a close on Saturday, April 8 at the Guthrie Performing Arts Center at the Sayre Theatre at 7:30 pm with The Trio Alexander. Tickets are on sale now: adults $15, seniors $13 and students $10, plus a $2.50 processing fee toContinue Reading
Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Dan Meuser (top, left) speaks of the value of natural gas production for the entire Commonwealth at a State of Energy in Pennsylvania presentation at the recent CCAP conference in Harrisburg. The meeting was sponsored by Sen. Scott Wagner (not pictured) of York County andContinue Reading
David Buck (above, right), Greenway Coordinator for the Endless Mountain Heritage Region and Susquehanna Depot borough councilman Dana Rockwell were among those who met at the Wyoming County Cultural Center on March 27 to finalize an ambitious schedule of events along the Susquehanna River North Branch this year. The SusquehannaContinue Reading
The testing of a camera-equipped drone at the Wyoming County Courthouse by 911 Director Jeff Porter and Commissioner Henry on Wednesday morning may have seemed like child’s play. But the brief flyover and the video the remote-control aircraft transmitted to the ground proved the amazing potential such a deviceContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk The Susquehanna River flowed silently but swiftly past Tunkhannock and Eaton Township on Wednesday afternoon as it neared crest. Significant rains on Friday will likely put the river in the range of “flood stage” throughout the Endless Mountains If the February thaw didn’t strike fear intoContinue Reading
Participants in the first planning meeting for Tunkhannock River Day, held at the Wyoming County Cultural Center on March 28, included (above, front, from left) Rich Fitzsimmons, Katy Stockdale, Diane Turrell, Margie Young, Jessica Shaffer, Erica Rogler, Tina Champluvier, (back) Art Coolbaugh, Debbie Dowling, Lynelle Welch, John Williams, David Buck,Continue Reading
Xpress Natural Gas will receive $200,000 from the Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant (AFIG) program to purchase 10 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, Rep. Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne) announced today. Xpress Natural Gas will use the CNG vehicles to collect stranded gas from gathering systems in Susquehanna County, and then compress andContinue Reading