Legislation that will help bring common sense to the state’s Uniform Construction Code (UCC), especially along the Northern Tier, passed the state House today and is on its way to the state Senate for consideration, said Rep. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna). “The Northern Tier is blessed to have a thriving mapleContinue Reading
Gary Kaschak is well known throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania’s business community as the General Manager of two of our region’s popular lodging properties, the five-time Platinum Award winning Comfort Inn & Suites Tunkhannock and the three-time Platinum Award winning Comfort Inn & Suites Sayre. Fewer are aware of Gary’s long historyContinue Reading
Saturday, March 25 at Elk Lake High School Auditorium, 2380 Elk Lake School Rd, Springville. 9-10 am: Presentation by Dr. Ralph Garruto, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Anthropology, Binghamton University. 10-11 am: Screening “Emergence,” the uplifting sequel to “Under Our Skin,” which was shown in Montrose last year. Break Noon: Presentation byContinue Reading
The Northern Tier Symphony is announcing its spring program with concerts at three locations in April and May. The orchestra, led by music director and conductor Robert Helmacy, will perform on Friday, April 21 at 8 pm at Tunkhannock Area Middle School; on Friday, April 28 at 8 pm at Wallenpaupack High School inContinue Reading
Chuck Berry, who died on March 18, 2017, didn’t invent Rock ‘n’ Roll, but he was certainly one of its most important creators and purveyors. He was often imitated, both illegally by the Beach Boys and with great pride by the Beatles and Rolling Stones, but his unique blend ofContinue Reading
Rep. Tina Pickett (above, right) attended the state finals of the Poetry Out Loud contest at the State Museum on Monday to see Towanda Area High School senior Ezoza Ismailova (top and above, center) compete. She was one of 15 regional finalists. The host for the event was Pennsylvania First LadyContinue Reading
Wyoming County Commissioners (back, from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry and Ron Williams hear from Housing and Redevelopment Authority director John Jennings (front, left), HRA grants administrator Lisa Hahn (front, right) and EMA director Gene Dziak, who announced that nearly $2.5 million in FEMA buyouts are earmarked for the MeshoppenContinue Reading
Photos and Commentary by Rick Hiduk A temporary exhibit inside the Bradford County Courthouse rotunda includes enough photos of people relegated to squalid conditions because they were deemed to be insane to make all but the most hardened of souls a bit queasy. But the introduction on the first ofContinue Reading
Members of the Wyoming County Prison Board, including (above, clockwise from back, left) Commissioners Judy Mead, Tom Henry, and Ron Williams, Chief Clerk Bill Gaylord, Atty. Steve Franko, Deputy Warden Gordon Traveny, Sheriff Ed Sherman, Warden Ken Repsher, and President Judge Russell Shurtleff met on Tuesday at the courthouse inContinue Reading
More than 700 people were estimated to have attended Ag Day at Elk Lake High School in Susquehanna County on Friday. Among them were Rep. Tina Pickett (above, center), who enjoyed some ice cream while talking with Cindy Bonavita of Meshoppen (left) and Carl Edsell of Leraysville. Susquehanna County AgContinue Reading