Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Retiring Deputy Treasurer Helen Montanye was thanked for 30 years of service to Wyoming County during a surprise retirement party at the courthouse in Tunkhannock on Tuesday morning. Dozens of Wyoming County employees at the courthouse took an early lunch break on Dec.Continue Reading
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from left) Tom Henry, Judy Mead, and Ron Williams were happy to announce that Wyoming County had been upgrade to AA status on the Standard & Poors Index. The board also negotiated a better deal on their annual Tax Anticipation Note.Continue Reading
By Rick Hiduk In December of 1966, I was just four years and three months old when my father took me to the SCI (now the YMCA) in Towanda to see Santa Claus, who was seated under the basketball hoop at the far end of the gymnasium. Gene Autry’s ChristmasContinue Reading
Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park Association (BCVMPA) reached out to you today with a serious request for important information. We are in the process of putting together lists of Bradford County military veterans who are recipients of the Medal of Honor, were Prisoners of War, were awarded the Purple Heart,Continue Reading
Emily Krafjack, a Mehoopany Township resident and co-founder of COGENT, recently attended a workshop in Laporte that offered ideas for better ways to fit infrastructure related to the natural gas industry into our existing landscape. What she learned debunked some myths, such as to what can be planted in right-of-waysContinue Reading
Photo and Story By Rick Hiduk (Dec. 11, 2013) Bradford County Commissioners (from left) Doug McLinko, Daryl Miller, and Mark Smith renewed their calls for state officials to take action against unfair gas royalty reductions at their Dec. 5 meeting. Statements made to the press at last Thursday’s meeting ofContinue Reading
Photos and Story By Rick Hiduk Youths from Whipple Performing Arts welcomed Santa and Mrs. Claus to Tunkhannock for the tree lighting ceremony. Organizers of Christmas in Our Hometown in Tunkhannock had good reason to be hopeful that Friday evening’s opening ceremonies would draw a good crowd, as light snowContinue Reading
Stories and Photos by Rick Hiduk Linemen from Claverack and Penelec electric companies wait for specialists from Clearfield to arrive to lift high voltage Penelec lines off Claverack lines along Stanek Road in Meshoppen Township. Those in Meshoppen Township who were not already up getting ready for the start ofContinue Reading
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk At the Dec. 4 meeting of the Wyalusing Area School Board, temporary president Vincent Amoroso (left) conducted the swearing-in of newly-elected school board members (continuing from left) Gene Anne Woodruff, Matt Muench, and (right) Kent Corson. Successful Incumbent Chad Salsman (second from left) wasContinue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk Hector and Lester, two turkeys raised at Fairchild’s Hardware Store in Towanda by owner P.J. Fairchild, took in Thursday’s mild weather on the sidewalk along Main Street. The birds arrived as peeps in June and were granted a Thanksgiving pardon by the store owner. Despite suggestionsContinue Reading