In 2020, the EMHR Grant Workshop was held at the Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock. The 2022 Grant Workshop will be held on Feb. 18 at the Keystone Theatre in Towanda. Presenters at the 2020 EMHR Grant Workshop included (above, from left) Paul Macknosky, Jean Ruhf, Christine Dettore, Cain Chamberlin, RobynContinue Reading
Participants in the EMHR’s Fall Heritage Benefit Paddle (top), held in October 2021, raised $1,000 for the French Azilum Historic Site, which is located just down the Susquehanna River from the famous Standing Stone in Bradford County. The EMHR plans to expand biking opportunities in 2022, like the Loyalsock StateContinue Reading
Jill Macauley (Top, second from right) and Catherine Grace (third from right) of Relevant Strategies & Solutions speak with EMHR board members at the Wyoming County Cultural Center and Marie Antoinette Overlook in Bradford County (above with Wyoming County Planner Lynnelle Farber) earlier this year in the process of updatingContinue Reading
Wyoming County residents have been watching local artist Bob Lizza install a new mural on the north face of the Dietrich Theater building (above) in Tunkhannock that will look like this when it is completed. The Riverside Cemetery Association in Towanda is making progress on turning the oldest public burialContinue Reading
Clifford Township Historical Society president Sandra Wilmot (top, left) and EMHR executive director Cain Chamberlin explore the Children’s Garden, which has interactive elements paralleling pre-historic times up through the Clifford area’s coal mining days. Above, members of the Troy Lions Foundations dig holes for new light posts to enhance theContinue Reading
Sandy Wilmot (top, left) of the Clifford Township Historical Society gave EMHR director Cain Chamberlin a tour of the Children’s Garden there in 2020. An EMHR Partnership/Mini-Grant will be used toward the design and installation of an interactive glacier display in the coming year. Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour guides (above)Continue Reading
Cain Chamberlin, who became executive director of the Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) in 2018, was recently appointed president of Heritage PA, the umbrella organization for the 12 recognized Heritage Areas within Pennsylvania, five of which are also nationally recognized. Chamberlin is the first representative of the EMHR, which servesContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in North Branch Arts Trail) Board members and staff of the Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) are anxious for the arrival of spring and the chance to get people outdoors for a variety of activities and events. Some are family-oriented, while others are for adultsContinue Reading
In 2020, The Sayre Historical Society used an EMHR Partnership/Mini-Grant to help cover costs associated with electrifying the iconic railroad caboose outside their museum. The Endless Mountains Heritage Region will be distributing Partnership/Mini-Grants again this year to help 501(c)3 non-profit organizations start or complete projects that enhance the heritage valueContinue Reading
A four-county map (top) outlining the Endless Mountains Heritage Region is at the center of the EMHR’s new Outdoor Recreation Guide (above). Waterfalls are abundant in Sullivan County and have their own page in a new Parks & Trails brochure (below). The Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) has released twoContinue Reading