The excitement builds as children six-to-eight years (top) old fill their baskets and bags with eggs at the annual Meshoppen Community Easter Egg Hunt, where the arrival of the Easter Bunny (above) is always a big hit. Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Less than a week ago, the ballContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk Alex Lupher (front, left) Dawn Bluhm (center), and William Lupher took the most prizes in various age groups and categories at the Meshoppen Halloween Fund Halloween Party on October 31. They won third place in the Float/Group category. Dawn took third place Scariest in ages 10Continue Reading
Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Three hundred people or more found their way to the Meshoppen ball park for the annual Meshoppen Holiday Fund Halloween Party on October 31. At least half of those in attendance donned a costume of some sort, themes running the gamut from popular movieContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Rigmaids, based in Williamsport with offices in Ohio and West Virginia were indicative of a new, creative level of support businesses for the natural gas industry. They met hundreds of prospective applicants on Wednesday at the Business, Job & Gas Expo held at theContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Children in the 9-to-12 age group take off across the ball field along Meshoppen Creek on Saturday morning, each focused on the hundreds of colorful eggs containing candy and prize slips laid out before them. A brilliant morning sun quickly warmed Meshoppen Ballpark forContinue Reading
Photo and Story Rick Hiduk Volunteers from the Meshoppen Fire Company and the FWM Emergency Squad (above) blocked the southern end of Meshopany Ridge Road on Saturday after an unscheduled release of highly pressurized natural gas occurred at the Manning Compressor Station in Washington Township, Wyoming County. The sudden releaseContinue Reading
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from right) Tom Henry, Ron Williams, and Judy Meade proclaimed the county’s observance of April 13 to 19 as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. They were joined at the meeting by Wyoming County 911 staff members (from left) Brian Miller, DebiContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk The Wyoming County Commissioners chambers at the courthouse in Tunkhannock were filled on March 11, as representatives from Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services (MH/DS), several elected officials, and clients served by the agency joined the regular meeting of the commissioners for aContinue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk The waterfall on Meshoppen Creek, as it flows into the borough of Meshoppen, appeared to be frozen in time this afternoon (Jan. 29). The stream continues to run under the thickening ice, of course, and might rise a bit this weekend with a spate of slightlyContinue Reading
Photo by Rick Hiduk The Susquehanna River winds between the borough of Meshoppen and farmlands in Mehoopany and Meshoppen Townships. Watershed quality in the Endless Mountains region is being improved via partnerships with farm owners and agencies like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. In a report issued by The Chesapeake BayContinue Reading