Cabot’s Abe Curly cleans up the laydown yard at SCCTC prior to the pipe delivery. The welding program at the Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center (SCCTC) has allowed for a unique partnership between the school in Springville and those operating in the Marcellus shale. In addition to the SCCTCContinue Reading
Will Franssen (back, left) and Rosemary Franssen (back, right) explain to U.S. Small Business Administration representatives Elmo Rinaldi (front, left) and Steve Bulger how the Payroll Protection Program helped their business survive the first seven months of the pandemic. Story and Photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the SusquehannaContinue Reading
Lesli and Kirk Van Zandbergen of Brackney have found a new market for their nature- and farm-themed art, which reflects their love of rural Pennsylvania. Their work can be seen online as a virtual aspect of the 2020 Susquehanna Artists’ Tour or by appointment at their studio. Story by RickContinue Reading
Edited from Submitted Material Area legislators provided a legislative update on Oct. 2 during the Montrose Area Chamber of Commerce and Endless Mountains Business Association 2020 Legislative Luncheon at the Montrose Bible Conference. Participants included Sen. Gene Yaw joined Senator Lisa Baker, Representative Tina Pickett and Representative Jonathan Fritz forContinue Reading
Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust member Wade Catts (top) explains structural changes to the 19th century farmhouse over the years. Above, Jeffery Mead of South Montrose (foreground, left) and Patty Button of Kingsley were among about 25 participants in a guided tour of the Historic Dennis Farm on Sept. 4Continue Reading
The 195-year-old Dennis Farmhouse, seen here underneath a temporary pole barn structure, will be renovated, restored and repurposed as a museum site that tells the unique story of the Perkins-Dennis family, free African Americans who settled the farm in Brooklyn Township, PA when George Washington was President. Edited from SubmittedContinue Reading
Submitted Article Seeking to aid those affected by COVID-19, Rep. Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne) announced that multiple housing authorities and programs were awarded $1,620,000 through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) funding program. “So many people in our communities have really fallen on hard times due to the pandemic, especially low-incomeContinue Reading
Story and 2019 Photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Susquehanna County Independent) The cancellation of this year’s Harford Fair just a little over a month before it was slated to open did not come as a surprise to many. In fact, to some of those who were scramblingContinue Reading
Submitted Article Reps. Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne), Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Sens. Lisa Baker and Gene Yaw voiced their serious concern and extreme disappointment after learning Susquehanna County was not among the next group of counties that would move into the “yellow phase” of Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan on MayContinue Reading
(rt 81 group) Helping to pick up litter near the Great Bend/Hallstead exit of Route 81 in late March were (top) Lydia and Kiera Andusko, Madison Carpenter, Ben and Lilly Bleck and Kate Bowyer. It didn’t take by volunteers associated with Friends of Starrucca Creek long to fill a canoe (above)Continue Reading