The Riverside Cemetery Association (RCA) expressed its thanks this week to Bradford County Historical Society volunteers and staff, including (above, from left) Matt Carl, Deanna Thurston, and Denise Golden, for their assistance this year in filling in missing elements and corroborating much information in the Riverside Cemetery’s newly digitized burialContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Ready to paint the town on Oct. 13 were Towanda Area High School freshmen (above, from left) Marisha Bennett and Tenley Ferris and junior Braydin Ryck. Approximately 160 seventh- through twelfth-grade students from Towanda Area High School got to participate in a decades-old traditionContinue Reading
Riverside Cemetery Association board member John Korfmann (above) and professional land surveyors (top, left) Dennis Rialland and Jeffrey Geiss recently completed a topside survey of the 5.5-acre cemetery at Towanda. The practical purposes for surveying the site are to correlate gravestones with cemetery burial records, map the cemetery to allowContinue Reading
Professional and retired surveyers (top, from left) Betsy McKean, John Korfmann, Jeffrey Geiss and Dennis Rialland volunteered time since summer at Riverside Cemetery. As part of a concentrated effort to both document who is interred at Riverside Cemetery in Towanda and make that information and the cemetery more accessible toContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park Association (BCVMPA) members George Crowell (left) and Joe Doherty flank recently built forms for the stairway that will take visitors from the parking lot to the main park. A handicap-accessible ramp runs to the right. As a long, coldContinue Reading
Lt. Gov. Candidate Responds to Corbett Spot (February 24, 2014) By Rick Hiduk Democratic Lieutenant Governor Candidate Mark Smith released a video today in response to the ad aired on Feb. 19 that served as the opening for Republican Governor Tom Corbett’s campaign for reelection. Though the two men will notContinue Reading
Photo of Asylum Township, Bradford County, and Story by Rick Hiduk Since 1962, the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau has promoted sites like French Azilum in Bradford County among residents of its four-county region and beyond. The origins of the term describing the rolling glacier-carved cliffs and hilltops, deep valleys, andContinue Reading
An artist’s rendition of what the completed Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park in Towanda will look like. The Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park Association (BCVMPA) has announced that construction of the next stage of the park in Towanda will begin as soon as weather permits. A major element of theContinue Reading
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk The historic annex of the Bradford County Courthouse actually predates the courthouse itself, which was finished in 1898. On Thursday, the Bradford County Commissioners awarded a contract for the refurbishing of windows in the building. At their regular meeting on Jan. 23, the BradfordContinue Reading
The former Towanda Middle School was the scene of a shooting of a teacher on a chilly morning in 1974, when such incidents were considered isolated and mere anomalies. Far too commonplace today, school shootings leave many more victims in their wake than previously believed. by Rick Hiduk (first postedContinue Reading