Pawling to Connect Farm to Forest at Troy Sale Barn Event
Submitted Article Please join Rich Pawling, from History Alive! on Sunday, September 23rd, 6 pm for an interpretive presentation “Connecting the Farm to the Forest – Examining the Symbiotic Relationship between Logging & Agricultural Production during the Timber Harvest Boom Days of Pennsylvania (1880-1910).” Rich Pawling will dress the partContinue Reading
Fritz to Host Senior Scam Seminar at the Blue Ridge Senior Center
Submitted Article Rep. Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne) will be hosting a Senior Scam Seminar on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 10:30 a.m., at the Blue Ridge Senior Center, 81 Elizabeth St., Great Bend. “Every day seniors are a risk of being taken advantage of by scammers,” Fritz stated. “This seminar is designedContinue Reading
VFW Service Officer Available to Help Area Veterans
Submitted Article State Sen. Lisa Baker invites veterans of all ages and from all service eras to utilize the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars Service Officer Network to receive free information and assistance for government benefits including VA healthcare, compensation, pension, education and dependent benefits. Surviving spouses can also useContinue Reading
PSU Extension Master Gardener Offers Monarch Class
The final Penn State Master Gardener Public Class will cover the 3M’s of Monarch Butterflies: Milkweed, Migration, and Mexico Submitted Article The final Penn State Extension Master Gardener Public Class of the year will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 6:15 pm at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden on FourthContinue Reading
Soaking Rains Causing Problems Already – More on the Way
By Rick Hiduk A Weather.com radar image (top) from 10:45 am centered on Meshoppen in Wyoming County shows a potential break from heavy rains for Wyoming County in the next two hours, but not so much for residents of Bradford, Sullivan, and Susquehanna counties, where water is already covering roadwaysContinue Reading
New Signs Mark Trailhead at Montrose
Checking out the new Endless Mountain Trail signage in Montrose on Thursday were (above, from left) EMHR executive director Cain Chamberlin, Susquehanna County board member Brian Lione, media coordinator Rick Hiduk, administrative assistant Vanessa Billings-Seiler, and Susquehanna County board member Kerry Foose. The entrance to the trail is visible atContinue Reading
Showers to Usher in Cooler Air
Skies were clear but heavy with humidity Thursday morning near Kingsley in Susquehanna County. Clouds were building by early afternoon with the threat of heavy thunderstorms Photo by Rick Hiduk While it has felt lately as if summer might never end, temperatures over the next few days will feel veryContinue Reading
Tunkhannock Girls Honored by Commissioners
Wyoming County Commissioners (seated, from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry, and Ron Williams congratulated Tunkhannock Area Girls Little League Softball players (standing) Julianna Roote, Emily Patton, Paige Marabell, Cali Wisnoski, Erin Van Ness, Piper Robinson, Elaina Kulsicavage, Ella McNeff, Hannah James, Alexis Gilroy, Serenity Kerr and (not pictured) Kaya HannonContinue Reading
Abandoned Vehicles in Laceyville to be Towed – Borough Seeks Plowing Bids
Story by Rick Hiduk/Satellite Image by Google (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Laceyville Borough Council announced on Tuesday evening that abandoned vehicles in the borough parking lot behind the fire station (above) have been marked for towing. Warnings have been posted on the targeted cars and trucks, and Laceyville policeContinue Reading
Pickett Invites Residents to Chronic Wasting Disease Seminar
Submitted Article Rep. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) encourages local residents to learn more about a fatal disease in deer that is slowly spreading around the Commonwealth at a seminar she is hosting in Sullivan County on Thursday, Sept. 20. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) affects the brain and nervous system of infectedContinue Reading