Heritage Region to Host Annual Conference at Wysox – Organization Marks 20th Anniversary
The annual meeting of the Endless Mountains Heritage Region will be held at the Wysox Fire Hall (above) and paired with a conference marking the organizations 20th anniversary on Friday, Oct. 12. Guest speakers will share stories of how numerous heritage sites, such as the Troy Sale Barn (top) haveContinue Reading
Renovations To Begin on the Nicholson Tourism Center at Railroad Station
Submitted Article / Photos by Josh Stull The Nicholson Heritage Association is excited to announce that renovations will commence on the Nicholson Tourism Center at the Historic Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) Railroad Station. In late 2014, this historic transportation facility preservation and community economic revitalization project received aContinue Reading
Oktoberfest Set For Dushore
Submitted Article Dushore is welcoming October with a day of laughs, smiles, and fun for everyone who attends its fourth annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 6, from noon to 5 pm. The Dushore Area Business Association has put together some interesting and fun events to make this autumn celebration one thatContinue Reading
Bradford County Assessment Board to Hear Appeals
Submitted Article Notice is hereby given that the Bradford County Board of Assessment Appeals will meet for hearings on annual assessment appeals beginning Friday, Oct. 19 at 9 am prevailing time in the Commissioners Conference Room at the Bradford County Courthouse, Towanda. These appeals must be heard or acted uponContinue Reading
New Section of D&H Rail-Trail to Open
Submitted Article The Rail-Trail Council of NEPA will celebrate recent improvements to six and a half miles of a trail between Herrick and Ararat in Susquehanna County on Thursday, Oct. 18. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 9:30 am where the trail crosses Ararat Road southwest of Thompson.Continue Reading
J.R’s Hallmark to Celebrate 30 Years in Tunkhannock
J.R’s Hallmark employees Courtney Cook (top, left) and Kaitlyn Markovitz flank some of the unique offerings in the store’s clothing boutique. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in Living Susquehanna-Wyoming County Magazine) When Janet Shoemaker and Rachel Atherholt Raker opened J.R’s Hallmark in the Towne Plaza in TunkhannockContinue Reading
Second No-Till Gardening Workshop Planned
Submitted Article/Map by Google Many of the things we are learning in this day and age about crop production tells us that, in order to capitalize as much as we can on Mother Nature helping us grow things, fall is the time to prepare our fields and gardens. What weContinue Reading
Lacey Legacy Extends to Eleventh Generation on Original Homestead
Arthur France Lacey’s name was penned onto this portrait of the Laceyville High School Class of 1926 (top), of which he was Valedictorian. Above, Gladys Lacey Brown (right) and her daughter, Robin Brown, flank a stone erected in memory of Ebenezer Lacey III and his wife, Zeruiah Northrup Lacey. Much olderContinue Reading
River Outfitter Turns Hobby into Second Career
Art Coolbaugh manages Susquehanna Kayak & Canoe Rental from the basement of his bar and restaurant in the village of West Falls. He has a number of special river trips yet planned before the season comes to an end. By Rick Hiduk (Also published in Living Susquehanna-Wyoming County Magazine) SwimmingContinue Reading
Wyoming County Greenspaces and Waterways Highlighted by New Project
By Rick Hiduk / Above Photos by Jeff Mitchell / Photos below by Bill Kern (Also published in Living Susquehanna-Wyoming County Magazine) There are two dozen parks, nature preserves, and municipal parks and sports complexes in Wyoming County. There are hiking and biking trails, publicly accessible lakes and streams, birdContinue Reading