Winding River Players Summer Musical Opens This Weekend
Submitted Article The Bradford County Regional Arts Council (BCRAC) is pleased to announce the 19th annual Winding River Players summer community musical, the award winning “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts in the Keystone Theatre on Aug. 3 and 4 at 7 pmContinue Reading
EMTC Presents Story of ‘Joseph’ on Stage
Submitted Article The Endless Mountains Theatre Company (EMTC) presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to the stage this Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 2 to 5, in the Elk Lake High School auditorium, 2380 Elk Lake School Rd., Springville. The family-friendly musical, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, isContinue Reading
Triton Carnival Opens Tuesday
Photos by Rick Hiduk Employees of Nonweilers Amusements were busy Monday afternoon setting up rides and refreshment stands, while fire company members were emptying the bays that will become the bar for their five-day carnival. The annual Triton Hose Company Carnival opens on Tuesday, July 31 and runs through Saturday,Continue Reading
Early Childhood Education Grants Announced in Bradford, Sullivan Counties
Submitted Article Five educational facilities offering child care to families in Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna counties will benefit from state grants offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, according to a press release from the office of Rep. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna). The department’s Office of Child Development and Early LearningContinue Reading
Baker Announces August Office Hours in Wyoming County
Sen. Lisa Baker announced that field representative Tom Yoniski will be available for consultation from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7 in the Commissioners’ Office Conference Room inside the Wyoming County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Tunkhannock. Appointments are welcome but not necessary. Constituents are encouraged to visitContinue Reading
Boback Announces August Outreach Hours
Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) today announced her outreach events and satellite hours for August. Representatives from several different organizations will offer assistance at her district offices throughout the month. Please note these events are weather permitting. “My staff and I are here to help with state-related issues,” said Boback.Continue Reading
River Celebrated with Music, Activities and Presentations at Tunkhannock
Local residents and visitors to Tunkhannock (top) relaxed and listen to music in Riverside Park on July 21. Above, children who had participated during the previous week in a music camp at the Dietrich Theater assembled on the stage to perform a pair of folk songs with Tim and AbiContinue Reading
Wyoming County Represented at Harrisburg Opioid Workshop
Factoryville/Clinton Township Joint Municipal Park (top) is one of two projects to which the Wyoming County Commissioners will lend support via letters the municipalities will submit with DCED grant applications at the end of July. Photos and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) After working through aContinue Reading
Flooding Threat Diminished, But Drying Out Will be Slow
The Susquehanna River was rising quickly in Wysox (top) and Towanda on Wednesday afternoon, but predicted crests that would have put the flood-prone waterway over its banks at several locations had been scaled back by Wednesday evening. Photos by Rick Hiduk Blue skies today almost seem like an anomoly withContinue Reading
Mental Health Services Lagging for Wyoming County Inmates
Photo and story by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Though 13 more individuals were released over the last month than were taken into the Wyoming County Prison system, numbers of those incarcerated remain high. The bigger problem, reported Warden Ken Repsher, is the increase in people needing mentalContinue Reading