Treatment Court Honors Eight Graduates in Tunkhannock
George Steer (top, right) was the first of eight graduates to receive a plaque from Wyoming County President Judge Russell Shurtleff at the Wyoming/Sullivan Counties Treatment Court banquet on Jan. 18. Graduate Sean Corrigan (above) said the best part of the Treatment Court celebration on Jan. 18 was having soContinue Reading
Sheshequin Township Supervisors Host County Commissioners
Bradford County commissioners (top, foreground from left) Doug McLinko, Daryl Miller, and Ed Bustin tour the Sheshequin Township building with (back, from left) township supervisors Les Wanck and Kurt Lafy, past supervisor Eric Matthews, and county public safety director Jeff Scarboro. Above, the commissioners conduct a regular monthly meeting withContinue Reading
Pickett Announces $400,000 in State Grants for Fire, EMS Companies
Submitted Article More than $403,000 in state gaming proceeds will benefit 33 fire and ambulance companies in the three-county region that comprises the 110th Legislative District, said Rep. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna). The grants are designed to help these companies better afford the critical life- and property-saving services they provide toContinue Reading
Repsol Supports BCCD with Donation
Bradford County Conservation District employees (from left) Kevin Brown, Kyleen Dinelli, Janet MacWhinnie, Amy Gilbert, Cathy Yeakel, Amy Kneller, Nate Dewing and Dan Rhodes receive a donation from Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC. Submitted Article Repsol Oil and Gas USA, LLC, a fully integrated oil and gas company operatingContinue Reading
Farm Women United “Taking Back Our Food Supply, One Farm Policy Project at a Time”
Submitted Article/Stock Photo Farm Women United (FWU), a grass-roots association organized by farm women who are fed up with decades of being ignored and silenced by the powerful global, corporate politico-industry “special interests” currently controlling this nation’s agriculture, has kicked off its 2018 “Campaign to Reform US Farm and FoodContinue Reading
WWII Veteran Honored at Commissioners Meeting, COG Support Requested
Celebrating the service of Charles Fullmer to his country at the Jan. 25 meeting of the Bradford County Commissioners were (top, front, from left) Helen and Charles Fullmer, Christine Snyder, (back) county veterans affairs director Pete Miller, and commissioners Ed Bustin, Doug McLinko, and Daryl Miller. Above, Fullmer reacts toContinue Reading
IT Position Filled in Wyoming County
Participating in the Jan. 23 meeting of the Wyoming County Commissioners were (from left) solicitor Paul Litwin III, commissioners Judy Mead, Tom Henry, and Ron Williams, and chief clerk Bill Gaylord. Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk (As published in the Jan. 25 edition of the Rocket-Courier) The Wyoming CountyContinue Reading
Tunkhannock Woman Dies in Two-Vehicle Accident
State troopers from the Tunkhannock barracks and local firefighters (top) wrap up a reconstruction of the Tuesday morning car crash that resulted in the death of Karen Sands (above) of Tunkhannock. Route 6 west of Tunkhannock was closed for more than five hours. Top Photo and Story by Rick HidukContinue Reading
Donna Iannone Running for PA State Representative
Donna Iannone, a resident of Dushore and a Sullivan County Commissioner, recently announced that she is running for PA State Representative in the 110th Legislative District, which serves Bradford, Sullivan and western Susquehanna County. Though she loves her job as commissioner, Iannone believes that being a member of the HouseContinue Reading
Ice Jams Cause Anxious Moments Along Tunkhannock Creek
Photos by Rick Hiduk After flooding portions of Nicholson on Tuesday, ice chunks dislodged by rising waters from this week’s storm system continued to cause concern as they flowed downstream through Tunkhannock Township, building up on both sides of the Route 6/92 bridge west of Shadowbrook Resort and slowly drainingContinue Reading