Proclamations Read at Courthouse on Tuesday
Child Abuse Prevention Month in Wyoming County was marked with a display of pinwheels on Courthouse Square (top) and a visit to the commissioners by (above, from left) District Attorney Jeff Mitchell, Victim Resource Center executive director Janet MacKay, Tunkhannock Township Police Sgt. Robert Reimiller, and Children’s Center of SusquehannaContinue Reading
Local Reps Pleased with Initial House Version of New State Budget
Local Republican State Representatives Tina Pickett (above, left) and Jonathan Fritz (right) weighed in on today’s disclosure of HB 218, the House compromise of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. House Bill 218 is the legislative vehicle for the 2017-18 state budget, which spends $31.52 billion, aboutContinue Reading
Flood Victims Blast Commissioners Over PEMA Buyout Plans
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk If Meshoppen property owners accept the conditions of a buyout plan of flood-prone properties currently proposed by PEMA, most of the structures on Church Street (above) will be demolished. The block grant proposal is in jeopardy, however, after significant quantitative evidence was brought to theContinue Reading
Student Sojourn Has Room for More Paddlers
Church Youth Groups Invited to Participate Participants in the 2016 ‘Student Heritage Sojourn,’ including Bradford County Commissioner Ed Bustin (above), wait patiently for their fellow paddlers to launch onto the Susquehanna River North Branch for the start of their journey last spring. The Endless Mountains Heritage Region has announced that thereContinue Reading
The Trio Alexander to Perform at the Sayre Theatre
Bradford County Regional Arts Council “Nightlife Presents” comes to a close on Saturday, April 8 at the Guthrie Performing Arts Center at the Sayre Theatre at 7:30 pm with The Trio Alexander. Tickets are on sale now: adults $15, seniors $13 and students $10, plus a $2.50 processing fee toContinue Reading
Local Commissioners Comment on CCAP Conference
Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Dan Meuser (top, left) speaks of the value of natural gas production for the entire Commonwealth at a State of Energy in Pennsylvania presentation at the recent CCAP conference in Harrisburg. The meeting was sponsored by Sen. Scott Wagner (not pictured) of York County andContinue Reading
North Branch River Events Schedule Reviewed – Volunteers Sought
David Buck (above, right), Greenway Coordinator for the Endless Mountain Heritage Region and Susquehanna Depot borough councilman Dana Rockwell were among those who met at the Wyoming County Cultural Center on March 27 to finalize an ambitious schedule of events along the Susquehanna River North Branch this year. The SusquehannaContinue Reading
Drone Test Shows Potential for Wyoming County 911
The testing of a camera-equipped drone at the Wyoming County Courthouse by 911 Director Jeff Porter and Commissioner Henry on Wednesday morning may have seemed like child’s play. But the brief flyover and the video the remote-control aircraft transmitted to the ground proved the amazing potential such a deviceContinue Reading
Weather Window: Friday’s Rain Could Push River Over Banks
Photos by Rick Hiduk The Susquehanna River flowed silently but swiftly past Tunkhannock and Eaton Township on Wednesday afternoon as it neared crest. Significant rains on Friday will likely put the river in the range of “flood stage” throughout the Endless Mountains If the February thaw didn’t strike fear intoContinue Reading
Cultural Center Looks Ahead to ‘Tunkhannock River Day’ – Volunteers Sought
Participants in the first planning meeting for Tunkhannock River Day, held at the Wyoming County Cultural Center on March 28, included (above, front, from left) Rich Fitzsimmons, Katy Stockdale, Diane Turrell, Margie Young, Jessica Shaffer, Erica Rogler, Tina Champluvier, (back) Art Coolbaugh, Debbie Dowling, Lynelle Welch, John Williams, David Buck,Continue Reading