Heritage Region Solicits New Grant Applications
The Eagles Mere Museum in Sullivan County (top) and The Oldest House in Laceyville, Wyoming County (above) are heritage sites that have benefited from state funding facilitated by the Endless Mountains Heritage Region in recent years. Pre-applications for a new round of funding are now being accepted. Endless Mountains HeritageContinue Reading
Chamber Gears Up For Holiday Events – Plans Use of Vacant Store Fronts
The site of the former Lazy Daisy Alpacas store and Atty. Jami Hearn’s office at 28 E. Tioga Street (top) in Tunkhannock will be used from Nov. 25 to Dec. 18 by area businesses taking advantage of the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Marketplace promotion. David Buck of EndlessContinue Reading
Cemetery Association Thanks Historical Society Members
The Riverside Cemetery Association (RCA) expressed its thanks this week to Bradford County Historical Society volunteers and staff, including (above, from left) Matt Carl, Deanna Thurston, and Denise Golden, for their assistance this year in filling in missing elements and corroborating much information in the Riverside Cemetery’s newly digitized burialContinue Reading
Heritage Sites Sign Unveiled in Susquehanna County
Celebrating the unveiling of the new Susquehanna County Heritage Attractions sign in Forest City on Nov. 1 were (above, front, from left) Sen. Lisa Baker, Susquehanna County Commissioner Betsy Arnold, PA Rail-Trails representatives Lynn Conrad, Craig Benson, and Deb McNamara, former Forest City mayor Frank Brager, (back) 111th District candidateContinue Reading
Experienced DJ Now Booking Receptions, Reunions for 2017
Rick Hiduk, also known as DJ Retro Rick, is ready to rock your summer parties, including wedding receptions, family and class reunions, and graduation parties. Around the age of 10, Rick Hiduk came home from a yard sale one day with about a dozen 45s hooked on his thumb. TheyContinue Reading
DCNR Reps Tour Endless Mountains Heritage Region
Taking a stop at the Tunkhannock Viaduct in Nicholson during a recent heritage sites tour were (from left) Kelly Rossiter, DCNR; Hillary Robinson and Ed Zygmunt, EMHR; Lorne Possinger, DCNR; David Buck and Annette Schultz, EMHR; Wyoming County Commissioner Judy Mead; Marion Sweet, EMHR; Christine Dettore, Michael Piaskowski, Diane Kripas,Continue Reading
Nov. 18 Deadline for Submitting Events for EMVB Calendar of Events Brochure
Submitted article Details about events that take place between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2017 are now being accepted for the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau Calendar of Events brochure. The deadline to submit events is Nov. 18. Any public event that is sponsored by a community, government, or non-profit organization in the EndlessContinue Reading
Home Heating Assistance Program Now Open
Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is now accepting applications for home heating assistance grants, Rep. Sandra Major announced today. LIHEAP is a federally funded program that helps individuals and families pay their heating bills through home heating energy assistance grants. It also provides crisis grants to help inContinue Reading
Rome Native Wins 2016 Twin Tiers Talent Competition
(submitted article) The first Twin Tiers Talent Competition was held on Oct. 30 in the Guthrie Performing Arts Center at the Sayre Theatre, and Lacey Maryott (above left) a teacher’s aide in the Towanda School District was selected as the winner by the judges. First runner up was Athens-based worldContinue Reading
Pickett Announces $1 Million for Laporte Water Line Project
Rep. Tina Pickett announced yesterday that more than $1 million in state funding from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PennVEST) will allow Laporte Borough in Sullivan County to move ahead with a water line replacement project. The funding, which includes a 1 percent loan of $687,602 and a grant ofContinue Reading