Tickets Going Fast for Children’s Musical at Keystone Theatre
Submitted Article Bradford County Regional Arts Council’s Schooltime series presents “The Berenstain Bears Live, Family Matters – the Musical” at the Keystone Theatre in Towanda on Thursday, Jan. 26. The 9:30 am performance is sold out, but tickets are still available for the 12:30 pm performance. Tickets are $6 per person, and allContinue Reading
Commissioners Kick Off New Year in Bradford County
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Bradford County Commissioners (above, from right) Ed Bustin, Daryl Miller, and Doug McLinko and Chief Clerk Michelle Shedden presided over the first public meeting of the new year at the courthouse in Towanda on Thursday. The Bradford County Commissioners began 2017 on much theContinue Reading
Prison Board Hopes For Better Year
Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Members of the Wyoming County Prison Board met on Tuesday prior to the regular meeting of the Wyoming County Commissioners. After a year wrought by costly overcrowding and opiate addictions, Wyoming County Prison Board expressed on Jan. 10 their hopes that the worst isContinue Reading
Weather Window: Snow to Replace Melting Ice?
Photos by Rick Hiduk A heavy coating of ice was hanging tough this morning in Montrose but was expected to thaw quickly as temperatures inched toward 40 degrees in the Susquehanna County seat on Wednesday afternoon. Several school districts in the Endless Mountains either began Wednesday late or canceled classesContinue Reading
Wyoming County Photographers Among Contest Winners
Gloria Eastwood snapped a winning photo of a shy chipmunk (top) in Tunkhannock, and Janie Stabinsky took the photo (above) of a striking sunset in Jenningsville. Gloria Eastwood of Tunkhannock successfully entered a photo of a hummingbird (below) in Sen. Lisa Baker’s annual contest. Submitted Article Sen. Lisa Baker hasContinue Reading
Contractors Explain Bidding Process as Courthouse Work Winds Down
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Johnson Controls account executive Nick Sracic (above, right) and Johnson East PA Market Team operations manager David Brunner (second from right) explain the process of bid solicitation by performance contractors to those in attendance at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Susquehanna County Commissioners.Continue Reading
Wyoming County Reads Initiative Expanded for 2017
Photos by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Cultural Center director Erica Rogler (above, left), Cultural Center program director Margie Young (center) and Tunkhannock Public Library director Kristin Smith-Gary addressed the Wyoming County Commissioners about an enhanced 2017 Wyoming County Reads program at the Wyoming County Courthouse on Tuesday. Those looking forContinue Reading
Dugout Club To Host Spaghetti Dinner
The Troy High School Dugout Club will be holding a Spaghetti Dinner Fund-Raiser on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the South Creek Lions Club Route 14 in Gillett. Doors open at 4 pm. The menu includes spaghetti, meat sauce, salad and a roll and drink. Cost is $8 per teens and adultsContinue Reading
Grant Will Fund Update to Susquehanna County Plan
To help Susquehanna County reassess the impacts of the natural gas industry, the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) will award a state grant to the county to help with its comprehensive plan, Reps. Tina Pickett (Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne) announced on Monday. “Over the past decade, theContinue Reading
Commissioners Decry Planned PA Prison Closings
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk The Wyoming County Commissioners, flanked by Solicitor Paul Litwin (above, left) and Chief Deputy Clerk Georgette Smith (right) held their first meeting of the new year on Tuesday morning at the courthouse in Tunkhannock. The Wyoming County Commissioners made it clear on Jan. 10Continue Reading