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
Undebatable: We Need to Buckle Down and Build Stronger Communities
Commentary by Rick Hiduk The third and final presidential debate has left me more convinced than at any other time this year that America as a nation has a rough stretch ahead. I have little hope that either major presidential candidate will be able to effectively lead a country thatContinue Reading
“Stacking Blocks” Take Three-County Tour
DJ Retro Rick’s stacking blocks made their debut at the Lovelton Hotel last summer. On Oct. 13, two couples visiting the Lovelton on Games & Trivia Nite accomplished an unprecedented feat when they ran out of moves dismantling the stack to build their tower, then methodically dismantled the tower andContinue Reading
Phone Use Prohibited in Wyoming County Polls
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Among other business, the Wyoming County Commissioners (seated, from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry and Ron Williams declared October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month to the satisfaction of (standing, left) Victims Resource Center executive director Janet MacKay and VRC board member Debra Lozano. ThoughContinue Reading