Cornstock Line-Up Announced – Tickets Now On Sale
Professor Louie and the Crowmatrix (above) will headline this summers’s Cornstolk Folk Festival at Lazy Brook Park in Tunkhannock (top). The seasoned musicians, who call Woodstock, NY, home, have worked with rock and folk legends for years, including The Band, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, and Asleep at the Wheel. TheyContinue Reading
Through His Untimely Death, Prince Abdicates His Purple Reign
Commentary and Chart Analysis by Rick Hiduk I thought that I was shocked by David Bowie’s death, but I was absolutely bowled over by the surprise demise of Prince. In some ways, they had so much in common: crossing ethnic and gender lines, creating alternate personas, and only occasionally grantingContinue Reading
Pickett Announces State Grants Worth $431,000 Awarded to Local First Responders
Grants recently issued to First Responders across the state will assist units like the Wysox Volunteer Fire Company in Bradford County (top), firefighters like Stephen Yonkin and Brian Yonkin of Dushore Fire-Rescue in Sullivan County (above), and northern tier units like the Little Meadows Volunteer Fire Company in Susquehanna CountyContinue Reading
Whipple Performing Arts Studio to Present “Golden Spike”
Taking a break from a rehearsal for their upcoming spring recital, “The Golden Spike,” are Whipple Performing Arts Studio dancers (first row, from left) Brynn Beaucheane, Elin Keeney, Grace Hibbard, Layla Blanco, Eliana Brzoska, Charlei James, Leah Faigle, Aria Gensel, Alison Stonier, Zoey Hopkins, Ava Rowe, Courtney Vangasbeck and LarissaContinue Reading
Tour Committee Convenes – Presentation Set for Founders Day
Members of the Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour met on April 28 at the Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock. Participants included (front, from left) Nancy Parlo, Tunkhannock Business & Professional Association; Sarah Carr, Wyoming County Historical Society; Geri Glenn Vaskas, volunteer; Erica Rogler, Wyoming County Cultural Center; Diane Turrell, DDH Design; (back)Continue Reading
Weather Window: Bright Day Heralds Spring’s Slow Return
Photos by Rick Hiduk Wednesday proved to be a sunnier and less windy day in the Endless Mountains, allowing the strengthening April sun to take on its job of warming the Earth. Temperatures in Wysox (top) and Asylum townships (above) in Bradford County reached the lower 50s by mid afternoon. AfterContinue Reading
Heritage Association Looks at Project “Templates” – Agrees to Name Change
Bradford County Commissioner Ed Bustin (top, left) takes a look into the mock Clifford Mine Shaft in the Children’s Garden at the Clifford Township Community Center, as Sandy Wilmot (second from left) gives Endless Mountains Heritage Region staff and board members a tour of the interactive play area prior toContinue Reading
Weather Window: O, Spring! Where For Art Thou?
Photos by Rick Hiduk It was not looking a bit like Spring in Bradford County where Terry, Wilmot and Wyalusing townships come together at the Rainbow Bridge over the Susquehanna River (top). Snow fell over most of the Endless Mountains from morning into the late afternoon, bringing a wintry lookContinue Reading
Tour Guides Meet In Tunkhannock
Volunteer guides for the new Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour met on April 7 to discuss the logistics of leading groups of tour-goers through the borough beginning June 25. Safety, voice projection, and keeping the tour on schedule were among the topics covered. The roster of guides currently includes (above, fromContinue Reading
Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association to Hold Annual Trout Day
Photos from April 2015 by Rick Hiduk The Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association has scheduled the Annual Trout Day Fundraiser on Saturday, April 16. Association members (top) will set up a tent along PA-87 at Forkston’s Four Corners from 7 am to 1 pm at which anglers and other guests canContinue Reading