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
Walking Tour ‘Right on Track’ Say Project Leaders – Training for Guides Begins
Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour volunteer guides include Rich Jones (top, left) and Greg Spencer, who took a detour from the regular route after a March 22 meeting to view the reported birthplace of Tunkhannock where Tunkhannock Creek meets the Susquehanna River. The Walking Tour committee welcomes additional volunteers for trainingContinue Reading
New Exhibits Featured at Clifford Township Museum
CTHS volunteer-director, Sandy Wilmot, (top) stands ready to greet customers at the new and fully stocked General Store in the Museum of Local History, located in Clifford’s Community Center on Cemetery Street. Clifford Township’s Civil War hero, Owen Phillips, is represented in the hallway (above) of the Museum. Among theContinue Reading
Pickett Reacts to Governor’s Decision on State Budget
Rep. Tina Pickett (above) issued the following statement today after Governor Tom Wolf (top) announced that he will allow the 2015-16 supplemental budget to take effect on Monday, March 28, without his signature: “The 2015-16 budget cycle has been one for the record books, but I am pleased that itContinue Reading
Fit and Free at 53 – The Purge Begins
Commentary by Rick Hiduk Winter offers many opportunities for reflection and self-analysis. I’m very fortunate now to be working on a number of projects that are challenging, rewarding and allowing me to grow again. Moving forward often requires divesting oneself of routines that have lost their meaning or sense ofContinue Reading
Zeisberger Film and Talk Engages Dozens at Dietrich
Above photo and commentary by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Cultural Center executive director Erica Rogler (above, left) introduces Moravian scholar and Bucknell professor Katherine Faull (center) and Moravian Seminary professor Craig Atwood at a free presentation and film about Moravian missionary David Zeisberger at the Dietrich Theater on March 13.Continue Reading
Ag Day Provides Opportunities for Partnerships
More than 75 commercial vendors and organizations were set up at the 27th annual Susquehanna County Ag Day at Elk Lake High School on March 4 to distribute literature to guests and explain their respective roles in the region’s diverse agronomic landscape. Among the organizations with shared interests that collaboratedContinue Reading