Two New Bridges Open Along Rail Trail in Clifford Township
Photos by Sandy Wilmot Celebrating the opening of two bridges along the D&H Rail Trail on Aug. 7 were (top, from left) Rail-Trail Council board president Bob Breuche, EMHR executive director Annette Schultz, Susquehanna County Commissioner Alan Hall, State Rep. Sandra Major, Rail Trail Council executive director Lynn Conrad, Susquehanna CountyContinue Reading
Knowing When to Say “Goodbye” – The Toughest Part of Pet Ownership
Photos and Commentary by Rick Hiduk Simba and Lily (above) were living the dream at our isolated country home until Lily’s deteriorating bathroom habits made it impossible for us to keep her. She was the third cat that we had to have put down in a 10-year span and alsoContinue Reading
Cornstock 2015 Pairs Three-Day Concert With Strings Workshop
Cornstock will host Red Wine (top), the first international act to play at the annual three-day folk and roots music festival in Lazy Brook Park, Tunkhannock on Labor Day Weekend. Other headliners include Daisycutter (above), The Crowmatrix and Furnace Mountain. By Rick Hiduk The days may be getting shorter asContinue Reading
“Class of 1980” Soundtrack Offered a Cornucopia of Music
Although their term of stardom was limited to 1979 and 1980, The Knack (top) had the longest run at #1 on the pop charts during the tenure of The Class of 1980 with “My Sharona.” The group’s only #1 song was on top for 6 weeks from August to October.Continue Reading
Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ Changed the Way Pop Music Was Charted
Fifty-seven years ago this week, Ricky Nelson (top) sat at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s first Hot 100 chart, which offered a new way of tabulating the popularity of music recordings. The Hot 100 was in fact preceded by a chart called “Top 100 Sides” that showed the Perez Prado Orchestra (above)Continue Reading
Heritage Region Explores Potential of Vosburg Neck
Rebecca Lesko (top), director of the Endless Mountains Nature Center, led board members of the Endless Mountains Heritage Region on a walk around the facilities EMNC maintains at Camp Lackawanna at Vosburg Neck in Wyoming County. Afterwards, Paul Lumia (above), director of the North Branch Land Trust, gave the EMHRContinue Reading
Celebrate the Camaraderie of Your Contemporaries: A Case for Attending Your Class Reunion
Commentary by Rick Hiduk On July 25, I attended the 35-year reunion of the Towanda High School Class of 1980. I can only hope that the exuberance of the crowd that evening translates into decades ahead of cherishing our contemporaries and feeling comfort in the fact that these people sometimesContinue Reading
Fair Weather Days Will Give Way to Humidity (and Heat!)
Photos by Rick Hiduk The setting sun brightens the eastern shoreline of the Susquehanna River in Wysox Township opposite Asylum Townships in Bradford County on Friday evening as a three-day stretch of carbon-copy perfect days draws to an end. Temperatures on Saturday will edge a bit higher in the Endless Mountains,Continue Reading
Dry Time Short in Supply This Summer
Photos by Rick Hiduk We just can’t seem to get two sunny days in a row this summer! Humidity returned to Vosburg Neck in Wyoming County and the rest of the Endless Mountains this afternoon, buoyed on balmy southerly breezes. Showers are possible overnight with lows in the upper 60s,Continue Reading
Local Leaders Among Those Chosen to Work With Pipeline Taskforce
Sullivan County Commissioner candidate Donna Iannone (above, left), Wyalusing Township Supervisor Marvin Meteer (above, right), COGENT co-founder Emily Krafjack of Mehoopany (below, left), and Kim Barnes (below, right) of the NTRPDC are four of five civic and organization leaders from the Endless Mountains to win appointments to 12 work groups associatedContinue Reading