Buy Fresh Buy Local Membership Campaign Underway
Cows move toward the barn at milking time at the Milky Way Farm near Troy in Bradford County. The farm and its companion restaurant are charter members of the Northern Tier chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local prgram. The Endless Mountains Heritage Region has embarked on a membership campaign forContinue Reading
Say Your Piece, Make Your Peace, but Let ‘Hector’ Rest in Peace
Editorial by Rick Hiduk A wreath on the porch of Mayflower Florist in Tunkhannock expresses the sentiments of many but not all residents who have followed the exploits of a female turkey named Hector. Everybody needs a little good news now and then, and everybody wants his or her hometownContinue Reading
Getting Ahead of the Storm
Photos by Rick Hiduk Construction crews of all kinds were out in full force across the region on Tuesday. trying to get as much done on numerous projects before a long holiday weekend and an impending snowstorm. In Towanda, there were crews along Main Street installing a sidewalk at theContinue Reading
Not Much of a Break from the Cold, But We’ll Take It
Photos by Rick Hiduk According to weather forecasters, Saturday brought us the beginning of a three-day warm-up. Temperatures in downtown Tunkhannock flirted briefly with 40 but trended downward by mid-afternoon with stiff breezes and some light rain showers. A thin layer of ice still covered Tunkhannock Creek between Business RouteContinue Reading
Televised News Story Misreports “Airing of Quilts” Status
Photos by Rick Hiduk Airing of the Quilts has become a huge annual festival in Tunkhannock each fall, and three key organizations are working to ensure that it will continue beyond the departure of the event’s founder this year. WNEP Channel 16 aired a news story this week that incorrectlyContinue Reading
Ten Things I Wish I Could Do as Well as My Kids
By k.m. cole Every day, there is something that my daughters have come up with or done that I marvel at. Usually it catches me completely off guard and, a lot of the time, it leaves me smiling. I like to sit back and watch how they are growing intoContinue Reading
“After Hours” Gets Groove on in Wyoming County
Photos and Review by Rick Hiduk After Hours (from left) names proved themselves to an eclectic crowd at the Highway Inn on November 15. Former members of 12 Letters and Lipstyk Equal played some familiar favorites and other hits that kept the dance floor full from the second set toContinue Reading
Historic DL&W Railroad Station Receives PennDOT Grant for Rehabilitation
The Nicholson Heritage Association (the Association) and the Wyoming County Commissioners are pleased to announce that the Nicholson Tourism Center at the Historic Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) Railroad Station has received an $821,276 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant for rehabilitation work. These funds willContinue Reading
“Let Your Bar Be The Star” at EndlessMtnLifestyles.com
Offering Direct Promotional Services for Bars, Taverns, Pubs and Eateries that provide entertainment, including composition of a Feature Story for the only website specifically catering to consumers in the four-county Endless Mountains region of northeastern Pennsylvania. A feature story/press release that helps to convey to the patrons you want what your establishment hasContinue Reading
Country/Bluegrass/Folk Overview November 2014
Maddie & Tae’s novelty hit, “Girl in a Country Song” is ironically prophetic in that it bemoans the loss of respect for women in country music. More importantly, the song demonstrates just how few female artists are highlighted on the current country charts and how non-country the genre has becomeContinue Reading