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GERALD JENKINS – January 6, 1939 – June 7, 2014 Gerald Thomas Jenkins passed away suddenly on June 7, 2014. He was born in 1939 on Russell Hill to George Jenkins and Stella Winnie Jenkins.  Jerry spent much of his life on the family farm, always joking that, because he was the youngest of ten children, he couldn’t run away as fast as the rest.  He lovedContinue Reading

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Photo and story by Rick Hiduk Construction is moving along for the new D&C Fuel Sales truck plaza in Washington Township, Wyoming County, where an entire hillside has been rebuilt to accommodate the business. A wooded lot along Route 6 west of Tunkhannock in Washington Township has been dramatically transformed sinceContinue Reading

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Photo and story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry, and Ron Williams poked some fun at each other during their June 5 meeting relative to the recent taping of a television program highlighting historic courthouses. A break in the daily routine of county businessContinue Reading

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Rain gardens and other stormwater best-management practices help reduce stormwater runoff, increase infiltration, and stabilize stream hydrology. (photo courtesy Wyoming County Conservation District) By Mike Lovegreen, Endless Mountains Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council Watershed Committee Chair “Effecting Cultural Change” may sound a bit presumptuous and a bit ambitious, butContinue Reading

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Photo by Rick Hiduk PennDOT District 4 erected a memorial to 84 highway workers who have lost their lives while working in construction zones across the state since 1970. Hardhats, orange vests and the names of the fallen were affixed to white crosses and placed in lines on a freshly mowedContinue Reading

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Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Crowds gather in the twilight of a Friday evening for a performance by the BoxCars at NEPA Bluegrass, a three-day festival held at Lazybrook Park in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County last weekend. We are so fortunate to have a world-class bluegrass festival in ourContinue Reading

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Photo by Rick Hiduk While some might not appreciate the buzz in the air along the river banks between Wysox and Asylum Townships in Bradford County or the traffic that accompanies it, there’s no denying that Wysox is at one of the current epicenters of nature gas development in theContinue Reading

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Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk James Carr III and Lou Bump (left) of Lines by Lou painted lines on Wyalusing streets on Tuesday that will help Laceyville Police officers Matt Chamberlain and Scott Perry (right) to crack down on speeders in the borough. Some Wyalusing residents who have expressedContinue Reading