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In: Bradford County, Environment, Family Friendly Events, Fishing, Forkston, Mehoopany Creek, Mehoopany Township, Outdoor Recreation, sullivan county, Susquehanna River

Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk It might have been beginners luck, but six-year-old Jack Russell of Little Meadows in Susquehanna County (above, left) was the only angler to have landed a trout by midmorning at the junction of Mehoopany Creek and North Fork at Forkston Four Corners on AprilContinue Reading

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In: emergency management, first responders, Meshoppen, Meshoppen Township, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County Government

Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from right) Tom Henry, Ron Williams, and Judy Meade proclaimed the county’s observance of April 13 to 19 as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. They were joined at the meeting by Wyoming County 911 staff members (from left) Brian Miller, DebiContinue Reading

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In: Endless Mountain Heritage Region, farming, Natural Gas, recreation, sullivan county, Susquehanna County, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County

By Rick Hiduk A Management Action Plan for Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) gathered steam last week, as consultants from Peter J. Smith & Company met with a wide cross section of residents from Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties who are concerned about balancing heritage and progress in theContinue Reading

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In: Prison News, Wyoming County Government

Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Prison Board members, including (from foreground) Sheriff Ned Sherman, Warden Ken Repsher, Assistant Warden Gordon Traveny, and Public Defender Deborah Albert-Heise held their monthly meeting at the courthouse in Tunkhannock on April 8.  There are currently 76 inmates incarcerated in Tunkhannock, andContinue Reading

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In: Bradford County, Endless Mountains, Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau, sullivan county, Susquehanna County, Wyoming County

By Rick Hiduk Morgan Christopher (standing) speaks to Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau members at a marketing workshop about how to accommodate tour operators and meeting planners when they come to their business. The Endless Mountain Visitors Bureau (EMVB) has made outstanding progress in the past year in not only putting the four-county (Bradford,Continue Reading

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In: Bradford County, Environment, first responders, Natural Gas, non-profit organizations, sullivan county, Susquehanna County, Wyoming County

(Mehoopany) – Connection for Oil, Gas & Environment in the Northern Tier, Inc. (COGENT) is pleased to announce a $50,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for pipeline emergencies training. These funds will be used for training first responders in Bradford, Sullivan,Continue Reading

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In: Agriculture, dairy farming, Dimock, Elk Lake Schools, Family Friendly Events, farming, Gene Yaw, health, Lisa Baker, non-profit organizations, sandra major, Susquehanna River, Tina Pickett

Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Susquehanna County Dairy Princess and Elk Lake High School junior Merecedes Spickerman (left) and PA State Dairy Princess Lu-Anne Antisdel from West Warren, Bradford County, were among the dairy royalty who offered milk, cheese, and ice cream to guests at the newly combined AgContinue Reading

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In: cancer, first responders, health, Lisa Baker, Mehoopany Township, mental health, Meshoppen, Meshoppen Township, Nicholson, Wyoming County, Wyoming County Government

Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk The Wyoming County Commissioners chambers at the courthouse in Tunkhannock were filled on March 11, as representatives from Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services (MH/DS), several elected officials, and clients served by the agency joined the regular meeting of the commissioners for aContinue Reading