C.O.G.E.N.T. Receives Technical Assistance Grant – First Responders to Receive Pipeline Emergency Training
Thousands of miles of underground pipelines buried underneath Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier present new challenges to area first responders. COGENT, a locally-based organization proactive in pursuing productive partnerships among those involved in and affected by the natural gas industry, will receive funds from the state to provide specialized training for localContinue Reading
Veterans Designation Now Available on PA Driver Licenses/IDs
(Harrisburg) – Pennsylvania’s servicemen and servicewomen are now able to have their veteran status included on their state-issued driver licenses or non-driver identification cards, Rep. Tina Pickett (below), representing all or portions of Bradford, Sullivan, and Susquehanna Counties, announced today. With the designation, which is available to eligible veterans atContinue Reading
Smith Campaign Reveals First TV Ad
Lt. Gov. Candidate Responds to Corbett Spot (February 24, 2014) By Rick Hiduk Democratic Lieutenant Governor Candidate Mark Smith released a video today in response to the ad aired on Feb. 19 that served as the opening for Republican Governor Tom Corbett’s campaign for reelection. Though the two men will notContinue Reading
Top Americana Hits – February 2014
Compiled by Rick Hiduk Having been a fan of country, bluegrass and folk music since I was a kid, I always had a tough time understanding the lines that divided them into marketable genres. Buck Owens, The Kingston Trio and Bob Dylan sounded good together, dropping one disc at aContinue Reading
Rick’s Report: The Big Snub
Bradford County Makes the Decision to Go It Alone As incensed and dismayed as I was upon leaving the Bradford County Commissioners meeting in Towanda on Feb. 13, I’m glad that I held off a week to write about it. A stubborn cold left me a little too cloudy toContinue Reading
Visitors Bureau Works Hard to Promote Bradford County, Director Asserts
Photo of Asylum Township, Bradford County, and Story by Rick Hiduk Since 1962, the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau has promoted sites like French Azilum in Bradford County among residents of its four-county region and beyond. The origins of the term describing the rolling glacier-carved cliffs and hilltops, deep valleys, andContinue Reading
‘Frozen’ River Not to Be Trusted
Photo by Rick Hiduk It has been years since the landscape around Susquehanna River bridge at Tunkhannock has appeared this wintry. The river looks to be frozen solid but is in fact simply jammed with ice that flowed to this point during last week’s brief thaw and got stuck. HeavyContinue Reading
Nearly a Lifetime of Beatles Memories
By Rick Hiduk Almost as soon as I began spending my allowance and newspaper delivery money on yard sale records, I learned to look for 45s with the yellow/orange yin-yang logo of 1960s Capitol records and the green apple of Apple Records that bore most of the Beatles’ later hits.Continue Reading
Mark Smith Names Campaign Consultant Team
TOWANDA—Bradford County Commissioner Mark Smith named his consultant team for his Lieutenant Governor’s campaign on Monday. “My consultant team brings an incredible amount of experience and talent to my campaign for Lieutenant Governor,” said Smith, a second term County Commissioner. Andrew Eldredge-Martin, Smith’s general consultant, is the Senior Media DirectorContinue Reading
Public Hearing Participants Protest Piecemeal Solutions – SALDO Amendment Passed
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Betty Booth of Nicholson Township was one of several citizens at a public hearing held at the courthouse in Tunkhannock on Tuesday who encouraged the Wyoming County Commissioners to take a more proactive approach with gas-related issues as the county faces a dramatic increaseContinue Reading