NEPA Bluegrass Festival Offers a Wide Variety of Styles
Story by Rick Hiduk The Grammy-nominated Boxcars will headline at the 7th annual NEPA Bluegrass Festival at Lazy Brook Park, east of Tunkhannock over the last weekend of May. This year’s NEPA Bluegrass Festival, set for Thursday to Sunday, May 29 to June 1, will continue to honor the traditions ofContinue Reading
Commissioners Ratify New Rules for Tax Appeals
Photo and Story by Rick Hiduk Wyoming County Commissioners (from left) Judy Mead, Tom Henry, and Ron Williams sign proclamations and other documents during their April 22 meeting in Tunkhannock. Among other agenda items discussed at the regular meeting of the Wyoming County Commissioners on April 22 was the adoptionContinue Reading
Hundreds Flock to Meshoppen for Egg Hunt
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Children in the 9-to-12 age group take off across the ball field along Meshoppen Creek on Saturday morning, each focused on the hundreds of colorful eggs containing candy and prize slips laid out before them. A brilliant morning sun quickly warmed Meshoppen Ballpark forContinue Reading
Flood Demolition Gathering Steam in Wyoming County – Buyouts Present Unique Challenges to Authorities
Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk As a building along McCord Street in Tunkhannock is pulled down behind them, a number of individuals who worked together to fund the buyouts and demolition of flood-prone properties in the borough gathered on Wednesday morning to see the fruits of their labor. ParticipantsContinue Reading
Emergency Management on UGI Gas Leak: All Safeguards Worked as Planned
Photo and Story Rick Hiduk Volunteers from the Meshoppen Fire Company and the FWM Emergency Squad (above) blocked the southern end of Meshopany Ridge Road on Saturday after an unscheduled release of highly pressurized natural gas occurred at the Manning Compressor Station in Washington Township, Wyoming County. The sudden releaseContinue Reading
Top Dance/Pop Hits April 2014
Get ready to dance your way to the summer solstice with this list of 30 hot dance tunes that are firing up radio playlists and clubs right now. I’m going to download them all once I post this piece. I’ve been listening to and watching videos for as many newContinue Reading
Major Gas Incident Unnerves Ridge Residents
Photos and story by Rick Hiduk Residents of Rabbit Hollow in Washington Township return to their vehicle after being told by first responders from Meshoppen and Mehoopany that there has been an incident at the recently constructed UGI natural gas compressor station on Meshopany Ridge Road. (update link below) TheContinue Reading
Watershed Association Welcomes Anglers Back to Forkston
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
Wyoming County Marks Public Safety Telecommunications Week
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
Heritage Region Updating Management Action Plan
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








