Heritage Region Invites Public to Annual Meeting
Participants of an EMHR-sponsored hike in Salt Springs State Park (above) pause to look at trail maps and other useful information. Below, Cain Chamberlin (left) of the EMHR and Art Coolbaugh (right) of Susquehanna Kayak & Canoe Rental present the proceeds from the EMHR’s Summer Heritage Benefit Paddle to EricaContinue Reading
Wright Center Partners with Organizations to Launch Project PROGRESS
Submitted Article The Wright Center for Community Health, along Luzerne County Community College, The Institute, the Northeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center and the Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance have joined together to reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorder by connecting people in recovery with recovery-friendly employers in theContinue Reading
Textile Museum Focuses on the Necessities of Homesteading
Visitors to the Home Textile Tool Museum in Orwell can learn a wide variety of homesteading skills such as looming from veteran artisans. The venue’s final open house event for the season will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24. Story and some photos by Rick Hiduk / Additional photos courtesyContinue Reading
September Activities at the Wyoming County Active Adult Center
101 Dymond Terrace Tunkhannock, Pa. 18657 September 2022 Newsletter Director: Rachael Kiwak Phone: 570-836-2324 Daily Activities: Books, puzzles, billiards, air hockey, shuffleboard, cards, games: Coloring, TV, Coffee/Refreshments, Socializing w/Friends Weekly Scheduled Activities: Monday – 10:00am Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class w/Sharon Appleby 10:30am Ceramics w/ Sharon ($2.00 per class) Tuesday –Continue Reading
Boback Sponsors New School Mental Health Initiative
Submitted Article Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) met recently with Mark Barden, co-founder and CEO of the Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund, who wanted to acknowledge her work to create a new School Mental Health Initiative for Pennsylvania’s public schools. Barden’s 7-year-old son, Daniel, was one of the 26 victims ofContinue Reading
Midwest Meets Northeast During Recent Summit of Energy Educators
Coterra drilling engineer Frank Estes (above, left) and government affairs director Bill desRosiers (right) gave Energy Education Summit participants a tour of an active drilling site in Susquehanna County. Lisa Schwartz (top) from the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board practices backing up a big rig in a simulator at the SusquehannaContinue Reading
Local Students Learn About Careers in Healthcare Through NTIEC
Dr. Bob Sullivan (top) of Southtown Veterinary Services explains to the differences to participants of NTIEC’s annual Healthcare Career Experience Summer Program the similarities and differences of treating animals and humans. Tunkhannock High School student Hannah Shreve (above) listens to a patient’s heartbeat. THS student Anaistan Jerome (below, right) triesContinue Reading
Natural Gas School Expands Intro Courses to Towanda
Celebrating the unveiling of a natural gas wellhead at the Lackawanna College Towanda Center and the announcement of the start of Petroleum & Natural Gas classes there in January are (from left) Janenne Goliash from Sen. Gene Yaw’s office, Towanda Center director Kelly White, Chesapeake Energy employees Toby Connor, RicContinue Reading
Schools Appointed as New Administrative Assistant for EMHR
Savannah Schools, new administrative assistant for the EMHR, at the Tunkhannock Viaduct (top) at Nicholson and at the Marie Antoinette Overlook (above) near Wyalusing. Competition was brisk to fill an opening at the Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) for a new administrative assistant. Executive director Cain Chamberlin reported nearly 70Continue Reading
Summer Career Experience Takes Students to Gas Fields
Employees of Chesapeake Oil & Gas (top) show Oilfield Experience students large apparatus at the Lackawanna College Tunkhannock Center that are common on Marcellus shale gas pads. Above, Coterra’s Ben Whitaker and Bill desRosier explain the workings of a completed gas pad in Susquehanna County to participants in NTIEC’s Energy &Continue Reading