The closing mass at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Auburn Township was part funeral and part celebration for most of the 200 or so gathered Sunday morning.
For Rev. David Betts and Rev. Joseph J. Manarchuck, it was heavy duty ritual as a celebration of Eucharistic communion gave way to a closing ritual procession to the church’s baptismal font, bell tower, confessionals, stations of the cross, votive candles, altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Ambo, the Tabernacle and finally to the Altar.
Parades and fireworks displays herald the Independence Day activities that abound throughout Susquehanna County this long holiday weekend. Make the most of summer and celebrate at these events.
A number of big opportunities get a head start on the holiday Friday.
The county commissioners plan to expand the courthouse office space to hopefully alleviate some of the current crowding and storage issues.
At a real estate auction held June 28, the county purchased a property on Chenango St., Montrose, which is adjacent to the current county grounds.
GREAT BEND TWP. - State Police are investigating the armed robbery of a Susquehanna County convenience store by a man with a clown mask early Monday morning.
Police report that a white male wearing a blue blazer sport coat, blue jeans, sneakers and a clown mask with green hair robbed the Great Bend Twp. Sunoco store at 12:43 a.m. with a silver, long barrel revolver.
A 60-year-old Susquehanna County man was assaulted and robbed by two men at his home Sunday, state police at Gibson said.
The men forced their way into Robert Laman's residence along Route 858 in Apolacan Twp. when he answered a knock at his front door about 10:40 p.m., state police said.
The ink was barely dry from his being hired June 8 as the new field hockey coach at Montrose Area, but the school board this Monday regretfully accepted the resignation of Jason Young.
Superintendent Michael Ognosky shared that Young, who had been hired at an annual stipend of $3,255, had acknowledged in a letter of resignation this week that there arose a conflict in a corporate training exercise he would need in his regular work and getting students ready for the upcoming season.
Elk Lake High School student Justin Stewart recently placed in the top 10 at the national Skills USA competition last week in Kansas City, Mo.
Stewart, 18, finished in ninth place in the cabinet-making program out of 43 competitors.
