Tomorrow’s leaders today (0)
5/16/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Achievements in academics, sports, church and 4-H youth programs and a dedication to community service garnered eight local students recognition as a leader of tomorrow by Chesapeake Energy. Throughout this spring, Chesapeake has partnered with 4-H, Rotary International Clubs, the Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains and local media outlets to highlight [...]
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Around the schools (0)
5/17/12 •
Forest City After graduation, senior volleyball player Ben Komar hopes to turn one of his passions into a career. “Me and my dad really enjoy working on cars, anything that’s motorized,” said Komar, who is also a member of Envirothon and ski club. Komar explained that, because his family owns a farm, he has many [...]
Clifford terminates police force (0)
5/16/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER CliffordTownshipvoted this week to discontinue its police force. Supervisor Dennis Knowlton said Friday the vote on Tuesday was unanimous, and even though Police Chief Donald A. Caroll and his officers were doing a great job, “We just couldn’t afford it.” “I was hoping we wouldn’t have to go this route, but [...]
Deficit remains in Montrose school budget (0)
5/16/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The Montrose Area School Board adopted the districts 2012-13 preliminary budget at the Monday, May 14 meeting. The $23,531,602 budget still carries a $341,723 deficit, explained Superintendent Michael Ognosky. But, he added, that deficit had been whittled down considerably from the $1.2 projected shortfall at the beginning of the budget process. He [...]
Mt. View board president dies (0)
5/16/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER James Zick, president of the Mountain View School Board for the past six years, died late Thursday afternoon The dairy farmer was doing barn work when he apparently collapsed. Superintendent Andrew Chichura said, “the school community is deeply saddened by his passing.” Chichura said Zick joined the board in 1984 and [...]
EPA: Dimock tests OK (0)
5/16/12 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer The final round of test results from federal regulators’ investigation of Dimock Twp. water supplies did not give the Environmental Protection Agency reason to “take further action,” the agency said in a statement Friday. One of the 12 water wells contained an elevated amount of methane, and EPA informed the [...]
Gas leak at P&G causes alert (0)
5/16/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER The Procter & Gamble facility in Mehoopany experienced a chlorine gas leak Sunday evening, but nobody was in danger. P&G spokesman Alex Fried said the substance was used as a water disinfectant for utilities, and the immediate area surrounding where the leak occurred was quickly cordoned off, and the chlorine cylinder [...]
County upgrading emergency towers (0)
5/16/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Emergency communication towers in the county are receiving an upgrade. The county commissioners approved, at the May 9 meeting, to sign a $210,476 agreement with Motorola for an analog simulcast upgrade. Commissioner Alan Hall explained that currently, when emergency services are “toned out” by the 911 department, only one tower at a [...]
Man who hid heroin in instant potato box sentenced (0)
5/16/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The man police found with 1,000 bags of heroin in a box of mashed potatoes pleaded guilty and was sentenced on drug charges Friday in Susquehanna County Court. Lloyd Rashad Brown Jr., 30, ofSyracuse,N.Y., pleaded guilty to a felony count of possession with intent to deliver. He was sentenced to served nine [...]
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