Date archive for August, 2010
Elk Lake Regatta and swim meet held (0)
8/11/10 •
The 76th Elk Lake Regatta and Swimming Meet was held Saturday, August 7, at Big Elk Lake. Forty-six children, ages six months to 17, participated in swimming races as well as diving, inner tube, canoe and rowboat events. The winners in each class were as follows. In the Guppy class (age 2 and under) Eva [...]
Montrose school board approved building bids (0)
8/11/10 •
Montrose School Board approved four bids for the construction of the district’s new administration building Monday night, with a total cost of $804,080. Business manager Michelle Lusk said that with the approval of the bids, construction can commence soon, with a proposed move in date of Nov. 30. Superintendent Mike Ognosky noted that all four [...]
Blue Ridge board questions Diversity Club’s purpose (0)
8/11/10 •
The purpose of the Blue Ridge Diversity Club was questioned again by the school board at the Monday, Aug. 9 meeting. Board member Christina Whitney asked that the appointment of a Diversity Club advisor be held out for discussion. Whitney told board members the Diversity Club had “gone in a direction opposite of what was [...]
New Milford council addresses Peck Hill problems (0)
8/11/10 •
A code enforcement officer just hired by the New Milford Borough Council has had to withdraw himself from that position because of job changes, according to a letter read Thursday night at the borough’s regular meeting. Fred Shiptowski was hired at the council’s July 15 recessed meeting. Shiptowski was recommended by the personnel committee for [...]
Well safety jobs, expertise on rise with gas industry (0)
8/11/10 •
When a natural gas well blew out in Clearfield County on June 3, it spewed gas and chemical-laden wastewater for 16 hours until experts could be brought in from Texas to cap it. In an attempt to prevent a repeat of that scenario as drilling in the Marcellus Shale expands, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection [...]
SCSB remembers teacher/coach (0)
8/11/10 •
Susquehanna Community school board observed a moment of silence at its August 4, meeting for former teacher Denise Reddon who also served as athletic director. Reddon retired in June after 27 years of service and passed away on July 25 after a short illness. Superintendent Bronson Stone praised the late teacher for her years of [...]
Western Pa. bank acquires CB&T (0)
8/11/10 •
A western Pennsylvania-based bank plans to acquire the Clarks Summit-based parent company of Community Bank & Trust for approximately $70 million. Hermitage-based FNB Corp. and Comm Bancorp Inc. announced the agreement Monday. Comm Bancorp shareholders will receive a combination of stock and cash in the deal, expected to close by the end of the year. [...]
Nye charges bound over for trial (1)
8/11/10 •
Charges against a Susquehanna County man accused of raping a teenage girl were bound over for trial in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas. Bryan Nye, 38, Montrose, waived his preliminary hearing in front of District Judge Jeffrey Hollister on Monday. Nye did not offer any comment; nor did he look at any of [...]
Man charged with assaulting cop (0)
8/11/10 •
A routine traffic stop for suspicion of DUI just after midnight on July 31in Silver Lake Township led to an altercation for two Montrose men with police. John H. Wittenberg Jr., 22, has been charged with four felony counts of aggravated assault. Wittenberg was the passenger in a vehicle driven by Joshua Peters Jr., 21, [...]
Mt. View principal named (0)
8/11/10 •
The Mountain View School Board voted Monday night to name Robert Presley as its new elementary school principal. Presley, who has been assistant principal at East Stroudsburg North High School since February, and served as an elementary school teacher at Susquehanna Community School District from 1999 to 2009, will be paid $72,000 a year. His [...]