Date archive for September, 2010
High School Sports’ schedule (0)
9/29/10 •
Wednesday, Sept. 29 Girls’ Soccer – Elk Lake at Mid Valley, 4:15 p.m.; Forest City at Dunmore, 7:15 p.m.; Montrose at Lakeland, 7 p.m. ; Mountain View at Holy Cross, 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 Boys’ Soccer – Elk Lake home against Western Wayne, 4:15 p.m.; Blue Ridge home against Mid Valley, 4:15 p.m.; Forest [...]
SCCTC moves to expansion (0)
9/29/10 •
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF The Elk Lake School District gave the go-ahead Tuesday to solicit bids for expansion of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. The board received word that the most recent planning module for the project was approved by the state Department of Transportation. It then voted to submit the next module, [...]
County PSSA math scores lag (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Results from the 2009-10 Pennsylvania Standards of School Assessments tests show local school districts are meeting overall Adequate Yearly Progress benchmarks but 11th grade math scores are lagging behind proficient levels in four of the six county schools. The 11th grade math scores at Elk Lake, Forest City, Montrose and Mountain View [...]
Fire destroys Bridgewater residence (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A family pet perished in a blaze that destroyed a house trailer in Shady Lane Park, Bridgewater Twp., on Wednesday, Sept. 22. No one was home at the time of the late morning fire. The home was a total loss. The Susquehanna County Chapter of the American Red Cross was called in [...]
Susquehanna council fills president’s seat (0)
9/29/10 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna Borough council member David Scales has been elected to fill the council presidency following the resignation of Roy Williams. The action took place at the Sept. 21 meeting that also saw the resignation of Bill Perry as vice-president. Perry will remain on council but stepped down as vice-president. That [...]
EL bus cameras operating (0)
9/29/10 •
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Video surveillance cameras are now operating in all Elk Lake School District buses, the school board learned on Tuesday. High school principal Ken Cuomo told the board that the cameras have already been used twice to enforce disciplinary problems by students. Cuomo also noted that some of the cameras are having [...]
Sheriff reports drug take-back success (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Nearly 30 pounds of unused or out-of-date prescription drugs were collected in Susquehanna County on Saturday. Sheriff Lance Benedict called the first-time effort “a huge success.” The Take-Back Prescription Drugs program was coordinated on the national level by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Benedict said, “Just over 25 pounds were collected in [...]
MV okays hire date for principal (0)
9/29/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Mountain View School Board Monday night okayed a start date for new elementary school principal Robert Presley of Oct. 11. Presley has been at the last few school board meetings since he was hired in August, but has an outstanding contract as assistant principal at East Stroudsburg North High School which [...]
Gas industry leads economic development issues (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Economic development in Susquehanna County seems to hinge on natural gas development. The bulk of agenda items discussed by the county economic development board at its Thursday morning meeting were tied to the developing industry in some way. The board discussed the possible reestablishment of five miles rail track from Simpson to [...]
Update on Sept. 14 crash (0)
9/29/10 •
BY DAVE FALCHEK Times-Shamrock Writer State police have identified the other vehicle involved in the Sept. 14 crash that resulted in the death of a Hallstead woman. As reported previously, Betty Tinsley, 65, was driving south on Route 11 in Great Bend Twp. at about 6 p.m. when her vehicle failed to slow down for [...]