Date archive for September, 2010
Nonprofit electric supplier available to commercial users (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON With rate caps set to expire at the end of the year, time is running out for Penelec users of electric to find an alternate power supplier. Those powered by Claverack will not be affected by the electric rate deregulation that takes effect Jan. 1, 2011. No residential electric suppliers have entered [...]
Recycling center gets new equipment (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Some new equipment may soon be headed to the county recycling center. At the Sept. 22 meeting, the commissioners opened bids for a lift truck with a revolving bale clamp for recycling. The bids are being reviewed by the commissioners to make sure the specifications are met. The commissioners also accepted a [...]
Marino listens to Dimock residents (0)
9/29/10 •
The Republican candidate for the 10th Congressional District was practically in his opponent’s backyard Monday evening for a discussion about natural gas issues. Tom Marino met with about a dozen residents from around Susquehanna County who have been adversely affected by natural gas drilling. “I’m not here for political reasons. I’m here because I was [...]
Documentary warns of hydrofracking dangers (0)
9/29/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Concerned about hydraulic fracturing techniques used by the natural gas industry led an upstate farming couple into the world of documentary film making. When a gas company wanted to inject wastewater into a well in their hometown of Pulteney, N.Y., Jeff and Jodi Andrysick, embarked on a quest to get more information [...]
DEP pushes for Montrose water (1)
9/23/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer The state environmental regulatory agency is pushing a natural gas driller it deemed responsible for contaminating residential drinking water to pay to expand a public water line from Montrose to Dimock Twp. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger said after a telephone conference with affected Dimock residents on Wednesday [...]
Lenox families sue Southwestern Energy (0)
9/23/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Thirteen families in Lenox Twp. filed suit against gas driller Southwestern Energy Production Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, in Susquehanna County Court, alleging the company contaminated their water, made them ill and damaged their property while drilling in the Marcellus Shale nearby. The families, who all live or regularly drank [...]
Great Bend man charged with child porn (0)
9/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Great Bend man, already being held in the Susquehanna County jail for attempting to lure a teen over the internet for sexual favors last year, now faces felony child pornography charges. Investigators found 110 pictures and 10 videos depicting children engaged in sexual acts or in a state of nudity on [...]
Efforts continue in Emily’s behalf (0)
9/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A small child who captured the hearts of a community with her smile and galvanized people into action is gone. Emily Donovan of Montrose, known to many as the “Purple Princess,” lost her two and one-half year battle with brain cancer on Friday, Sept. 17, but efforts in her name are continuing. [...]
Denny’s opens in New Milford (0)
9/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A restaurant franchise well-known for its all-day breakfast offerings like the “Grand Slam” and “Moons Over My Hammy” is making its debut in Susquehanna County. Following a complete renovation of the former Country Market restaurant area, franchise owner Hardy Gill said Denny’s opened its doors for service Monday in the Flying J [...]
MV grad World Champion archer (1)
9/22/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER When Pennsylvania’s fall archery deer season opens Oct. 2, the animals will have something new to contend with. They will have a newly ordained World Champion archer in their midst. John Demmer III, 30, of Kingsley, grabbed the World Champion Title in the Traditional Bow category in mid-August at Ellicotville, N.Y., [...]