Date archive for October, 2010
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10/27/10 •
Wednesday, Oct. 27 Cross Country – Elk Lake, Blue Ridge, Forest City, Montrose, Mt. View, Susquehanna at Elk Lake for District II Championship, 12 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 Football – Susquehanna at Mid Valley, 7 p.m. ; Montrose home against Lackawanna Trail, 7 p.m.
Scoreboard (0)
10/27/10 •
Weekly results for Oct. 19-25: Football Susquehanna 32, Lacka. Trail 19 Holy Cross 48, Montrose 14 Field Hockey Northwest 7, Montrose 0 Pittston 3, Elk Lake 0 Elk Lake 3, GAR 0 Pittston 3, Elk Lake 0 Boys’ Soccer Blue Ridge 1, Mid Valley 0 Forest City 3, Riverside 1 Girls’ Soccer Mt. View 3, [...]
Charges pending in Montrose fire (0)
10/27/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER and STACI WILSON Charges are pending against four juveniles believed to have started a fire Sunday afternoon in downtown Montrose that had traffic tied up for about three hours. United Fire Co. Chief Preston Sprout said that around 5 p.m. he had been downtown and noticed a tractor trailer box on [...]
Anti-pipeline meeting draws large crowd (0)
10/27/10 •
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Opponents to a water pipeline planned to alleviate contaminated water wells on Thursday had their meeting shouted down by those who would benefit from the pipeline. About 450 people packed the Elk Lake High School auditorium for the meeting called by a group which dubbed itself as “Enough Already.” The majority [...]
Voters head to polls Tuesday (0)
10/27/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Voters go to the polls next Tuesday to elect a U.S. Senator, Governor, Lt. Governor and Congressman to bring to a close an election cycle that most people will be happy to see end because of some contentious TV advertising. For the U.S. Senate, Democrat Joe Sestak who upset incumbent Arlen [...]
Landmark restaurant gets new birth (2)
10/27/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A popular Susquehanna County restaurant destroyed by fire in April is getting a rebirth Surrounded by about 30 of his former employees Monday morning, owner Dave Scarpetta proclaimed a new day for Bingham’s Restaurant near the interchange of I-81 and Pa. Rts. 92 and 106. Ground was broken on the site [...]
Bridgewater Church unveils ambitous plan (0)
10/27/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Bridgewater Baptist Church unveiled an ambitious building program Sunday morning, as attendees were presented with blueprints for a new church building, to be located on 35 acres off Route 167 south of Montrose. Earlier this month, a new pavilion was completed on the same site, and a harvest dinner was celebrated. Pastor [...]
Cars passing stopped school buses an issue at Susquehanna Community (0)
10/27/10 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Susquehanna Community District directors were told at their Oct. 20 meeting of four incidents of traffic violations involving cars passing school buses unloading students. According to Business Manager Gary Kiernan, if identified and found guilty, the operator of the car would lose his/her license for a year. Kiernan said it is [...]
Fire destroys Liberty Twp. home (0)
10/27/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Liberty Twp. home was destroyed by fire Monday morning displacing a man who lived alone in the Shadow Brook Lane residence. Homeowner Tom Frisbie was not at home when the blaze broke out. Susquehanna County Red Cross Director Becky Naylor said the agency will be offering assistance. Frisbie is now staying [...]
Vote on SCCTC expansion set for Nov. 9 (0)
10/27/10 •
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF The Elk Lake School Board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 9, to vote on whether to proceed with plans for an estimated $8.6 million expansion project for the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. It is scheduled to be held in [...]