Date archive for November, 2010
Gathering of faiths join in Thanksgiving (0)
11/23/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Five grains of corn on an empty plate. That was how the first Thanksgiving feasts in the colonies began, symbolizing the famine of the first year, when the pilgrims were rationed five kernels of corn each per day. On Sunday, churches from Susquehanna County joined in an ecumenical service of Thanksgiving, held [...]
Third pharmacy heist suspect taken into custody (0)
11/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A police tip led to the apprehension Wednesday, Nov. 17, of the third person wanted in connection with the Oct. 29 burglary of Reddon’s Pharmacy, Susquehanna. Nearly $100,000 worth of prescription pills was taken in the heist. Jerrod Decker, 24, Hallstead, was discovered by county probation officers in an apartment in Susquehanna. [...]
Nye pleads guilty to sex charges (1)
11/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Montrose area man who eluded police for more than four months prior to his capture now faces up to 30 years in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in 2009. Bryan Lewis Nye, 38, Montrose, pleaded guilty Friday in Susquehanna County Court on two felony sex charges. Nye [...]
Clifford man faces child porn charges (0)
11/23/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 66-year-old Clifford man has been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. Stewart John Davis, of HC7, Box 7445, Clifford, faces two counts of sexual abuse of children and one count of criminal use of a communication facility. Davis was arrested Friday, Nov. 12, following an investigation by the [...]
Elk Lake looking at football options (0)
11/23/10 •
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF The Elk Lake School Board is revisiting the idea of allowing its students to play football for Montrose. At Tuesday’s meeting, the board agreed to study the possibility. That met with the approval of about a half dozen parents who attended the meeting. Most of the parents who showed up said [...]
Pennsylvania farmland tax program altered (0)
11/23/10 •
BY ROBERT SWIFT Times-Shamrock Writer HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s program to preserve private farmland and forests through tax breaks is being altered to accommodate development of natural gas deposits and wind and solar power. The “Clean and Green” program, which dates to 1974, allows farmland, woodland and open land to be assessed at its use value [...]
Child pornographer sentenced (0)
11/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Thompson man will serve at least nine months in a state correctional facility on child pornography charges. Police discovered Danny Allen Burgess, 52, had on his computer 167 movies and 400 pictures, along with at least 6 DVDs, all containing children under the age of 16 engaged in prohibited sexual acts. [...]
Extension elects new members (0)
11/23/10 •
BY HELEN FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna County Cooperative Extension Association held its annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 20, prior to the Farm City Feast. President Dave Taylor called the meeting to order and the business of the association was handled before Vice-president Matt Fearnley presented a slate of officers for board approval. The recommended slate presented [...]
Yule logs glow with symbolism (0)
11/23/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The traditional Yule log predates Christianity in Europe, and has symbolism that extends across all faiths, according to a presentation made by Shea Skinner at the Butternut Gallery in Montrose. Skinner, a student at Elk Lake High School, has been coordinating a Yule log program and fundraiser for the Susquehanna County Library [...]
Elys recognized as ‘Friends of Extension’ (0)
11/23/10 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Dedicated supporters of Susquehanna County’s Penn State Coopereative Extension, Harold and Frances Ely were honored Saturday at the annual Farm-City Feast by being being named “Friends of Extension.” Harold and Frances were both born in Susquehanna County and were dairy farmers for 40 years. They have supported agriculture for the [...]