Date archive for December, 2010
Girls’ basketball wrap-up (0)
12/22/10 •
Montrose The Montrose Area girls’ basketball team grabbed a 59-42 victory at Holy Cross on Saturday after it picked up a 53-50 home win on Thursday evening. Against Holy Cross, Montrose got ahead early with a 15-10 run in the first quarter, before dominating the Crusaders 16-8 in the second to hold a 31-18 lead [...]
The week ahead: Sports schedule (0)
12/22/10 •
Wednesday, Dec. 22 Wrestling – Elk Lake home against Lake-Lehman, 7 p.m.; Blue Ridge home against Wyoming Area, 7 p.m. Boys’ Basketball – Elk Lake at Blue Ridge, 6 p.m.; Forest City at Susquehanna, 7:15 p.m.; Montrose home against Lackawanna Trail, 7:15 p.m.; Mt. View home against Lakeland, 7:30 p.m.; Susquehanna home against Forest City, [...]
Scoreboard (0)
12/22/10 •
Results for Dec. 14-20: Boys’ Basketball Mid Valley 55, Elk Lake 43 N. Pocono 64, Forest City 50 Honesdale 59, Mt. View 45 Montrose 50, Wyalusing 43 Wyalusing 61, Susquehanna 33 Athens 58, Elk Lake 43 Old Forge 56, Mt. View 31 Susquehanna 66, West Side Tech 59 Honesdale 61, Blue Ridge 50 Girls’ Basketball [...]
Gymnastics team starts season with first place finish (0)
12/22/10 •
On December 11th the Endless Mountains Gymnastics team (Eagles) entered their first competition of the 2010-2011 gymnastics season. The Endicott Holiday Classic is a unique meet in the sense that the team score is determined by adding the top four scores in each event regardless of gymnasts’ age and level. The EMG Eagles performed very [...]
DEP drops waterline plans (0)
12/22/10 •
Cabot agrees to pay $4.1 million to Dimock residents BY LAURA LEGERE Times Shamrock Writer The Department of Environmental Protection has dropped its plans to build a 12.5-mile waterline from Montrose to Dimock Twp. in exchange for Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. agreeing to pay $4.1 million to residents affected by methane contamination attributed to [...]
Tree grinches to face charges (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna police were expected to file summary charges Monday against three men and one woman for their involvement in the heist of community Christmas trees from two separate towns. As of press time, charges had not been filed against the four and their identities were not yet made known. Christmas trees were [...]
Fallen soldier remembered (0)
12/22/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER An American hero with roots in Susquehanna County was remembered Saturday for giving the ultimate sacrifice last month in Afghanistan. Oakes, 29, died Nov. 29 at Combat Outpost Lonestar, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, when an insurgent attacked his unit with small arms fire, killing six U.S. Army soldiers. Funeral services were held [...]
Local choir to perform Christmas Eve (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON The holiday sounds of a local elementary school choir will hit the local television airwaves at 11:35 p.m. Christmas eve. The fifth and sixth grade select choir from Lathrop Street Elementary, under the direction of Nino Bennici, was selected to perform for WNEP’s Christmas Eve broadcast. The performance was taped Dec. 9 [...]
Sharing friendship (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON For the past 25 years, Blue Ridge Elementary has united during the Christmas holiday in an effort to help less fortunate families in the school community. For weeks, elementary classes collect non-perishable food items and the high school’s Pride Club purchases presents for families. The school-wide endeavor culminates with the annual Sharing [...]
Great Bend man pleads to multiple sex crimes (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Great Bend man could serve up to 71 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple sex charges in Susquehanna County Court on Friday. Duane Jay Anderson, 34, entered guilty pleas to six counts leveled against him in three separate cases – two lodged by the state’s Child Predator Unit and [...]