Date archive for December, 2010
Eastman eligible for parole (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON After spending most of the past year behind bars, the first woman charged by the state’s Child Predator Unit is eligible for parole. Jamie Nicole Eastman, 20, of Great Bend, received an 11 1/2 month sentence, with credit for time served, by President Judge Kenneth Seamans Thursday in the Susquehanna County [...]
Crash claims Meshoppen man (0)
12/22/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 46-year-old Meshoppen man died Saturday evening when his car landed in a creek about a mile north of Meshoppen. State Police at Gibson say that Craig S. Vogel was traveling south on Singer Road (T-309) around 9 p.m., when his 2001 Ford Focus failed to negotiate a right curve in [...]
Settlement draws criticism, praise (0)
12/22/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer A settlement reached on Wednesday between the Department of Environmental Protection and a Houston-based gas driller has raised questions among critics about how strongly the state will defend its enforcement actions against an increasingly influential industry even as supporters applauded the agreement as a victory for common sense. The settlement [...]
Some Dimock folks see ‘dirty tricks’ in Cabot document (0)
12/22/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Legal releases delivered Thursday by the gas company deemed responsible for methane contamination in Dimock Twp. water wells have some township residents accusing the driller of using “dirty, dirty tricks” to try to free itself of a lawsuit pending in federal court. Early Thursday morning, attorneys for Cabot Oil and [...]
Rachel’s Challenge gets a chain reaction (0)
12/22/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Rachel Joy Scott had premonitions that she would die young. She also was convinced she would make a major impact on the world. As the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, Rachel has fulfilled her destiny. Her legacy, Rachel’s Challenge, has become a national movement to [...]
Rachel’s impact hits Blue Ridge (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Blue Ridge students spent the days leading up to an anti-bullying assembly learning about the program’s namesake, Rachel Joy Scott. Scott was the first person killed in the April 1999 Columbine school shooting that claimed the life of 13 students and one teacher. After reading Scott’s personal writing and diaries, her family [...]
Harford Township approves 2011 budgets (0)
12/22/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Harford Township supervisors accepted the 2011 final budget during their December meeting Tuesday. The tax rate remains the same as last year’s, with the 2011 real property millage at 5.13 mills and the fire protection millage at 1 mill. The 2011 budget for the township shows township expenses at $399,084 and state [...]
Man accused of student’s death bound over for trial (0)
12/22/10 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY A 58-year-old Meshoppen man accused of vehicular homicide in the death of an Elk Lake ninth grader was bound over Monday for trial in the Wyoming County Court of Common Pleas. Kenneth R. Kramer Jr., of RR#4 Allen St., Meshoppen, is accused of the involuntary manslaughter of 14-year-old Michael Zajaczkowski who died [...]
Boys’ basketball roundup (0)
12/15/10 •
Meteors edge Riverside The Montrose Area boys’ basketball team opened up its season to a win at home on Saturday as the Meteors edged Riverside 39-38. Montrose was paced 13-10 by the Vikes in the first quarter before outscoring Riverside 10-8 in the second to trail 21-20 at halftime. In the second half, Riverside paced [...]
Lady Warriors grab 3rd (0)
12/15/10 •
Elk Lake’s girls’ basketball team beat Susquehanna, 40-18, in the consolation round of the Kiwanis Tip-off Tournament Saturday night in Tunkhannock, while the host Tigers took the tourney title with a 46-21 win over GAR. In opening night action Friday, Elk Lake faced a 63-40 loss to GAR advance to the consolation game against Susquehanna. [...]