Date archive for January, 2011
Scoreboard (0)
1/19/11 •
Results for Jan. 11-17: Boys’ Basketball Blue Ridge 69, Lakeland 64 Lacka. Trail 55, Forest City 39 Elk Lake 54, Susquehanna 42 Montrose 67, Mt. View 33 Lacka. Trail 58, Elk Lake 48 Montrose 60, Forest City 31 Lakeland 78, Susquehanna 60 Blue Ridge 69, Mt. View 38 Mid Valley 71, Montrose 67 Girls’ Basketball [...]
The week ahead (0)
1/19/11 •
Wednesday, Jan. 19 Wrestling – Elk Lake home against Montrose, 7 p.m.; Susquehanna home against Valley View, 6:45 p.m. Girls’ Basketball – Blue Ridge home against Forest City, 6 p.m.; Montrose home against Lakeland, 6 p.m.; Susquehanna home against Lackawanna Trail, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 Wrestling – Elk Lake at Western Wayne, 7 p.m.; [...]
Assault charges head for trial (2)
1/19/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Assault charges leveled against two Susquehanna County men were upgraded Monday to include a count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. At a preliminary hearing held in Montrose District Court on Monday, the additional assault charge was leveled against Daniel Snee, 25, Montrose, and Dana Marsh, 23, Montrose. Snee and Marsh [...]
Harford exploring noise law (1)
1/19/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Harford Township supervisors met Tuesday (Jan. 11) despite the weather, and had the first reading of a proposed industrial noise ordinance. Supervisor Garry Foltz read a proposed Industrial Noise Ordinance, intended to protect residents from noise pollution in the oil and gas industry, or other industrial activity. The ordinance will be advertised, [...]
Susquehanna man faces criminal trespass charge (0)
1/19/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 24-year-old Susquehanna man had charges of criminal trespass and terroristic threats bound over Monday to Susquehanna County court. Kristopher William Shimer, of 292 Jackson Avenue, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Peter Janicelli and waived his rights to a preliminary hearing. According to a criminal complaint, Shimer broke the glass on [...]
Would-be candidates learn paces (0)
1/19/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The local election season is about to kick off with county, municipal and school board races on the ballot this year. Penn State Cooperative Extension, along with the Susquehanna County Chapter of the League of Women Voters, hosted a workshop about running for local office on Saturday. Nearly 40 potential candidates and [...]
Forest City students’ success costing district (1)
1/19/11 •
BY CAITLIN HEANEY Times-Shamrock Writer Forest City Regional School District might look at how its students attend trips now that an upcoming conference will cost more than twice what it did last year. Twenty-three students qualified to attend the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Hershey in April, 10 more than in [...]
Mountain View votes to keep budget in line (0)
1/19/11 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY Correspondent The Mountain View School Board voted 6-3 Monday night to to keep its budget in line by not increasing school taxes by more than 1.9 percent. That is the maximum allowable index the state allows Mountain View without laying out its full budget to the public this early in the budget [...]
Sheriff’s Dept. adds new deputy position (0)
1/19/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A new deputy position was added in the Sheriff’s Department by the county salary board at its Jan. 12 meeting. The board also approved the 2011 miscellaneous compensation schedule. The compensation change adjusted the on-call rate for adult and juvenile probation to $180 to $200 bringing it on par with Children and [...]
Area schools represented at District 9 chorus festival (0)
1/19/11 •
The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association held its District 9 Chorus Festival on Friday, Jan. 14, at North Pocono High School. Some 166 students were selected after auditions from more than 35 public and private schools in the region. Susquehanna County students performing at District Chorus included from Blue Ridge: Theresa Whitehead, Madison Button, Kevin McCarey, [...]