Date archive for February, 2011
Rental ordinance proposed for Montrose (0)
2/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Montrose Borough Council discussed a proposed rental ordinance and a Drainage Maintenance Agreement for SR 706′s Church Street section proposed by PennDOT during its meeting Monday. The council looked over the new ordinance for landlords and tenants, but tabled it, planning to advertise the proposal for next month’s meeting, and invite landlords [...]
Local legislators tour gas compressor site (0)
2/23/11 •
BY ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Times-Shamrock Writer Local legislators got an up-close and detailed look at a natural gas compressor station Friday that is similar to one proposed for Dallas Township. State Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township, her assistant Tom Yoniski, state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, and her assistant Carol Sweeney toured Chief Gathering LLC’s Susquehanna [...]
Women to be honored as ‘Legacy Ladies’ (0)
2/23/11 •
The Montrose Area Adult School is initiating an annual recognition of the contributions local women have made to the community. During Women’s History Month, a luncheon is planned at the Inn at Montrose on Saturday, March 19, at which four women will be honored who have inspired and enriched the lives of people in [...]
Kazmierski gets 1,000th rebound (0)
2/15/11 •
While Forest City may have taken the 51-30 win over Mountain View on Thursday, it was still a special night for Mountain View senior Kayla Kazmierski. With 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Kazmierski recorded the 1,000th rebound of her career. She finished with 13 rebounds and 11 points for the Lady Eagles. Kiersten [...]
Canevari named Montrose football coach (1)
2/15/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Montrose Area High School assistant principal Russell Canevari was selected Monday night as the head coach of the Meteor varsity football program. The MA school board set his salary at $4,160 effective the beginning of the fall sports season. He will resign his position as assistant principal and head back into the [...]
Guenter inspires Elk Lake basketball community (0)
2/15/11 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Sometime in the afternoon, hours before game time, the only light on in the gym at Elk Lake High School illuminated from the scorer’s table. As assistant boys basketball coach Marc Weisgold flipped the switch, he became startled. At center court, all alone, collecting his thoughts and emotions, stood senior [...]
The week ahead (0)
2/15/11 •
Thursday, Feb. 17 Boys’ Basketball – Montrose against Lackawanna Trail at Carbondale, 7:30 p.m. Girls’ Basketball – Forest City against Montrose at Carbondale, 6 p.m. Swimming and Diving – Elk Lake at Tunkhannock, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19 Wrestling – Blue Ridge, Elk Lake, Montrose, Susquehanna at League Championship, Scranton, 9 a.m. Girls’ Basketball – [...]
Scoreboard (0)
2/15/11 •
Results for Feb. 8-14 Boys’ Basketball Elk Lake 45, Trail 43 Blue Ridge 53, Mt. View 40 Lakeland 62, Susquehanna 40 Montrose 58, Forest City 33 Elk Lake 51, Forest City 39 Blue Ridge 47, Lacka. Trail 44 Elk Lake 52, Lakeland 38 Montrose 84, Susquehanna 44 Forest City 47, Mt. View 31 Montrose 63, [...]
Blue Ridge facing tough choices (0)
2/15/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Rumors about windmills, program and staff cuts and increased class sizes prompted Blue Ridge Superintendent Robert McTiernan to issue a taped phone call to district parents Friday evening. In the message, McTiernan directed parents to the school district website where the superintendent had posted a letter addressing those rumors. McTiernan noted in [...]
Williams Energy sets up shop (1)
2/15/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Williams Energy, an Oklahoma-based natural gas transportation company in the.Fortune 500, is planning to open offices in Tunkhannock and possibly Nicholson this spring. “By the end of 2013, we project having added close to 100 new jobs in Wyoming and Susquehanna counties,” Appalachian Basin general manager Ryan Savage told a packed [...]