Date archive for March, 2011
Truck headed for well site has spill (0)
3/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Hundreds of gallons of petroleum-based products spilled from a truck headed to a natural gas well site early Wednesday morning, Mar. 23, in Springville Twp. after the driver lost control on snow covered roads. Colleen Stutzman, DEP assistant regional director in Wilkes-Barre said the operator of a Fleet Serve, of Ponder, Texas, [...]
89-year-old woman hit by car (0)
3/30/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Charges are pending against a 52-year-old Montrose man for hitting an 89-year-old woman with his car last Tuesday (Mar. 15) as he was backing up at a gas station. Randy O’Brien was backing out of the HOMart convenience store and failed to see Dorothy Hall, 89, of Montrose walking along Chestnut St. [...]
Police stop nets $10G, drug gear (0)
3/30/11 •
BY JAMES HAGGERTY Times-Shamrock Writer State police confiscated more than $10,000 in cash and filed charges against four Syracuse, N.Y., men after a traffic stop in Susquehanna County. State police at Gibson said the incident occurred after an SUV was stopped for violations on Interstate 81 south at 5:47 p.m. Thursday in Lenox Township. The [...]
Couple faces felony flight charges (0)
3/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A Montrose area couple faces charges after they attempted to dodge warrants for their arrests in February. Sheriff Deputies attempted to serve warrants Feb. 16 on Frederick R. Swingle III, 26, and Amberly Payne, 23, at a home on Hamlin Rd., Forest Lake Twp. Swingle and Payne now both face felony charges [...]
Ohio man charged with theft in Ebay sale (0)
3/30/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 28-year-old Fairfield, Ohio, man has been charged with unlawful use of a computer, after allegedly reneging on the sale of a car through Ebay to a Forest City man. Brian J. Gossett was arraigned Tuesday morning for an incident that happened in June 2008, when a male purchased a vehicle [...]
Thefts lead to probation for farm manager (0)
3/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A man who ponied up guilty pleas in 2009 to eight theft related charges that occurred during the time he managed a Montrose area horse farm received what amounted to a three-year probationary sentence Thursday in Susquehanna County Court. Two of the eight judgments handed down to Jerry Dale Stines, 43, carried [...]
Shale advisory panel holds first meeting (0)
3/30/11 •
BY ROBERT SWIFT Times-Shamrock Writer The governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission began its work Friday with many members touting the future economic promise of plentiful natural gas reserves and a handful calling for more state regulation of gas drilling operations. The 30-member commission is charged with developing a comprehensive plan to guide development of Pennsylvania’s [...]
County contracts with new spill response team (0)
3/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A new hazardous material response team has been contracted by the county to respond to spills – like the one in Springville Twp. last Wednesday. The move occurred at the March 23 commissioners meeting. The commissioners signed a contract with Datom Products, Inc., of Dunmore that names the company as the county’s [...]
Monastery secluded by secrecy (0)
3/28/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER and STACI WILSON Our Lady of Solitude Monastery in northwestern Susquehanna County, where at least three sexual indiscretions are alleged to have occurred between its administrator, Rev. Angelus Ferrara, and a teen boy this past fall and winter, is itself a bit of a mystery to its neighbors. County court records [...]
Elk Lake’s Phillips grabs pair of state medals (0)
3/23/11 •
Elk Lake junior Adam Phillips headed to Bucknell University on Tuesday with a modest goal to win one medal and reach the consolation finals in his individual events. After earning a medal on the first day of competition he added a second trip to the medal stand. Another strong performance on Day 2 of the [...]