Date archive for March, 2011
Elk Lake believes it can weather storm (0)
3/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Although proposed state budget cuts to public education loom, at least one Northeast Pennsylvania school district is not pushing the panic button. At its Thursday meeting, the Elk Lake school board noted that the district’s longtime tradition of being very conservative has shored up something of a financial reserve, and there is [...]
Ballot positions set in contested races (0)
3/23/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The order candidate names will appear on primary ballots was decided on Wednesday (Mar. 16) at the Casting of the Lots held in the county courthouse. In the GOP commissioner race, Michael Giangrieco (incumbent) will be listed first on the ballot, followed by Alan Hall, Fred Baker and Ricky Oakley. On the [...]
Entrepreneurs making way for Marcellus business (1)
3/23/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Nearly 125 business owners and entrepreneurs spent a day at Keystone College Thursday learning about a tremendous business opportunity unfolding in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. In a program hosted by the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service and MetroAction of the Small Business Develoipment Center at the University of Scranton, they learned [...]
Neighbors say Cabot not telling whole story (1)
3/23/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Craig Sautner was attending a gas drilling awareness forum in the southern tier of New York recently, when one of his alleged neighbors from Dimock Township shouted at him that he had no business continuing to protest against Marcellus gas interests. “I know you’ve already gotten a check for $265,000 from [...]
New business looking to locate in Susquehanna Depot (0)
3/23/11 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna council was introduced to Aaron Gould at their March 15 meeting. Gould is looking to locate his business in Susguehanna, in the one remaining building of the Erie Shops and also the Starrucca House, used for offices. According to Gould, his business deals in non-hazardous materials with no dust. [...]
Fire police award members’ service (0)
3/23/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Members of the Susquehanna County Fire Police Association gathered at their annual banquet Thursday evening to pay tribute to two of the organization’s members. Mark Wood, of Dimock Twp., was presented the Fire Police of the Year award by previous award recipient Jack Lasher. Wood said, “I appreciate it. Others here deserve [...]
AWANA holds Grand Prix (0)
3/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The AWANA program at Forest Lake Baptist Church held its annual AWANA Grand Prix Saturday. AWANA clubbers designed and made their own cars, with some help from a pit crew who helped contenders streamline their cars and have them weigh in within required limits. The Grand Prix had an Amateur Speed Division, [...]
DeBoer makes All-American jump (0)
3/16/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Cody DeBoer, a 2009 Montrose Area grad and Shippensburg University sophomore, can now add All-American to his trophy case following a long jump of 23 feet, 2 and 1/2 inches Friday evening at the NCAA Division II Indoor Nationals in New Mexico. Out of 13 competing in the event, he finished [...]
Swimmers off to states (0)
3/16/11 •
Starting today, two athletes from Elk Lake will compete in the PIAA state swimming championships at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Adam Phillips, an Elk Lake junior, is listed as the number six seed in the Class AA boys 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:00.93. Zach Stephens of Bloomsburg is the top seed with a [...]
Lady Foresters downed in state playoffs (0)
3/16/11 •
BY CONOR FOLEY Times-Shamrock Writer Forest City faced a 51-34 loss from Sacred Heart in Saturday’s PIAA Class A girls basketball championship first round game. The Foresters jumped out to a 13-6 advantage after the first quarter, led by nine points from Cassie Erdmann. Forest City then managed to hold off a strong counter attack [...]