Date archive for May, 2011
Scoreboard (0)
5/25/11 •
Results for May 17-23 Boys’ Volleyball Holy Redeemer 3, Forest City 0 Baseball Elk Lake 5, Mountain View 4 Elk Lake 14, Susquehanna 0 Mt. View 9, Forest City 2 Montrose 17, Forest City 4 Montrose 9, Blue Ridge 3 Western Wayne 5, Susquehanna 2 Western Wayne 16, Susquehanna 4 Softball Elk Lake 1, Susquehanna [...]
Ballot set for November (0)
5/25/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Susquehanna County’s three commissioners will be back on the ballot in November, along with newcomer Alan Hall. Hall, who serves as Blue Ridge School Board president will be the Republican nominee who came in second place on the GOP ballot with 2,097 votes, having received 25 fewer votes than incumbent Michael [...]
Man arrested after shooting outside bar (0)
5/25/11 •
BY DENIS O’Malley and STEVE MCCONNELL, Times-Shamrock Writers A Susquehanna County man accused of shooting another man outside a New Milford hotel early Friday was taken into custody Friday night after state police scoured the county in search of him, state police in Gibson said. Jason Aronowitz, 42, of New Milford, allegedly shot Michael Reid [...]
Forest City secretary apologizes for 10-years of theft (0)
5/25/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A sophisticated scheme of altering books and cutting extra paychecks that netted a former borough secretary $142,000 has now landed her in jail. The ex-Forest City secretary, Susan Coleman, 54, of Vandling, will serve four months to two years minus one day in the Susquehanna County jail for the theft of taxpayer [...]
Chocolate & Wine cheers crowd (0)
5/25/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Mother Nature must be a chocolate and wine aficionado. After days of clouds and rain, the sun brightened Montrose during the fourth annual Chocolate and Wine Festival making way for the crowds to enjoy samples of wine and gourmet fare. The event’s coordinator Tom Follert said, “This year’s festival was beyond our [...]
Man sentenced in child rape attempt (0)
5/25/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A Factoryville man will spend five years in prison for attempting to rape an 11-year-old child in Susquehanna County. Randy Steven Lawrence, 23, was described by his attorney, Patrick Daly, as a “troubled man” before the sentence was delivered and said he understood the long term consequences of his actions. He pleaded [...]
Blue Ridge adopts preliminary budget (0)
5/25/11 •
BY STACI WILSON With no hard numbers from the state and a teacher’s contract still in negotiation, Blue Ridge moved forward at its May 23 meeting with the adoption of its preliminary budget for the 2011-12 school term. The final school budget must be approved by June 30 and the preliminary budget must be available [...]
Man pleads guilty to dealing heroin (0)
5/25/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A man arrested by police last year outside a Lenox area convenience store with 43 individual packets of heroin in his possession pleaded guilty in Susquehanna County Court on Friday. John Tunis Hall, 36, faces up to 15 years in prison with a three year minimum on the felony possession with intent [...]
Hallstead man gets sentenced for ninth DUI (0)
5/25/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 32-year-old man from Hallstead was sentenced Wednesday in the Wyoming County Court of Common Pleas to 15-45 months in state prison for his ninth DUI offense. William Robert Deacon Jr. acknowledged that he had a problem, but asked President Judge Russell Shurtleff for leniency. “I apologize for being in front [...]
Nye faces added flight charge (0)
5/25/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A 39-year-old Montrose man awaiting trial on rape and sexual assault charges in Susquehanna County now faces new charges on avoiding apprehension and prosecution. Bryan Nye appeared in front of District Judge Jeffrey Hollister in Montrose and had the new charges also bound over to county court. Two state police detectives took [...]