Date archive for May, 2011
Cuts not enough to plug BR deficit (0)
5/18/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Blue Ridge is finding savings in all areas of the district budget but the cuts aren’t enough to plug the $1 million-plus projected deficit for the coming school year. The board is expected to adopt the district’s preliminary budget at its May 23 meeting. Business manager Loren Small reported that real estate [...]
County plans demo-reno project (0)
5/18/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The commissioners are moving forward with plans to renovate a Chenango St., Montrose property to create more office space for the county Commissioners Leon Allen and Michael Giangrieco opened bids for the two-phase project at the May 11 meeting. Four bids were submitted and accepted for review. Three of the bids were [...]
County pension sees first quarter growth (0)
5/18/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The county’s pension plan grew through the first quarter of the year, up $800,000 since Jan. 1. The portfolio now stands at $13.9 million reported the Seneca Group at the May 11 Retirement Board meeting. The Seneca Group manages the county pension plan. In light of the group’s report and recommendations, the [...]
Susquehanna Community board approves proposed budget (0)
5/18/11 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER, Correspondent Susquehanna Community school district’s board approved a proposed budget of $12.8million for 2011-2012. The action taken at the May 11 meeting also set the district millage at 43.30 in Susquehanna County and 14.29 in Wayne County. This proposed budget is $1 million less than last year and has a slight [...]
Harford residents concerned about roads (0)
5/18/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Harford Township supervisors met Tuesday, approving bids for fuels and dust control oil, but the air was thick with tension as the supervisors, visitors and employees faced off over road conditions, the need for a time clock, and management in general. Several motions were made, only to not receive a second. Although [...]
Davis named Distinguished Citizen (0)
5/18/11 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER, Correspondent Alice M. Davis of Meshoppen was honored as Baden-Powell Council, Boy Scouts of America’s 2011 Distinguished Citizen at a dinner on Friday evening. Held at The Summit in New Milford, the 130 attending heard how Davis exempflies in her daily life the ideals of the Boy Scouts as expressed in [...]
Carrizo plans in region discussed (0)
5/18/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER The vice president of land for Carrizo Oil & Gas told a packed Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce luncheon his company was committed to the Marcellus in the region and expected to have five pads fully developed in the county by September 2012. Richard Smith who works out of the company [...]
Marino takes aim at government spending (0)
5/18/11 •
BY RYAN D. BEARDSLEY, Times-Shamrock Writer In a town hall meeting in which U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-10, Lycoming Twp., addressed legislation to cut federal government spending, he faced strong opposition from citizens concerned about issues such as health care, Social Security and alternative energy studies. Mr. Marino – who held the public meeting at [...]
Barn quilts topic for neighborhood meeting (0)
5/18/11 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER, Correspondent Joyce Coons, owner of the Craft Barrel in New Milford, was the guest speaker at the April meeting of Concerned Neighbors Connecting held at St. Mark’s Church Hall. Coon gave the history of quilts in general and Barn Quilts in particular which are quilt squares painted on wood. She explained [...]
Susquehanna River tops nation’s most endangered list (0)
5/18/11 •
BY ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Times-Shamrock Writer Natural gas drilling is the Susquehanna River’s biggest threat, environmental groups say – and they’re emphasizing that belief by naming it the nation’s most endangered river. American Rivers, a nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization, and the Sierra Club plan to announce today at the Capitol in Harrisburg that the Susquehanna [...]