Date archive for June, 2011
Blood brothers: Bagnall saved life by donating bone marrow (0)
6/29/11 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT, Times-Shamrock Writer Facing an uncertain future and battling the fear of mortality, Dr. Kim Murphy wanted only a chance to see his 8-year-old daughter graduate high school. Diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in 1997, his chances of being in the audience, he admitted, weren’t great. And being a pathologist, the San Antonio, [...]
LL all-stars begin action (0)
6/29/11 •
A number of Little League teams from across Susquehanna County have begun pool play and are in the hunt to show who is best in All-Star action. Little League teams from Blue Ridge, Susco East, Susquehanna County and Montrose all entered contention in District 15. DISTRICT 15 BLUE RIDGE 9-10 Boys Blue Ridge’s 9-10 boys [...]
Montrose Little League all-stars announced (0)
6/29/11 •
Montrose Little League Association has released its all-star teams that will enter into pool play for the Little League district championship. All divisions will participate in pool play in order to establish seeding for the tournament. At the conclusion of pool play, all divisions will then enter a double elimination tournament to determine a district [...]
PFBC changes wild trout list (0)
6/29/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Among its 99 changes to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Wild Trout Stream list for the state were some additions, alterations and removals of local waters. The PFBC added Sugar Run, a tributary to Marsh Creek in Wyoming County, as one of its Wild Trout Streams, while removing Deacon Brook, a [...]
Local Miners hitting gridiron (0)
6/29/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Three locals from Wyoming and Susquehanna counties are taking the field for the NEPA Miners football team, a Major League Football-based team in Scranton. Ryan Posten, of Tunkhannock, Ryan Gower, of Factoryville, and Brad Allen, of New Milford, will all a part of Dan LaMagna’s Miners, who are hoping to step it [...]
‘Hunts for Healing’ teed off Sunday at Rock Creek (0)
6/29/11 •
BY MARTY MYERS, Times-Shamrock Writer When he learned about the Hunts for Healing program, Rock Creek Golf Course general manager Jim Olecki took action. A one-day golf tournament, he figured, could raise a couple thousand dollars to help wounded veterans regain some sense of normalcy to their lives. What it evolved into stunned almost everyone [...]
Hartnett returns to early season form at Penn Can (0)
6/29/11 •
Kevin Hartnett stalked race leader Joey Colsten in the middle stages of the Modified feature Friday night at Penn Can Speedway and made the pass for the lead on lap 19. Hartnett of Troy, PA would pull away from the pack over the last ten laps as the Modified points leader took his third win [...]
Times-Tribune honors standout athletes (0)
6/29/11 •
Throughout the past school year, several local varsity athletes were honored by Scranton Times-Tribune Athletes of the Week and Performers of the Year in their specific sport. From Elk Lake Mike Bedell was honored not only as the Times-Tribune’s Athlete of the Year, but also as Performer of the Year in cross country. Warrior Brooke [...]
County selected for EPA study (0)
6/29/11 •
BY LAURA LEGERE, Times-Shamrock Writer A landmark federal study of oil and gas drilling’s potential impact on drinking water will use Susquehanna and Bradford counties as a case study, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The two counties at the center of Marcellus Shale drilling in Northeast Pennsylvania will be one among five case study [...]
Festive 4th planned (0)
6/29/11 •
Independence Day festivities are planned all around Susquehanna County the week of July 4. Thompson Hose Company kicks off the events in with their 76th annual Fourth of July Carnival, July 2-4. The three-day event features rides, food and entertainment. The carnival opens July 2-3, 5-10 p.m., featuring bingo, beer and clam tent, Water Wars [...]