Date archive for July, 2011
Girls lead North to soccer win (0)
7/27/11 •
BY ASHLEY TEATUM, Times-Shamrock Writer When the first game of the UNICO Soccer Cup kicked off, the temperature hovered around 97 degrees. The girls North team turned up the heat on the field behind a goal and an assist from game MVP Erika Symons of Mid Valley to defeat the South all-stars, 4-2, on Friday at [...]
Dream Game tonight (0)
7/27/11 •
Montrose and Susquehanna’s football squads will both be represented at the 77th annual Scranton Lions Club ‘Dream Game’ at Scranton Memorial Stadium tonight, Wednesday, July 27, at 8 p.m. From Montrose, Mason Griffiths (tight end/defensive end), Ethan Jones (running back/linebacker) and Joshua Oliver (offensive line/linebacker) will all play for the City team. Susquehanna will also [...]
Cabot Picnic draws thousands (0)
7/27/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Thousands of people flocked to the second annual picnic hosted by Cabot Oil & Gas on Saturday. The turnout at the Harford Fairgrounds seemed to surpass the estimated 4,000 that attended last year’s event in Montrose, Cabot spokesman George Stark said. “It a great turnout. We’re very proud to be able to [...]
Montrose finance committee recommends changes (0)
7/27/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Montrose Area School Board’s finance committee held a special meeting Monday to address how to balance the district’s budget, after learning last week that the district was receiving $80,000 in additional funding. The district’s final budget was approved June 29. When the final state budget was approved, the district was notified [...]
Relay reaches up (0)
7/27/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The intense heat did not diminish the spirit of the Relay for Life teams at this past weekend’s event. At the end of the 24-hour event, $47,749 was raised for the American Cancer Society – almost reaching the $60,850 goal. Cindy Delaney, of the American Cancer Society said, “Everyone worked together to [...]
Literacy programs look to continue despite cuts (0)
7/27/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Doug Newton’s church choir director asked him to sing a solo and handed him the sheet music. The Wyalusing man knew he couldn’t sing it. He couldn’t read the words. That promptedNewton, a high school graduate, to seek out the Bradford/Wyoming Literacy Program in 1992. Newtonsaid, “A lot of people who do [...]
Female sex predator sentenced (0)
7/27/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A Montrose-area woman sexually assaulted two children multiple times over the course of about three years and will now spend the next four to nine years behind bars. Jacqueline Lewis, 32, was sentenced Thursday to the four to nine years for having involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a seven-year-old female. She also [...]
Red Cross opens cooling shelters as temps soar (0)
7/27/11 •
Temperatures in the area reached nearly 100 degrees for several days last week. Tami Cortright, Susquehanna County Chapter of the American Red Cross and Montrose Mayor John Wilson handed out Gatorade and water to the crew working on Grow Ave. Cooling shelters were opened Thursday and Friday in Montrose andGreat Bendbut few took advantage of [...]
Dimock man drowns in river (0)
7/27/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 20-year-oldDimockTownshipman drowned in theSusquehanna Riverlate Sunday morning while swimming atRiversideParksouth of Tunkhannock. Tunkhannock Borough Police Patrolman John Zdaniewicz said Hector Altamirino, 20, with a postal address listed of 11799 SR3001, Montrose, and other friends had gone to the park earlier in the day to enjoy the outdoors. Altamirino and a [...]
EMTC goes ‘Big’ (0)
7/27/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Endless Mountains Theater Company brings the 1987 Tom Hanks movie “Big” to life in musical form on the stage atMountain ViewHigh Schoolthis weekend. The production stars Will Hagenbuch as the “grown-up” Josh Baskin, a 12-year-old whose wish to be “big” is granted by a magical fortune teller machine. Josh lands a job [...]