Date archive for July, 2011
Boro may co-sign sewer loan (0)
7/13/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Montrose Borough Council and the Montrose Municipal Authority butted heads last Tuesday (July 5) over the MMA’s request for the borough to serve as cosigner for a loan to bring the sewer authority back into compliance with Department of Environmental Protection standards. By the end of the 3-hour meeting, it was grudgingly [...]
Daylily gardener plans sell-off (0)
7/13/11 •
BY STACI WILSON All of the energy in a daylily stalk is concentrated to produce one perfect bloom that lasts only 24 hours. Montrose’s Fred Lewis knows because he has been working with them in his daylily garden nestled between High and Locust streets for a half century. But this year is his last. Because [...]
Great Bend Borough making headway (0)
7/13/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Great Bend Borough is making progress on the municipal police department, streets with water and drainage problems, and other projects, it was reported at a brief July meeting Thursday night. The borough’s new roof is finished, and the Little League field and VFW Memorial Park were approved for maintenance and improvements over [...]
Dimock advertised gas lease for bids (0)
7/13/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Dimock Township Supervisors were surprised to hear Monday night that one reason they have not received royalty checks for township property is that they did not advertise their municipal property for gas lease bids before signing it, years ago. At the July 11 meeting, a representative from T.S. Caulkins, a landman who [...]
Burmans grand marshals for Home Town Days (0)
7/13/11 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER, Correspondent David and Diane Burman were selected Grand Marshalls for Susquehanna’s Home Town Days parade that took place on Friday evening, July 8, despite the threat of heavy rain. Local business owner Dawn Roth was also recognized by the Susquehanna Community Development Association as a Grand marshal but chose to walk in the parade. Just [...]
Stalker settling in at Williams (0)
7/13/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Just a couple of years ago, Ryan Stalker was helping Lackawanna College map out a new gas technology program – the first of its kind east of the Mississippi – that tapped into training needs for the Marcellus gas industry. As of May 1, Stalker has been in the midst of [...]
Kostyk appointed Area Facilities Engineer at Williams (0)
7/13/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER If you’d asked Walt Kostyk five years ago if he would one day be working in the gas drilling field, he would have given you a puzzled look. But the 50-year-old retired. Area Facilities Engineer from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard would tell you something different today. He eventually settled down in [...]
Bluestone and Southwestern join hands (0)
7/13/11 •
Bluestone Gathering today announced last week (July 5) that it had signed a long-term agreement with Southwestern Energy Services Company to build and operate a natural gas gathering system in Susquehanna County, and Broome County, N.Y. Bluestone, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTE Energy, will deliver natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation to the Millennium [...]
Independence Day festivities (0)
7/06/11 •
Montrose held its annual parade downtown on Monday morning, after getting Independence Day kicked off with 5K and 10K races starting at Susquehanna County Courthouse. Fireworks held at Montrose Area High School capped off the Fourth of July celebrations.
Five face charges in 2010 fatalities (0)
7/06/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Police say people who were with two teens prior to the accident that claimed their lives in August 2010 withheld information during the investigation. Now at least five people are facing charges, including the mother of one of the teens killed. On Aug. 4, 2010, Alex Hinkley and Brett Sterling were killed [...]