Date archive for September, 2011
Jury acquits Susquehanna man (0)
9/21/11 •
BY STACI WILSON After about four hours of deliberations a jury came back. Sept. 14, with not guilty verdict on a rape count lodged against a Susquehanna man. The jury of nine women and three men, however, deadlocked on a sexual assault charged lodged against Lee Slocum, 41. District Attorney Jason Legg said he has [...]
EL student, mom killed in crash (0)
9/21/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A crash that occurred early Saturday inWyomingCountykilled a woman and her 15-year-old daughter and left a third man severely injured, state police reported. About 2:45 a.m., Kelly Radwanski, 40, and her daughter, Cailene, were traveling west on Route 292 in Northmoreland Twp. in a Chevrolet Cavalier driven by a 19-year-old man [...]
Flooding brings out generosity (0)
9/21/11 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY The Steve and Billie Jo Shafer family ofAuburnTownshipcount themselves among the very fortunate nowadays. “We’re just 10 minutes away from people losing everything,” Steve Shafer said. “And we had nothing here.” And with that in mind, Shafer said he and his family, including his in-laws, tried to figure out how to help. [...]
Cabot donates to flood relief (0)
9/21/11 •
BY STACI WILSON As people begin to put their lives and homes after the recent flooding, a natural gas company has stepped up to the plate to assist the agencies that offer help. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. spokesman George Stark said that as the disaster struck Sept. 7, the company began hearing about the [...]
Bank robbery suspect waives hearing (0)
9/21/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The Union Dale man accused of robbing $1,750 from the Pennstar Bank in Susquehanna in August waived his preliminary hearing Monday, Sept. 19, in New Milford District Court. John Dockens, 28, faces one count of robbery; two counts of terroristic threats; and three counts of theft in connection with the Aug. 19 [...]
Commissioners address role in recent disaster (0)
9/21/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The county commissioners held the Sept. 14 meeting in the commissioners’ meeting room in the courthouse instead of the downstairs meeting room of the county office building. During emergencies, the basement conference room in the county office building is used to house an emergency operations center. Bruce Paskoff, ofForestLake, asked what role [...]
Blue Ridge assessing student needs (0)
9/21/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Although manyBlue Ridgestudents were impacted by the recent flooding attendance for the first day of school was high, the district’s two principals told the board at the Sept. 13 meeting. High School Principal Matthew Nebzydoski said the high attendance rate “speaks to the resiliency of the students. It’s a credit to the [...]
EL faculty to raise funds for flood victims (0)
9/21/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI At least 17 families of students attending the Elk Lake School District were rendered homeless by the Sept. 8-9 flooding, and many others were affected, Superintendant William Bush said Thursday at the school board meeting. The teachers responded by holding a “Dress Down Day” fundraiser, paying a donation to dress casually, and were [...]
Mountain View numbers are down (0)
9/21/11 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY Attendance is down in the Mountain View School District for the second year in a row, Superintendent Andrew Chichura told the school board in a lengthy meeting whose completion was to take place Tuesday. “As of the third day of school,” he said, “there were 1,135 students.” This number is 88 [...]
Dimock roads need more repair (0)
9/21/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Dimock Township supervisors reviewed recent storm damage to township roads at their regular meeting on Monday, Sept.12. Most of the township roads had been worked on over the summer months, and supervisors Gerald Ellis and Matt Neenan had been installing sluice pipes and cutting ditches to improve drainage situations. The storm washed [...]