Date archive for November, 2011
Sex toy used in alleged assault (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A 25-year-old Scranton man is charged with sexually assaulting a Susquehanna County woman after she apparently had been drinking and fell asleep. Ivan Marrero has been charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and sexual assault in an incident that happened this summer in South Gibson The woman said Wednesday in Clifford [...]
Church, Cabot partner for Thanksgiving (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Natural gas drilling is a 24/7 business – including Thanksgiving – taking workers away from their homes and families for the holiday. For the past three years, Rick Craige has wanted to provide the holiday meal for county residents who were going to be alone or couldn’t afford to put on the [...]
Robbery charges head to court (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The Montrose woman accused of assaulting an elderly Susquehanna Depot man and stealing his vehicle in October waived her preliminary hearing Monday in New Milford District Court. Tracey Ramsay, 30, of Montrose, faces felony charges of robbery of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property. She also faces misdemeanor counts of simple [...]
Proposed apartments draws fire in Montrose (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The proposed conversion of a vacate Montrose gym to apartments fired debate at the Nov. 21 borough council meeting. The building is located on the corner of Mill and High streets in the borough. The proposed project, still in the conceptual design phase, calls for six apartments and also had four single [...]
Eliminated debt service decreases county tax bills (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON With the county debt paid off, taxpayers will see a reduction in their 2012 tax bills. The commissioners voted, Wednesday, Nov. 23, to eliminate the 1.01 mills which had been assessed for debt service. General real estate millage holds at the 2011 10.5 level with .33 mills going to the library fund [...]
Carney could be planning comeback (0)
11/30/11 •
BY BORYS KRAWCZENIUK, Times-Shamrock Writer Five years ago, few observers thought a Democratic political science professor could knock off a four-term Republican congressman well-connected to President George W. Bush in a majority Republican congressional district. Chris Carney proved them wrong, defeating Don Sherwood by 6 percentage points to win the 10th Congressional District seat. Carney lost [...]
Mountain View refinances bond (0)
11/30/11 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY The Mountain View School Board voted unanimously last Monday (Nov. 21) to lock in the rate on refinancing its $7.1 million bond. The new rate averages 2.11 percent. The old rate was 3.89 percent. As a result of this initiative, the district expects to save approximately $362,000 over an eight year period. [...]
Feed-a-Friend provides Thanksgiving help (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Over 900 families inSusquenannaCountyreceived Thanksgiving turkeys and the trimmings through the annual Feed-a-Friend campaign. Turkeys, along with food baskets, were distributed Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Trehab food banks in Montrose andOakland. The annual campaign, sponsored by WNEP, Channel 16 provides local residents with Thanksgiving dinners and is coordinated locally through Trehab. Trehab [...]
Santa arrives at Parade of Lights (0)
11/30/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Santa Claus arrived in Montrose Saturday night on the bumper of an Elk Lake fire truck decked out in holiday lights. Unseasonably warm temperatures brought hundreds out to the annual Parade of Lights, sponsored by the United Fire Company. The parade featured fire trucks, floats and marching merry makers. The Cabot/GDS float [...]
Students take to county band (0)
11/30/11 •
A number of area students Students participated in the recent Susquehanna County Band Festival at Susquehanna Community High School on Oct. 27. They included: JUNIOR HIGH COUNTY BAND ELK LAKE: Kenny Brittingham, Tyler Davis, LaAnna Farnelli, Allyssa Hewitt, Leah Ofalt, Rebecca Phillips, Haley Skinner, Rachel Sprout, Kaylee Swart, Randi Teed, Chris Warfle, Lizzie Wright, Jenny [...]