Date archive for November, 2011
Elk Lake approves change orders (0)
11/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Elk Lake School Board discussed several change orders for the Susquehanna County Career andTechnologyCenter’s expansion project, and another change order for the elementary school driveway project at its meeting Thursday night. About $4 million has been paid so far to contractors for the SCCTC expansion, it was noted. This was the [...]
Teen faces charges in pharmacy heist (0)
11/23/11 •
BY STACI WILSON ALawtonteen faces charges in Montrose District Court for allegedly stealing drugs from the Montrose Pharmacy in an Oct. 26 burglary. Charges were filed against Derek Stang, 19, by Montrose Police Sgt. John Walker for felony burglary and criminal trespass, along with misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property, theft and drug charges, including [...]
Montrose man charged with escape (0)
11/23/11 •
BY STACI WILSON An inmate on work release failed to return to the county jail by his assigned time Nov. 17 and was taken into custody by police a day later. Ryan Groover, 30, of Montrose, failed to report back to the jail by9 p.m.from his work release assignment. State police in Gibson were contacted [...]
Forest City youth big on turkey calls (0)
11/23/11 •
BY JOSH McAULIFFE, Times-Shamrock Writer Hunter Wallis has had no trouble living up to his name. Just 14 years old, theNewtonLakeresident already is a highly accomplished sportsman. He hunts deer, waterfowl and wild turkey. In regard to the latter, he’s bagged all four subspecies – Osceola inFlorida,Rio GrandeinTexas, Merriam inWyomingand Eastern right here inNortheast Pennsylvania. His [...]
Mt. View board reviews policies (0)
11/23/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Mountain View School Board reviewed a number of policies and bills at its Nov. 14 work session. Business manager James Mirabelli clarified with board members where the district stood on its budget fund balance designations. He noted that $1.5 million had been set aside for future anticipated state pension increases, $300,000 [...]
Gas companies work out Harford road agreements (0)
11/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Harford Township supervisors were approached Tuesday, Nov.8 by a representative from Bluestone Gathering, who proposed a road use and maintenance agreement. The township spent more than six months working out an agreement with Southwestern Energy, and found the standard road agreement recently offered by Williams “too vague” and insufficient in protection for [...]
Interfaith hosts Thanksgiving dinner (0)
11/23/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Residents of area personal care homes and clients of local human service agencies gathered Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving with Susquehanna County Interfaith. Interfaith Executive Director Rachel Pratt said, “It’s wonderful to be able to celebrate this holiday together, to come together as a group.” The annual dinner was held at the Montrose [...]
Symphony returns to the Endless Mountains (0)
11/23/11 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY The Endless Mountains will once again be alive with the sound of classical music when the Northern Tier Symphony Orchestra has a concert on Nov. 26 at the Tunkhannock Area Middle School. The orchestra, made up of musicians from near and far, will present five pieces this time around: Von Suppe’s Poet [...]
‘The Boys’ open custom butcher shop (0)
11/23/11 •
BY STACI WILSON After years of working in various aspects of the meat industry, twoSusquehannaCountymen decided to open their own custom butchering shop inForestLake. Matt Russick and Steven Demarest have been busy since June readying “The Boys Meat Plant, onValley Rd., inForestLake, for its Nov. 19 opening – just in time for theNew Yorkdeer season. [...]
Foster caring leads to adoption for some (0)
11/23/11 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY Gloria Baker of Springville found her calling when she was 48 years old. That was when she had the good fortune to retire from the business world and volunteer her time as a foster mother. “It’s the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my life,” she said during Saturday’s adoption awareness [...]