Date archive for January, 2012
Boyfriend charged in drug death (0)
1/18/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Montrose man who allegedly administered a deadly drug cocktail of cocaine and morphine to his 31-year-old girlfriend last year in aNew Milfordhotel room now faces charges related to the woman’s death. Eugene Parrish faces one count of drug delivery resulting in death and one involuntary manslaughter charge in connection with the [...]
MV board refuses public comments on superintendent’s legal woes (0)
1/18/12 •
BY STACI WILSON In its first public meeting since police charged Superintendent Andrew Chichura with failure to report child abuse, theMountain Viewschool board refused to field questions or take comments on the matter at its Monday, Jan. 16 business meeting. Lathrop Twp. resident Corinna Kinney said, “I know you cannot respond, but we should at [...]
50 years of service (0)
1/18/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Elk Lake School District and the Pennsylvania School Board Association honored board vice president Arden Tewksbury for 50 years of service as a school board member Thursday at the regularElkLakeschool board meeting. Thomas J. Gentzel, PSBA executive director, said that it is not an everyday event to recognize a school board member [...]
Resort community says it won’t block Elk’s snowmaking (0)
1/18/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A private community nestled on property that borders Elk Mountain in Herrick Township is no longer looking to stop the ski resort from taking water from its pond for snowmaking. A lawsuit filed in Susquehanna County Court onDec. 19, 2011, is the culmination of an ongoing dispute between the Village of Four [...]
Preserves merit ‘Best’ in Farm Show (0)
1/18/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Kathy Merritt of Nicholson is a systems technician in the Keystone College IT department by day. But her real passion is canning jams and jellies, and last week she got the thrill of her life when she learned that her 5-jar display not only took first place in the jams and [...]
Alleged Sunshine Law violations lack merit, DA says (0)
1/18/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna County District Attorney Jason Legg said Wednesday he won’t takeDimockTownshipsupervisors to court on a Sunshine Law violation alleged by a township resident. Legg said the complaints lacked prosecutorial merit. In a letter dated Jan. 11 to Julie Sautner, who filed the private criminal complaints against the supervisors, Legg addressed her claims [...]
Pipelines may fuel region with homegrown gas (0)
1/18/12 •
BY ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Times-Shamrock Writer Three pipelines in the works could provideNortheastern Pennsylvaniawith natural gas from its own backyard. Chief Gathering LLC and Williams Field Services LLC now have all the required permissions for their pipelines and related equipment to bring natural gas from wells inSusquehannaCountyto connect to the Transco interstate pipeline inDallasTownshipand send to [...]
DEP investigating methane in Nicholson water wells (0)
1/18/12 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer State environmental regulators are investigating a potential case of methane gas leaching into two water wells in Nicholson Township and have cited a nearby gas driller for failing to report “defective, insufficient or improperly cemented casing” in three of its Marcellus Shale wells. The Department of Environmental Protection’s investigation, which [...]
County backing of EMHS bond no longer needed (0)
1/18/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The county is no longer responsible for standing behind the Endless Mountains Health Systems bond issue. Addressing the county commissioners at the Jan. 11 meeting, Ray Wilmarth, of the EMHS board, said, “Fifteen years ago, EMHS asked for county support to back the bond issue. The final loan has been taken out. [...]
Susquehanna budget to be reviewed by council (0)
1/18/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna Borough Council President Roberta Reddon brought to council’s attention at the Jan. 10 meeting the need to review the 2012 budget that was passed by the former council on Dec. 20. Reddon said the new council needed to review the budget, but not necessarily take any action. Some council [...]