Date archive for February, 2012
Boro prez alludes to lawsuit over bulk water sales (0)
2/22/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Montrose Borough Council President Tom LaMont said the borough may be entering into a lawsuit over bulk water sales. In council’s first meeting with its Feb. 14 adopted policy in place governing conduct and public participation, cameras and audio recorders were situated in the back of the conference room. And although some [...]
Slaying remains mystery (0)
2/22/12 •
BY STEVE MCCONNELL Times-Shamrock Writer Joshua David Rogers and Gilberto Alvarez had a “purpose” motivating them to head out to a ruralSusquehannaCountyproperty where they were shot dead by a man who was staying there in his father’s home, investigating Trooper Mark Keyes said last week. “We believe they had an intention of going there,” Trooper [...]
Mountain View hires business manager (0)
2/22/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Mountain View School Board approved Monday night the hiring of a new business manager. Janice M. Finnochio of Saylorsburg was hired at an annual salary of $70,500 with a start date of March 12. She is presently accounting manager at the Pocono Mountain School District and will replace James Mirabelli who [...]
Susquehanna Community takes look at potential cuts (0)
2/22/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Uppermost on everyone’s mind attending the February 15, school board meeting was Governor Tom Corbett’s budget and how it will impactSusquehannaCommunitySchool District. According to Superintendent Bronson Stone, the district will stand to lose $86,000 from the Accountability Block Grant that funds the K-4 program if it passes the legislature. Stone also [...]
Gas data show steady climb in production through 2011 (0)
2/22/12 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Natural gas production fromPennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale wells continued to climb in the second half of 2011, according to data reported Friday by the Department of Environmental Protection. Pennsylvania’s deep gas wells pumped out 607 billion cubic feet of gas between July and December, bringing the year’s total production to a [...]
Friends, family mourn, celebrate homicide victims (0)
2/22/12 •
BY DENIS J. O’MALLEY Times-Shamrock Writer If Gilberto Alvarez was to be remembered appropriately, it would have to be done with the taste of Jack Daniels whiskey on the tongue. “I got another bottle here,” called one man among the crowd of about 30 friends of Alvarez and Joshua Rogers, 30, ofNew Milford, the two [...]
Kingsley man charged with fraud (0)
2/22/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Charges were bound over toSusquehannaCountycourt last week against a 49-year-old Kingsley man accused of reneging on home improvements he allegedly promised aBrooklynTownshipwoman. Alexander W. Scott ofParsonage Streetwas charged with two felony counts of home improvement fraud as well as theft by deception and theft by failure to make required disposition of [...]
Tingley Lake stormwater issues resolved (0)
2/22/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI TheHarfordTownshiproad crew was able to complete theirStearns Roadproject by the end of the first week of February, it was announced at the supervisors’ meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 14. The new pipe was installed under the road between Jan. 27 and Feb. 6, whileStearns Roadwas closed. At the time, the supervisors were concerned [...]
Springville Fire gets new truck grant (0)
2/22/12 •
BY STACI WILSON In 1992, Springville’s volunteer fire company purchased a used tractor they then refurbished and added a 3,000 gallon tanker on the back end of it. “It was the biggest tanker in the county,” said Walt Lass, Chairman of the Springville Fire Company’s board. The nine-speed manual tanker truck now has about 418,000 [...]
Correction (0)
2/16/12 •
Due to a reporting mistake, an item appearing in the Pennsylvania State Police report in the Feb. 15 edition of the Susquehanna County Independent was incorrect. The report should have read as follows: Cayle Jeffery, 19, Susquehanna, was attempting to pass several trucks in a no passing zone on Rt. 29, Dimock Twp., Feb. 9 [...]