Date archive for March, 2012
EPA: Clean water so far in Dimock (0)
3/21/12 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Federal environmental regulators said Friday that they are “not drawing any conclusions” about whether the first 11 Dimock Twp. water test results they described Thursday are representative of the 61 water wells sampled in the town. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a statement Thursday saying that results from the [...]
Burn ban approved (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A one-month ban on open burning goes into effect on Saturday, March 24 at12:01 a.m. The county commissioners approved the burn ban resolution at the March 14 meeting. Emergency Management Director Charlene Moser said all 18 of the fire chiefs in the county, through the Bureau of Forestry, requested the ban because [...]
DEP asks driller to help remedy methane spike (0)
3/21/12 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer The Department of Environmental Protection has asked a natural gas drilling company to step in and help three Franklin Twp. families whose well water contains high levels of methane. State environmental regulators have not determined the source of the gas and are not saying WPX Energy is responsible for the [...]
Mountain View drops electives (0)
3/21/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Mountain View school board approved the elimination of six courses and the placement of 10 more on a rotation schedule during its regular meeting Monday. High School Principal Andrew J. Doster submitted a list of 16 courses to be taken out of the 2012-2013 program of study, as requested by the board. [...]
Name-calling emails expose council’s issues (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Binghamton, N.Y., area television station uncovered emails exchanged between Montrose Borough Council members in the hours that followed their meeting walk-out on Feb. 6. The emails referred to some meeting attendees as “poachers” and one borough resident was even called a “clown.” WBNG, Channel 12 out of Binghamton, N.Y., aired the [...]
Grant dollars released for EMHS (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Now that site work has begun at the new Endless Mountains Health Systems facility, the county commissioners authorized an agreement March 14 that enables the hospital to collect a 2010 approved state grant to be used toward construction of Phase 1 of the project. The grant was applied for by the county’s [...]
Cook-off first-timer earns chili bragging rights (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Ella Krawecki’s chili is the best around. So says the panel of judges of the 12th Annual Heat at the Seat Chili Cook-off held Saturday, March 17, at the County Seat Tavern. Krawecki, ofApalachin,N.Y., took home top honors in the “beef” division and was soon after awarded the “Best Overall Chili” trophy. [...]
Impact fee hearing scheduled (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna County moved one step closer to adopting the state’s impact fee at the March 14 meeting. A public hearing on the proposed ordinance will be held during the regularly scheduled commissioners’ meeting, Wednesday, March 28, at9 a.m., Chief Clerk Sylvia Beamer said. The commissioners will likely act on the measure following [...]
Water quality being monitored at Salt Springs (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The quality of the Silver Creek watershed is being tested. In January, researchers from the Wilkes University Institute for Energy and Environmental Research forNortheast Pennsylvaniabegan continuously monitoring Silver Creek, just below its confluence with Fall Brook inSaltSpringsState Park, Franklin Twp. Senior Scientist and Project Manager of IEER, Dr. Thomas Barnard said, “We [...]
Planning Commission deals with growing industry (0)
3/21/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The bulk of work performed by the County Planning Commission in 2011 involved the growing natural gas industry. CountyPlannerBob Templeton presented the department’s 2011 annual report to the county commissioners on March 14. Templeton said that in 2011 the planning commission reviewed 14 new compressor station plans; two meter stations; and final [...]