Date archive for May, 2012
Warriors fall in first round (0)
5/30/12 •
ElkLake’s baseball team took a 4-3 loss to Holy Cross inWilkes-Barreon Tuesday in the first round of District II Class AA playoff action. ElkLakescored three runs in the third to hold a 3-0 lead over the Crusaders before Holy Cross tacked on a pair of runs to make it 3-2 in the fifth. The Warriors [...]
Scoreboard (0)
5/30/12 •
Results for May 22-28: Softball Montrose 5,ElkLake4 Blue Ridge11,ForestCity1 Old Forge 6, Susquehanna 3 Nanticoke2, Montrose 0 MMI Prep 10,Mt.View4 Baseball Holy Cross 4,ElkLake3 Montrose 11, GAR 1 Mt.View4,Dunmore0 Montrose 3,Mt.View2
EL board promises to cut taxes and positions (0)
5/30/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER The Elk Lake School Board passed a preliminary budget Tuesday night, May 22, that promises to bring about both cuts in personel for the 2012-13 school year as well as a cut in property taxes. Yes, you read that right: property taxes will come down at least for theWyomingCountyside of things. [...]
3 killed in weekend crashes (0)
5/30/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Three men were killed in separate crashes that occurred over the holiday weekend on roadways inSusquehannaCounty. Police identified the men killed as David Bryant, 23, Little Meadows; Anthony Bistocchi, 21,New Milford; and Luke Momorella, 25, Turtle Creek. Bryant, a 23-year-old firefighter andEMTwas killed Saturday, May 27 in a one-vehicle crash on Rt. [...]
Grant, donations bring EMHS closer to goal (0)
5/30/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Funding for the construction of new health care facility inSusquehannaCountygot a boost Wednesday with the announcement of a $1 million grant for its construction awarded by the Harry and Jeanette Weinburg Foundation, Inc. Bob Kelly, a Weinburg Foundation trustee, said Endless Mountains Health Systems first approached the foundation four years ago. “Their [...]
Services honor the fallen (0)
5/30/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Hundred of people gathered in Montrose Monday for the Memorial Day service and wreath presentation honoring those who have fallen in service to theUnited States. Lt. Colonel (Retired U.S. Army) Patrick Miner served as the featured speaker in Montrose. Miner, son of Montrose VFW Commander John Miner, thanked family members of soldiers [...]
Peoples to deregister shares (0)
5/30/12 •
Peoples Financial Services Corp. announced Friday that as a result of the enactment of the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (the “JOBS Act”), its Board of Directors authorized Peoples to pursue the deregistration of its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company is eligible to deregister because it has fewer than [...]
U.S. News notes outstanding schools (0)
5/30/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent U.S. News & World Report’s “Best High Schools” rankings for 2012 included four Susquehanna County schools. The rankings – partially based on work by the American Institute for Research – focus on the principles that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who [...]
Pleas entered in pharmacy burglaries (0)
5/30/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Lawton man admitted in Susquehanna County Court Friday to burglarizing pharmacies in three counties and stealing narcotics last year. Derek Stang, 20, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of burglary in front of President Judge Kenneth Seamans. Cases from Bradford and Sullivan counties were transferred toSusquehannaCountyfor prosecution. Stang admitted he, along [...]
Man pleads in robbery (0)
5/30/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Susquehanna man pleaded guilty in court Friday to the February robbery of a local pharmacy. Edmund Carroll, 30, admitted to displaying a four-inch blade to the pharmacist working at Reddon’s Pharmacy in Susquehanna on Feb. 21 and demanding specific narcotics in a note he handed to the pharmacy technician. Carroll fled [...]