Date archive for July, 2012
County alert system available (0)
7/18/12 •
BY STACI WILSON County residents now have a new way to be notified quickly and stay informed when emergencies happen in the area. A countywide system, ReadyNotifySusquehanna rolled out earlier this month enabling those who sign up for the service to receive an emergency situation alert to their cell phones, pagers, smart phones or email [...]
Councilmen give meaning to ‘public servant’ (0)
7/18/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Corresponent Two Susquehanna Borough councilmen give real meaning to the term “public servant” by stepping up and doing what it took to see a park project come closer to completion. Councilman Paul Barnes made arrangements to have the paving material that was milled from the Board Avenue paving delivered to the [...]
Harford to raise sewer rates (0)
7/18/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Harford Township will have to raise sewer rates to cover the costs of its sewer upgrade, it was decided Tuesday, July 10, during the supervisors meeting. Last month, the supervisors agreed to an ordinance that will allow them to borrow $150,000 for the new sewer plant, including the ultraviolet light disinfection system [...]
Warren completes PACD presidency (0)
7/18/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Corespondent Susquehanna County Commissioner Mary Ann Warren presided over her last meeting as President of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts recently. Held at the Hilton in Scranton, July 9-11, the conference marked the 65th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Conservation Districts/State Conservation Commission. The 2012 President’s Award was presented by Warren [...]
Burke, Ahrens grab July 4 honors (0)
7/11/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Abington Heights cross country coach Rob Ahrens took top honors in the 5K Race for Independence in Montrose, and his star runner from this past year, Sean Burke, grabbed the 10K honors Wednesday. Burke and Tunkhannock runner Thomas Daniels, 23, each crossed the finish line at 36:56, but Daniels, eased up [...]
Schools beefing up concussion awareness (0)
7/11/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Schools across Pennsylvania are increasing concussion awareness and training after new legislation passed this month requiring coaches to be certified to recognize concussion symptoms. According to Tunkhannock Area athletic director Ken Janiszewski, Tiger coaches have begun taking the course. Janiszewski said that he has already taken the course, and noted that it [...]
LL all-stars continue action (0)
7/11/12 •
The Susco East 11-12 boys’ all-stars are the only Susquehanna County team still alive in the District 15 playoffs after action last week which saw five local teams seasons ended. The team is alive in consolation action, and will face off in a double-elimination bracket game against Wellsboro on Wednesday (July 11) on the road [...]
FC goes 2-2 at Cal Ripken states (0)
7/11/12 •
Forest City’s 12 year old baseball All-Stars returned home Sunday evening fromSpringfield, where they competed with 12 other teams this past weekend in the PA Cal Ripken 12U State Tournament. They won their first two games, a 12-11 win overPerryCounty, then a 6-4 win overBrandywine. Their third game found them up against the 201111UStateChampions and [...]
Montrose Legion downed by Milford (0)
7/11/12 •
The Montrose Senior American Legion baseball team faced an 11-1 loss from Milford in a game at home on Friday. The Montrose team fell behind 4-0 after the top of the first inning, but scored one run in the bottom of the first to make it 4-1. However, Milford then scored 10 unanswered runs to [...]
Bates edges Nagel for second modified win (0)
7/11/12 •
Everything fell in place for Kevin Bates of Friday night. The Lake Ariel driver capitalized when the leaders wrecked early in the race then held off a furious late race charge from Mike Nagel Jr. to win for the second time this year at Penn Can Speedway. Bates and Nagel raced side by side at [...]