Date archive for August, 2012
Bull highlights 155th Fair (0)
8/29/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER The 155th Harford Fair had some picture-perfect weather lending to one of the best crowds in the last 3-5 years, but Fair Director Cindy Reynolds acknowledged would be remembered as the one that had an errant bull Friday night. State police at Gibson confirmed Monday that 14 people had been injured [...]
County funds to maintain Meals on Wheels service (0)
8/29/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Proposed cuts to the Area Agency on Aging’s Meals on Wheels program will not affect Susquehanna County residents who take advantage of the service. The commissioners will pay $25,000 to B/S/S/T (Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Tioga) Area Agency on Aging, Towanda, to continue with the five day per week meal deliveries inSusquehannaCounty. [...]
EL super contract OK’d (0)
8/29/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Times-Shamrock Writer The Elk Lake School Board on Tuesday night (Aug. 21) approved a five-year contract for Superintendent William Bush, at a fixed salary of $144,000 per year, with 25 paid days off including the week of Christmas vacation. Bush’s contract has a start date of July 1, 2012, and will be [...]
SCCTC doubles floor space (0)
8/29/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER The Susquehanna County Career andTechnologyCenteropened a new building Saturday morning that more than doubles its floor space and will add five new vocational training options for students in the region. SCCTC Director Alice Davis said to parents attending a grand opening that the new programs will allow students to “stay in [...]
Mansfield and Elk Lake create partnership (0)
8/29/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Along with the expansive new Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center building which debuted Saturday to the public, SCCTC director Alice Davis announced a new venture with Mansfield University. She said that starting Monday the university would be offering college courses through interactive technology in Dimock, and, furthermore, SCCTC would begin [...]
Economic development efforts focus on value-added pieces (0)
8/29/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Adding value to natural gas before it leavesSusquehannaCountyis a priority of the Economic Development Board and the Progress Authority. At the annual Economic Development breakfast, held Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Summit Tea Room inNew Milford, value-added economic benefits of the local gas play were highlighted. Progress Authority Executive Director Anthony Ventello [...]
Gas from state shale wells doubles over last year (0)
8/29/12 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer State shale gas production during the first six months of 2012 more than doubled compared to the same period last year, according to new data released by the state. Pennsylvania’s shale wells produced 895 billion cubic feet of gas during the first half of the year, according to biannual data [...]
Well pad fire under investigation (0)
8/29/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A late Tuesday (Aug. 21) night gas well fire originally reported in Susquehanna Countyas an explosion may have just been a valve fire. Kristi Gittins, vice president of public affairs for Chief Oil & Gas which operates the Ellwood Phelps 2H well pad in Lathrop Township, said, “there was no explosion.” [...]
Forest Lake man pleads in sex assault (0)
8/29/12 •
BY STACI WILSON AForestLakeman will serve four to eight years prison for the felony sexual assault of a 14-year-old female earlier this year. He will also serve 10 years probation following his release. Michael Holmes, 42, admitted Friday in Susquehanna County Court to coercing the teen to perform oral sex on him on March 4 [...]
Moreck enters indecent exposure, assault pleas (0)
8/29/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Laceyville man admitted inSusquehanna County Courton Friday that he exposed himself to teenage employees at a local convenience store and also engaged in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old. William Moreck II, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent exposure and one count of statutory sexual assault in two separate [...]