Date archive for September, 2012
Lady Meteors shut out (0)
9/26/12 •
The Montrose Area field hockey team was handed a 1-0 loss agaist Hanover at home on Friday after an 8-0 loss from Pittston Area at home on Thursday afternoon. Facing Hanover, the Meteors held the Hawks to one goal in the second half, but couldn’t connect offensively to tie things up. The Meteors took eight [...]
Scoreboard (0)
9/26/12 •
Results from Sept. 18-24: Football Riverside 42, Susquehanna 21 Honesdale 41, Montrose 0 Golf Montrose 5.5, Old Forge 3.5 Montrose 9, Elk Lake 0 Old Forge 5, Mt. View 4 Trail 4.5, Mt. View 4.5 Montrose 8, Carbondale 1 Dunmore 7, Forest City 2 Boys’ Soccer Elk Lake 8, Old Forge 1 Forest City 2, [...]
The week ahead (0)
9/26/12 •
Wednesday, Sept. 26 Boys’ Soccer – Elk Lake home against Holy Cross, 4:15 p.m.; Blue Ridge home against Lakeland, 4:15 p.m.; Montrose home against Mt. View, 4:15 p.m.; Forest City home against Dunmore, 4:15 p.m. Golf – Elk Lake home against Holy Cross, 3:30 p.m.; Mt. View at Dunmore, 3:30 p.m.; Blue Ridge home against [...]
One county high school meets AYP (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Only one of the six high schools in the county met the 2011-12 Adequate Yearly Progress mark, according to data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education on Friday. Blue Ridge High School met the criteria used to measure progress the school is making toward the state’s educational goals. Blue Ridge High [...]
Addiction no excuse, judge says (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna County President Judge Kenneth Seamans has been on the bench for nearly 20 years, he reminded those in the court for sentencing hearings on Thursday, Sept. 20. “This country spends billions of dollars on rehabilitation efforts. There are a plethora of agencies willing to assist with addiction. But on the last [...]
Park project dedication lights the way (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Ivan, June, Lee and Irene weren’t invited to the ribbon cutting celebrating park improvements in New Milford on Saturday. The New Milford park project, over a decade in the making, suffered delays along the way: Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004; a portion of the park washed away in the June 2006 flood; [...]
Rape ‘nightmare’ ends with lengthy prison term (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A nightmare of abuse came to its end Thursday in Susquehanna County Court as a Bridgewater Twp. man who repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in 2009 was sentenced to serve at least 15 years in prison for his crimes. It took a jury over seven hours in April find [...]
Dairy Princess named to State Royalty Team (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna County 2012-13 Dairy Princess Callie Curley earned the first alternate slot on the State Royalty Team at the annual Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Coronation, held Saturday, Sept. 22, in Camp Hill. Curley, a Montrose Area High School junior, is the daughter of Amy and Ben Curley, of Montrose. “I was absolutely shocked, [...]
Drug charges bound over (0)
9/26/12 •
BY PATRICK LEONARD and ROBERT L. BAKER A 26-year-old Montrose man, arrested for allegedly doing drugs with a friend in a Dandy Mart convenience store in Mehoopany, had charges bound over Tuesday morning to Wyoming County Court. Joseph Klecha, 26, appeared before Magisterial District Judge David Plummer in Factoryville and waived his preliminary hearing on [...]
Consolidation urged for ailing pension plans (0)
9/26/12 •
BY ROBERT SWIFT Times-Shamrock Writer The state’s top fiscal watchdog is calling for consolidation of the numerous municipal pension plans into a statewide system as a way to produce higher yields on investments and reduce administrative costs. Pennsylvania is saddled with too many small and inadequately funded municipal pension plans that cost taxpayers millions [...]