Date archive for September, 2012
Elk Lake hears reports on energy, funding (0)
9/26/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Elk Lake School Board heard positive reports on the district from the Susquehanna County Community Foundation and the Energy Education Inc. during the board meeting Thursday. Community Foundation representatives Earl Wootton and Peter Quigg reported on new funds that also are available to the district as well as local students. Leopold [...]
Blue Ridge school director resigns (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Blue Ridge School District is short one board member as Jackson Twp representative Lavonne Lewis tendered her resignation. In a special business meeting held prior to the monthly work session Monday night, Lewis’ resignation, effective Sept. 20, was accepted, with regret by the board. Lewis was not present at the meeting. Board [...]
MV afterschool buses lack support (0)
9/26/12 •
BY TOM FONTANNA Correspondent With no bids for a shuttle bus to Clifford, and only one each for service to Harford/So. Gibson and Brooklyn/Hop Bottom, the Mountain View school board is holding off on a decision to provide transportation for students who participate in afterschool activities. At the board meeting on Monday night, Sept. 24, [...]
Susquehanna teachers approved for tenure (0)
9/26/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent At the Sept. 19 meeting of the Susquehanna Community School Board, Jason Chamberlain was elected President pro-tempore in the absence of President Steven Stanford and Vice-president Clay Weaver. The directors approved nine teachers for tenure as follows: Jamie Bollinger, Lisa Carpenter, Kevin Davis, Katherine Edwards, Ingrid Hower, Jami Hyndshaw, Elizabeth [...]
Softball parents visits school board (0)
9/26/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Todd M. Glover, the parent of a daughter playing a non-district-sanctioned sport, spoke to the Susquehanna Community School Board during public comment at the Sept.19th meeting. Glover was disturbed because his daughter’s travel softball team was told they could not practice on a field next to where the varsity football [...]
Moreck to undergo sex offender evaluation (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A 24-year-old Laceyville man will undergo a sexual offender’s evaluation as part of a sentenced issued last week in Susquehanna County Court. William Moreck II was sentenced by President Judge Kenneth Seamans on Thursday, Sept. 20, to serve nine months to two years minus one day for carrying on a sexual relationship [...]
Teens to be charged for ‘bottle firework’ prank (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON An intended prank may carry some serious consequences for three area juveniles. A soda bottle, partly filled with a liquid, was found Sept. 23 in front of a Chase Ave., Hallstead, residence. Some of the liquid was seeping out of the end of the bottle. Pennsylvania State Police and the Hallstead Fire [...]
Heroin seized in traffic stop (0)
9/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Bronx, N.Y., man faces drug charges after police found 239 glassine packets of heroin in a vehicle he was traveling in Sunday, Sept. 23. Rashaan Samuels, 36, was charged by Tpr. Paul Lindsay with possession with intent to deliver and other related counts. Samuels was the passenger of a vehicle stopped [...]
Meteors edged by Tunkhannock (0)
9/19/12 •
BY HERB SMITH Times-Shamrock Writer Tunkhannock’s running attack carried the load, but its seldom-used passing game ultimately sank Montrose. Tigers sophomore quarterback Brian Beauchemin threw three passes and completed two – touchdown strikes of 51 and 60 yards – to lift Tunkhannock to a 28-18 win Friday in a nonleague game at Memorial Stadium. “We [...]
EL’s Jones takes 1st in sweep (0)
9/19/12 •
Elk Lake’s Luke Jones took first place on Tuesday afternoon on the 3.1 mile course atNorth Poconoin16:16as the Warriors picked up a trio of wins. The Warriors took a 26-30 win over North Pocono, a 25-30 win over Abington and a 21-34 win over Valley View, while the Lady Warriors had a 20-41 win over [...]