Date archive for October, 2012
Seante, House candidates sqaure off (0)
10/31/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Two state office incumbents squared off against their challengers Tuesday in Montrose fielding questions on natural gas drilling, the Voter ID law and fiscal issues. Candidates in the 23rd Senatorial District race, incumbent Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Twp., and Luana Cleveland, of Williamsport, along with 111th House District candidates incumbent Sandra Major, R-Montrose [...]
New Milford senior housing project breaks ground (0)
10/31/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Construction is now beginning in New Milford on a new, elderly housing complex that occupies a piece of land once taken up by a broken down, blighted industrial building. Susquehanna County Housing and Redevelopment Authority officials, along with state, county and borough leaders, gathered Friday on the corner of Church and Susquehanna [...]
Rape charges bound over for trial (0)
10/31/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Sexual assault charges lodged against a Hallstead man who took children fishing and also held fishing derbies were bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing Monday in front of District Judge Jodi Cordner. John Katchmore, 69, faces counts of rape, aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent assault of a [...]
Public supports suspended soccer coach (0)
10/31/12 •
BY TOM FONTANA Correspondent KINGSLEY – A crowd filled the Mountain View board room Monday night, Oct. 22, to express support for the high school’s soccer coach, Roger Thomas. Thomas was suspended from coaching two games following a 24-1 victory over Old Forge on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 16, at the Eagles’ field. Mountain View superintendent [...]
‘Women Helping Women’ launches fund (0)
10/31/12 •
BY STACI WILSON After decades of working in the health care industry, running a business and managing rental properties, all while raising a family, one Montrose area woman quietly set about working to make a difference for other women in her community. The last year of Judy Albert Ventresca’s professional career was spent working for [...]
SCSD board approves strategic plan (0)
10/31/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent After 15 months and many man hours, the final 74-page Susquehanna Community School District’s Comprehensive Strategic Plan was given approval by the board Oct. 17. According to Superintendent Bronson Stone, the goals set forth in the 2013-16 plan are doable and he is not looking for any problems getting it [...]
Susquehanna County to receive $4 million (0)
10/17/12 •
BY ROBERT SWIFT Times-Shamrock Writer Bradford and Susquehanna counties are among the top recipients of impact fee revenue paid by drillers for natural gas production during 2011, Gov. Tom Corbett and state officials announced Monday. Bradford County will receive $8.4 million for county-wide purposes to offset the impacts of drilling operations while another roughly $13 [...]
LDS Church unveils Restoration site plan (0)
10/17/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A plot of land in Oakland Twp., once home to Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, holds sacred significance to the church and is also a recognized historical site. On Saturday, Oct. 13, the LDS Church publicly unveiled its plans for the development of the site [...]
Driver charged in deadly I-81 pileup (0)
10/17/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Witnesses told police they never saw brake lights on a tractor trailer that careened through traffic, struck multiple vehicles and left one man dead in a July crash on Interstate 81. Charges have now been filed against the tractor trailer driver that police say caused the July 18 seven care pile-up in [...]
Library requests tax increase (0)
10/17/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The board of directors of the Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association requested a county library tax increase in 2013 and a $250,000 grant from the expected county impact fee allocation at the Oct. 10 county commissioners’ meeting. In a report to the commissioners, the association’s treasurer, Larry Newhart, advocated [...]