Date archive for November, 2012
Eagles State Champs! (0)
11/19/12 •
BY ASHLEY TEATUM Times-Shamrock Writer HERSHEY – As the seconds ticked off the clock Friday night, Mountain View’s boys soccer players could taste gold. Junior Austin Mack made sure they could with his goal off Colby Thomas’ feed in the 51st minute. And goalkeeper Bobby Pfahl soared above the heads of his opponents to punch [...]
MV stuns New Hope-Solebury in semifinals (0)
11/19/12 •
BY MARTY MYERS Times-Shamrock Writer Mountain View boys soccer coach Roger Thomas will be turning the other cheek. After winning Saturday’s state soccer quarterfinal against Greenwood, Thomas took a razor to the left side of his beard and mustache, signifying the Eagles were just halfway to their ultimate goal. Thomas’ sons, Colby and Dylan, made [...]
Deer season opening Monday (0)
11/19/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Deer hunting is a past time enjoyed by generations of residents in our area, and the tradition will continue as white-tail deer season opens on Monday, Nov. 26. Hunters will awake in the early hours of the morning to scour the woods for a trophy white-tail buck. Pennsylvania Game Commission officer Vic [...]
Thomas named ‘Athlete of Week’ (0)
11/19/12 •
In the PIAA Class A boys soccer tournament, Mountain View junior Colby Thomas scored two goals and added an assist to lift his team to two victories – the semifinals and the state championship. His second goal against New Hope-Solebury on Tuesday was the game-winner in a 3-2 victory. In the final, he assisted teammate [...]
Elk Lake swimmers look to improve (0)
11/19/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Elk Lake’s swimming and diving team under direction of coaches Ed Murach and Marion Austin are looking to build upon last season’s finish. The Warrior boys finished off last season with a 1-6 record, while the girls’ team took a 2-5 overall finish. The Warriors will have to contend without Adam Phillips, [...]
Warriors hitting the mats (0)
11/19/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Elk Lake’s varsity wrestling team is hoping to improve upon a 2-4 finish in Lackawanna League Division II from last season under second-year coach Joe Ofalt. The Warriors got practices underway on Friday, and are hoping to build a solid lineup despite losing five seniors to graduation last season. “It will be [...]
Elk Lake hires law firm (0)
11/19/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Elk Lake School board has retained a law firm to represent the district in a situation involving the Williams pipeline company, which plans to construct gathering lines on the school district campus, it was announced last Thursday. Superintendent William Bush said that the district was notified of a proposed right of [...]
County warns of fake assessors (0)
11/19/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Ask for identification. That was the warning issued to Susquehanna County residents Nov. 14 by Commissioner Michael Giangrieco. Giangrieco said that someone is reportedly attempting to enter gain entry into homes in the Franklin Twp. area by passing themselves off as county assessors. “Everyone who works for the county has identification,” Giangrieco [...]
New Milford enacts earned income tax (0)
11/19/12 •
BY STACI WILSON An earned income tax will be levied on working, New Milford Borough residents in January 2013. After months of discussion and review, the borough council passed the one percent payroll tax as a way to stave off property tax increases. The estimated revenue that will be generated by the tax is $98,000. [...]
New Children & Youth director named (0)
11/19/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The Susquehanna County Commissioners Nov. 14 meeting focused mostly on personnel matters, as a new Children and Youth director was named. Caseworker supervisor Michelle Graziano was named Children and Youth Administrator/Agency Director effective Dec. 1, at a starting salary of $55,000. Following a six month probationary period, the annual salary will be [...]