Date archive for December, 2012
SCSD reorganizes with same leadership (0)
12/12/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Steven Stanford was once again elected president of the Susquehanna Community School District Board and Clay Weaver will remain as Vice-president, following their re-election at the reorganizational meeting held prior to the regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Jason Chamberlain acted as president pro-tempore for the election of Stanford and [...]
District Court employee faces burglary, theft charges (0)
12/12/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A Montrose District Court employee has been accused of stealing $7,000 worth of furniture out of an ex-boyfriend’s home in Brackney. Rebecca White, 32, Springville, was charged by Silver Lake Police Chief Timothy Burgh with burglary, criminal trespassing, theft and receiving stolen property in connection with an October incident. The charges were [...]
Hearing set for accused meth maker (0)
12/12/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A hearing date has been set for the man Montrose police say operated a drug lab out of an apartment on Public Avenue. Anthony Olszewski, 37, Montrose, is scheduled to appear in front of Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey Hollister, Monday, Dec. 17. Olszewski was charged by Montrose Chief Dale Smith with operating [...]
Christmas tea offers escape from hectic holiday (0)
12/12/12 •
A sumptuous buffet of both savory and sweet offerings couple with an assortment of teas awaited attendees at the sixth annual Victorian Christmas Tea held Saturday at the Old Mill Village Church in New Milford. In the relaxed atmosphere of the 1860s era church, Christmas carols quietly played in the background as patrons filled their [...]
Tree lighting launches season (0)
12/12/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent The rainy evening may have cut short the actual lighting of Susquehanna’s Christmas tree but the complete ceremony and the entertainment that followed was enjoyed by a large crowd as it was moved to the Susquehanna Fire Station. Once everyone was settled in at the fire station, American Legion Post [...]
Santa draws crowd in Susquehanna (0)
12/12/12 •
BY MATT VINE A Breakfast with Santa co-sponsored by St. John’s Men’s Club and Susquehanna Community Development Association drew a big crowd Saturday. The men of St. John’s do the cooking and the ladies of SCDA not only do the serving but also take the photos of the children with Santa and hand out gifts. [...]
SCHS presents ‘MASH’ (0)
12/12/12 •
BY HELEN FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna Community theater department, with Director Teresa Marino, pulled off outstanding Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 performances of MASH, sometimes comedy, sometimes more serious aspects of the Korean War. The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital or MASH unit that was portrayed in the book by Richard Hooker was a mix of regular [...]
Basketball season opens Friday (0)
12/05/12 •
The boys’ and girls’ basketball season opens up on Friday evening, and the night will feature Susquehanna County’s schools battling it out for victory. On the boys’ schedule, Elk Lake opens on Friday night at Carbondale for the Mike “Red” Wallace Memorial game at 7 p.m. Montrose Area’s boys’ basketball team will open the season [...]
Local trio places in Bison Open (0)
12/05/12 •
Elk Lake graduate Cassie VanEtten was part of Shippensburg University’s 4×400 relay team which took third place at the Bison Opener in Lewisburg over the weekend. It was the start of the indoor track season for Bucknell University of the Patriot League and a cast of other schools across the Atlantic Seaboard, including Kutztown, Maryland-Baltimore [...]
Taxidermist opens second location (0)
12/05/12 •
BY MATT VINE A local taxidermist has opened a new location for good quality trophies. Jeff Butler, 47, of Butler’s Taxidermy in Lenoxville, has opened a new location just north of Tunkhannock which will help area sportsman with their catch this year. Butler is a 1986 Mountain View High School graduate, who had served in [...]