Date archive for February, 2013
20 of top wells in county (0)
2/28/13 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Staff Writer Pennsylvania’s Marcellus and other shale wells produced more than 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 2012, continuing a trend of production growth despite fewer drilling rigs in the field. New production data reported by natural gas drilling companies and released by the state Department of Environmental Protection [...]
Soldier laid to rest (0)
2/28/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 25-year-old airman, who died Feb. 15 from complications related to surgery in January, was laid to rest in Sunnyside Cemetery in Tunkhannock last Wednesday afternoon. Staff Sgt. Jason Miller received full military honors from about three dozen of his McGuire Air Force Base comrades who made the 3-hour journey from [...]
Teen admits bringing gun onto school property (0)
2/28/13 •
Plea also entered in sex assault BY STACI WILSON An 18-year-old Kingsley man admitted that he brought a shotgun to the Mountain View High School property in November and that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl in December. Williams Robert Weida entered guilty pleas to a misdemeanor count of possession of a weapon [...]
School bus crash caused by alleged drunk driver (0)
2/28/13 •
BY STACI WILSON A Blue Ridge school bus was sent off the road and onto its side Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash caused by an alleged drunk driver in New Milford Borough. No school children were aboard the bus at the time of the accident. Lance Landes, 29, of New Milford was traveling south [...]
Hearts open for girl’s Valentine surprise (1)
2/28/13 •
BY STACI WILSON It started out as a mother’s simple request to her friends: Can your children send valentines to Madigan? Madigan Gow, age 7, of Little Meadows, was scheduled to undergo her 12th spinal surgery on Valentine’s Day. Her mom, Valerie, thought it would be nice if she had some cards to open when [...]
Williams fields questions about compressor (0)
2/28/13 •
Williams Gathering held an informational session for people who lived within a mile and a half radius of its proposed Church Compressor Station on Friday night. It marks the third compressor station in the area and around 75 persons showed up with mostly curiosity about what it all would mean, Dimock resident Joyce Stone said [...]
Pool, Big Brothers-Big Sisters benefit from pipeline grants (2)
2/28/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Youth activities in the area received a boost last week as Constitution Pipeline representatives Cindy Ivey and Joel Henriquez were on hand to present checks to the recipients of its inaugural grant awards. In Susquehanna County, New Milford received a $25,000 grant to make repairs to the town’s public pool. And Big [...]
Man enters robbery plea (0)
2/28/13 •
BY STACI WILSON The man who held up the Family Farm store in Susquehanna on Oct. 7, 2012, entered a guilty plea to the charge in Susquehanna County Court on Friday. Dylan Wade, 25, Susquehanna, pleaded guilty to one felony count of robbery in front of President Judge Kenneth Seamans. Just before the store closed, [...]
EL/SCCTC board splits meetings (0)
2/28/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Board members who serve both the Elk Lake School District and the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center, will have separate meeting dates for the future, it was decided at last Thursday’s board meeting for both. The SCCTC board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of the [...]
Technical foul policy visited (0)
2/28/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI On Thursday, Elk Lake school board members and administrators devoted a chunk of time to talking about the school’s technical foul policy at athletic contests. Although no names were mentioned, a reference was made to a basketball game that took place recently. It was apparently the Warriors’ contest against Lackawanna Trail on [...]