Date archive for February, 2013
Hop Bottom boro hall rebuilt (0)
2/20/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Hop Bottom Borough Hall renovation project is completed, and borough officials are pleased with their new headquarters. It was unveiled at the Tuesday, Feb. 5 meeting. The garage space that has housed fire trucks, a jail cell, and the police car over the years has been remade into a larger town [...]
Mt. View board reviews ’12 audit (0)
2/20/13 •
BY TOM FONTANA The Mountain View School Board heard an overview of the final draft of a 58-page audit of 2011-12 budget at its regular meeting on Monday night. Brian Kelly CPA & Associates of Carbondale conducted the audit, and was represented at the meeting by Brian Kelly and Brad Murray. The firm has been [...]
Elderly victim confronts burglar in court (0)
2/20/13 •
BY STACI WILSON A 72-year-old Thompson man confronted the 28-year-old man who burglarized his business as he was being sentenced Thursday in Susquehanna County Court. Randall Conti, of Vandling, pleaded guilty to burglary and attempted criminal trespass in separate cases and was immediately sentenced by President Judge Kenneth Seamans. But before the judge issued the [...]
Hearing board judge lets Dimock water appeal continue (0)
2/20/13 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer A state Environmental Hearing Board judge has denied a natural gas drilling company’s motion to throw out a recently reinstated appeal by two Dimock Twp. families who object to the state’s remedy for their methane-tainted water supplies. Judge Bernard A. Labuskes Jr. rejected Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.’s argument that [...]
Urbas notches 500th win (0)
2/12/13 •
BY MARTY MYERS Times-Shamrock Writer Carl Urbas can’t recall the first game he coached back in 1984. But he does remember a couple of the classics. He remembers vividly the night in 1992 that his girls beat Western Wayne in double overtime to win a league title, and Tarey Keast hitting a buzzer-beater at Hazleton [...]
Montrose defeated by West (0)
2/12/13 •
The Montrose Area wrestling team was handed a 69-9 loss from West Scranton on the road on Wednesday. Montrose was led by a decision win from Nick Moore (220) and a pin from John Shaffer (285). West Scranton 69, Montrose 9 182: Joe Cawley (WS) by forfeit. 195: Corey Jackson-Bey (WS) by forfeit. 220: [...]
Warrior boys defeat Trail (0)
2/12/13 •
The Elk Lake boys’ basketball team handed Lackawanna Trail a 60-44 loss at Tunnel Hill on Saturday. The Warriors took a 10-9 lead after the first quarter, but Trail paced the Warriors 18-11 in the second to hold a 27-21 lead at halftime. In the second half, Elk Lake closed the gap with a 10-6 [...]
Montrose girls down Elk Lake, Mt. View (0)
2/12/13 •
The Montrose Area girls’ basketball team took a 43-32 win over Mountain View at home on Thursday after it handed Elk Lake a 45-17 loss at home on Tuesday night. Against Mountain View, the Meteors led Mountain View 12-11 after the first quarter and held on to a 24-22 lead by halftime. In the second [...]
Elk Lake swimmers sink Holy Cross (0)
2/12/13 •
The Elk Lake boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams took wins over Holy Cross at a meet in Dimock on Tuesday night. In the Warrior girls’ 94-46 win, Katie VanEtten and Becca Sisson each won two individual events to lead the Lady Warriors to the Northern Division win. In the boys’ 65-38 victory, the [...]
The week ahead (0)
2/12/13 •
Wednesday, Feb. 13 Boys’ Basketball – Elk Lake home against Mid Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Blue Ridge at Susquehanna, 7 p.m.; Forest City home against Mt. View, 6 p.m.; Montrose at Trail, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 Girls’ Basketball – Elk Lake at Mid Valley, 7:15 p.m.; Blue Ridge home against Susquehanna, 6:30 p.m.; Forest City [...]