Date archive for March, 2013
Neighbors confront Elk Lake school board (0)
3/27/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Neighbors of the Elk Lake District took the school board to task Thursday night to clear up rumors about any contracts the district might be discussing. In a meeting that lasted three hours, the subject of proposed natural gas pipelines for the district property was revisited. Most of the two rows of [...]
Veteran principal retiring (0)
3/27/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Veteran Elk Lake Elementary School Principal Charles ‘Chuck Pirone announced Thursday night he was resigning his position for purposes of retirement. The Elk Lake school board accepted his resignation with regret. Pirone had been an administrator at Elk Lake for 15 years and previously had been a music teacher in the [...]
Heroin enterprise nets state sentence (0)
3/27/13 •
BY STACI WILSON While on state probation, an Oakland Borough woman and her husband were caught in May 2012 dealing a substantial amount of heroin out of their home. At a sentencing hearing Thursday morning, Shawna Whritenour’s attorney, Frederick Meagher III, argued for a county sentence Instead, she was sentenced Thursday in Susquehanna County Court [...]
Easter abounds with blessings (0)
3/27/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Bountiful Blessings, a county-wide Easter outreach program, will help nearly 400 families enjoyed the spring holiday a bit more. The annual program is now in its eighth year, said Carol Lasher, who was coordinating packing efforts on Tuesday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Montrose. The dinner packages will be distributed Wednesday [...]
Local officials honor Mountain View soccer team (0)
3/27/13 •
BY TOM FONTANA Correspondent The state champion Mountain View Jr. Sr. High School soccer team was among groups and individuals honored with the school board’s monthly Pride in Mountain View award at the board meeting Monday night, March 25. Players, coaches and the school district were also presented with congratulatory citations from Pa. State Rep. [...]
Susquehanna students lauded for athletics, academics (0)
3/27/13 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna Community High School senior Andrzej Tomczyk was recognized for his athletic and academic achievements during an assembly held on Wednesday, March 20. Students from senior high school and Tomczyk’s family and close friends assembled in the auditorium as his basketball coaches and members of the administration gathered on a [...]
Local students shine at regional choral festival (0)
3/27/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Tone quality, musicality, diction (of song text), pitch accuracy, intonation, and rhythm: these are the factors judges use to select students for advanced choral festivals. In order to “make it to” regional or state choral competitions, students must audition alone before four judges, singing prepared pieces from the selected repertoire. This year, [...]
SCSD continues filling staff, coaches (0)
3/27/13 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna Community school board continued filling advisory positions and did some shuffling of coaching positions at their March 20 meeting. Kathryn Matis was hired as yearbook adviser for a two-year period. Other advisory positions were: Lawrence Tompkins, senior class; Carol Bushong as Students against Destructive Decisions; Hannah Taylor, Scholastic Bowl; [...]
Susquehanna adopts drug-free workplace policy (0)
3/27/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna Borough Council adopted a substance-free workplace policy and hired an independent contractor to provide drug-testing for employees at the Wednesday, March 20 meeting. Council opted to hire Cathy Albert of Independent Drug & Alcohol Testing to provide the service to the borough. And although Susquehanna has money set aside in its [...]
Harford appoints roadmaster (0)
3/27/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Harford Twp. supervisors appointed a new roadmaster at their meeting Tuesday, Mar. 12, after accepting the resignation Eric Allen, who had accepted another position. Allen was hurt on the job cleaning up fallen trees last year, when a tree pinned him to the ground causing multiple injuries. Since then, he has [...]