Date archive for March, 2013
Family Farm robber sentenced (0)
3/27/13 •
BY STACI WILSON The man who robbed a Susquehanna Depot store on Oct. 7, 2012, was sentenced to serve three and one-half months to two years minus one day in Susquehanna County Court on Thursday. Dylan Wade, 25, Susquehanna, demanded cash from the clerk and when she wouldn’t turn it over, he reached into the [...]
Cabot producing 1 bcf/day (0)
3/20/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Cabot Oil & Gas announced that it has given out $175 million in royalties to Marcellus gas leaseholders in Susquehanna County over the past three years and people in Wyoming County could be next. External relations director George Stark told a packed Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Twigs Restaurant [...]
Bennett fights DUI as cause of pedestrian deaths (0)
3/20/13 •
BY STACI WILSON The man who earlier this month admitted to running down two pedestrians with his truck last year in New Milford was back in court Wednesday morning. Brett Bennett, 41, Kingsley pleaded guilty earlier this month to two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of Brian Thomas and Edwin Turner III on [...]
Budget concerns linger (0)
3/20/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Governor Tom Corbett’s proposed 2013-14 budget shows some increases in spending over the budgets of the past two years. But with 160 line times that used to be in the state budget that are no longer there, those increases do not represent a restoration to previous levels of funding, That was the [...]
Maple sugaring time (0)
3/20/13 •
BY TOM FONTANA Correspondent Among the many signs that spring is here is the sweet taste of fresh, pure maple syrup poured over a stack of hotcakes. Large crowds of maple tasters flocked to Loch’s Maple Farm in Springville for this past weekend’s open house. Visitors were treated to tours of the sap house (also [...]
Past Rotary Intl. president pays visit (0)
3/20/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A past president of Rotary International was in Tunkhannock Saturday to give the region’s Rotary members a pep talk. Luis Giay, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, also thanked the more than 200 persons attending a Rotary Foundation Recognition Banquet at Shadowbrook Inn & Resort in Tunkhannock for their role in a giving [...]
Local couple falls prey to computer scammers (0)
3/20/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Susquehanna County detectives reported last week that a local couple had been targeted as part of a computer scam. The couple received a telephone call from a person who gave his name as “Peter Henry 981.” The caller, according to detectives, reportedly spoke with a foreign accent. The caller stated he worked [...]
Shale drilling changes prospects for American Dream (0)
3/20/13 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer George Laird keeps the stubs from his monthly natural gas royalty checks in a binder he saved from leaner years when he tried to supplement his income by selling melaleuca, a kind of Australian tea tree oil marketed as “The Wonder from Down Under.” The old slogan seemed newly right [...]
DEP cites two drilling companies (0)
3/20/13 •
BY CHRISTOPHER HONG Times-Shamrock Writer The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued violations to two natural gas companies with facilities in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. DEP claims Williams Field Service and PVR Marcellus Gas Gathering failed to notify the agency of equipment malfunctions within 24 hours, according to the violations. Williams Field Service owns a [...]
Well malfunction causes spill (1)
3/20/13 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Three Wyoming County families near a malfunctioning natural gas well were evacuated Wednesday night and Thursday as thousands of gallons of fluid waste escaped from the well before crews could shut it down. The Marcellus Shale well on Carrizo Oil and Gas’ Yarasavage pad off Keiserville Road began malfunctioning during [...]