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DEP promises water fix (1)
9/01/10 •
The head of the state’s environmental protection agency made several promises to study and repair negative impacts from natural gas drilling in this Susquehanna County community Monday, including the vow residents with contaminated drinking water most wanted to hear. The state will push to get a new supply of clean water piped to the homes [...]
Forest City secretary accused of stealing $140,000 (0)
9/01/10 •
A former Forest City borough secretary is accused of stealing more than $140,000 in taxpayer funds over the past 10 years by cutting herself duplicate paychecks, altering the town’s budget and using a borough credit card to make payments at Penn State University. State police arrested Susan Coleman, 51, 650 Main St., Vandling, on Friday [...]
Woman guilty of 22 counts of animal cruelty (4)
9/01/10 •
A Susquehanna County woman was found guilty Thursday afternoon of 22 counts of animal cruelty and can no longer own more than three dogs at a time for the next five years. Jeanne Knapp, 53, of Thompson, appealed 78 animal cruelty summary convictions she received last winter by District Judge Peter Janicelli to the Court [...]
Marijuana bust in Dimock (0)
9/01/10 •
More than 300 marijuana plants, some of them as tall as 8 feet, were seized during a raid Friday on the home of a 54-year-old, Dimock township man. Susquehanna County detectives, assisted by state troopers, arrested John P. Bennett of 2531 Meshoppen Creek Road on charges of illegal drug manufacturing. He was arraigned before Magisterial [...]
Gas class students eye jobs (0)
9/01/10 •
With the hope of landing a high-paying, stable job in the burgeoning natural gas industry, 24 men embarked Monday morning on their first industry course at Lackawanna College in New Milford. The course, Introduction to the Oil and Gas Industry taught by Larry Milliken, is the first class in a two-year Natural Gas Technology curriculum. [...]
County changes pay for labor attorney (0)
9/01/10 •
The commissioners have changed the way the county does business with its labor law attorney. At the Aug. 25 meeting, the commissioners voted to pay attorney Scott Blissman, of Reed Smith LLP, $45,000 a year in monthly increments of $3,750 starting Jan. 1, 2011 and running through Dec. 31, 2011. The fees for the labor [...]
Minute Men building construction underway (0)
9/01/10 •
The 55-year-old, dilapidated Montrose ambulance garage on Grow Ave. was demolished earlier this week to make room for a new building. Montrose Minute Men operations manager Jim Krupinski said some site work still needed to be done before the new building arrives in mid-September. The new emergency service building is being built by Very Construction, [...]
Ribbons keep Loomis baking up a storm (0)
9/01/10 •
For nearly all of its 25 years as a re-created Wyoming County Fair, Reba Loomis of Meshoppen has been bringing home ribbons for crafts and/or baked goods. She’s proudest of her bridal cake that she crocheted in 1998 and took ‘Best in Show.’ That same year she also got ‘Best in Show’ for a crocheted [...]
Elk Lake to host cross country districts (0)
8/25/10 •
When Elk Lake coach Will Squier heard that Scranton Municipal Golf Course no longer wanted to hold the District II cross country championships, he ran after the opportunity. “Last year, the golf course informed the district that they didn’t want to have districts there anymore,” Squier said. So, that is when Squier decided to contact [...]
EL grad takes reins of Marywood hockey (0)
8/25/10 •
Megan Bullock didn’t expect to be head coach of Marywood University’s field hockey team this season. Bullock, 24, now of Wilkes-Barre, who served as assistant coach in 2009, said it was a whirlwind. “I had no idea the coach would resign,” Bullock said. “This whole thing has been a whirlwind.” However, Bullock said she is [...]