Category archive for ‘News’
DEP: Drilling didn’t dirty Franklin water (0)
5/01/13 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Poor water quality at three Susquehanna County homes appears to reflect background conditions and cannot be attributed to nearby gas drilling, the Department of Environmental Protection said Monday. The well water at the homes in Franklin Twp. contains potentially unsafe or unpleasant amounts of methane, metals and salts, but the [...]
Treasurer confronts activist over Chinese film crew visit (1)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON County Treasurer Catherine Benedict confronted local, anti-gas advocate Vera Scroggins during the public comment portion of the April 27 county commissioners meeting. Scroggins was in attendance at the meeting. Benedict questioned Scroggins regarding a film crew she brought into the county courthouse on Friday, April 19. Scroggins said she was accompanied by [...]
Engineering fees generate debate (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Proposed engineering fees and design work generated discussion over the costs at the April 27 meeting of the county commissioners. Commissioner Chair Alan Hall presented information about from the county contracted engineering firm regarding generators for the courthouse, county office building and the Chenango St. property. Commissioner Michael Giangrieco said, “It’s too [...]
Single bell change sounds few alarms (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON For years the Blue Ridge School District has operated with a staggered start and two-tier busing system. But that is set to change with the next school term as the district moves to a “single bell” system where both secondary and elementary students begin and end their day at the same time. [...]
Man killed in Silver Lake crash (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON A Little Meadows man was killed in a Thursday night crash in Silver Lake Twp. Joseph Keith Rafferty, 49, was ejected from the vehicle on Hawleyton Rd., about two miles east of Rt. 267. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Passenger Kimberly Kelly-Mott, 45, was also ejected from the vehicle during [...]
PPL battles homeowners over drilling royalty checks (0)
5/01/13 •
BY DAVID FALCHEK Times-Shamrock Writer Growing up in the 1970s, Charles Chidester would often find old rail spikes from the abandoned Northern Electric trolley line that bisected the family farm. Dairy cows grazed over the right-of-way that hadn’t seen a trolley car since 1931. In places, the rail bed stretched under a lush tunnel of [...]
SADD puts bad decisions on trial (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON With a script taken directly out of a Susquehanna County trial, Blue Ridge SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) presented the sobering aftermath of DUI death. Blue Ridge students and teachers re-enacted portions of the Jessie Walton homicide by motor vehicle while driving under the influence trial from 2007. Walton was 18 years [...]
Kinder Morgan marks Arbor Day with seedlings for students (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Five hundred new trees. That’s what Kinder Morgan- owner of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline – hopes will be planted by the Susquehanna Community elementary students to mark this year’s Arbor Day. Kinder Morgan spokesman Allen Fore was on hand at the school Thursday to deliver the pine tree seedlings. Trees were sent [...]
Aubrey, Wright re-elected to PNB board (0)
5/01/13 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Peoples Neighborhood Bank held its annual meeting on Saturday, April, 27, at the Riverwalk Hotel in Binghamton, N.Y. President of the board, William Aubrey II, opened the meeting by introducing directors, associate directors and directors emeriti and employees who attended. PNB has office locations in Susquehanna, Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties [...]
Farm Bureau hears about conservation district changes (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON State Conservation Commission Executive Secretary Karl Brown discussed the coming changes to county conservation district at the April 20 meeting of the Susquehanna County Farm Bureau. Area farmers work closely with the local conservation district, utilizing many of the programs. Brown was on hand for the Farm Bureau annual meeting to discuss [...]