Category archive for ‘News’
Montrose boro council calls out member (0)
5/08/13 •
BY STACI WILSON To date, the borough of Montrose has racked up $13,500 in legal fees associated with the placement of a water hydrant in a residential neighborhood. And those legal fees are a result of a lawsuit filed by Craig Stevens of Silver Lake Twp. over a spigot installed in the borough. Stevens is [...]
New Milford random cop coverage working (0)
5/08/13 •
BY STACI WILSON A recent traffic study conducted by PennDOT on Main St., New Milford, revealed no need to lower the speed limit on that portion of Route 11 that runs through the town. But one Main St. resident told borough council at the May 2 meeting that she would like to see more police [...]
Culvert replacement work progressing (0)
5/08/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Montrose Borough Council heard from the engineering firm hired to navigate the permitting process of a culvert replacement project on Coleman Rd. Joe Hunt, of Joe Hunt Engineering, reported to council at the Monday, May 7 meeting, that the project requires at GP-11 permit to replace the deteriorated culvert on the roadway. [...]
Cabot office building planned (0)
5/08/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Dimock Township supervisors were informed Monday that, in order for Cabot Oil & Gas to proceed with plans for a new office building, they will have to change the township’s own Act 537 sewage plan. The proposed office building, which received preliminary, conditional approval from the Susquehanna County Planning Commission before the [...]
MV board targeting budget finer points (0)
5/08/13 •
BY TOM FONTANA Correspondent Mountain View school board directors have been asked to consider addressing deficiencies in the district’s special education services for the 2013-14 school year. At a special meeting Monday night, Michael Slesinski, Director of Special Services, presented the board with two budget options for the 2013-14 school year. “The district doesn’t have [...]
BR board sets management team pay (0)
5/08/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Salaries for members of the Blue Ridge management team were set by the school board at the Monday, May 6 meeting. Salaries were set for the 2012-13; 2013-14; and 2014-15 school years. In the coming term, the salaries for the school principals will see just under a $2,000 increase from the current [...]
Carpentry students present projects (0)
5/08/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Susquehanna Career and Technology board meeting Thursday featured presentations by carpentry students. Teacher Bruce Castelli introduced the students, many of whom were in tenth grade. Evan Baltzley, foreman for a bluebird house project, is a junior at Elk Lake. He said that last summer, SCCTC carpentry students made signs for P&G’s [...]
Southwestern to buy Chesapeake acreage (0)
5/01/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER and DAVID FALCHEK Times-Shamrock Writer Southwestern Energy Co. which has an office in Lemon Twp., announced Monday it was committing to Wyoming County in an even bigger way. The company announced it was spending $93 million and nearly doubling its acreage in the Marcellus Shale play with a purchase of natural [...]
Sheriff halts out-of-state gun permit applications (0)
5/01/13 •
BY STACI WILSON People from out of state looking to get a Pennsylvania license to carry firearms permit need not apply in Susquehanna County. As of today, Wednesday, May 1, the Susquehanna County Sheriff’s office will no longer be processing the out-of-state applications. Sheriff Lance Benedict said his office has been inundated with applications since [...]
Buried bell to ring again (0)
5/01/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI After being buried for 65 years, an historic church bell will toll again at the spot where it was last seen, when it fell during a fire from a tower into the recesses below a beloved Catholic Church near Lawton. The bell will be rededicated on Memorial Day. Gerald “Jerry” Guiton, 79, [...]