Category archive for ‘News’
Scouts say ‘thank you’ to Robinson (0)
4/24/13 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Ken Bondurant, chairman for the Friends of Scouting 2013 Campaign, and attorney Francis X. O’Connor stopped in Rob’s Market, Great Bend, on April 10, to thank Rob Robinson for a very generous donation of $1,000 to the 2013 campaign. According to Bondurant, Robinson has always been a very generous donor [...]
BHS Steel Drum Band to perform in Montrose (0)
4/24/13 •
Island music will overtake Montrose, Tuesday, April 30, as the Binghamton High School Steel Drum Band presents the “Juice Blenders” concert, 7 p.m., at the Montrose Theatre, Public Ave., Montrose. Admission to the concert is free. Donations will be accepted. The BHS Steel Drum Band ensemble performed with Harry Belafonte, the Binghamton Community Orchestra, and [...]
EMBA members hear about planned Fun Day (0)
4/24/13 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Members of the Endless Mountains Business Association were given information at their March 26 meeting, held at the Green Gables, on a planned Community Fun Day on June 22. It will be at the Hallstead ball field on Route 11. The Fun Day committee is in the process of arranging [...]
Cops ok’d for Forest Lake (0)
4/17/13 •
BY STACI WILSON The paperwork needed to get police coverage in Forest Lake is nearly complete. Montrose Borough Council gave its final approval Monday night to a two-year contract to provide police service to the nearby township. Forest Lake Supervisors will meet tonight (Wednesday, April 17) and are expected to approve the proposed agreement. The [...]
County upgrades outdated technology (0)
4/17/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Some county departments are seeing an upgrade in technology funded by Act 13 revenue. The commissioners authorized the purchase of 12 new desktop computers to replace old, outdated machines in seven county departments. Cost of the upgrade is just over $14,493 for 12 new Dell computers in the following departments: Planning (1); [...]
Earth day events at Salt Springs, Woodbourne (0)
4/17/13 •
Trail clean-up and Earth Day events are scheduled this weekend at Salt Springs State Park in Franklin Forks and Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve in Dimock. Trail clean up at Salt Springs is slated for Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. Volunteers are needed to hike the trails and clear them of trash, branches and debris. [...]
EMTC brings home awards (0)
4/17/13 •
BY STACI WILSON The Endless Mountains Theatre Company garnered two awards at the annual Northeast Pennsylvania Theatrical Alliance (NEPTA) awards ceremony held Saturday, April 13 in Ehrhardt’s Water Front Restaurant on Lake Wallenpaupack. Reese Allen took home the “Best Child Actress” award for her role as the young Morella in “Tales of Dark Imagination III.” [...]
Susquehanna students inducted in NJHS (0)
4/17/13 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Susquehanna Community graduate Brent Soden from the class of 2004, was the guest speaker at the local Chapter of the National Honor Society induction ceremony. Held on April 11, in the Helen Gulley Auditorium, new inductees, class of 2016, were: John Abruzzo, Hannah Day, Garrett Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, [...]
School notes (0)
4/17/13 •
Blue Ridge Members of Blue Ridge’s National Honor Society are helping out the environment. Samuel Brush, a senior, and members of NHS helped organize an e-cycling event on Saturday. The students invited members of the community to bring their old electronics to the school’s lower parking lot to be recycled. The old electronics will be [...]
Gas expo big success at targeting job seekers (0)
4/17/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Josh Stevens has been out in Montana doing oil and gas work in the Bakken formation for the past two years but wants to come home. Chris Warfle has worked on the family farm and feels he is ready to take on some heavy equipment operation. Both liked what they saw [...]