Tag archive for ‘Montrose’
Boro seeks to restrict drilling (0)
5/04/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Montrose Borough is in the process of updating its zoning ordinance and in the updated version; council expects to address natural gas drilling. Councilman Sean Granahan said “Supposedly you cannot eliminate an industry but what you can do is restrict the tar out of it to make it unpalatable.” But he added, [...]
Rental ordinance proposed for Montrose (0)
2/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Montrose Borough Council discussed a proposed rental ordinance and a Drainage Maintenance Agreement for SR 706′s Church Street section proposed by PennDOT during its meeting Monday. The council looked over the new ordinance for landlords and tenants, but tabled it, planning to advertise the proposal for next month’s meeting, and invite landlords [...]
Women to be honored as ‘Legacy Ladies’ (0)
2/23/11 •
The Montrose Area Adult School is initiating an annual recognition of the contributions local women have made to the community. During Women’s History Month, a luncheon is planned at the Inn at Montrose on Saturday, March 19, at which four women will be honored who have inspired and enriched the lives of people in [...]
Canevari named Montrose football coach (1)
2/15/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Montrose Area High School assistant principal Russell Canevari was selected Monday night as the head coach of the Meteor varsity football program. The MA school board set his salary at $4,160 effective the beginning of the fall sports season. He will resign his position as assistant principal and head back into the [...]
Historic District app clears state hurdle (1)
2/15/11 •
BY STACI WILSON With the stately Greek Revival courthouse standing at its center a large portion of Montrose Borough is under consideration acceptance to the National Registry of Historic Places for its architectural significance. At a Feb. 1 meeting of the Pennsylvania State Review Board the Montrose Historic District gained the state approval for acceptance [...]
New Montrose Area admin building open (0)
2/15/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Montrose Area School District’s new administration building is now in use, with most of the physical move already completed and staff working in their new offices, superintendent Michael Ognosky told the school board Monday. Ognosky reported that much work remains to be completed by each of the contractors, and that the [...]
Meteors’ 17-game win streak ends (0)
2/09/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Montrose’s girls’ varsity basketball team has been on a hot-streak, in Lackawanna Division III, and coach Al Smith attributes the success to a committed group of players. “We’ve got a good group of girls,” Smith said on Thursday. “They are committed to playing the game, and they are a close-knit bunch.” The [...]
Montrose grad leading Golden Bears (0)
2/09/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF A 1996 graduate of Montrose Area High School is taking her passion for basketball and applying it to coaching for Western New England College’s women’s basketball program. Chaszar, 32, of Northampton, Mass., is in her 10th year of college coaching and sixth with the Golden Bears, and so far this season has [...]
Boro growth needs zoning changes (0)
2/09/11 •
BY STACI WILSON With several businesses coming to the borough looking to open doors in residentially zoned areas, Montrose Council discovered the town has nothing on the books to address those properties or situations. Jodi Clary, who plans to buy local flower shop “The Lily Pad,” and hopes to move the shop from its Church [...]
Endless Mountain Rail-trail route defined (0)
2/09/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Although very little railway bed restoration is possible during the winter months, the Rail-Trail Council of Northeast Pennsylvania is busy clearing paperwork paths for new recreational trails in Susquehanna County. Lynn Conrad, Executive Director of the council, said that two trails are now in the works: the Delaware and Hudson Trail, running [...]