Tag archive for ‘Susquehanna County’
Regional Civil War stories aired at Everhart (0)
2/09/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER For Howard Wolfe of Dalton, a new exhibit at the Everhart Museum in Scranton was like a homecoming of sorts. There on the wall was a portrait of his great grandfather, Sgt. William H. Wolfe, who was a leader of Band Co. C, 14th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps in [...]
Heating oil spills in courthouse (0)
1/26/11 •
BY STACI WILSON An estimated 30 gallons of fuel oil spilled from a line leading to the furnace of the Susquehanna County Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Chief Clerk Sylvia Beamer confirmed the fuel oil leak but said the fluid ran into and was contained in a cement pit in the basement. Environmental clean-up specialist [...]
Historian Dennis to address dinner (0)
1/19/11 •
Denise Dennis, a nationally renowned historian, author and descendant of free African American Prince Perkins, who died in the historic Battle of Wyoming and is buried in Susquehanna County, will be honored at the 20th Annual Diversity Institute Dinner at Misericordia University on Feb. 9. Dennis is president of The Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust [...]
County taxes may drop one mill (1)
12/01/10 •
BY STACI WILSON The 2011 proposed county budget hit the table for review Monday with general real estate taxes lowered by one mill. At the Nov. 24 county commissioners meeting, millage for 2011 was set at 10.5 mills for general real estate for the general fund; 1.01 mills for debt service; and .33 mills for [...]
Susquehanna County voters speak their minds (0)
11/03/10 •
More than half of Susquehanna County’s voters went to the polls Tuesday and followed a Republican landslide, except in the state legislative race in the 114th District. Some 14,200 ballots were cast out of 25,438 registered voters for a 55.82 percent voter turnout. For U.S. Senate, Pat Toomey (R) garnered 9,114 voters or 65.085% to [...]