Category archive for ‘News’
Judge: Hydrant must go (0)
5/16/13 •
BY STACI WILSON A hydrant used to fill a water truck must be removed from the residential lot where it was installed last year. The hydrant, installed in Jan. 2012 by Pennsylvania American Water Company for anti-drilling activist Craig Stevens is located on a property owned by Dr. Monica Marta at 12 Jessup St., on [...]
County wants royalty clarity (0)
5/16/13 •
BY STACI WILSON The Susquehanna County Commissioners are asking the state legislature to clarify the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act (GMRA) in order to make sure property owners are receiving the correct royalty revenue. At the May 8 meeting the commissioners adopted the resolution because local landowners are receiving less than a twelve and one-half percent [...]
Mountain View budget depends on contract talks (0)
5/16/13 •
By Tom Fontana Correspondent With contract negotiations looming, Mountain View School District business manager Joseph Patchcoski describes the tentative budget for the 2013-14 school year as “based on the status quo.” The ‘preliminary budget’ he presented to the school board Monday night, May 13, relies on current employee salary figures, but those numbers could change [...]
Deficit remains in MASD preliminary budget (0)
5/16/13 •
BY STACI WILSON A deficit of about $370,000 remains in the preliminary budget adopted Monday by the Montrose Area School Board. The board approved the district’s nearly $24 million preliminary budget, making it available for public review. Superintendent Michael Ognosky said a finance committee meeting would be necessary before the board moved to adopt the [...]
Voters head to polls (0)
5/16/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Voters will head to the polls Tuesday and a few races are contested in Susquehanna County municipalities and school districts. In the Choconut Twp. supervisor’s race, Republican incumbent William Dovin will face two challengers on the GOP ballot in May. Wayne Gittoes and Jan Myczewski are both seeking to unseat Mr. Dovin [...]
BR alive with ‘The Sound of Music’ (0)
5/16/13 •
BY STACI WILSON Blue Ridge stand-out singers, Madison Button and Allen Weed, headline this weekend’s performances of the classic musical, “The Sound of Music.” Button and Weed were both selected to participate in the PMEA State Chorus. Button stars as “Maria,” a young woman sent from the Nonnberg Abbey to act as the governess to [...]
Beloved chorus teacher retires (0)
5/16/13 •
Elk Lake’s senior high concert Wednesday night marked a milestone: it was the final high school concert for chorus director Barbara Holbert, after 33 years of conducting vocal groups and choirs, choosing songs for concert programs, and teaching music classes. In the process, students learn to read music and harmonize, with some music history and [...]
SCHS drama department presents ‘Grease’ (0)
5/16/13 •
Susquehanna Community High School’s drama department selected the Broadway musical “Grease” for its spring production on May 3-4. With a cast of seasoned actors, director Teresa Marino gave the “standing room only” audience a modified school version of this ever popular musical. For this production, the band was made up of Jeffrey Keyes, Ray Polak, [...]
Muddling through (0)
5/08/13 •
Victoria Arthur of Susquehanna dives headfirst into a mud hole during the DiryGirl Mud Run held at Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Moosic on Saturday.
Elk Lake approves piping contract (0)
5/08/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI After months of deliberation, the Elk Lake School Board approved a resolution Thursday night to allow Williams Field Services to put in a 10-inch gas pipeline underneath school district property. The agreement will also allow for restricted easements with Williams Field Services Co., which has been trying to move gas on neighboring [...]