March 17, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Restorations continue at Glenwood Cemetery Mausoleum

WAVERLY — The Glenwood Cemetery Mausoleum has received roughly $20,000 in restorations for the windows that have been in the building since... More

VANDALS CAUSE $300K IN DAMAGES AT CHESAPEAKE SITE

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP– Vandals recently attacked the Chesapeake Energy Corporations freshwater impound area, causing an estimated $300,000 in... More

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Local News

Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presents annual $1K nursing scholarship

TOWANDA — The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has established an annual $1,000 nursing scholarship that is awarded to a nursing student enrolled in the Northern Tier Career Center’s Practical Nursing Program in... More

More hotels popping up around Arnot Mall

ELMIRA – The Chemung County Planning Board Thursday approved the development of two new hotels, and reviewed the plans for a third, near the Arnot Mall in Big... More

The Moravian Missions No. 3

This is the third segment of a 20-week series that is being submitted by the Bradford County Historical Society in honor of the bicentennial of Bradford County, which will occur on March 24, 2012 and be celebrated throughout this... More

Lifestyles

POLYHYMNIA CLUB 39TH ANNUAL YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT TO BE HELD SUNDAY

The 39th Annual Young People’s concert sponsored by the Polyhymnia Club will be held at 4 p.m. at the Waverly United Methodist Church, Waverly, N.Y. The public is invited to... More

Easter invitation from the Athens Presbyterian Church

ATHENS- The First Presbyterian Church of Athens is inviting the Sayre and Waverly Presbyterian Churches to join them for an Easter Sonrise Service. It will be on Easter Sunday, April 8, at... More

WHAT'S HAPPENING

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Faith in Life

“… BUT I HAVEN'T NOT DONE THAT YET”

The conversation might go like this … I thought you said you'd get that done! That's what I said. It isn't done. You said you'd do it by suppertime. So? It's almost suppertime. So? I haven't not done it yet. I have time... More

Entertainment

“21JUMP STREET”

THESE COPS BRING THE LAUGHS

The TV show that made Johnny Depp a star is little more than a jumping-off point for the big-screen "21 Jump Street," a rowdy, raunchy update that aims for laughs over action and delivers them... More

CONSUMER REPORTS NAMES ITS TOP PICKS FOR CARS

As the competition grows stronger with each passing year, it has been increasingly difficult for a single automaker to dominate Consumer Reports' annual Top Picks... More

SENSE & SENSITIVITY

FRIEND TIRES OF DELIVERY DUTIES

DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend always asks me to pick up things for him when he knows I'm coming over. It's always something small, like a coffee, and he always pays me back, but he asks me to do this (BEGIN ITALS)whenever(END ITALS) I come... More

No charges to be filed in fatal accident

WAVERLY — No charges will be filed against the driver of an early Wednesday morning accident that claimed the life of an 80-year-old Waverly woman, according to village... More

CORBETT ADVISOR: IMPACT FEE MONEY CANNOT BE USED TO FIX BAD WELLS

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett’s energy advisor, Energy Executive Patrick Henderson, said the funds created through an impact fee on natural gas drilling operations cannot be used by local municipalities and counties to fix tainted... More

COUNCIL APPROVES PROJECT PAYMENTS

SAYRE — The Sayre Borough Council this week approved two pay applications with regard to a pair of municipal... More

Creating friendships via a balloon

SOUTH WAVERLY — When Connor Lasco released his leftover Valentine’s Day balloon with a note attached for the person who may happen to find it, he never expected a response as quickly as the next morning, or for the person to respond to... More

Sports

Time to ‘fly at states

LEWISBURG — Three swimmers did the area proud Friday in the first day of the PIAA Class AA Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University — all of them competing in the 100... More

OHIO UPSETS MICHIGAN IN NCAA TOURNAMENT

NASHVILLE,... More

KNICKS ROLL AGAIN, CRUSH PACERS 115-100

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyson Chandler scored 16 points, Jeremy Lin had 13, and the New York Knicks rolled to their second straight dominant victory under Mike Woodson, beating the Indiana Pacers 115-100 on Friday... More

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FROM THE DESK...

Tail wagging the dog

“It was the right thing to do. If we did not do this, we would have gotten nothing” — Tioga County Commissioner Erick Coolidge after that board approved enacting an impact fee on natural gas drilling... More

McLinko discusses impact fee

Local elected officials throughout Bradford County have expressed their concerns to me since House Bill 1950 “Impact Fee” legislation was rammed through the legislature and signed into law as Act... More