March 22, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

1p1.jpg

‘Leading the way’  Free Access 

Williams honored as ‘business person of the year’
By KRISTY WESTBROOK
Staff Writer
SAYRE — Randy Williams became the latest name to be inducted into the Valley Business Hall of Fame when he was named as the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 Business Person of the Year during the 16th Annual United Valley... More

Pastor leaving Athens United Methodist

ATHENS
By KRISTY WESTBROOK
Staff Writer

ATHENS — After seven years of service at the Athens United Methodist Church, Pastor Martin Bovee has announced that he has been reassigned York, Pa. “It’s a new beginning for myself, and the church here,” said... More

Possible increase for school budget

TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOLS
By ANGELA VARANO
Staff Writer

TIOGA — In a time when schools are forced to make cuts as a result of continually diminishing state aid, Tioga Central School district is being “cautiously optimistic” while preparing next year’s 2012 - 2013 preliminary... More

Special Sections

Obituaries  Free Access 

Charles D. “Chuck” Chandler Sr., 57 - 2013-05-24
Jeannie L. (Ease) McCracken, 54 - 2013-05-24
Ramon Osorio Jr., 63 - 2013-05-24
FUNERALS - 2013-05-24
Marcia M. Barto - 2013-05-23
Jean Maynard Cummings - 2013-05-23
FUNERALS - 2013-05-23
Jean Maynard Cummings - 2013-05-22
Ronald Bruce Warner - 2013-05-22
FUNERALS - 2013-05-22
Martha Depew - 2013-05-21
Ronald Bruce Warner - 2013-05-21
FUNERALS - 2013-05-21
Calvin C. Cole - 2013-05-20
Gordon M. Callison - 2013-05-20
Daniel “Dan” W. Platt - 2013-05-20
Jeannie L McCracken - 2013-05-20
Martha E. Depew - 2013-05-20
FUNERALS - 2013-05-20

Local News

Wal-Mart supports Relay for Life

The Valley Wal-Mart Relay for Life team raised $2,217 for organization in 2011 and hopes to continue the fundraising efforts for this year’s... More

LOTTERY

HARRISBURG, Pa.(AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the PennsylvaniaLottery were:Midday Daily Number:9-4-1Midday Big 4: 7-2-1-1Treasure Hunt: 11-14-16-24-29Midday Quinto: 4-4-8-3-6 Evening Daily Number:7-7-5Evening Big 4:... More

CORRECTION

The Morning Times would like to make the following correction for the Waverly Community Chest photo that was printed Tuesday, March 20. Ray Case was pictured in the photo, second row, second to the last. The Times regrets the error.... More

Click here for all stories

State News

N.Y. SENATE TENSIONS FLARE AGAIN IN ELECTION YEAR

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Tensions are rising again in the New York state Senate as each side prepares for what will be a marquee political fight in the fall... More

Click here for all stories

National News

Romney says he’s no Etch A Sketch, is conservative

ARBUTUS, Md. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried Wednesday to shake accusations that he’s an inconsistent conservative after a top adviser compared him to an Etch A Sketch... More

Click here for all stories

Lifestyles

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

BAHR Born to Dorothy & Jason Bahr of Lopez, Pa., a daughter, Khloie Elizabeth, on February 19, 2012, at the Towanda Memorial Hospital in Towanda,... More

VALLEY HEALTH & LIVING

AM i WITH THE RIGHT PARTNER?
by Arlene Pinheiro

Is there a moment when you think it’s all a mistake? Could I have done something differently? Was I expecting my partner to... More

SEEKING VOLUNTEER GRANT WRITER

Do you have a skill for writing and researching grants available for a non-profit organization? Tioga County Rural Ministry, inc. (TCRM) is looking for... More

Click here for all stories

County one of few that hasn’t taken action on impact fee

BRADFORD COUNTY
By WARREN HOWELER
Times Editor

As it stands, Bradford County is one of only four counties located in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region that has yet to take any action regarding whether to impose an impact fee on natural gas drilling... More

Police consolidation still being explored

ATHENS BOROUGH
By WARREN HOWELER
Times Editor

ATHENS BOROUGH — The Athens Borough Council is continuing to explore the option of consolidating the municipality’s police department with its counterpart in Athens... More

‘The utmost respect’

Tinney praises outgoing village mayor
By ANGELA VARANO
Staff Writer

NICHOLS — Empowered, may be the word that Village of Nichols Trustee LeAnn Tinney would use to describe outgoing Mayor Esther Woods. “She is no nonsense, but she is a lot of fun and we think a lot of her” said... More

DEP fines Hawbaker for air quality violations

BRADFORD COUNTY
Morning Times

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of Bellefonte, Centre County, $16,500 for air quality violations documented in October 2011 at its quarry in Burlington... More

Sports

Tigers’ Talcott tops Times’ All-star wrestling squad

WRESTLING
Morning Times

VALLEY— Compared to many of his opponents, Tioga’s Nick Talcott was a “small” 220-pound... More

NO SHOWING ON BROADWAY: TEBOWMANIA

FOOTBALL

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Tebow is coming to New York.... More

WAVERLY GRADUATE RECEIVES COACHING HONOR

TRACK & FIELD
By TIM TAYLOR
Sports Writer

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Chris Bostwick was an athletic standout at Waverly High School in the early- to mid- 1990s, where he set several school records in track and field. He took his talents to SUNY... More

Click here for all stories

Opinion

Political Cartoon

Full Story

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Thursday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2012. There are 284 days left in the... More

SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY

Schoolkids learning to be citizens
NAT HENTOFF

Two years ago, then-American Bar Association president Stephen N. Zack gravely warned: “Civic education courses have become electives in some schools; at others, they are not offered at... More

Click here for all stories

Stock Page

stock page

Full Story
Click here for all stories

Entertainment

VH1 orders series about Hollywood ex-wives

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood ex-wives surely have stories to tell, and now five of them will have their own TV... More

Comics Page

Full Story

ASK MR. KNOW-IT-ALL

MONTREAL EXPOS MOVE BACK TO THE US
by Gary Clothier

Q: I was having lunch with some friends, and we got to talking about baseball, though I know very little about the sport. I mentioned that I attended a few Montreal Expos home games many years... More

Click here for all stories