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BURNING BAN IN EFFECT

ATHENS TOWNSHIP

ATHENS TOWNSHIP — The Athens Township Supervisors have issued a burning ban effective immediately for all Athens Township residents until further notice.... More

N.Y. maps licensed bars, restaurants, liquor stores

ALBANY

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Liquor Authority has posted an online map of about 55,000 licensed bars, restaurants and stores selling alcohol statewide, including their disciplinary history and pending license... More

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Sports

’Skins stay perfect

Sayre rolls past Northeast; Athens falls to Wyalusing

SAYRE — The homestanding Redskins plated four runs in the bottom of the first and rode the four-hit pitching of Sandon Beeman to a 10-0, five-inning win over Northeast Bradford Monday evening, the second win for the Redskins over the Panthers... More

Sayre falls to Northeast

SAYRE — Last Thursday, Sayre made the trip to LeRaysville and came home on the wrong side of a lopsided... More

Bodine brothers honored at Watkins Glen

RACING

WATKINS GLEN — Seneca. Argetsinger. Stewart. Riesbeck. Bodine. Five names woven into the fabric of Watkins Glen International; five names that now have a permanent spot at the historic... More

National News

It’s already been a very record-breaking hot year

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records weren’t just broken, they were... More

SCHOOL VOUCHERS PROMPT COURT FIGHTS IN U.S.

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP) — Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more... More

Lifestyles

Special Speaker at Waverly Nazarene

April 11-15, 2012

WAVERLY- Waverly Church of the Nazarene will be hosting revival speaker Scott Ferguson from April 11-15, 2010. The public is invited to hear his stirring messages that speak straight to the... More

ATHENS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT PREPARES FOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

ATHENS

ATHENS- Kindergarten Registration in the Athens Area School District will be held in April 30-May 3 at various locations. Children will be permitted to register for Kindergarten if they are five years old on or before September 1,... More

SENIOR NEWS

Waverly Senior Citizens Club meets

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Road project moves forward

ATHENS TOWNSHIP — Plans for a Valley Business Park access road, called Road C, move forward as township officials advertise for a municipal engineer to provide construction inspection services for the... More

Bids for flood-damaged road repairs opened

ATHENS BOROUGH

ATHENS BOROUGH — The Athens Borough Council Monday opened bids from six companies for the repair of six roadways that were damaged in last September’s... More

CASE: SELECTION SET FOR

BRADFORD COUNTY

TOWANDA— The murder trial of John Joseph De- Sisti will move forward with jury selection expected for April... More

Council looks to clean-up old motel property

BARTON

BARTON — Town of Barton Council members continued to discuss clean-up projects within the municipality during Monday’s meeting and are pursing the clean-up of the old Corba motel property located on State Route... More

Obituaries  Free Access 

Calvin C. Cole, 86 - 2013-05-18
Rose D. Roberts - 2013-05-18
FUNERALS - 2013-05-18
FUNERALS - 2013-05-17
Maleah Mae Thurston - 2013-05-16
FUNERALS - 2013-05-16
Hilda Elsbree Barrett - 2013-05-15
FUNERALS - 2013-05-15
Phyllis Martin Adam - 2013-05-14
Bertha E. Gregory - 2013-05-14
James E. Barton - 2013-05-14
Funerals - 2013-05-14

Local News

The sound of jazz

SAYRE SCHOOLS

Instrumental Music Instructor Amy Johnston leads the Sayre High Jazz Band in the John Wasson jazz arrangement of the Bill Winters’ rock classic “Lean on Me” during the Jazz... More

LOTTERY

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DATEBOOK

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER sponsored by the RPH/Guthrie Auxiliary. From 4:30 - 6 p.m., April 12, at the Athens United Methodist Church there will be a spring picnic style dinner for all interested community... More

Opinion

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, April 10, the 101st day of 2012. There are 265 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in... More

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Entertainment

SMART MONEY

REVERSE MORTGAGE IS A GOOD FIT FOR SOME SENIORS

DEAR BRUCE: I have been hearing and reading about reverse mortgages and would like to hear your pros and cons on them. I am 74, and my wife is 69. I understand the concept (somewhat) but am a bit... More

SENSE & SENSITIVITY

HANGING OUT AFTER A HOOKUP

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been hanging out with a guy, and we've hooked up a couple of times. Suddenly we stopped hanging out as much. Every time he sees me, he makes a big show of hugging me and saying he will text me to hang out, but he never... More

Key to Netflix’s future: better recommendations

TECH NEWS

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) N etflix executives John Ciancutti and Todd Yellin are trying to create a video-recommendation system that knows you better than an old... More