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Second chances (0)

5/16/12 •

IN PHOTO: Angie Colarusso, who runs the Second Chance Wildlife Center in Lemon Township, holds onto an adult opossum she rehabilitated. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN WOODRUFF To read the full story, click here.

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Prison time for terrifying ex (0)

5/16/12 •

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK – A 51-year-old Tunkhannock man was sentenced Wednesday to 16-72 months in state prison for stalking and making terroristic threats against a former girlfriend. Douglas C. Giberson ofLakeWilderness Road, Tunkhannock, appeared before President Judge Russell Shurtleff. The former girlfriend was in the courtroom and took the [...]

$1.5M FEMA funds on way to county (0)

5/16/12 •

BY PAT FARNELLI Wyoming County Press Examiner Federal funds have been allocated for flood relief projects in Tunkhannock Borough,TunkhannockTownship, andMeshoppen Township,WyomingCountyEMAcoordinator Eugene Dziak informed the Wyoming County Commissioners during their meeting Tuesday. “We nailed down $1.5 million for those three municipalities in addition to the Forkston project, and we hope to finish this one and [...]

P&G gas leak leads to alert (0)

5/16/12 •

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The Procter & Gamble facility in Mehopany experienced a chlorine gas leak Sunday evening, but nobody was in danger. P&G spokesman Alex Fried said the substance was used as a water disinfectant for utilities, and the immediate area surrounding where the leak occurred was quickly cordoned off, [...]

Trail tables action on school calendar (0)

5/16/12 •

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner FACTORYVILLE – The Lackawanna Trail School Board tabled action Monday night on a school calendar for 2012-13. There was no discussion about the calendar dates themselves which had srudents starting the Wednesday before Labor Day and ending with graduation on June 7. But there was a huge [...]

District will raise taxes (0)

5/16/12 •

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner FACTORYVILLE – Although it barely got noticed over concerns parents had with a proposed school calendar, the Lackawanna Trail School Board approved an $18,745,241 buget for the 2012-13 year. Business manager David Homish didn’t have any final figures in front of him and expresssed Monday that the [...]

Big push on CNGs (0)

5/16/12 •

BY JOHNNY WILLIAMS Times-Shamrock Writer Persons attending last Friday’s Northern Tier Regional Planning & Development Commission annual meeting got a look into the future as Mike Narcavage ofChesapeakespoke about Compressed Natural Gas and Prospects for the Northern Tier. The meeting also acknowledged three initiatives of the Northern Tier, including a Disaster Recovery Fund that aided [...]

Woman charged in burglary spree waives hearing (0)

5/16/12 •

BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer A South Montrose woman, formerly of Meshoppen, charged in connection with multiple burglaries in five Susuqehanna County townships between Thanksgiving and Jan. 1 waived her preliminary hearing in Clifford District Court on Tuesday. Daniela Hollister, 35, was charged in March for her role in the burglary spree, along with her [...]

Assault charged at car wash (0)

5/16/12 •

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A 41-year-old Tunkhannock man has been charged with indecent assault after allegedly grabbing an 18-year-old’s buttocks at a Wyoming County car wash. Andrew D. Allen, an employee of Nostalgia Car Wash, just off Rt. 29, in Eaton Twp., allegedly was at the car wash on May 6, [...]