Tuscarora migration (0)
5/15/13 •
IN PHOTO: Preparing for to paddle up the Susquehanna River from Riverside Park in Tunkhannock to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Tuscarora nation’s northern migration were, left to right, river safety guide Justin Magee, Tuscarorans Waylon Wilson, Jodi Patterson, Bryan Printup, Paul Williams, Milo Jacobs, Taylor Hummel, and Endless Mountains Outfitters owner Dave Buck. [...]
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DA’s race tops May 21 ballot (0)
5/15/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Voters go to the polls next Tuesday to vote their party’s choices to be on the November ballot. According to county elections director Flo Ball, some 5,248 persons across Wyoming County are registered to vote in the Democratic primary, and 8,429 Republicans are registered to vote in [...]
Boro police chief announces plan to resign (0)
5/15/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock Borough Police Chief William Olszewski has announced his intentions to resign effective May 24. Tunkhannock Mayor Norm Ball said he received a letter late on the afternoon of May 7 of the chief’s desire to step down. Olszewski said Monday, that “An oportunity came my [...]
Factoryville named ‘Playful City’ (0)
5/15/13 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Wyoming County Press Examiner Factoryville was recognized as a “playful city” along with 216 others in the nation, by a national non-profitorganization called KaBOOM! The 2013 Playful City USA program is designed to honor communities for their efforts to give children the childhood they deserve, by providing ample opportunities for play. “Studies [...]
Tuscarorans mark 300th anniversary of migration (0)
5/15/13 •
BY TOM FONTANA Wyoming County Press Examiner Correspondent It’s a journey of survival – in more ways than one. Six members of the Tuscarora Native American nation met at Riverside Park on the Susquehanna River in Tunkhannock on Sunday morning, May 12, to honor descendants who passed through the same area 300 years ago. Their [...]
Crime spree yields 4 ½ years in prison (0)
5/15/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A 29-year-old Tunkhannock man was sentenced to four and one-half to nine and one-half years in state prison for a 4-month crime spree last year that finally caught up with him. Deborah Albert Heise, the attorney for William J. Harvey Jr., said there was no question her [...]
TA student remembered (0)
5/15/13 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The friends and family of Chris Packer, who died May 5 following a tragic ATV accident, turned out in droves to remember a young man with a gentle wit and mischievous smile, who befriended just about everyone with whom he came in contact. A memorial service scheduled [...]
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