|
|
December 2008 - WC Examiner News
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The Wyoming County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted a 2009 budget with a 7.7 percent tax increase. Under the $11.63 million budget for 2009, taxes will be at 20.848 mills. The tax rate is currently 19.348 mills. A mill is a $1 tax on every...
-
BY RYANN GROCHOWSKI and BOB KALINOWSKI Times-Shamrock Writer A teenager from Centermoreland died in a one-car crash in Edwardsville on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23. Ian Pope, 17, an 11th-grade, high-honors student at Holy Redeemer High School in Wilkes...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Wyoming County Public Defender Deborah Albert-Heise and District Attorney George Skumanick, Jr. often square off in the courtroom. Albert-Heise and Skumanick said on Monday that they intend to stress their professional experience as they run...
-
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A public hearing is set for Wednesday, Jan. 7, to take comments on the effect of the Mehoopany Wind Farm Project on area watersheds. The hearing by the state Department of Environmental Protection is...
-
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Folks wanting to ring in the New Year tonight will find no shortage of events in Wyoming County. Many restaurants and bars are planning special celebrations. Some will be open right through the midnight celebration, while others plan activities for earlier...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner LEMON TWP. - A local farmer plans to develop a facility north of Tunkhannock that would discharge treated wastewater from natural gas drilling into the Meshoppen Creek. Philip Brown said he plans to have...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - Scott Ramey nearly lost everything nine months ago when he was convicted on driving under the influence. As Ramey celebrates Christmas with his family, he said he is grateful for a Sullivan/Wyoming county drug court program that helped...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner LEMON TWP. - Don Clark is concerned friends could lose tens of thousands of dollars if they agree to be represented by a Texas-based company during negotiations for natural gas contracts The company, High...
-
BY KIMM MONTONE Times-Shamrock Writer It snaked its way through downtown Scranton. Across sidewalks. Over crusty piles of snow. Through intersections. And it didn't stop there. It worked its way on Routes 6 and 11 through Clarks Summit and out to Tunkhannock. Nothing seemed to get in its way. And...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Staff Writer An article in a New York City newspaper has compelled the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem to remove a vicar at a Susquehanna County church near Clifford Township. Rev. Gregory Malia, 43, has been removed as vicar from the...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner Laurie Munley brought her son, Robert, to a physician six years ago in hope the he would receive help for what seemed to be depression. Remembering that Robert failed in an attempt to commit suicide in April 2002, Munley was saddened to hear the physician...
-
BY RYANN GROCHOWSKI Times-Shamrock Writer WILKES-BARRE - Gregory Orlando Fann Jr., who faces the death penalty in a fatal May shooting, was charged Tuesday with solicitation to commit homicide against two witnesses. Fann, 21, of Wilkes-Barre, is accused...
-
BY MICHAEL SISAK Times-Shamrock Writer Several advertisements for Chris Hackett, the Republican who lost to incumbent Democrat Chris Carney in the 10th District Congressional district, violated Federal Election Commission guidelines, but the conduct did not warrant more than official admonishment, a...
-
BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner WASHINGTON TWP. - Procter & Gamble has been awarded $236,000 in state grant funding to improve and upgrade a rail yard at its plant, west of Tunkhannock. The state Department of Transportation funding...
-
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Starting tomorrow, Helene Flannery will become the new director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, provided by the Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Area Agency on Aging. Flannery takes over from Anne Rappaport, who is retiring after 24 years. For the...
|
|
|