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May 2009 - WC Examiner News
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Russell Shurtleff carried all but three precincts across Wyoming County to claim a surprisingly easy victory Tuesday night over Judd Fitze in the President Judge's race for Wyoming and Sullivan counties. On the Republican side, Shurtleff...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Pat Mulhern, the principal at Roslund and Mehoopany elementary schools in the Tunkhannock Area School District, announced his pending retirement Thursday night. At a work session, the TA...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - For the 30th consecutive year, youngsters gathered at the Jim Rice farm along Mile Road to learn about conserving natural resources. Dozens of students from the Tunkhannock Area and Lackawanna Trail school districts made their way...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner EATON TWP. - A small plane went off the end of the runway at Skyhaven Airport, south of Tunkhannock, just before 1 p.m. Thursday. No one was hurt, airport operator Charlie Gay said. According to Gay,...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner EATON TWP. - The Wyoming County Airport Authority said it may have a line on some new lights for Skyhaven Airport. At the authority's meeting on Wednesday, May 20, president Jim Brooks said he and airport operator Charlie Gay recently looked at a...
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DEMOCRATIC BALLOT Justice of the Supreme Court: Jack Panella 1,337. Judge of the Superior Court (vote for 3): Paula Patrick 530, Tom Munley 1,479, Anne Lazurus 593, John Younge 205, Kevin Francis McCarthy 473, Robert Colville 307. Judge of the Commonwealth...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner An electrical workers union representing Penelec employees across the region went on strike late Thursday night and began picketing area headquarters. International Brothers of Electrical Workers Local 459, based in Johnstown, had 13 members picketing...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - After a sometimes heated discussion, the Tunkhannock Area School Board on Thursday voted to keep its current "no pass, no play" policy for student-athletes. Several board members...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK TWP. - A house built by students at the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center will be on display to the public on Saturday. An open house is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the home, which is just down the road from Elk Lake School...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Under a preliminary budget discussed at last Tuesday's Elk Lake School Board meeting, school taxes may go up about five percent for Wyoming County property owners and about one-half of one percent for...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner William Fredrick Brown Jr., 34, of RR3, Laceyville, was sentenced to 11-23 and one-half months for his role in the Aug. 13, 2007, death of Matthew Dale Bowen, a passenger in Brown's 1999 Jeep Wrangler. According to court papers, Brown had been drinking...
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BY STACY BROWN Times-Shamrock Writer Some may call it a fearless act of blind faith. Others have used such phrases as "courageous" and "unbelievable," while still others have simply expressed shock. Then, there are the students at...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Since he was a youngster, Joseph Miller has had a passion for working with plants and trees. For the past year, the Tunkhannock Area High School senior has been taking an independent study course in plant biology. And his work is already benefitting...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner As a Christmas gift in 2006, Peggy Davidson of Mehoopany received a certificate for art lessons from her husband, Dave. Although she had tried her hand at painting many years ago, Davidson said she never...
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BY BOB KALINOWSKI Times-Shamrock Writer When Cody Kopcha approached the local recruiter a few weeks ago, he was eager to head off to basic training and begin his career in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The Noxen man found out he will have to wait. National Guard officials recently halted almost...
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