March 2009 - WC Examiner News

  • BREAKING NEWS: Coroner’s inquest: Wyoming County infant died of alcohol poisoning

    BREAKING NEWS: Coroner’s inquest: Wyoming County infant died of alcohol poisoning

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A coroner's inquest Thursday into the suspicious 2007 death of 6-month old Wyoming County infant determined the child died of alcohol poisoning. Mason Miner died on Dec. 10, 2007, at the home of his parents, John Miner and Jessica Barlow, who then...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-28-2009
  • BREAKING NEWS: ACLU sues DA Skumanick

    BREAKING NEWS: ACLU sues DA Skumanick

    BY ERIN L. NISSLEY Times-Shamrock Writer The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Wyoming County district attorney on behalf of three teenage girls who may face felony charges for appearing in semi-nude photographs traded by...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-26-2009
  • BREAKING NEWS: Harshbarger extradition might be delayed

    BREAKING NEWS: Harshbarger extradition might be delayed

    BY ERIN NISSLEY Times-Shamrock Writer A woman wanted in Canada for shooting her husband during a hunting trip has secured a few more days in the U.S. Mary Beth Harshbarger, 43, was supposed to turn herself in to U.S. Marshals Friday so she could be extradited to Canada, where she is facing charges of...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-26-2009
  • WP companies call it quits

    WP companies call it quits

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner WP Water Company and WP Sanitary Company filed a petition this week with the state Public Utility Commission to abandon service to roughly 150 customers in the Washington Park development in Washington...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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  • Migliori appointed to TA school board

    Migliori appointed to TA school board

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The Tunkhannock Area School Board Thursday night appointed Martin Migliori of Falls to replace John H. (Jack) Tomlin, who died Mar. 6. Migliori had already filed to be on the May 19 primary ballot for the seat now held by Steve Franko. Tomlin...
  • Drug forum makes waves

    Drug forum makes waves

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner (This is the second of a 3-part series that looks at some sides of the drug problem facing Wyoming County .) The bad news is that Wyoming County continues to have an addiction problem with heroin and other...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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  • Gas activity leaves some angry

    Gas activity leaves some angry

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Gas drilling in Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties is about to take off exponentially and will likely make not a few folks rich. It has already made one Gerri Kane, 56, of Auburn Township, angry. Very angry. Kane was talking with her girlfriend...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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  • Fitze, Shurtleff nab top spots

    Fitze, Shurtleff nab top spots

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER and MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Judicial candidates Judd Fitze and Russell Shurtleff garnered the top spots for the May 19 primaries, perhaps giving neither the edge in the President Judge's race...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
  • County under brush fire warning

    County under brush fire warning

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner For much of the day on Monday, Wyoming County and the surrounding area was under a "red flag warning" by the National Weather Service. That meant that the threat of brush fires and wildfires was increased. According to county Emergency Management...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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  • Hearing set on Harshbarger appeal

    Hearing set on Harshbarger appeal

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A Meshoppen woman has a hearing scheduled in federal court today for her appeal of an extradition order to Canada. Mary Beth Harshbarger had originally sought a 60-day stay of extradition on charges of...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
  • Oversight of chemicals used in gas drilling unclear

    Oversight of chemicals used in gas drilling unclear

    BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Cabot Oil and Gas began storing dozens of 55-gallon drums marked "methanol" on a Susquehanna County lot last winter about 100 feet and a crumbling fieldstone wall away from Matthew Nebzydoski's backyard and his 4-year-old daughter's swing set. A...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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  • Budget cuts hit historical societies

    Budget cuts hit historical societies

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Recent cuts in the state budget by Gov. Ed Rendell could have an effect on local historical societies. Officials at both the Wyoming County and Susquehanna County organizations said they will feel a substantial...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
  • Decker waives prelim

    Decker waives prelim

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A Springville man charged with pointing a gun at another person in Tunkhannock's Riverside Park on March 16 waived his preliminary hearing on Friday. Michael D. Decker, 20, is alleged to have brandished a gun in the park. Police were called to the...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
  • Youth group teaches children about Red Cross

    Youth group teaches children about Red Cross

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - Members of the Wyoming County American Red Cross Youth Program helped teach an even younger group on Saturday though a program at the Tunkhannock Public Library. As part of the celebration...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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  • Master gardener offers tips for starting seeds

    Master gardener offers tips for starting seeds

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner With the onset of spring, the thoughts of many turn to gardening. This is the time of year when people start planning what sort of vegetables they want to grow, in hopes of having a bountiful harvest this fall. Walter Konopke, a Penn State Master Gardener...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-24-2009
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