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September 2009 - WC Examiner News
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner BRAINTRIM TWP. - Flames destroyed the historic Black Walnut American Legion hall in Black Walnut on Wednesday. The fire apparently started around 11 a.m. in the basement of the building, according to Bob Voda, assistant chief of Laceyville's Goodwill...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner In the blink of a weekend, Chesapeake Energy has put itself on a path to become the largest leaseholder of mineral rights in the 167-year history of Wyoming County. Around 600 members of the Wyoming County...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner MILL CITY - The Tunkhannock Area School Board approved leases with two natural gas companies at its meeting Thursday night. Roughly 127 of the district's 206 acres throughout Wyoming County will be leased to Chesapeake Appalachia LLC. About 61 acres...
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RUSH TWP. - Three people, including a 1-year-old girl and her mother, were killed Sunday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 267 about a mile north of the Rushboro General Store. Lisa Lee Pifcho, 24, of Factoryville, a 2003 graduate of Elk Lake High...
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BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer The Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. to stop all hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in Susquehanna County after failed pipe connections and a ruptured hose at a well site there caused three chemical spills in less...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A New Jersey woman who claimed to help people with potential foreclosure problems has been charged with theft by deception for allegedly bilking a Tunkhannock man out of $8,000. Shirley Matthews, 53, of...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner MILL CITY - Alleged improper behavior by some visiting Dallas High School football players last Friday could lead to the Tunkhannock Area School District taking legal action. On Thursday, the school board discussed allegations that some Dallas players...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Over the past eight years, the annual Airing of the Quilts festivities have become a part of Wyoming County tradition. This year promises to be no exception. The event is set for Saturday...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK TWP. - Students at Elk Lake High School were challenged Tuesday to make the tragic death of a young girl an inspiration. Rachel Joy Scott was a 17-year-old student at Columbine High School in Colorado, and was the first person killed in the massacre...
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BY TERRY BONIFANTI Times-Shamrock Writer She never smoked. And she'll never quit the greatest battle of her life. My sister, Mary, who has taught me how to live lovingly and love life since we were little girls growing up on Scranton's West Side...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - When officials and visitors to the Wyoming County Courthouse had to answer nature's call on Friday, it meant a trip outside. Because of a sewer problem outside the courthouse, the rest rooms were out of service all day, and most of...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Professionals from various aspects of the criminal justice system were at Keystone College on Thursday to demonstrate their jobs. The college hosted Criminal Justice and Homeland Security Day on the college...
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BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer A Meshoppen area man was sentenced in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday for a drunk driving crash that sent eight other people to the hospital in July 2008. Michael Jay Tyler, 28, was sentenced to serve 11 to 24 months minus one day in the...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Andrew Charles Evans, 21, of Falls, is wanted by the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations for allegedly deserting the Air Force on Aug. 13. The 6-0, 190-pound Evans was in the Air Force Security...
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BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer Six heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice four years ago and 7,000 miles away were remembered with a Fallen Soldier Memorial at the New Milford Readiness Center on a wet Sunday afternoon. Family members, friends, fellow soldiers and veterans gathered under the grey...
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