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November 2009 - WC Examiner News

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  • Dimock Twp. families sue Cabot

    Dimock Twp. families sue Cabot

    BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer DIMOCK TWP. - In a field between Ronald Carter's trailer and the gas drilling site less than 500 feet from his front porch, a group of neighbors shared nightmarish stories Friday morning about the natural gas extraction they say has changed their lives and homes...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Carter Rd.: ‘It’s not worth it.’

    Carter Rd.: ‘It’s not worth it.’

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK - At Friday's press conference, a Binghamton, N.Y., TV cameraman told the group suing Cabot that New York finally was about to embark on gas drilling in the Marcellus shale. He asked, "What...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Lawmakers take money during impasse

    Lawmakers take money during impasse

    BY ROBERT SWIFT Times-Shamrock Writer Lawmakers representing Wyoming County have collected more than $11,400 so far in daily reimbursements from the 101-day stalemate over the state budget earlier this year. The payments, called per diems, are earnings in addition to a lawmaker's annual base salary...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • TASD board hears players, hires manager

    TASD board hears players, hires manager

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The Tunkhannock Area School Board heard from football players pleading for their coach's job, and also named Patrick O'Shea as the district's new business manager on Thursday...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Wyo. Co. panel: Boom on the way

    Wyo. Co. panel: Boom on the way

    BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The hottest natural gas boom is about to unfold in Wyoming County, more than 100 business persons were told Thursday night. In a program hosted by the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service but co-sponsored with the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • County won’t raise taxes

    County won’t raise taxes

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Wyoming County's property tax rate should remain unchanged for 2010. At their work session on Thursday, the county commissioners said they are not planning to raise taxes above the current...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Turkey cooking tips offered

    Turkey cooking tips offered

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Thanksgiving dinner is often the biggest dinner people prepare each year. That's why extra care should be taken when preparing the turkey, said Karen Bracey of the Wyoming County Cooperative Extension Agency. "A lot of people don't cook...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Pies sold in Factoryville

    Pies sold in Factoryville

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner FACTORYVILLE - As a new fundraiser this year, the Factoryville Fire Company sold Thanksgiving pies. The project was the idea of fire company secretary Kathy Smith and treasurer Kim Lengel. Smith explained...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Residents grill EL board on career center

    Residents grill EL board on career center

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK TWP. -Elk Lake School Board spent more than two hours on Tuesday (Nov. 17) listening to more comments about a proposed expansion to the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. No final vote on the project was on the agenda. However, the...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • PIAA plans hearing on Dallas incident

    PIAA plans hearing on Dallas incident

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner PLAINS TWP. - The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District II committee plans to hold a hearing on allegations that Dallas High School football players urinated on tennis courts at Tunkhannock...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • TA board hires coaches

    TA board hires coaches

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The Tunkhannock Area School Board on Thursday made several personnel decisions, including hiring a number of assistant sports coaches. The board approved the retirement of Sylvia Repsher, administrative secretary at Roslund Elementary School...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Health Care heats up Carney town hall

    Health Care heats up Carney town hall

    BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer (Ed. Note: The Examiner went to press before the Town Hall meeting in Tunkhannock was over Tuesday. What follows is coverage of the previous day's town hall meeting in Montrose. ) U.S. Rep. Chris Carney, D-Dimock...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Church members share Thanksgiving bounty

    Church members share Thanksgiving bounty

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Each year, dozens of people turn out at the Assembly of God Church on Thanksgiving Day to share in a meal and fellowship. Preparing a holiday dinner for that many people is no easy feat. Church member Doris Haslebacher is in charge of coordinating...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Root guards protect sidewalks

    Root guards protect sidewalks

    BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHKANNOCK - A new and relatively simple device is being used by the Tunkhannock Tree Association to make sure new plantings don't damage sidewalks. Known as a tree guard, the product is a reinforced...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
  • Abe’s immortal words, ca 1863

    Abe’s immortal words, ca 1863

    Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated...
    Posted to WC Examiner News on 11-24-2009
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