Troy to bring back surcharge
Will appear on water invoices due in October TROY - Borough council has agreed to put back a surcharge on water invoices. A significant slowdown in the borough's bulk water sales to the natural gas...
View ArticlePennDOT driver license, photo centers closed for Labor Day holiday; Driver...
PennDOT driver license, photo centers closed for Labor Day holiday; Driver licensing, motor vehicle services available online HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation today announced...
View ArticleCraig Skaluba to be Sullivan County's superintendent through 2017
Under a newly executed contract, Craig Skaluba will serve as superintendent of the Sullivan County School District through June 30, 2017. The Sullivan County School Board approved the contract at its...
View ArticleRialto Theatre welcomes new manager
The Bradford County Regional Arts Council (BCRAC) is pleased to announce the hiring of Helen Stark as its new Theatre Manager at the Rialto Theatre in Canton. Helen, originally from Canton, was raised...
View ArticleTIS Life Skills room moved
TROY - The Troy Area School District recently had to relocate its Life Skills room at Troy Intermediate School because the state said the old location wasn't in the "ebb and flow" of the building. The...
View ArticleSayre district has successful first day
Students and staff returned to the Sayre Area School District Tuesday for what officials called a successful first day of classes. "We are very glad to be back," said Michelle Murrelle, principal of H....
View ArticleCanton teachers begin school year
The Canton Area Education Association (CAEA) is returning for the first day of school today, without a new teachers' contract. The CAEA has been working under an expired contract since June 2012,...
View ArticleWaverly Village Board declares building unsafe
Waverly Village Trustees Tuesday voted to take emergency action on a Waverly Street property that has been infested by cockroaches. The board authorized code enforcement Bob Chisari to vacate the...
View ArticleSullivan County Fair opens today
The 162nd Sullivan County Fair, which opens today and continues through Sept. 2, is expected to draw thousands of people. The fair, which takes place at the Sullivan County Fairgrounds on state Route...
View ArticleDCNR fueled with gas revenue
HARRISBURG - Revenue from oil and gas wells is now the primary funding source for the agency overseeing state parks and forests, according to a new legislative analysis. For the first time with the new...
View ArticleWyalusing goes back to school
Back to school week in Bradford County is officially underway as local schools begin to welcome back students after summer break. In Wyalusing, the school district opened its doors Tuesday to a total...
View ArticleTroy has earlier instruction time
TROY - The Troy Area School District is seeking to give students more instruction time this school year, and that means students have an earlier schooling start time when the first day kicks off today....
View ArticleEpiphany students begin school year
The hallways at Epiphany School buzzed Tuesday with activity as students in kindergarten through eighth grade began classes. Voices rang from the music room, and in the computer lab, students made...
View ArticleDog wardens canvassing Bradford County
This week dog wardens are canvassing homes in Troy, Bradford County, and surrounding areas to ensure dog owners have current licenses and rabies vaccinations for their dogs. It's the law - all dogs...
View ArticleBoone pleads guilty in shooting
A 19-year-old male has pleaded guilty in a shooting incident last fall in which he fired a rifle multiple times in the direction of a truck outside his Wysox Township home, striking the driver's...
View ArticleSenator Yaw hosts breakfast meeting on agriculture
State Senator Gene Yaw (R-23) on Wednesday met with local farmers and other members of the agriculture community throughout Bradford, Sullivan and Susquehanna counties to discuss agriculture-related...
View ArticleWestern Bradford Notebook: Troy Sale Barn painting to raise money for...
TROY - The Troy Historical Society has found a picture-perfect way to raise money for the restoration and preservation of the Troy Sale Barn. You can purchase prints of a painting of the sale barn by...
View ArticleCanton man charged with drug violations
CANTON - A Canton man has been charged with drug violations following a search of his apartment at McCallum Manor recently in Canton, according to Canton police. A news release notes that at...
View ArticleFive electricity-generating facilities planned for local area
Chief Oil & Gas and IMG Midstream announced Wednesday that they have entered into an agreement that calls for the construction of five electricity-generating facilities in an area that is located...
View ArticleSandusky appeal session moved to Luzerne County Courthouse
HARRISBURG - The site of a public court session on the appeal by former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky of his child-sexual abuse conviction is being moved to the Luzerne...
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