Wilkes-Barre Building Trades Council Unanimously Endorses Mark Smith For...
TOWANDA - At their last meeting, the 14 member unions of the Wilkes-Barre Building Trades Council voted unanimously to endorse County Commissioner Mark Smith for Lieutenant Governor. The council, which...
View ArticleAcorn Markets raising funds to benefit local food banks
DUSHORE - Putnam Company's Acorn Markets will be donating $1 for every sheet pizza sold in the month of December to their local food banks. Shepherd of the Hills/Sullivan County Food Pantry in Dushore...
View ArticleThere's still time to purchase a paver
The Bradford County Veterans Memorial Park Association (BCVMPA) is happy to announce completion of its second stage of construction: the parking lot. According the association, this is a pivotal event...
View ArticleMusic video premieres at Sayre Theatre
SAYRE - Athens singer-songwriter Mark Thurston premiered his latest project Monday at the Sayre Theatre to a crowd of friends and community members. The video, for Thurston's song "When You Return to...
View ArticleTroy, Canton discuss tentative budgets
Proposed spending plans hold the line on taxes Troy and Canton boroughs have put forth tentative 2014 budgets that propose to keep taxes the same. The tentative Troy Borough budget, meanwhile, includes...
View ArticleDecember schedule alters satellite office hours
TOWANDA - Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) today reminded local residents about her satellite office hour schedule for Sullivan and Susquehanna counties and alerted them to changes...
View ArticleArt walk coming to Tinsel 'n Lights
Waverly's annual "Tinsel 'n Lights" Christmas event will feature a downtown companion event this year. In addition to the festivities held each year in Muldoon Park, downtown Waverly will host a...
View Article'Hometown Christmas' shaping up in Troy
Many activities to be offered TROY - Lots of holiday fun is waiting to be unwrapped for Troy's "Hometown Christmas." The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 throughout...
View ArticleFrankenfield receives jail sentence
A Dushore woman arrested after police said she and her husband locked their 12-year-old daughter in a cage was sentenced to a term in the Bradford County Correctional Facility on Monday. Mary Beth...
View ArticleMotorists urged to use caution with winter weather, heavier holiday traffic
Harrisburg - With winter weather affecting much of Pennsylvania and the Thanksgiving travel period under way, PennDOT on Tuesday urged motorists to use caution and allow extra time to reach their...
View ArticleCorbett's approval rating lowest among almost all governors
Gov. Tom Corbett is number one in the nation. In voter disapproval. A new poll by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling shows the governor's job approval rating at the lowest of the 43 governors the...
View ArticleJonathan Wilcox honored with wildlife conservation award
TROY - Magisterial District Judge Jonathan Wilcox was honored with a prestigious wildlife conservation award from the Pennsylvania Game Commission Tuesday in Troy. In Wilcox's Troy courtroom, Wildlife...
View ArticleSantorum talks 'The Christmas Candle'
Will debut locally Friday in Sayre, Wellsboro Rick Santorum, the CEO of EchoLight Studios, was busy Tuesday evening promoting "The Christmas Candle," which debuts this Friday in Sayre and Wellsboro....
View ArticleWaverly board ditches LED sign law
WAVERLY - Village trustees Tuesday narrowly struck down a proposed law that would have allowed churches in residential zones to install digital signs. The board voted 4-3 against the proposal Tuesday...
View ArticleRome Twp. barn destroyed by fire
Fire destroyed a barn in Rome Township early Wednesday morning. The Rome Vigilante Engine Company was dispatched at about 5:50 a.m. Monday to a barn fire at the Laudermilch property at 2905 Robinson...
View ArticleSayre library hires children's librarian
The Sayre Public Library recently hired a children's librarian to expand programs for the library's youngest patrons. Holly O'Neill will begin working at the library next week, said library director...
View ArticleLibrary patrons express concerns to Waverly village board of trustees
Waverly village trustees agreed this week to look into whether they can request that the Waverly Free Library perform a financial audit following concerns from patrons. Four library patrons came to...
View Article7th Annual Sayre Turkey Trot 5K set for today
Local Brief 7th Annual Sayre Turkey Trot 5K set for today The 7th Annual Sayre Turkey Trot 5K, sponsored by the Williams Auto Group and Dandy Mini Marts, will take place today at 10 a.m. The free Kids'...
View ArticleTurkey dinners delivered in the Valley
Annual charitable effort benefits those in need SAYRE - There's strength in numbers, and on Thursday Marshall Higley, Michael Shaw, Taylor Skerpon, and John Shaw joined forces for a good cause. At the...
View ArticleTurkey Trot draws large number of participants
If you think Thursday's cold weather would have hurt participation in the annual Sayre Turkey Trot, guess again. Race director Beth Herbst said the race had its "largest field ever" with just two...
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