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Valley News Digest Christmas ideas at the library Still have last-minute holiday shopping to do? The Spalding Memorial Library in Athens can help. The South Main Street library has many items available...
View ArticleLopez bridge reopened to traffic
As a Christmas present for Sullivan County motorists, it doesn't get much better than this. PennDOT has announced that the last of Sullivan County's flood-damaged roads has been re-opened, as the...
View ArticleFEMA community occupied in time for holidays
Signs of life have appeared at the Wilawana Road site of a Federal Emergency Management Agency temporary mobile home community. Thirty families occupied the community as of last Wednesday, according to...
View ArticleKOZ reporting clears Senate
HARRISBURG - The state would require comprehensive reporting of jobs created by a state program that offers tax breaks to attract businesses under legislation approved recently by the Senate. The...
View ArticleTARP to collect furniture for Tioga flood victims
In response to the overwhelming generosity of the community, the Tioga Area Recovery Partnership (TARP) has established a furniture distribution warehouse at the Stakmore facility at 30 Elm St. in...
View ArticleLocal elementary school student artists win poster contest
Over 500 elementary school student artists from Broome, Chenango and Tioga counties entered the YES! Safe Choices for Kids Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest held this fall. The 26 winners were recognized...
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Towanda teen charged with rape Richard Adam Wood, 18, of Towanda has been charged with rape, corruption of minors, indecent assault, and furnishing alcohol to a minor, police said. The charges stem...
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MANSFIELD - UGI Utilities, the largest natural gas distribution company in Pennsylvania, held a dedication ceremony recently in Mansfield that celebrated the company's first direct interconnection to...
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TOWANDA - After three years of unchanged property taxes, Towanda residents will see in increase in 2012. In a 5-3 vote, the Towanda Borough Council on Wednesday adopted a final $3.0 million borough...
View ArticleMarriage Licenses 1/1/2012
The following marriage licenses were recorded recently at the Bradford County Courthouse. James B. Decker Jr. 29, of Ulster to Courtney Smales, 22, of Ulster Michael W. Hibbert, 20, of Monroeton to...
View ArticleLocal residents look forward to prosperity in 2012
With a new year comes new goals, resolutions and plans - a fresh start that many area residents are looking forward to as 2012 begins. Karen Vaughan, owner of Backwoods Primitives in Sayre, said she is...
View ArticleBradford County's first baby of 2012 arrives
Cassie Holley was not expecting her baby to be the first born in Bradford County in 2012. Benson Thomas Holley wasn't due to enter the world for another three weeks, she said. Even as she checked into...
View ArticleCasino notice to players clears hurdle
HARRISBURG - Call it the issue with the seven-year itch. Since the casino law was approved in 2004 there has been legislation in the hopper to require that casinos notify patrons on a regular basis...
View Article2011 a wet year in Bradford County
2011 was not only a memorable year but record setting as well. Analyzing the statistics of the past year has created some interesting, as well as intriguing, output. 2011 saw 65.33" of rain (includes...
View ArticleWayne leaseholder group calls for end to DRBC delay
A group of Wayne County landowners frustrated with a stalemate over natural gas drilling rules for the Delaware River Basin wrote to state and federal officials last month calling for an interstate...
View ArticleNew truck fleet to help company compete in shale era
A Scranton-based logistics provider recently spent more than $6 million to acquire 50 new truck tractors. Kane Is Able Inc., which provides warehousing and transportation services and has about 1,000...
View ArticleWaverly school board discusses facility, stadium upgrades
Waverly school board members continued at Thursday's work session to discuss options for spending $16 million remaining in funds for its capital improvement project. Dan Whelan of Bearsch Compeau...
View ArticleFiftieth Dairy Princess Festival planned
TROY - The Bradford County Dairy Princess program is celebrating a special milestone this year with the crowning of the 50th Dairy Princess and some big plans are under way. A Bradford County 50th...
View ArticleTeen hospitalized after Towanda crash
TOWANDA - A 17-year-old Towanda girl was transported to Memorial Hospital in Towanda recently after she was injured in a two-vehicle accident on Main Street in Towanda, police said. According to...
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Valley News Digest GVEMS to host First Aid Courses Greater Valley Emergency Medical Services in Sayre will be hosting several First Aid/CPR/AED courses in 2012. The American Heart Association courses...
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