N.Y. state ban on residential brush burning shows successful results
The statewide ban on residential brush burning in smaller communities officially ended May 15 with a 60-percent reduction of wildfires in New York since the burn ban went into effect in 2010, the state...
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Stray Haven to host dog obedience classes Carol Meyer, volunteer dog obedience instructor for Stray Haven Humane Society and the S.P.C.A., announces the beginning of obedience classes starting at 6...
View ArticleCongressman Hinchey honored for career accomplishments
In recognition of his work throughout a nearly four decade-long career in public service, the American Cancer Society - Cancer Action Network and the Woodstock Land Conservancy each held events this...
View ArticleGOP statehouse rule faces test this month
HARRISBURG - This coming month offers a new test of whether Republican one-party rule in Harrisburg can produce agenda-shaping laws along with state budgets passed on time. GOP legislative leaders said...
View ArticleContact data needed from Vietnam Gold Star families for Wall that Heals ceremony
Tioga County's Vietnam Gold Star Families will be honored when The Wall That Heals - the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum - is at Owego Free Academy from July 19 through July 22. To...
View ArticleDCNR to collect money from drillers who harvest gas under public streams
Natural gas drillers have to sign leases and compensate the state if they plan to collect gas trapped deep beneath publicly owned streams and rivers, according to a policy developed recently by the...
View ArticleFire causes more than $650K worth of damage at Troy Township building
TROY TOWNSHIP - A fire Sunday destroyed most of the Troy Township Municipal Building and most of the township's road maintenance equipment, causing more then $650,000 worth of damage, the Troy fire...
View ArticleWater tanker truck rolls over in Towanda Twp.
A water tanker truck transporting brine fluid was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Towanda Township over the weekend in which it rolled over and damaged an electric power line, authorities said....
View ArticleThe cast of characters as Penn State trial starts
The main players in the Penn State scandal: JERRY SANDUSKY Role: Former assistant football coach and founder of The Second Mile charity for children, accused of molesting boys over a 15-year period....
View ArticleSandusky witnesses may include Paterno family, Spanier
BELLEFONTE - Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's wife and son, the university's deposed ex-president and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter are among the possible witnesses for the defense in...
View ArticleWyalusing says farewell to Class of 2012
WYALUSING - "You Raise Me Up" was the name of one of the songs in the choral presentation at the Wyalusing Valley High School Commencement Tuesday. The class valedictorian, meanwhile, acknowledged...
View ArticleSandusky jury selection facing special issues
BELLEFONTE - Fourteen of the 40 potential jurors in the room lifted their placards Tuesday morning when asked if they worked at Penn State, the university 10 miles from here where Jerry Sandusky...
View ArticleIn the midst of celebration, Wyalusing mourns
WYALUSING - Even the heavens don't know whether to laugh or cry. Monday afternoon, the sky first weeps raindrops and hangs heavy with dark clouds, then breaks out in joyful sunlight and blue patches -...
View ArticleConstable's solicitation charges to be heard by Tioga County judge
TOWANDA - A judge from out of the county will be brought to Towanda to conduct the preliminary hearing for state Constable Francis Salatino III of Gillett, who has been accused of offering a woman...
View ArticleEpiphany graduates nine
Epiphany School in Sayre sent off its 69th eighth-grade class Tuesday with a Mass and presentation of diplomas and awards. Nine students - Noah Ackley, Mia Herlan, Alexa Kline, Anna Lackner, Gary...
View ArticleObama, Casey dominate in latest F&M poll results
Pennsylvania registered voters gave Democratic President Barack Obama and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey huge leads over their Republican opponents in a new Franklin & Marshall College poll...
View ArticleSenate approves Act 47 fix-it bill
HARRISBURG - A bill to put new limits on the amounts of arbitration settlements and awards for public safety employees in Act 47 cities won overwhelming approval Tuesday in the state Senate. The...
View ArticleHuman services block grant to be phased in
HARRISBURG - A broad agreement to phase in a block grant system for seven county-run human services program during the next two years was announced Tuesday by the Corbett administration and the...
View ArticleBios of jurors in the Sandusky child sex abuse case
A jury of seven women and five men will hear the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial, which begins Monday with opening statements and the start of testimony. Prosecutors and defense attorneys picked...
View ArticleJurors in Sandusky case have ties to Penn State
BELLEFONTE - Something struck Jerry Sandusky about the man holding the No. 1287 placard. The former Penn State defensive coordinator, on trial this week for child sex abuse, wanted him on the jury,...
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