New hours at Towanda Social Security Office
Effective Nov. 19, 2012, the TowandaSocial Security office will be open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., a reduction of 30 minutes each weekday. In addition, beginning...
View ArticleChesapeake Energy Supports Regional Employment and Education Programs
Opportunities for new jobs and better lives create hope and excitement in a community, but the journey can be long and riddled with obstacles. Bradford County Action, Inc. (BCA) has been working for...
View ArticleRep. Tina Pickett speaks at program in Towanda
TOWANDA - In a speech Monday during a Veterans Day program at Towanda Junior/Senior High School, state Rep. Tina Pickett talked about the history of Veterans Day and the sacrifices made by those who...
View ArticleKane outpaced all the guys on the ballot, even Casey
As Democrats swept the statewide elections last Tuesday, Kathleen Granahan Kane's victory stood out. Kane, 46, a former Lackawanna County assistant district attorney from Waverly, earned more 3 million...
View ArticleBrush fire burns 110 acres in Colley Twp.
Someone burning trash accidentally started a brush fire over the weekend that burned 110 acres in Colley Township, Sullivan County, a Mildred fire official said. The Mildred Fire Company was called at...
View ArticleNortheast Bradford celebrates veterans
ORWELL TOWNSHIP - Nathaniel Vandervort didn't even think about it. He didn't plan it. He just got up Monday morning, pulled on a T-shirt from Wal-Mart and headed off to school. But the dark shirt was...
View ArticleBrooks Greenland is appointed to the Towanda School Board
TOWANDA - At its meeting this week, the Towanda School Board appointed parent Brooks Greenland to fill a vacant seat on the school board. Greenland, a Towanda High School graduate, has been serving as...
View ArticleDisaster relief officials visit Sayre, Athens
Officials from Lutheran Disaster Response, the relief arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, visited several homes in Sayre and Athens Tuesday that continue to be rebuilt following last...
View ArticleSayre school board meets
Sayre High School students are busy preparing for their Keystone Exams, high school principal Dayton Handrick reported at a brief meeting of the Sayre Area School District board of education Monday....
View ArticleAthens school board approves property sale, STAR program
The Athens Area School District board of education Tuesday approved a resolution that will allow the district to sell its former administration building on Willow Street. The resolution, which board...
View ArticleBaker encourages participation in new statewide emergency assistance initiatives
Following last week's launch of two statewide emergency assistance initiatives, state Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga), chairman of the House Health Committee, is encouraging Pennsylvanians to take...
View ArticleYaw to host constituent outreach in Sullivan County
Yaw to host constituent outreach in Sullivan County A representative from State Sen. Gene Yaw's office will be at the Sullivan County Public Library in Dushore, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on...
View ArticleWestern Bradford News Digest
Auxiliary meeting set for Nov. 27 The November meeting of the Troy Community Hospital Auxiliary will be held in the fellowship hall of the First Baptist Church of Troy at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 27....
View ArticleSchool bus driver suspended following accident in Wilmot Twp.
A Dushore area woman has been suspended without pay after the school bus she was driving was involved in an accident earlier this week in Wilmot Township, the Wyalusing schools superintendent said on...
View ArticleGuthrie holds vigil for lung cancer awareness
On Tuesday, Guthrie participated in the Shine a Light on Lung Cancer vigil for the first time in a partnership with the Lung Cancer Alliance. Melanie Nittinger, a lung cancer patient navigator at the...
View ArticleNew employees hired
CANTON - Following an executive session, borough council approved some hires at its regular meeting this week. Part-time police officer Josh Heckman was hired as a full-time police officer. In recent...
View ArticleStudents receive Good Citizen Award from DAR
By Amanda Renko The Tioga Point chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented two high school seniors with the DAR's Good Citizen Award Wednesday. Krista Ammerman of Sayre High School...
View ArticleHolocaust trunk brings history to life in Athens
A trunk containing Holocaust materials that the Athens Area School District received through a grant has opened several doors for the district, history teacher Amy Cheresnowsky told school board...
View ArticleAthens council to advertise tax ordinance
The Athens Borough Council voted to advertise an ordinance setting the borough's 2013 tax rate during a brief meeting Wednesday. The tax millage for 2013 is proposed at 18 mills, unchanged from 2012's...
View ArticleNTRPDC holds third annual Northern Tier Natural Gas Summit
For the third year, the Northern Tier Regional Planning and Development Commission (NTRPDC) held its annual natural gas summit meeting for municipal officials at the Wysox Fire Hall on Wednesday, Nov....
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