Salvation Army is in need of volunteers
Meeting need at the point of need - that's the goal of The Salvation Army. One vital link in our chain of help is our Service Extension Units. These are service arms of The Salvation Army which...
View ArticleFourteenth annual Sayre Christmas Parade held
The fourteenth annual Sayre Christmas Parade traveled the streets of downtown Sayre again Friday night, ending with a meet-and-greet with Santa Claus at Howard Elmer Park. Over 50 organizations,...
View ArticleBlack Friday brings in the shoppers
Patti Wheeler was out shopping, even before Black Friday arrived this year. She started looking for door-busters at 10 p.m. Thursday at the Walmart in Athens Township and in Elmira, N.Y., and continued...
View ArticleSalvation Army Red Kettle Campaign kicked off in Towanda
WYSOX - Clang, clang, clang. The familiar sound of bell ringing by The Salvation Army returned Friday in the Towanda area as The Salvation Army of Towanda kicked off this year's Red Kettle Campaign. At...
View ArticleGetting into 'The Spirit of Christmas' in Troy
TROY - Kay Saxton was surprised to discover that "The Night Before Christmas" and the historic Mitchell House in Troy had something in common. Saxton, of Granville Summit, was reading the famous poem...
View ArticleNew Review poll topic published on website
The new poll topic for The Daily & Sunday Review website this week is: Did you shop over the Thanksgiving weekend? - Yes, I went shopping on Black Friday - Yes, I went shopping on Small Business...
View ArticleShoppers come out Saturday for more Christmas shopping
Deb Cole of Barton, N.Y. likes small business. She was at a Sayre store, Friendship Star Quilt Shop at 222 Desmond St., on "Small Business Saturday" to show her support for mom-and-pop stores. The...
View ArticleSanta's Sleigh Ride has busy start
Long, long ago the big saw worked very hard. It kept very busy. Back and forth, back and forth it whispered, chewing through pond ice to cut blocks for farmers to store away in sheds. Today it's...
View ArticleRural road program aims to keep dirty runoff out of streams amid drilling boom
DIMOCK TWP. - Everywhere Tim Ziegler travels dirt tracks and gravel roads in rural Pennsylvania, he sees an insidious threat of pollution beneath his tires. Sediment is the largest pollutant by volume...
View ArticleLocal man retires from service in Air Force
The son of an Athens man recently retired from the Air Force after 29 years of uniformed service. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jan T. Beck, son of Jan Beck of Hopkins Street, Athens, retired at the...
View ArticleBradford, Sullivan counties gear up for first day of deer hunting season
Candy Haverly, 45, of LeRaysville said she has gone deer hunting every year since she was 12 years old. "I only missed one year, when my daughter was born on the second day of buck season," she said....
View ArticleAdditional state forest roads opened for deer hunting season
More accessible areas and expanded hunting opportunities await hunters when they head into state forestlands for today's start of the traditional two-week white-tailed deer season. "Our bureau is...
View ArticleAgency to make Marcellus housing aid decisions
HARRISBURG - An initial outlay of revenue from gas drilling impact fees to address affordable housing needs in the Marcellus Shale region will be made next month by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance...
View ArticleCanton proposes to keep taxes same
CANTON - There's good news for taxpayers in the borough. Canton Borough Council is proposing to hold the line on taxes for 2013. On Monday, council met in a continuation of its last meeting to discuss...
View ArticleGirl who survived double-fatal accident in N. Towanda still in critical...
A Dushore girl remained in critical condition on Monday at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, six days after she was injured in a motor vehicle accident in North Towanda Township that claimed the...
View ArticlePennDOT Briefs 11/27/2012
PennDOT anti-icing some area roads in advance of overnight storm Motorists in north central counties are advised that PennDOT is pre-treating some of the region's major routes in advance of potential...
View ArticleWestern Bradford News Digest
Lions begin Christmas Basket Project The Troy Lions Club will pack and deliver more than 120 food baskets and toys for more than 200 kids in Troy and the surrounding areas this year for its Christmas...
View ArticleOpen season Deer hunters busy on first day
After much anticipation, deer hunters got into the field Monday, with some bagging a trophy. At the Leona Meat Plant in the East Troy area, plant manager Phil Hussmann said about 50 deer were brought...
View ArticleWestern Bradford Notebook: Troy Town Band presents 'Colors of the Wind'
TROY - The Troy Town Band is hitting the right note with the public. Recently, there was a good turnout when the band presented a concert in which the "Colors of the Wind Fivesome" played at Memorial...
View ArticleBaker applauds $45,233 in grants for company job training
In an effort to help boost employment opportunities in manufacturing and technology-based businesses, the Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA) has awarded five...
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