2024-05-23 E-Edition
By ops@our-hometown.com | on May 22, 2024
Keyes Gets Pie’d
Event Rewards Students for Raffle Basket Donations
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Even after being covered in over 20 whipped cream pies, the smile never left the face of Wyalusing Valley Elementary School Assistant Principal Brent Keyes. As he stood from the chair he was sitting in and wiped the white covering from his eyes, he continued to smile as he was greeted by a round of applause from numerous elementary school […]
Elk Lake’s $24.9 Million Budget Has $1.052 Million Shortfall
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY SANDRA RAUB—
The joint board of directors for the Elk Lake School District and the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC) held a regular business meeting on May 16, preceded by an executive session per board president Jack Sible. As the school year winds down for both entities, budget talks arise. Elk Lake presented a preliminary budget of $24.9 million, which […]
Taking Up the Cause Of the Fatherless
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Isaiah 1:17 reads: “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.” It’s that one phrase—“Take up the cause of the fatherless”— that defines the mission of the “Fathers of the Field” ministry. The purpose of that ministry is to match up young boys— those whose fathers […]
Memorial Day Services Slated
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Memorial Day Services are set to take place at several locations throughout the region, beginning this Saturday, May 25 and continuing through Monday, May 27. New Albany The first area Memorial Day service will take place on Saturday, May 25 at New Albany VFW Post 384 on Dibble Road in Overton Township starting at 10 a.m. Wyalusing American Legion Post […]
Laceyville Adopts Water Rate Hike
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
During a brief special meeting on Thursday, May 16, the Laceyville Borough Council formally adopted an ordinance that increases the municipality’s water rates. The ordinance was signed into law by Mayor Jeff Shotwell shortly after it was adopted. The new water rates went into effect with the May customer billings. Council had included the water rate hike in its 2024 […]
No Contestants for Bradford Dairy Princess 2024 Pageant
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—
There were no contestants for Bradford County Dairy Princess at the county’s annual dairy princess pageant, which took place on Saturday, May 18. This year will be the first year in the 62 years that the dairy princess program has existed that the county has not had a dairy princess, said Maria Noble, coordinator of the program. However, seven junior […]
Alumni Assoc. Hosting Annual Dinner July 27
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Members of the Wyalusing School Alumni Association are hard at work planning their 10th annual dinner event, which will be held on Saturday, July 27 at the Towanda Gun Club on Route 187 in Wysox Township. The event kicks off with a social hour and cash bar from 3:30-4:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 4:30. The cost […]
WVHS Teen Benefitting from Dual Enrollment Program
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
For Emily Fowler, it all traces back to a conversation that she and her father, Joe had with Wyalusing Valley High School (WVHS) guidance counselor Brock Edwards at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. At the time, the three were meeting to discuss what Emily’s future plans could look like after she graduated from high school. It was then […]
SCCTC Students to Compete at National SkillsUSA
By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024
The Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC) recently announced that four gold medal winners from the state SkillsUSA competition will move on to the national level held in Atlanta, GA, in June. Attending the May 16 meeting of the SCCTC board of directors to be recognized, from left, were: SCCTC Director John Gazzillo; Elana Jennings, nail model; Georgina Pugh, […]
