Local News - ROCKET-COURIER (2024)

New Assistant Principal Hired at WVES

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

The Wyalusing Valley Elementary School (WVES) has a new assistant principal following action taken by school board members Monday. At that session, the board approved the hiring of Jason Gee to fill that position on or about Aug. 26. In addition to his duties as assistant elementary school principal, Gee will serve as the district’s grants coordinator. His starting salary […]

Keyes Excited About New Role at WVES

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

The Wyalusing Valley Elementary School (WVES) has a new leader at the head of the table. Brent Keyes officially took over the role of elementary school principal on July 1. He succeeded Deneen Lantz in that position. Lantz retired from that post at the end of the last school year. Prior to taking over the principal’s post, Keyes served as […]

The Player’s Pub at Shadowbrook Now Open

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

There was excitement in the air at the former Shadowbrook Resort on Route 6 in Tunkhannock Township. Not only are the renovations to the main portion of the resort building almost complete, but the newly-rechristened The Player’s Pub at Shadowbrook restaurant and bar is now open to the public. The renovated restaurant area, which includes more dining space for patrons, […]

New Emergency Recruitment Website Up and Running

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

Wyoming County’s new emergency volunteer recruitment website is up and running, the commissioners announced at their Tuesday meeting. The website can be found at www.wyomingcountyvolunteers.com. The site is aimed at attracting new firefighters, EMTs, administrative and fundraising personnel to all emergency departments in Wyoming County. The new site includes information on how to connect with a recruiter, where every fire […]

New Albany Native Sworn in as Child Advocate

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

It is all about helping local children. That’s the purpose behind CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), which has officially expanded its services into Wyoming County. In fact, the non-profit organization celebrated the opening of its new office location in Tunkhannock at 130 Bridge Street with a ribbon-cutting celebration held by the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Aug. 8. […]

OYW Finalists Participate in Community Service

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

The 2025 Bradford-Sullivan Counties Outstanding Young Woman (OYW) finalists recently volunteered by lending helping hands at the 19th Annual Lyle Williams Golf Tournament, which benefits the Abuse & Rape Crisis Center. Community service is a hallmark of the OYW program and provides an additional scholarship opportunity for the finalists through the Sue Stanton Community Service Award. Shown, from left, are […]

Jenningsville

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

Cindy Robinson
570-833-4421

I hope you all survived Tropical Storm Debby this past week with little or no damage. It sure packed a whopper of rainfall for some areas. We thankfully were on the lesser side of the rainfall amounts although our power was out for around 10 hours on Friday. I extend my prayers for all the folks that did have storm […]

News from the Wyalusing Public Library

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

Shark Week is swimming along at the library! Join us Friday, Aug. 16 for a shark-themed Storytime and a Sea Creature Lego build, both at 10 a.m. Can you find all of the shark fins in our library? And be sure to watch our shark-themed YouTube video links and take a picture with our shark backdrop. Yoga at the library […]

Laurel Health Opens Community Health Center

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—

On Wednesday, Aug. 7, Laurel Health held a grand opening for its brand-new community health center in downtown Towanda. The new facility, which is called the Towanda Laurel Health Center (TLHC), is the eighth community health center that Laurel Health has opened since it was founded in 1973. Laurel Health spent $1.5 million constructing the TLHC over the past four […]

Bradford Commissioners Discuss Cutting Library’s Hours

By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024

—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—

At their meeting on Thursday, Aug. 8, the Bradford County Commissioners talked about possibly cutting the hours that the Bradford County Library is open and addressed other matters. The commissioners said they have been having discussions on whether the library’s hours could be reduced. Currently the library is open 65 hours a week. Commissioner Doug McLinko said he supports cutting […]

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