Firemen Thank Community for Celebration Support
By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
The Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Department is thanking the community for coming out and lending its support to this year’s firemen’s celebration. “We really took a beating with the weather this year, but we made the best of it,” said Department President Janet Otis. “Tuesday was a typical Tuesday attendance level, even though the weather was not the best it […]
Wyalusing LNG Plant Could Become ‘Fast Power’ Location
By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
New Fortress Energy (NFE) may be changing up its plans for its Browntown site, which was originally planned to be used as the location for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. In the company’s second quarter earnings call on Friday, Aug. 9, NFE CEO Wes Edens said the business is looking at the possibility of developing the 335-acre site into […]
Wyalusing School District Bans Cell Phones, Electronics
By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Cell phone use by students while attending classes at the Wyalusing Valley High School (WVHS) will be banned beginning with the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Members of the Wyalusing Area School District Board of Education on Monday voted to approve the update to the cell phone guidelines that will be included in the high school student handbook. The […]
County Amends Policies After Prisoner’s Escape
By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024
—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—
The policies that govern the Bradford County Correctional Facility were recently amended to help prevent another escape of a prisoner like the one that occurred on June 25 in Towanda. In the early morning hours of that day, a prisoner was transported by ambulance from the jail to Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital’s Towanda Campus without being accompanied by a police […]
Disaster Declared In Debby’s Aftermath
By ohtadmin | on August 14, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
The flash flooding caused throughout the state as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby resulted in Gov. Josh Shapiro issuing a disaster declaration for 21 counties in northeast PA on Friday, Aug. 9. The declaration includes the four counties that make up the Rocket-Courier’s coverage area—Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming. The remnants of the storm resulted in […]
Wyalusing North Branch Triathlon Canceled
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By warrenhoweler@gmail.com | on August 13, 2024
This year’s Wyalusing North Branch Triathlon, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday, Aug. 17, has been canceled. In a statement released by the event’s committee on Tuesday, Aug. 13: “This was a difficult decision, but we take our racers’ safety as a top priority and had concerns about current river conditions and what those could look like on […]
Wyalusing Carnival Extended to Sunday
By ohtadmin | on August 07, 2024
—BY DAVID KEELER— For the first time in its approximately 70-year history, the Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Department’s annual celebration will be held on a Sunday. Fire Company President Janet Otis and Treasurer Tom Miller, along with Victor Daddona, co-owner of the SwikaS Amusem*nt Co., confirmed yesterday that a matinee session of the carnival will take place on Sunday, Aug. […]
$30M WVHS Renovation Project Moves Forward
By ohtadmin | on August 07, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
The multi-million dollar renovation of the Wyalusing Valley High School (WVHS) is continuing to move forward. The latest update on the project was presented to members of the Wyalusing School Board’s buildings and grounds committee on Thursday, Aug. 1. Joining the committee for that session was James Heft, architectural designer for Hunt Engineers; Audrey Bear, director of the investment banking […]
New Wyalusing Mayor Sworn In
By ohtadmin | on August 07, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
The Wyalusing Borough Council kicked off Monday’s meeting by officially swearing in new Mayor Ali Huber. Huber was given the oath of office by Council President Josh Kilmer. She was nominated to fill the mayor’s position last month. Her formal appointment was approved by the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas on July 9. Huber will fill the remainder of […]
Police Seeking Missing Wysox Man
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By warrenhoweler@gmail.com | on August 01, 2024
The PA State Police are currently investigating the disappearance of 35-year-old Shane Furman of Wysox. Furman was last seen on Friday, June 21 in Wysox when he exited a moving vehicle near Shores Sisters Market on Route 6. This is an active and ongoing investigation, police noted. Anyone with any information regarding Furman’s whereabouts is asked to contact Troop P […]
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