Articles by tpennysaver

Restoration, Pinchot style

BY STACI WILSON Actor Bronson Pinchot discovered his haven away from theHollywoodworld years ago and set out to restore the stately 1840s Greek Revival home…


DEP halts fracking after well blowout

BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer An out-of-control Susquehanna County natural gas well released waste fluids to a Forest Lake Twp.well pad early last week, leading…



Hospital CEO recalled for passion

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Sara ‘Sally’ Iveson, who tirelessly worked for decades caring for the rural health care needs ofSusquehannaCounty, was laid to rest Friday…


Author visits ghost in new tale

BY STACI WILSON Montrose author Regge Episale began writing and published her first poem at age 10 and hasn’t stopped since. Born Ruth Garner, she…


Hall refuses Barnes-Kasson board seat

BY STACI WILSON Commissioner Alan Hall has refused to sit on the Barnes-Kasson Hospital Board unless some changes are made. At the Feb. 8 commissioners’…


Penelec closing two offices

BY ROBERT L. BAKER First Energy Penelec is closing its Tunkhannock andPrestonParkelectric utility service offices, President John Skory told theWyomingCountycommissioners Thursday afternoon. He said that…


Group tallies gas drilling violations

BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Marcellus Shale drillers inPennsylvaniawere cited for more than 3,300 violations of state environmental laws in the past four years, according…


Man charge in rape of disabled woman

BY STACI WILSON A 41-year-old Susquehanna faces charges for raping a mentally disabled woman on several occasions beginning in August 2011. Robert Gorton faces felony…


Mt. View board member resigns

BY STACI WILSON A Mountain View school director announced his resignation from the board at the start of the Monday night work session. Region 3…