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NWS confirms Montrose tornado

BY STACI WILSON National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado with estimated maximum 90-mile per hour wind speeds touched down Thursday at about4:45 p.m.in the…


Emergency management director resigns

BY STACI WILSON A spate of resignations from county employees and various appointed board members drew questions from the audience at the Susquehanna County Commissioners…


ATV wreck claims man

BY STACI WILSON A 47-year-old Simpson-area man was killed Sunday in an ATV crash in Herrick Twp. Mario Cisneros was traveling south on Rt. 171,…


Pension board schedules meeting

BY STACI WILSON At the request of County Treasurer Cathy Benedict, the commissioners agreed to schedule a special Pension Board meeting. The meeting will be…



EPA halts Dimock water deliveries

BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will end water deliveries to four homes in Dimock Twp. after a repeat round of…


Pa. court tosses drilling zoning limits

BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Pennsylvania’sCommonwealth Courtstruck down the sections of a new gas drilling law that sharply limited local zoning of Marcellus Shale operations…



Group checking stream’s health

BY PATRICK LEONARD Students at Wilkes University’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Research forNortheastern Pennsylvaniahave been looking into the health of area waters. Last week…


Details released in fatal 7-car crash

BY STACI WILSON Investigators from the Pennsylvania State Police, Gibson released the details of a seven-vehicle wreck that claimed aMarylandman’s life on July 18. A…