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Correction

Due to a reporting mistake, an item appearing in the Pennsylvania State Police report in the Feb. 15 edition of the Susquehanna County Independent was…


Man charged in murders

BY STACI WILSON Hallstead area gun shop owner Lloyd Thomas faces two counts of criminal homicide after he allegedly gunned down two men Saturday, Feb….


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…