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BR adopts budget with tax cut

BY STACI WILSON Property owners in the Blue Ridge school district will see a drop in this year’s tax bills. The district’s final 2011-12 budget…


Child rapist sentenced

BY STACI WILSON The mother of a girl who was repeatedly raped by an Apolacon Twp. man spoke to the court before he was sentenced…



Elk Lake adopts budget

BY STACI WILSON Elk Lake School Board approved the district’s 2011-12 $17.4 million budget at its Thursday, June 23, meeting. The operating budget for the…


County alarm system changing

BY STACI WILSON A new company will be monitoring and servicing the county alarm system. The commissioners voted, at the June 22 meeting, to contract…




Susquehanna bridge project delayed

Helen B. Foster Correspondent Members of Susquehanna Borough Council heard bad news concerning the Main Street Bridge work at its June 21 meeting. According to…


SCSD approves salary freezes

BY HELEN B. FOSTER, Correspondent Susquehanna Community school board voted June 15 to approve a memorandum of understanding with the teachers association concerning a 1-year…


Man acquitted of disarming cop

BY STACI WILSON A man accused of getting a Taser away from a Pennsylvania state trooper during a scuffle nearly two years ago was found…