The Susquehanna County 2020 Audit Report detailed several findings related to the Register and Recorder’s office questioning payments made by the elected official to a…
Across the board, local school administrators are reporting an increase in student referrals for mental health and/or counseling services this school year. Even with multiple…
In Susquehanna County, local health care facilities have reportedly seen an increase in the number of patients coming in for behavioral health issues – including those in crisis. “The ages are greatly varied and cover pediatric to geriatric,” said Endless Mountains Health Systems CEO Loren Stone.
Stone said the uptick could possibly be linked to the pandemic, but he is unable to make a direct causal relationship between COVID and the increased number of patients with behavioral health issues. “Access to others in society, socialization, etc. has been reduced during COVID and this may have been an indirect impact of the pandemic on the population’s behavioral health status,” he said. “As a nation, there has been a significant shortage of behavioral health capacity.”
Cold weather has stymied progress on the construction of the county’s public safety center in New Milford Twp., but commissioners say the $20 million project…
The case brought against the county by a former chief clerk is slated for trial in federal court in January 2021, and a recent memorandum…
The presentation of the 2019 John J. Baldi Award for Excellence was delayed by the pandemic. But last week, staff and advisory board members from…
A federal judge has thrown out the wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the county filed by former county solicitor Michael J. Giangrieco. Chief Middle District Judge…
Susquehanna County Commissioner Alan Hall says he is outraged and disappointed with the Tuesday morning announcement that the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural…
A New Milford man is behind bars after police say he attempted to lure children into a motor vehicle in Montrose. Thomas Burchell, 64, was…
The Susquehanna County Commissioners recognized September as Suicide Prevention Month at the Wednesday, Sept. 9 meeting. Lackawanna-Susquehanna Counties Behavioral Health Intellectual Disabilities Early Intervention (BHIDEI)…
