Local News - ROCKET-COURIER (2024)

No Contestants for Bradford Dairy Princess 2024 Pageant

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—

There were no contestants for Bradford County Dairy Princess at the county’s annual dairy princess pageant, which took place on Saturday, May 18. This year will be the first year in the 62 years that the dairy princess program has existed that the county has not had a dairy princess, said Maria Noble, coordinator of the program. However, seven junior […]

Alumni Assoc. Hosting Annual Dinner July 27

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

Members of the Wyalusing School Alumni Association are hard at work planning their 10th annual dinner event, which will be held on Saturday, July 27 at the Towanda Gun Club on Route 187 in Wysox Township. The event kicks off with a social hour and cash bar from 3:30-4:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served at 4:30. The cost […]

WVHS Teen Benefitting from Dual Enrollment Program

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

For Emily Fowler, it all traces back to a conversation that she and her father, Joe had with Wyalusing Valley High School (WVHS) guidance counselor Brock Edwards at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. At the time, the three were meeting to discuss what Emily’s future plans could look like after she graduated from high school. It was then […]

SCCTC Students to Compete at National SkillsUSA

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

The Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC) recently announced that four gold medal winners from the state SkillsUSA competition will move on to the national level held in Atlanta, GA, in June. Attending the May 16 meeting of the SCCTC board of directors to be recognized, from left, were: SCCTC Director John Gazzillo; Elana Jennings, nail model; Georgina Pugh, […]

Castelli Leaving a Legacy at SCCTC

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

—BY SANDRA RAUB—

“We will miss you,” said long-time member Anne Teel at the May 16 meeting of the joint board of directors for the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC) and Elk Lake School District. “Thank you for all that you do.” The sentiment was echoed by her fellow board members and offered to Bruce Castelli, who had announced his coming […]

KU Jazz Ensemble Wins Student Music Award

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

Kutztown University’s (KU) Jazz Ensemble I has been honored by the DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards with the Outstanding Performance Award in the category of Undergraduate Jazz Ensemble College Performance, including Eleanor Carroll of Athens. The awards recognize the top jazz ensembles at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Nine judges evaluate the participating groups based on several performance criteria including […]

News from the Wyalusing Public Library

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

There is nothing like rewarding yourself with a good book after all your hard work on your yard. We have new releases from James Patterson, Harlen Coben and Fern Michaels. Have you joined the Sarah J. Maas fandom? We have it all, and are happy to obtain it through our Interlibrary Loan system if we do not! May is wrapping […]

News from the Laceyville Library

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines, it’s hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.” —Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. New to Our Shelves The Inmate by Freida McFadden. There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men’s maximum-security prison: 1.) Treat all prisoners with […]

Solution to Schoolhouse Apartment Water Woes Proposed

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

—BY WARREN HOWELER—

There may be a solution to the water woes that residents at the Schoolhouse Apartments in Mehoopany Township have been dealing with for over a year. That solution involves connecting the Trehab-owned facility to the Mehoopany Township’s municipal water system, Wyoming County Commissioners noted at their workshop meeting on Thursday, May 16. Currently, Trehab is looking to modify the county’s […]

Jenningsville

By ohtadmin | on May 22, 2024

Cindy Robinson
570-833-4421

The month of May has been a very busy month and here we are, coming into Memorial Day weekend already. I hope you have some special plans for the weekend. Zane and I drove up to Lindley, NY on Saturday to watch our oldest grandson, William, play in a baseball game. It rained most of the way there, but was […]