Be Good to Your Trees
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
This time of year always reminds me of the countless sweaty days I spent installing and maintaining landscapes. Through the years, I encountered every bad practice imaginable in tree care. One of the more common detrimental practices I observed was over-mulching. Some mulch beds around trees were up to 16 inches thick, accumulations of years of repetitive, heavy applications. These […]
Public’s Input Wanted for Planning U.S.’s 250th Birthday
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
On Thursday, May 23, the Bradford County Commissioners; Henry G. Farley, Bradford County Representative to America250PA; and Matthew Carl, executive director of the Historical Society, invite all interested parties to a kickoff meeting to be held at the Public Safety Building in North Towanda. The meeting is open to all people who have an interest in forming a commission to […]
Forkston
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
Monica Denison
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I hope everyone enjoyed Mother’s Day. The weather wasn’t the best, but any time is a good time to celebrate the moms in our lives. Did you see the Northern Lights? I opened the door Friday night before going to bed and heard some creature snarling in the yard. I quickly changed my mind about checking for celestial beauty and […]
News from the Laceyville Library
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” —Margaret Fuller New to Our Shelves Midnight Creed by Alex Kava. Book 8 in the Creed Series. Nothing good happens after midnight. Ryder Creed’s priority is to keep his scent dogs safe. In the dark there are threats that are impossible to see or predict. Ever since his Marine K9 unit searched for IEDs […]
Reflections of Nature
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
Henry Ward Beecher wrote, “If men wore feathers, very few of them would be clever enough to be crows.” During my career as a game warden, I had many encounters with crows, especially crows that were taken from their nest when they were young and made into pets. This was and still is illegal. Two of these tame crow incidents […]
Seen ‘N’ Heard
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
Looks like we have another partly rainy weekend headed our way. * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of Wyalusing Community Band Director Larry Gehring, who passed away over the weekend. Larry was described by members of the band as the “backbone” of the group. * * * Of late when you see fellow shoppers in a […]
The Way We Were…
A look back at the people and places of the Wyalusing area over the last 20 years or more.
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
Wyalusing Museum Opened in 1976 The Wyalusing Valley Museum can trace its roots back to 1976 when a bicentennial committee opened a museum temporarily in the Wyalusing Borough Hall. Members of the committee are pictured on the borough hall steps and include, clockwise from left, Mark Honchell, David Dibble, Jim Eaton, Elizabeth Homet, who loaned many of the items on […]
JUST ASK ALICE
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
DEAR ALICE: My boss has tasked me with finding a speaker for our company’s upcoming 75th anniversary. He wants me to find someone who will draw a big crowd. Any suggestions? —LOOKING IN LACKAWANNA DEAR LOOK: How about asking Stormy Daniels? I know a guy in Wilkes-Barre who has her number. —ALICE ********** DEAR ALICE: I’m worried that I will […]
Jester Hill
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
Miss Amy Zilch and Miss Jennifer Lipp accepted a challenge from Leroy Dingle and Eddie Wickhammer to see how many of them could bag a spring gobbler last Saturday. When they gathered back at Bierney’s Tavern to compare results that afternoon, Jennifer, Leroy and Eddie had each killed a bird. Amy also brought one, but she was disqualified when it […]
The Good Old Days
By ohtadmin | on May 15, 2024
Compiled from old issues of The Wyalusing Rocket
News items gathered from an old copy of the Rocket-Courier, reprinted as they were in the May 20, 1999 edition. * * * Jeff Benjamin was chosen as the Wysox Chamber’s Citizen of the Year. A photograph on this week’s front page showing him holding his plaque. The speaker at the award ceremony describing Benjamin as “absolutely what’s right about […]
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