Police Seeking Prison Escapee
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By warrenhoweler@gmail.com | on June 28, 2024
By Warren Howeler
A homeless man who was facing terroristic threats and other charges escaped from custody and is on the loose, according to a statement issued by Bradford County District Attorney Richard Wilson on Friday, June 28. Ryan C. Kithcart, 30, had been transported to Magisterial District Court in Wysox during the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 25 to be arraigned […]
Vintage Race Cars Visit Wyalusing
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
A group of 130 vintage race cars, like the classic beauty pictured driving by the Wyalusing Valley High School yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, June 26) passed through Wyalusing on their way to an overnight stop in Binghamton, NY. They spent Tuesday night in Gettysburg, PA, and stopped for lunch Wednesday in Lewisburg. The vintage cars are participating in Hemmings Motor News’ […]
Elk Lake, SCCTC Pass 2025-26 Budgets
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
—BY SANDRA RAUB—
Both the Elk Lake School District and the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC) have submitted their final budgets for the coming school year. For Elk Lake, the joint board of directors approved a budget of $24.7 million, with a shortfall of $874,766. The SCCTC budget was presented as $5.9 million. In regular Elk Lake business, the board approved […]
Intense Heat Doesn’t Stifle Spirit of Susquehanna Summer Solstice Fest
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
—BY DAVID KEELER—
It was a topic that virtually everyone who was at last weekend’s third annual Susquehanna Summer Solstice Fest (SSSF) at French Azilum talked about—the intense heat and humidity. With thermometers hovering in the mid 90s, festivalgoers complained off and on about the overwhelming heat. So did the musicians and artists and the festival staff and organizers. But the overall impact […]
Homeless Emcampment Discovered in Laceyville
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Laceyville Borough officials confirmed that they are working to deal with a homeless encampment that has been discovered under the Susquehanna River bridge in that municipality. The encampment was brought to the attention of the Rocket-Courier on Monday, June 24 from a concerned citizen. The Rocket-Courier visited the site the next day. What was found were two tents that had […]
Suddenly It’s Summer
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
The thermometer outside PS Bank’s office on Wyalusing‘s Church Street Tuesday afternoon says it all—it’s blistering hot out there. Bulletins from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warn that soaring temperatures and high humidity could lead to heat illnesses. Guthrie’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jon Rittenberger advised that, while the elderly and young are typically at risk on hot days, […]
Impact Fee Collections Drop
Revenue from Gas Drilling in PA Down 36 Percent
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
Counties, townships and boroughs within the commonwealth will be receiving less impact fee money from the state this year than they did last year, according to the latest numbers released by the PA Public Utility Commission (PUC). The 2023 impact fee collections came in almost 36 percent lower than the 2022 collections, which will result in counties receiving anywhere from […]
Rocket News Team Earns Seven Keystone Awards
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
Two members of the Rocket-Courier news team recently learned they were selected as recipients of prestigious Keystone Media Awards presented annually by the PA News Media Association. The award winners included Publisher David Keeler and Sports Editor Pete Hardenstine. Hardenstine was recognized in four categories. His first place in Sports Beat Reporting was for his continuing coverage of the running […]
NEB Budget Includes 3.5 Percent Tax Increase
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—
At its meeting on Thursday, June 13, the Northeast Bradford School Board approved a final $16.95 million budget for the 2024-25 school year, which includes a 3.5 percent increase in the school property tax. The budget includes $552,000 to pay for 24 students to attend cyber charter schools next year, which is $182,000 more than the district spent for students […]
Restored Post Office Signs Bring Back Great Memories
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
—BY DAVID KEELER—
As Quicks Bend resident Flora Johnson tells it, she and her husband, Don, were at an estate sale at the Terrytown residence of former Sugar Run Postmaster Carol Furman and her husband, Jim, when they spotted two old signs that once hung outside the Sugar Run Post Office When she saw the signs, Flora knew that she had to have […]
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