Friendsville News

Welcome to the Gant's most read strories for the month of November 2009. These stories are the ones that you, the readers, have looked at the most over the month of November.

As legislators, environmentalists and others strive to balance the many interests involved in developing the natural gas deposits contained in the Marcellus shale formation, a fierce bidding war has doubled the prices being offered for leases in Pennsylvania.

A few sitting council members were defeated in last week's general election while write-ins and ties also proved to be factors in some races.

Oakland borough elected a new mayor in last week's election. Republican Randy Glover defeated Democratic incumbent Wendy Durkin with a 14 vote margin, 59-45. Write-in votes determined the mayor's race outcome in some boroughs.

The fall term of the Montrose Area Adult School concludes this week with a Sunday afternoon, Nov.

The Delaware River Basin Commission will receive public comment on Wednesday, September 23 on revised proposed Docket No.

Another landowner coalition's mineral rights lease encompassing property in the Southern Tier was signed over the weekend, this one by Fortuna Energy, Inc.

CHOCONUT, Pa. -- A Horseheads-based company is willing to pay a collective $165 million for the rights to drill for natural gas in about 30,000 acres of the Marcellus Shale.

Todd Snover and Cynthia Gabriel were brought together by their mutual love for violins and music.