Towanda News

Two members of the Monroe Borough Council recently resigned; one because he is dissatisfied with the direction that the council is moving in, and the other because he is moving out of town.

Walter Becker is retiring from his position as the director of the Northern Tier Career Center, a job he has had since the early 1990s.

Submitted Photo The Daniel O'Sullivan Family. Back row, left to right: Andrew, John and Thomas.

The Monroe Borough Council has hired a new secretary/treasurer for the borough and has changed the dates of borough council's monthly meetings to the second Monday of each month, a borough official said.

Review Photo/JAMES LOEWENSTEIN Parent Kristy Mosier asks the Towanda School Board to move the bus stop for her children to a road with less truck traffic.

The driver in the dump truck crash at 9 a.m. Monday on Fallbrook Road in Troy Township lost control of his vehicle due to brake failure, according to state police at Towanda.

Some students at Epiphany School spent the day Thursday celebrating Pi. Not apple or blueberry - but the irrational number representing the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference.

Franklindale Fire Chief Donald Stranger Sr., who was found guilty of the summary offense of disorderly conduct on Friday, had shoved his hand up in a state police corporal's face "like he was going to hit" the corporal and had refused to obey police commands at the scene of a fire, according to police testimony.

A 31-year-old worker died Thursday after he fell 20 feet off a natural gas rig in Towanda Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

Review Photo/JAMES LOEWENSTEIN A fire in the basement of this home on Poplar Street in Towanda, which occurred Thursday afternoon, was discovered early.

Bradford County commissioners' meeting is cancelled Today's meeting of the Bradford County commissioners has been cancelled.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Clapper Hill Road closed for repairs State Route 1001, Clapper Hill Road, in Tuscarora Township has been temporarily closed, except for local traffic, due to severe deterioration, according to a press release from PennDOT.

Review Photo/JAMES LOEWENSTEIN Towanda school officials discuss how the school district is paying for its planned dedication wall.

The Towanda Borough Council has decided to convert five parking spaces in the recently created municipal parking lot on Main Street to reserved parking spaces.

Firefighters from several local companies responded to a blaze that broke out around 7 p.m. Saturday at a trailer just off U.S. Route 220 in Towanda Township.

Also, Ian Greer of Athens, Catherine Griffin of Blossburg, Kathy Grinnell of Corning, Meredith Hafer of Sayre, Morgan Hafer of Sayre, Hanako Henty of Towanda, Erica Hepworth of Corning, Tami Heyler of Morris, Alana Jamieson of Elmira, Dawn Johnson of Elmira, Rachel Ketchum of Painted Post, Lacey Knapp of Painted Post, Marta Knapp of Troy, Shana ...

Maple programs at Mt. Pisgah Mt. Pisgah State Park is inviting members of the public to satisfy their sweet tooth with a taste of real maple syrup.

Review Photo/C.J. Marshall These young entrepreneurs were out Thursday, making some money by clearing off the snow which fell throughout the area.

The new addresses that are being assigned to Towanda Borough residents as part of the county's enhanced 911 re-addressing project are expected to be distributed this summer, the Towanda Borough manager said.

Dandy Mini Marts Inc. is proposing to demolish the Dandy Mini Mart on U.S. Route 6 in North Towanda and construct a significantly larger Dandy Mini Mart next to it, the county planner said.