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Valley News Digest Waverly PD recognizes officers The Waverly Police Department recently honored officers during its annual recognition ceremony, according to information from the department. Officer Nate Harvey was recognized as Officer of the Year and (read more)

Ross shares memories of veterans

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As she cleans the dirt and salt from winter out of the engraved bricks in the Sayre Theatre's front plaza, theater manager Margie Ross often reflects on the people attached to them. This year, with Memorial Day approaching, Ross was attracted to the bric (read more)

Local Brief 5/23/2013

Local Brief Anti-DUI measures scheduled locally for Memorial Day weekend The Bradford County DUI Task Force will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to a press release from the Towanda Bo (read more)

Correction

Correction Vote tallies corrected for Sayre School Board The correct unofficial results for the Democratic race for Sayre School Board are Richard Jennings 178; Kay S. Husick 158; Donald F. Skerpon 171; James B. Osborn 197; and (read more)

Troy to begin bidding process for bus cameras

TROY - The Troy Area School Board is taking some steps toward more bus safety. The board recently agreed to start the bidding process for the purchase and installation of security cameras for buses for the 2013-14 school year. When asked for comment, Su (read more)

Troy councilwoman Bristol 'very happy' with showing

TROY - Troy councilwoman Krystle Bristol said she was "really pleasantly surprised" by her high vote tally in Tuesday's primary election. She is seeking re-election to a four-year council seat, and was the highest vote-getter for the Republican nominatio (read more)

Troy passes tentative budget

TROY - The Troy Area School has passed a tentative 2013-14 budget that includes a tax increase. The spending plan, which has revenues of $21.2 million and expenditures of $22.2 million, will be put on public display. A final budget will be voted on in (read more)

Mary Ann Harris wins nominations for Towanda Boro tax collector

TOWANDA - Based on the write-in votes that she received in Tuesday's election, incumbent Mary Ann Harris won both the Democratic and Republican nominations for a four-year term as the Towanda Borough tax collector. Harris on Tuesday received 63 write-in (read more)

Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital expands to improve patient access

SAYRE - Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital is once again expanding to meet the growing demand for health care services in the region. On Tuesday, May 28, from 3:30-5:30 p.m., the public is invited to tour the new 16-bed inpatient unit on 7Main at Guthrie Rob (read more)

Gunman's wife charged for purchasing weapon for her husband

Charges have been filed against the wife of the man who pulled the trigger in the murder-suicide that took place May 5 at 360 E. Main St., in Canton Borough. State police at Towanda said that it's alleged that Kimberly Jean Chisman, 46, of Canton, purcha (read more)

Glancing Backward

Glancing Backward, 5/23/13

Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La. Glancing B (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/22/13

Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 22, 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York by a group of doctors and business leaders under its original nam (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/21/13

Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/20/13

Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic sol (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/19/13

Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 19, 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/17/13

Today is Friday, May 17, the 137th day of 2013. There are 228 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 17, 1973, a special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal. Glancing Backw (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/16/13

Today is Thursday, May 16, the 136th day of 2013. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up (read more)

Glancing Backward, 5/15/13

Today is Wednesday, May 15, the 135th day of 2013. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15, 1863, Edouard Manet's painting "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe" (The Lunch on the Grass) went on display in Paris, scandalizing vi (read more)

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