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DeSisti hearing wraps up Competency decision expected before July 8 trial date

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A hearing to determine whether John Joseph DeSisti of Waverly remains competent to stand trial in the Nov. 2006 killings of his cousin and her husband concluded Tuesday afternoon in county court. Tuesday's hearing before senior judge David Grine focused (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 19, 2013

Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2013. There are 195 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 19, 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Un (read more)

Senate Transportation Committee approves Yaw dairy bill

HARRISBURG - A legislative measure easing the regulatory burden on dairy haulers was unanimously approved on Tuesday by the state Senate Transportation Committee, according to the bill's prime sponsor, Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). Senate Bill 1010 would allow (read more)

Troy mayor thanks Vets Club for donation

TROY - Troy Mayor Mike Powers had some words of thanks at Tuesday's borough council meeting. He said that he wanted to publicly thank the Troy Vets Club for the two video cameras for the police department's squad cars. Powers said the donation was worth (read more)

No decision yet on Troy home football games

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TROY - A estimated 100 to 150 people attended the community meeting held by the Troy Area School Board Tuesday to get ideas on the rent situation with Alparon Community Park. In the regular school board meeting immediately following the community meeting (read more)

Spending Sullivan County's 2013 impact fee allotment

Sullivan County will use the $460,000 allotment that it will receive this year from the gas impact fee for various purposes, including purchasing repeaters to improve radio communication with firefighters and ambulance workers, leasing GIS-related soft (read more)

Large-scale update to N. Towanda's zoning ordinance is passed

NORTH TOWANDA TOWNSHIP - The North Towanda Township supervisors on Tuesday approved a large-scale update to the township's zoning ordinance which, among other things, makes the ordinance comply with Act 13, a law that restricts the extent to which zoning (read more)

Environmental groups call for water pollution disclosure

HARRISBURG - Citing findings in a recent series of Times-Tribune investigative reports, a coalition of environmental groups called on Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday to speak publicly about the extent of water contamination from natural gas development in Pe (read more)

Summer Reading program begins in Canton

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CANTON - The Green Free Library kicked off its Summer Reading Program Tuesday with David Moreland, the Magician. The "Dig Into Reading!" program schedule is as follows: - Wednesday, June 26 at 10 a.m. Story Totems with Animals Gail Jones will share a st (read more)

Key GOP senator unveils liquor proposal

HARRISBURG - With less than two weeks until the state budget deadline, Senate Republicans say a proposal unveiled Tuesday reforming how Pennsylvanians buy alcohol lacks the support needed to be passed. A key Republican senator involved with liquor issues (read more)

Corbett administration officials urge to take precautions against West Nile Virus

Glancing Backward

Glancing Backward, June 17, 2013

Today is Monday, June 17, the 168th day of 2013. There are 197 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 17, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Abington (Pa.) School District v. Schempp, struck down, 8-1, rules requiring the recitation (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 16, 2013

Today is Sunday, June 16, the 167th day of 2013. There are 198 days left in the year. This is Father's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1963, the world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova (teh-ruhsh-KOH'-vuh), 26, was laun (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 15, 2013

Today is Saturday, June 15, the 166th day of 2013. There are 199 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 15, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army. Glanci (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 14, 2013

Today is Friday, June 14, the 165th day of 2013. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the nati (read more)

Today in History, June 13, 2013

Today is Thursday, June 13, the 164th day of 2013. There are 201 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 13, 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 9, 2013

Today is Sunday, June 9, the 160th day of 2013. There are 205 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. Glan (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 12, 2013

Today is Wednesday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2013. There are 202 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, 37, was shot and killed outside his home in Jackson, Miss. (In 1994, Byron De La (read more)

Glancing Backward, June 11, 2013

Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2013. There are 203 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On June 11, 1963, in one of the most shocking images of the Vietnam War era, a Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc (tihk kwan (read more)