Montrose, Elk Lake pick up wins
The Montrose and Elk Lake boys basketball teams picked up two wins each in play-action last week. Montrose scored a 54-44 win over Mountain View…
Student Athlete of the Week- Austin Harper
BY HEIDI ZENEFSKI Correspondent Blue Ridge senior Austin Harper is the Independent’s Student Athlete of the Week. Harper started playing basketball in elementary school, like…
Tradition core of winning pie
There were a lot of fancy pies at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. But it was a Dimock Township woman’s traditional apple pie that captured the…
Pension costs top MA audit concerns
BY STACI WILSON Pension costs top the list of concerns for Montrose Area school board members who received the 2014-15 audit report at the Monday,…
High speed chase leads to arrest
BY STACI WILSON A Binghamton, N.Y., man faces charges following a police chase that exceeded 90 mph Thursday across the state line and ended in…
Commissioners reorganize
BY STACI WILSON The county commissioners held an organizational meeting on Monday, Jan. 4, after being sworn into office. Commissioner Alan Hall will serve again…
Elk Lake state funding arrives
BY PAT FARNELLI Correspondent To the great relief of the Elk Lake School Board and administration, some of the state funding held up for months…
Snee brings ‘golden’ honor to MAHS
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Chris Snee is proud to be from his hometown. And he wants all the wide-eyed students who sat attentively to…
30 years of sharing
BY STACI WILSON One-by-one Blue Ridge Elementary students filed into the school auditorium Thursday. Each presented a food item, stacking it on the table with…
Murder plea in Susquehanna County stabbing death
BY STACI WILSON Roy Marvin Jr. was stabbed 29 times and bled to death along a remote stretch of a Susquehanna County road while he…