Reviewing the year in news, this is a month by month look at the stories that has us talking in 2011. January A bank robber made off with more than $8,000 from Wachovia Bank in Matamoras. Suspect James Heller, was arrested in a car chase a few days later. Heller is representing himself in court. [...]
Ever wonder why police advertise where and when they will have DUI/sobriety check points? It’s like giving drunk drivers a map of where not to drive. Since the 1980s, police have informed the press of check points to help raise public awareness about driving under the influence. However, they are not required to notify the [...]
The Pike County Historical Society has an exhibit of birds which were used as models for the paintings of John Audubon in his famed bird books and guides in the 1800s. The birds were taxidermied by John Bell of Matamoras who accompanied Audubon on his Missouri River trek. If these birds could talk, they [...]
Irene Anderson never stepped foot into the new Milford thrift shop, Calling All Angels, but her finger prints are all over the place. Her picture hangs on the wall, and some of her furniture is being used as display tables, and eventually, her fine belongings will be on the sales floor. Anderson died this year, [...]
With one hand on a cane and another squeezing a chum’s elbow for comedic emphasis, two heads threw back in laughter. Must have been a good joke. As veterans gathered in the minutes before the Pike County Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony in Milford this week, groups of men formed circles, looked into each other’s eyes [...]
Although art books have been filled with it, graffiti is against the law. Plus, it isn’t nice. You can’t go around defacing property. As wrong as it is, I couldn’t stifle a laugh when I saw an altered deer crossing sign in front of TnT Kitchens and Bath on Route 6 in Milford recently. Someone [...]
A blogger with Pike County ties is getting national recognition since research website LexisNexis named his site, Tort Talk, one of the Top 25 tort law blogs in the nation. When he is not blogging, Dan Cummins is a civil litigator and partner in the Scranton law firm of Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini and Cummins. [...]
Kids waiting for Santa Claus heard him before they saw him Saturday at Milford’s tree lighting ceremony at the Milford Library. Santa arrived on a Milford Fire Department engine. Instead of reindeer, his fire truck “sleigh” was led by eight roaring motorcycles organized by Life Behind Bars, a Milford motorcycle apparel shop. Each motorcycle was [...]
Repairs to Lehman Community Park are nearly done Lehman Township Supervisor John Sivick says. The park was damaged by a land slide caused by Hurricane Irene. So far it has cost $90,000 to clean up the mess, Sivick said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent paperwork to the township for officials to fill out [...]
