~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Greene County wrestlers traveled to Carroll Dec. 21 for the Tiger-Knight Invitational. The Rams entered nine of 14 weight classes, finishing sixth among 11 teams. Brenner Gallagher (113) and Will Hansen (152) each placed second. Braden Gallagher (120), Brady Stauffer (138), and Nate Black (145) were third, while Chance McCollum (126) was fourth, and Matt…
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Roland-Story takes twin bill from Rams
Courtesy of The Scranton Journal Roland-Story, the seventh-ranked basketball team in Class 3A, stormed past the Greene County girls 76-11 in Jefferson on Friday, Dec. 20. The Norsemen held leads of 16-3, 41-7 and 64-11 after three periods. A continuous clock was run through the second half and benches were cleared in the fourth quarter.
Read MoreCounty supes to slate hearing on vicious animal ordinance
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County supervisors will start the new year with consideration of an ordinance regarding dangerous and vicious animals. County attorney Thomas Laehn presented a draft of the ordinance at the board’s regular meeting Dec. 30. Laehn was asked by county sheriff Jack Williams to prepare the ordinance. Laehn said it is based on ordinances…
Read More2019 was a building year
The top stories in Greene County in 2019 involved bricks and mortar or paying for bricks and mortar. All are continuations of efforts started previously. Ground was broken for the regional career academy and new Greene County High School April 15. About 75 persons attended the groundbreaking, including community members, school staff and students, elected officials, and professionals involved with…
Read MoreIt’s a small world
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I’ve been in Italy seven days and can get neither my phone nor my computer to work, so I am writing – hand-writing – this column. It has been 39 years since I hand-wrote a column. It is almost as if I don’t know how to think, the process of hand-writing is so foreign to…
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