Dancing to Our Own Tune

By: Vickie Calby The hall is decorated with balloons and streamers all in Valentine’s Day colors. The tables are dressed in pink, white, and red tablecloths, with center pieces and sparkles. The DJ can be seen setting up her equipment. She is excited to see how many fathers she can coax out onto the dance floor…

Montrose Theatre Marquee Set for Restoration

Renovations have begun on the marquee of the historic Montrose Theatre. The theater, a gift to the MRC from the Quigg family, has been a Montrose institution for decades, entertaining generations of Susquehanna County residents. Thanks to the efforts of the Gere family, in October of 2017, actor Richard Gere highlighted a film festival showcasing…

Blueberry Memories: Back to the 80s

By: Vickie Calby  Updated, 7/31/18 The year is 1980; things are different--very different. Sue Stone is not the administrator of the Susquehanna County Library, and there has never been a "Montrose Blueberry Festival,"  nor is the “story hour” space in the library bright and kid-friendly. Sue, in 1980, is in charge of preschool story hour. She…

Lee’s Montrose–A Look Back

By: Kimberly Davenport When Christmas in Montrose gets underway, Friday, December 1, through Sunday, December 3, the former site of Lee's Furniture will house local vendors selling their wares. It was just this past summer when two brothers, Craig and Jay Reimel, closed the doors of the nearly empty Lee’s Furniture store following a summer-long…

Christmas – Montrose Style

By: Vickie Calby   Christmas In Montrose…it’s that time of year again and this year promises many surprises! First, lets take a trip back in time. Do you remember Town Pride? How about Victorian Christmas, or Montrose Country Christmas? Taking me back, were Angela Mooney, Diane Quattrocchi, and Peggy Sheffler. They sat with me on…

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

By: Vickie Calby “Everybody deserves food.” Pastor Doug Sivers said with feeling. The Montrose Mobile Food Pantry was established with that spirit in mind. Behind every great idea there is a moving force. In this case there were three: Mary Lee Fitzgerald, Judy Kelly, and Mary Ann DeWitt. Jo Ann Leonard explains that in the…

The Library is Hosting a Big Celebration and You are Invited!

By: Kimberly Davenport If you are like most library lovers, you have already checked out the Susquehanna County Library’s new location--and have found multiple reasons to return. If you haven’t visited by now, or if you are looking for any excuse to go back, we recommend you attend the library’s celebration scheduled for Saturday, September…

10 Events to Attend as Summer Winds Down

By: Vickie Calby, Kimberly Davenport and John Eidenier Be sure to "take a walk" through our map to see descriptions, pictures and exact event locations. AUGUST: Joycie's Thursday Night Live Out for a walk on a Thursday evening in Montrose, the sounds of music will draw you to Tannery Place. Drawing closer, the tempting smell…

Blueberry Memories: Back to the 80s

By: Vickie Calby  Updated, 7/31/18 The year is 1980; things are different--very different. Sue Stone is not the administrator of the Susquehanna County Library, and there has never been a "Montrose Blueberry Festival,"  nor is the “story hour” space in the library bright and kid-friendly. Sue, in 1980, is in charge of preschool story hour. She…

A Tour of the New Montrose Library

By: Vickie Calby  Take a tour of the new Montrose library. The pictures do not do this beautiful building justice. We encourage you to stop in to see for yourselves and make use of this wonderful new space. The first thing you see when you walk in the door is the amazing handcrafted tree created by…