Podcast: Doug Overfield interview with Twyla of From the Heart

By: Douglas Overfield  In honor of Third Fridays in Montrose, here is an interview with Twyla of From the Heart, Public Avenue, Montrose, PA.

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…

AN ART THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME WITH ONE OF OUR MOST BASIC MATERIALS

By: Douglas Overfield Dry-laid fieldstone walls are often considered to be as old as humankind and the technique of building stone walls is an art in a most basic element says Ken Ely, a restorer and builder of stone walls and a lifelong Susquehanna County resident. Ken goes on to say that the method he…

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…

HALCYON DAYS OF SUMMER

“The Heyday of Tennis in the Montrose Area” By: John B. Eidenier  (Pictured above: left to light: Lt. King Smith, his partner, King Shafer, and Cecil Donaldson with partner Bill Tilden. The two "Kings" beat Cecil and Bill in 1913 at the indoor courts in New York City) There is  a story to tell of 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…

Off To War: Insight from a Montrose Native

By: Doug Overfield  The year was 1952. Young men lined the street in front of the Susquehanna County Courthouse--saying goodbye to moms, dads, wives, girlfriends, and children--as they prepared to board a bus to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Once there, they would catch a flight to infantry training in Fort Knox, Kentucky, aboard an old C-47. 1952 might…