Expectations build for first Wolf budget
Advocacy groups are looking for a restoration of state education cuts and a minimum wage hike while Republican legislative leaders warn of big tax and spending hikes. Like the previous two governors,...
View ArticlePothole season leaves motorists seeing red, garages seeing green in...
Michael Kelly, master tech at McCarthy Tire in Kingston, looks over the suspension of a car that was brought in for service for a busted tire from hitting potholes. Michael Kelly, master tech at...
View ArticleSchool's Spotlights Causing Problems
A school in Luzerne County put up new spotlights that may have to be taken down after some neighbors complained. Just last week, four spotlights were put up near Wyoming Seminary's stadium in Kingston...
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Dr. Richard Silberman, a local endodontist, recently spoke with students in the Luzerne County Community College dental department. Silberman met with dental assisting students to discuss the study of...
View ArticleMy Hometown: Title Fight Talks About the Influence of Kingston, Pennsylvania
When you're a musician, the place you grow up in has a huge impact on the type of music you write and the message you convey to the rest of the world. The Ramones talked about the chaotic struggle of...
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UNITED WAY ACCEPTS NOMINATIONS FOR ROSE BRADER COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: Nominations are now being accepted for the Rose Brader Community Service Award, which will be presented by the United Way of...
View ArticleHundreds of commercial properties received homestead tax exemption in 2014
In 2014, more than 450 commercial properties in Luzerne County received the homestead tax exemption, which is supposed to apply only to a person's primary residence, according to a review of county...
View ArticleMan dies in Edwardsville fire
A report for a structure fire came in at 8:20 a.m. to 185 Meyers St., with the Edwardsville fire department responding with the assistance of Kingston and Hanover Township fire departments, according...
View ArticleThis Week's Meetings
Hanover Township commissioners, work session at 6:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m., municipal building, 1267 Sans Souci Parkway. Wilkes-Barre Area school board, work session at 5:30 p.m. and...
View ArticleHunlock Creek woman honored for helping others
She comforted her father as he died of lung cancer, and helped several other family members as they battled the disease. The 53-year-old works as a traveling caregiver for senior citizens who need a...
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PITTSTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC, CLASS OF 1955: Pittston Central Catholic High School Class of 1955 will meet at 6:30 p.m. today, March 10, at Valenti's Restaurant, 1180 Wyoming Ave. For information, call Ky...
View ArticleFormer West Side CTC head surrenders education certifications
Nancy P. Tkatch, former administrative director of West Side Area Career and Technology Center, has lost her state education certifications. Tkatch, 57, of Dallas, pleaded guilty in July to a theft...
View ArticleBroski-Murphy
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Robert and Nancy Broski, Nanticoke. She is the granddaughter of Catherine and the late Stanley Simoncavage, Nanticoke and Ann and the late Joseph Broski, Nanticoke.
View ArticleWheatley-Horn
Lucia Lyden-Wheatley of Waldwick, N.J., and Simon John Wheatley of Washington Township, N.J., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jacqueline Ivy, to Daniel Gerard Horn,...
View ArticleSearfoss-Poplawski
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dawn and Martin Flaherty, Kingston and David and Theresa Searfoss, Wilkes-Barre. She is the granddaughter of Josephine Yelland, Wilkes-Barre, Thomas Yelland,...
View ArticleThirteen running for six Luzerne County Council seats
Thirteen Luzerne County residents - four Republicans and nine Democrats - filed nomination petitions to run for county council by Tuesday's deadline, county records show. The Democrats who filed...
View ArticleTraffic report for March 12
Free-flowing traffic is reported on Interstates 81, 476 and 380 this morning. Routes 315 and 115 are also free of traffic aside from an isolated area of minor traffic in certain areas.
View ArticleTurkey Hill Robbed in Luzerne County
Officers were called to the Turkey Hill Minit Mart on Rutter Avenue in Kingston just before 5 a.m. Friday. Police said the suspect displayed a knife and stole some cash.
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Kingston resident Patty Melvin starts her shopping at Gerrity's in Luzerne after being driven to the grocery store with the assistance of the Dial A Driver program of the United Way of Wyoming Valley....
View ArticleUnion will fight Edwardsville chief's firing
"We, as the FOP, are going to step in and argue the termination," said Sam Blaski, a Kingston police officer who is president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Wyoming Valley Lodge 36. Edwardsville...
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