Municipal News

COURT BRIEFS - 08/19/2010
WILKES-BARRE – A protection-from-abuse order issued in January against a former senior judge was dropped Wednesday.

LOCAL BRIEF - 08/19/2010
ASHLEY – The top Luzerne County company on the state’s tax delinquency list that was made public Monday has satisfied a $987,264 lien against it, according to the state’s Department of Revenue.

Repair work will cause delays on I-81 - 08/14/2010
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has advised motorists to expect delays on Interstate 81 southbound between Exits 155, Dorrance, and 145, West Hazleton.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 08/14/2010
WHITE HAVEN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has updated the Francis E. Walter Dam water release schedule for the remainder of the 2010 recreation season.

LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS - 08/07/2010
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Chris Carney has announced that staff members will be available on Tuesday at the Dallas Borough Building and state Rep. Phyllis Mundy’s office in Kingston.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 08/06/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Diamond City Partnership, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry and the City of Wilkes-Barre invite area businesses to participate in the annual Downtown Collegetown Party on the Square. The even ...

Corbett tours Home Depot in Pittston Twp. - 08/03/2010
PITTSTON TWP. – Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett capped off a busy round of appearances in Northeast Pennsylvania with a tour of the Home Depot Rapid Deployment Center in the CenterPoint Commerce and Trade ...

Meetings - 08/03/2010
Kingston residents were given an update on how the poor economy is affecting local services at Monday night’s council meeting.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 07/31/2010
HARRISBURG – Dozens of volunteer fire companies throughout the state, including some in Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming counties, have been awarded grants from the state’s Bureau of Forestry. The funds are awarded to help Pennsylv ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 07/29/2010
SWOYERSVILLE – Swoyersville Tax Collector Nancy L. Keating has announced the 2010 school tax bills will be issued the last week in July.

Local briefs - 07/28/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The staff of the Delaware Valley Raptor Center will bring live birds of prey to Room 101 of the Stark Learning Center at Wilkes University on Friday at 12:45 p.m.

Local briefs - 07/26/2010
MOOSIC – The PA Breast Cancer Coalition and the PA Association of Community Bankers will hold a charity home run derby noon to 1:30 p.m. today, at PNC Field.

Local briefs - 07/24/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Korean War Veterans Association of Wyoming Valley will commemorate the 57th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with the annual ceremony to begin at 11 a.m. today on the South Lawn of the Luzerne County Cou ...

King’s College conducts survey on arts within the local schools - 07/22/2010
Researchers at King’s College are conducting a survey of Luzerne County parents to find out how children experience art within local school settings. The results will be used to gauge parental interest in supplementing arts educat ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 07/17/2010
HARRISBURG – Gov. Edward G. Rendell has nominated attorney Murray Ufberg of Kingston to a seat on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. The nomination requires state Senate confirmation.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 07/16/2010
DALLAS TWP. – The Luzerne County Republican Party will host its annual family picnic 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 at Harteis Farm in Dallas Township.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 07/10/2010
WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County Treasurer Michael Morreale is advising all Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke and Pittston city property owners that the face period for 2010 county real estate tax bills ends Wednesday.

Dog wanted for musical at Wyoming Seminary Upper School - 07/09/2010
KINGSTON – Do you have a well-trained, even-tempered dog you’d like to see onstage?

Local briefs - 07/07/2010
PLAINS TWP. – The Plains Senior Citizens meeting scheduled for today has been canceled because of hot weather.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 07/03/2010
HARRISBURG – A plethora of area residents has been nominated, appointed or reappointed to sit on various state boards and councils, and some others who had been nominated have been confirmed.

LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS - 07/01/2010
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, has urged the U.S. Postal Service to laud the efforts of the American coal miner and to issue a U.S. postage stamp honoring coal miners and their families.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 06/26/2010
WILKES-BARRE -- Mayor Thomas M. Leighton has cautioned city residents about increased reports of peddlers throughout the city.

In Brief - 06/15/2010
WEST HAZLETON -- Route 93 north and southbound will have lane restrictions between Broad and Second streets for long-term utility work on Broad Street.

Documentary screening on Welsh influence set for June 19 - 06/10/2010
NANTICOKE – The Welsh Cultural Endeavor of Northeastern Pennsylvania will sponsor a screening of a documentary produced and directed by George C. Horwatt, a professional Welsh narrator, on Saturday, June 19, at Educational Confere ...

Local briefs - 06/09/2010
KINGSTON TWP. – The Kingston Township Public Works Department will repair the East Center Street Bridge at Route 309 Memorial Highway today between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Local brief - 06/02/2010
EATON TWP. – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 4 has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the proposed Route 29 bridge replacement project in Wyoming County.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 05/29/2010
KINGSTON – The oldest active member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 183 will be the grand marshal of this year’s West Side Memorial Day Parade on Monday.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 05/27/2010
PLYMOUTH – The borough will hold a public meeting on June 10 at 6 p.m. to present the draft revitalization plan for downtown Plymouth from Mullin and Lonergan Associates. The meeting will be held at municipal building, 162 W. Shaw ...

Local brief - 05/26/2010
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP – AQUA Pennsylvania is in the final phase of its water main replacement and service line installation in the Midway Manor Development.

Local briefs - 05/26/2010
DUPONT – The street sweeper will be in the borough on Thursday, cleaning Main and Chestnut streets along the Memorial Day parade route.

State offering Tree Tenders program - 05/21/2010
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is inviting interested residents to learn to become Tree Tenders.

YMCA hosting guided walks through the city - 05/21/2010
In an effort to help area residents become more physically active, the Wilkes-Barre YMCA will host a series of guided walks through the downtown.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 05/18/2010
FORTY FORT – The borough will hold its next town hall meeting at 7 p.m. May 25 at the borough building on Wyoming Avenue.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 05/17/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes-Barre Crime Watch Coalition has announced a schedule of meetings for the coming week.

POLITICAL BRIEFS - 05/15/2010
SCRANTON – Former President Bill Clinton has recorded a message endorsing Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty for state Senate in the 22nd Senatorial District.

Libertarians set to seek spot on ballot - 05/14/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Northeast Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, will officially launch its ballot access drive on Tuesday, which is primary election day.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 05/07/2010
WARRIOR RUN – The borough will be picking up yard waste on Mondays for the rest of the summer.

Meetings - 05/06/2010
Supervisors approved details Tuesday evening involving Dallas Borough’s summer recreation program.

Wilkes raises Pennies for Peace - 05/01/2010
WILKES-BARRE -- Wilkes University students, faculty, staff and members of the community have raised $1,563 over the past month for the Pennies for Peace program.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 04/24/2010
HAZLETON – The city’s fire department has received a $666,000 allocation from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 04/23/2010
LARKSVILLE – Borough residents are reminded that yard waste pickup will begin the first Tuesday in May. Waste must be in recyclable paper bags, and branches or shrubs must be tied and in bundles no longer than 3 feet.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 04/20/2010
WYOMING – A meeting to plan for the borough’s 125th anniversary will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m., in the temporary borough offices in the Midway Shopping Center, Wyoming Avenue.

LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS - 04/19/2010
TUNKHANNOCK – State Reps. Karen Boback and Sandra Major will host a free Senior Identity Theft Seminar 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13.

O’Connor kicks off campaign - 04/17/2010
Terrence O’Connor, an attorney from Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, and a Republican candidate in Pennsylvania’s 118th Legislative District, will hold a campaign kickoff at 7 p.m. Monday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars build ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 04/16/2010
HARRISBURG – State Reps. Jim Wansacz, D-Old Forge, and Kevin Murphy, D-Scranton, announced the Commonwealth Financing Authority awarded $350,000 to Taylor Borough for the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority.

Local briefs - 04/07/2010
KINGSTON -- On April 17, Kingston will be planting 25 trees throughout the municipality as part of the TreeVitalize program, a state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources program focused on increasing tree canopy cover ...

Local brief - 04/04/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services invites public comment on Pennsylvania’s Combined Agency State Plan at a local meeting to be held on Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Blindness and Visual Services, G 300 Lair ...

Local briefs - 03/31/2010
DALLAS – Dallas United Methodist Church is hosting a public information meeting on the process of natural gas drilling starting at 7 p.m. today

Local briefs - 03/30/2010
DURYEA – The borough will hold an Easter egg hunt 1 p.m. Saturday at the Germania Hose Company.

Local briefs - 03/30/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Department of Physician Assistant Studies at King’s College has received a seven-year reaccreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The seven-year te ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/29/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services invites public comment on Pennsylvania’s Combined Agency State Plan at a local meeting to be held on Thursday, April 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Blindness and Visual Services, ...

Two airports will get federal, state funds - 03/23/2010
HARRISBURG – The Wyoming Valley Airport and the Hazleton Municipal Airport are among 32 public-use airports in the state that will receive a portion of $13.8 million in federal and state funds for infrastructure improvements, Gov. ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/20/2010
Sales of daffodils with proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society will take place today at the following businesses:

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/19/2010
FORTY FORT – Tax collector Ronald Jeffery announces the county/municipal real estate tax bills were issued March 8.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/18/2010
PITTSTON TWP. – County and municipal taxes are at rebate value until May 10. Office hours for rebate are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/16/2010
KINGSTON – The borough will conduct a drop off of yard waste and mixed paper for residents at the DPW warehouse, 455 Church St., from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/15/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services invites public comment on Pennsylvania’s Combined Agency State Plan at a local meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. April 8 at Blindness and Visual Services, G 300 Laird St., Wilkes-B ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 03/12/2010
NANTICOKE – The Honey Pot Active Fire Company will be hosting the following events. On Saturday, Wing Night will begin at 7 p.m. at the firehouse on Honey Pot Street in Nanticoke. The price will be $6, eat in or take out.

Public is invited to state plan session - 03/09/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services invites public comment on Pennsylvania’s Combined Agency State Plan at a local meeting set for 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at Blindness and Visual Services, G 300 Lair ...

Rendell to speak at Wilkes graduation - 03/05/2010
WILKES-BARRE – Gov. Edward G. Rendell will deliver the spring 2010 commencement address at Wilkes University. The university’s commencement ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 22 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Local brief - 03/03/2010
The Luzerne County Transportation Authority has the following changes planned for bus schedules, effective Monday, March 8:

Local Briefs - 02/27/2010
NANTICOKE – City treasurer/tax collector, Albert J. Wytoshek, has announced the 2010 municipal property taxes were issued on Feb. 19.

Net lottery for WH Easter Egg Roll set - 02/19/2010
The White House has announced that this year’s Easter Egg Roll will be held on Monday, April 5 and tickets will be distributed through an online lottery system, allowing guests from across the United States to participate in a tra ...

Meetings - 02/18/2010
Wyoming Valley West School Board awarded a contract for an updated districtwide communication system to Integra One at a total cost of $314,627 during a meeting Tuesday morning.

Eachus, PHEAA to host student loan seminar - 02/17/2010
HAZLETON -- State Rep. Todd A. Eachus, D-Luzerne, and the Wilkes-Barre Regional Office of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency will host a presentation and workshop today to help students and families complete a fr ...

LOCAL BRIEFS - 02/12/2010
WYOMING – Wyoming Borough and the Kingston police canine unit will host a “Happy Hour Fundraiser” today from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bo Brothers Restaurant on Wyoming Avenue.

Short day Tuesday for Wyoming Area - 02/08/2010
EXETER – Wyoming Area School District will have an early dismissal on Tuesday for report card distribution and parent/teacher conferences, Superintendent Raymond J. Bernardi announced.

Homeland Security grants aid to several area fire companies - 02/06/2010
Four Luzerne County volunteer fire departments have received grants from the Department of Homeland Security.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 02/06/2010
PRINGLE – The Pringle Borough crime watch will meet Wednesdayat 6:30 p.m. at the Pringle Borough Building, Evans Street.

Area native to be on Animal Planet’s ‘The Haunted’ - 02/04/2010
A West Pittston native and a Wyoming County paranormal group will appear on an episode of Animal Planet’s “The Haunted” Friday night at 10.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 01/30/2010
WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University Running Club will host the 6th annual Relay for Heat to help the Commission for Economic Opportunity (CEO) assist families in need with heating costs.

Breaking Benjamin at arena on March 21 - 01/20/2010
WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Breaking Benjamin will return to the area to perform at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza on March 21.

LOCAL BRIEF - 01/19/2010
WEST PITTSTON – Penn State Cooperative Extension, Luzerne County, is accepting applications through Jan. 25 for the 2010 Master Gardener training program.

Leadership Wilkes-Barre event will honor three - 01/18/2010
Leadership Wilkes-Barre will honor Lynn Evans Biga, Executive Director, Luzerne County Head Start, Inc.; Karen Evans Kaufer, Executive Director, Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity; and Anne Marie McCawley, Project Director, St. V ...

Back Mt. Police will conduct coat drive - 01/16/2010
DALLAS TWP. -- New and gently used winter jackets, hats, gloves and scarves will be available for free to children in need from the greater community during the Back Mountain Police Association’s first annual “Warm Coats for Kids” ...

PennDOT will blast near I-81 - 01/16/2010
SCRANTON – PennDOT has announced that blasting adjacent to the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at the Cemetery Bridges construction project is tentatively scheduled to start Monday, Jan. 25.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 01/14/2010
WILKES-BARRE -- Telephone and fax numbers at several Geisinger health care and office facilities have been updated to use the same three-digit exchange: 808.

$2.3M grant to offer NEPA job training for 210 - 01/14/2010
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced Wednesday that $2.3 million in “Pathways Out of Poverty” grants from the Recovery Act have been allocated for job training and development in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 01/12/2010
LUZERNE – Borough council will meet 7 p.m. Wednesday in the borough building at 144 Academy St.

LOCAL BRIEFS - 01/09/2010
WILKES-BARRE – There has been a location change for Wilkes University’s Maslow Faculty Reading Series.