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FOR THESE FIVE reasons, and probably more, the men and women on the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board should abandon any notions of picking an internal candidate and instead search outside the district …
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5/25/12
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THE OSTRICHES ON the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board, who keep their heads firmly planted while pretending all is well in this district, soon will have a critical decision to make.
They can conduct …
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5/23/12
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FOR CERTAIN Wilkes-Barre council members, those out-of-town trips to municipal conferences and workshops really pay.
Not only do the globetrotters gain valuable insights into how to run more …
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5/22/12
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GREAT JOB, graduate. Well-wishes go to you and all the region’s recent college diploma recipients, including this weekend’s newly minted alumni of King’s College, Misericordia …
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5/20/12
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MORE ART, please.
The area’s annual homage to all things creative known as Fine Arts Fiesta, a free festival continuing today through Sunday at Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square, hints at …
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5/18/12
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DURING A teenager’s funeral last month, the Rev. Michael Brewster challenged mourners to consider Wilkes-Barre’s safety and what each of them could do to make the city a better place for …
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5/16/12
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RESPOND TO 14-year-old Tyler Winstead’s shooting death this spring not with clenched fists or total resignation, but rather with determination.
Resolve to join with like-minded Wyoming …
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5/15/12
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GAY IS OK.
No matter what your parents, your coaches, your classmates, your teachers, your neighbors or even your nation’s future presidents might preach, you can’t – should not …
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5/13/12
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NEWS THAT Wilkes-Barre Area School District Superintendent Jeff Namey intends to retire – as of Aug. 31 – after 16 years in the district’s top job merits the mixed feelings of …
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5/11/12
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W HILE PINNED IN another of the Wyoming Valley’s contorted, construction-related traffic patterns and reflecting on the predicament, we twisted a phrase once reserved for …
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5/9/12
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AFTER AN especially galling situation comes to light, most of us have heard – or maybe uttered – this refrain: “There should be a law!”
The phrase usually flies with an …
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5/8/12
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OUR CRITICS frequently inform us – via anonymous, early morning VoiceMail messages, anonymous online comments and other not-so-subtle methods – that our editorial opinions are good for …
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5/6/12
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THE APPEARANCE of a Spanish-language option on Luzerne County’s electronic voting machines during the recent primary elections sent certain people into familiar and fear-based rants – …
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5/4/12
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DEAR LACKAWANNA COUNTY,
Congratulations on selling the region’s minor league baseball franchise last week and simultaneously securing a decades-long commitment for a continued presence here …
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5/2/12
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GET THE executives at the glue factory on the phone.
With Gov. Tom Corbett at the reins, it won’t be long before Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry goes belly up, according to …
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5/1/12
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THE BARACK Obama presidency has had many “firsts,” and I am not talking about the obvious one.
As Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney spends his summer searching for an …
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4/29/12
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VOTERS TOOK it upon themselves to do right by Northeastern Pennsylvania.
While local Democratic Party officials and their political campaign committees were lining up all in a row, nice and …
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4/29/12
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Corruption-tainted businessman Richard Emanski caught a break last week, which bugs observers like us who think the courts must clearly and consistently chip away at this region’s culture of …
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4/29/12
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FORMER STATE senator and suspected crook Robert Mellow must repay the state $21,000 for an unethical real estate deal involving his former district office, but don’t worry, he shouldn’t …
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4/27/12
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RID YOUR medicine cabinet and other storage areas of unwanted or expired prescription medications Saturday – in a safe and responsible way.
Collections will occur between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. …
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4/25/12
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