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FORTY FORT – Two local chapters of the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs have joined forces to create perennial and bee pollination gardens on the Luzerne County Recreation Complex in Forty Fort.
EXETER – More than 150 people ran through a parking lot pushing hospital beds on Sunday to raise money to help the family of a sick little girl.
KINGSTON – Call it “Mr. Nick’s greatest hits.”
For five local women artists, the dream of showcasing their combined talents in the same neighborhood that has been an art hub in New York City for decades has come true.
Parents seeking out the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization often are looking for someone to add healthy influences and a stable relationship to the life of their child. But in 1977, Kay Pettinger yearned for those feelings in her own adult life.
WILKES-BARRE – Katie, Erin, Emma and Ryan Murphy were among the first children to utilize the new playground at Coal Street Park on Thursday, and deservedly so.
WILKES-BARRE – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele will cut the ceremonial ribbon on Sept. 9 when the Luzerne County Republican Party holds a grand opening of its new permanent headquarters in the city.
A research scientist at the University of Utah who is originally from Plains Township participated in a project for NASA that will be launched as a six-month experimental trial on today’s scheduled liftoff of space shuttle Discovery.
HAZLETON – Pleasant Valley High School teacher Keith Bast spent his summer vacation in a reclined position. And it wasn’t in a hammock or lawn chair.
WILKES-BARRE – Mix tons of mulched soil, about 400 plants, and 10 and 1/2 kids and what do you get? Dirty fingers, a few worms, corny lyrics to an ad-libbed song, and a community garden outside an urban elementary center intended to become an “edible schoolyard.”
Five local schools made the top 100 master’s universities of the North rankings that appear in the latest edition of “America’s Best Colleges” published by U.S. News & World Report. The full lists will be made public online and in print today.
Eric Marsico and his wife, Ariane, haven’t been running a business in Kingston for long, but they feel they’ve already found a way to give back to the community.
WILKES-BARRE – About 90 people paid $125 each for a casual evening of progressive dining and entertainment Thursday evening at some of the most popular downtown nightspots, and all for a good cause.
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