Joe Soprano

The morning after May 4

Well, the show opened last night to a full house.

Ok, so a full house was only 39 people. Still it was a  little nerve wracking walking out and performing in front of them.

But that's exactly what I and 12 other actors did last night in the Bracken Theater's production of ...


Mark Guydish

Dallas School District new goal: Get worse? July 16

Of course that's not what really happened, but it's easy to make it look that way.

Dallas School District Assistant Superintendent Paul Reinert unveiled the district's new "Strategic Plan" at Monday's meeting. The state mandates the multi-year plan, and now has an on-line system ...


Rory Sweeney

Do you understand Harrisburg? Apparently, I don't either July 17

So, I know my next blog post was supposed to be about Vikings. I promise the next one will be, but this exchange from today is too good not to post.

If you didn't read the paper on Thursday, or just don't care, I wrote a story about perennial Green Party gadfly Carl Romanelli attempting t ...


Sheena Delazio

Making wishes come true July 16

I received an e-mail last night from Mike Losh, of the Wyoming Valley RC Flyers, the group that organized the Wings Full of Wishes event on Sunday at the Hazleton Municipal Airport in Hazle Township. Proceeds were given to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

I wrote about the event for

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