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CERTAIN PEOPLE say they plan to reject Judge Peter Paul Olszewski’s bid for retention to the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas because at one time he socialized with Michael T. Conahan, the former president judge who has since been charged with corruption.
HOBBLED BY A public corruption scandal and its fallout for most of 2009, the Luzerne County court system could use a break.
PANDEMIC. H1N1 flu virus. Mass outbreaks.
They are words with ominous connotations that are used routinely in news media reports about the swine flu.
Instead of panicking or hoping it won’t hit our region, Wilkes-Barre and its Public Health Department have implemented a campaign to vaccinate residents that is proactive, well-planned and a great public service.
CONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that these are dark days indeed, as echoed in many recent letters to the editor that bemoan “these tough economic times.”
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