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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Although the hallways and classrooms of the former Seton Catholic High School building have been closed to students for several years, the building is more hectic, more helpful, and more spirited than ever. That is, if you pay a visit on a Wednesday evening.
NANTICOKE -- Luzerne County Community College has announced it will offer a blackjack and poker dealer school beginning this fall.
Rita Timonte, Pittston Township tax collector, announced Pittston Area school district tax bills have been mailed. School taxes are at rebate value until September 20, 2010.
Pittston Township officials announced Monday that the township had received an award of $44,415 for recycling in 2008.
Single young ladies between the ages of 14 and 19 years old are urged to consider the chance to compete for the 2010 Miss Tomato Festival Queen title on August 21.
The Greater Pittston YMCA will once again host Sauce Wars at the Pittston Tomato Festival in August.
Several local residents got their first experience of being on the Susquehanna River rather than driving over it on Saturday, July 10, when the West Pittston Library hosted a kayak trip on the river as a fund raiser. Biologist Dr. Garrett Barr, from King’s College Biology & Environmental Program, hosted the tour along with his wife, Anne Bramlett Barr, librarian. The three-hour trip began at the Harding boat launch and ended in Wyoming.
For his next trick Philip Russo will turn 1,200 acres of Afghan desert into a city for 14,000 residents. Oh wait, he’s already done that one.
OF trio ready for Dream Game
For three seasons, Old Forge’s Mark Zambetti, Brian Morris and AJ Grasso have given Blue Devil football fans something to cheer about. Now they are ready to do it one last time.
87 Years Young
Rose Rosiak, Port Griffith, celebrated her 87th birthday on July 7. Rose was married to the late Edward Rosiak, Sr.
The Crying Game
I have long admired Maria Heck’s column and often had vague hopes of sharing my somewhat similar experiences, perhaps pertaining to a working mother with younger children. The diff ...
A state grant is in place for the city to build a new Little League and upgrade the Tomato Festival grounds. While it had been hoped the festival work would have been completed in ...
The Wyoming Seminary Performing Arts Institute (PAI) will present the dynamic Quey Percussion Duo and Friends on Sunday, August 1 at 8 p.m. on Sunday, August 2 in the Great Hall of ...
Dozens arrested in protests of AZ immigration law
PHOENIX (AP) — Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests...
Roy Oswalt is going to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies. The ace gave his OK on Thursday and approved a trade that moved him from the Houston Astros to Philadelphia. The Phillies sent pitcher J.A. Happ and two prospects to the Astros. The Phillies are the two-time NL champions. They have won seven straight games and bega ...
AZ appeals order blocking parts of immigration lawArizona is appealing a federal judge's order that put most of the state's immigration law on hold. The state's appeal filed Thursday asks that U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's preliminary injunction be lifted so that all of the law can take effect. Lawyers for Gov. Jan Brewer also are asking that the appeal be considerer ...
Churchill's choppers sold at auction in EnglandA partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill _ described as the teeth that saved the world _ sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially made for the wartime prime minister, were crucial for maintaining his distinctively slurred speaking style fam ...