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Mary Therese Biebel

Features Writer

mbiebel@timesleader.com

(570) 829-7283

Mary Therese has worked for the Times Leader since 1981, which is longer than any other newsroom employee. She started out as a college intern, typed obituaries, covered Nanticoke and Mountain Top in the mid-80s, was taking care of the wedding announcements as social editor by 1987, shot many photos of people enjoying themselves at parties and eventually ended up as a features writer who primarily works on fun stories about people cooking, eating and pursuing leisure activities. In 1992 she was named Times Leader Employee of the Year, received a $1,000 prize and spent much of it on toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

Latest Articles by Mary Therese Biebel

December 11, 2011

Donations sought to aid library’s journey home

Just about every day, as soon as school lets out, 13-year-old Jillian Spak and 12-year-old Ethan Crake head to the West Pittston Library.

December 10, 2011

is good for the Earth and soul

After Hurricane Irene toppled a weeping willow in the Back Mountain, woodworker David Doty found an intriguing, roundish growth on its trunk.

December 8, 2011

When she was spinning wool and weaving s

When she was spinning wool and weaving stories last year at The Lands at Hillside Farms, Fiona Powell said, she experienced a moment she’ll never forget.

December 8, 2011

Philharmonic flavored by ‘The Sound of Music’

Singer and guitarist Maria Elisabeth Von Trapp is the daughter of Werner Von Trapp, and if you don’t remember him from “The Sound of Music,” it’s because his name was changed to Kurt for the film.

December 8, 2011

Five days of rewrite

Atlanta is burning, Prissy knows nothin’ ’bout birthin’ babies and Scarlett needs kissing. Rhett tells her she needs it badly.

December 3, 2011

In harmony with history

The journey from America to England lasted a month, German submarines were firing torpedoes through the Atlantic and suspicious customs officials had confiscated a musician’s manuscripts, believing they might contain a secret wartime code.• Under these less-than-hospitable conditions in the spring of 1942, composer Benjamin Britten wrote the peaceful passages and soothing lullaby of his “Ceremony of Carols,” providing even for the soft tinkling of a harp.