Remember when the Susquehanna River earned its first-ever ranking as America’s most endangered river? It was April, 2005, and the uproar was significant. To be clear, the river that snakes the breadth of Luzerne County […]
Diamonds to all those helping in the continuing recovery from the tornado that tore apart a swath of retail outlets in Wilkes-Barre Township. Considering how severely the 130 mph winds ripped into buildings at the […]
If, as popular opinion sometimes goes, printed books in general and public libraries in particular are dying, you couldn’t tell that from the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre, a group poised to […]
Should our public school students graduate from high school with a clear understanding of American government and civics? Well, duh. Of course they should. In theory, they already do. The state department of education’s Academic […]
Religious sisters have toiled relentlessly to make this region better. They regularly served as a community’s backbone, always in the shadows — almost literally thanks to the black habits, and figuratively thanks to deep humility […]
Diamonds to all those commemorated on Memorial Day, the brave people who gave their lives in military service to this country, and to all those who took the time to remember that’s what the holiday […]
It is time for the region, state and nation to have a serious debate about prioritizing spending with an eye on early education and preschool family support. That’s the focus of a new campaign launched […]
Diamonds to Wilkes University for continuing facility improvements that also improve Wilkes-Barre overall. The most recent announcement is mostly in the heart of the campus, with extension of the Gateway project across the quadrangle, but […]
Change is never easy. It’s even more difficult when it is affecting something that has nearly a century of tradition behind it. But sometimes change is not only necessary, it’s the only commonsense thing to […]
Let’s cut to the chase: If you are graduating this spring at any of our area institutions of higher learning, please consider staying in the region. It’s been an appeal made for decades, but unlike […]
Diamonds to everybody involved in staging the annual Wilkes-Barre Fine Arts Fiesta, and to all those who attended despite threatening rain that scudded over the area for the better part of the four-day event. Yes, […]
You can expect it to rain sometime in the next four days. We say that with extreme confidence, and not just because the weather forecast calls for showers Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But because Wilkes-Barre’s […]
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