web1_WBA-board.jpg

Contracts for new Wilkes-Barre Area High School total $88.2M

web1_american-flag-gavel-scales-of-justice.jpg

Court Briefs

Here&#8217;s a comprehensive list of Local Share Account grants funded by gambling money that are headed to Luzerne County municipalities:&#8226; Ashley Borough, $21,000, bringing the Huber Breaker lokie home; $50,000 for Vision 2020 streetscape project. A lokie was used to haul mine cars full of coal from the colliery to the breaker.&#8226; Avoca Borough, $103,000, police and street department vehicles.&#8226; Butler Township, $247,396, municipal equipment project; $95,000, Fernwood Music Camp improvements.&#8226; Conyngham Borough, $300,000, Sugarloaf Avenue streetscape Phase III.&#8226; Dallas Borough, $80,000 for borough and Misericordia University snow removal/maintenance equipment.&#8226; Dallas Township, $100,000, salt shed replacement.&#8226; Dennison Township, $100,000, roadway repair and codification.&#8226; Dorrance Township, $80,000, double tar and chip.&#8226; Dupont Borough, $362,000, Greater Pittston compost equipment.&#8226; Duryea Borough, $175,000, street department packers.&#8226; Edwardsville Borough, $100,000, DPW garage project; $50,000, mural revitalization project.&#8226; Exeter Borough, $100,000, Schooley-Wyoming Avenue improvement project.&#8226; Fairmount Township, $220,935, stream repair excavator.&#8226; Fairview Township, $20,343, police department equipment; $20,450, Bow Creek roadway improvements.&#8226; Forty Fort, $115,000, West Side Councils of Government grant; $75,000, Rutter Avenue Gateway project.&#8226; Franklin Township, $72,000, municipal complex improvements; $150,000 for Misericordia University science equipment.&#8226; Hanover Township, $1 million, industrial park circulation road.&#8226; Harveys Lake Borough, $185,000, municipal building and community center.&#8226; Hazle Township, $79,000, Hazleton Area Indoor Recreation Facility feasibility study.&#8226; Hazleton City, $100,000, Hazleton Central Park Phase 2 development; $38,000, Castle Auditorium Community Arts Center equipment; $47,500, comprehensive park and recreation plan; $50,000, fire department utility truck; $182,944, fire station water remediation project; $37,500, Hazleton Regional Airport equipment; $50,000, turf and sports netting installation at Community Athletic Center.&#8226; Hollenback Township, $141,500, automotive equipment.&#8226; Hughestown Borough, $115,000, DPW equipment/sanitation truck project.&#8226; Hunlock Township, $85,444, township building renovation.&#8226; Huntington Township, $150,000, Mack heavy duty truck and plow.&#8226; Jackson Township, $50,000, backhoe loader.&#8226; Kingston Borough, $300,000, recreation center improvement.&#8226; Kingston Township, $200,000 for Center Street Park Phase II.&#8226; Lake Township, $75,000, new plow truck.&#8226; Larksville Borough, $49,200, new police cruiser.&#8226; Lehman Township, $300,000, Back Mountain Library accessibility project.&#8226; Luzerne Borough, $50,000, LSA vision plan.&#8226; Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority, $330,, 911 infrastructure improvements; $98,856, Culvert Street Bridge removal (2018); $126,365, state-of-the-art wireless (Wi-Fi) system for Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.&#8226; Nescopeck Borough, $175,000, ADA ramp project.&#8226; Nuangola Borough, $63,833, pole barn garage project.&#8226; Penn Lake Borough, $50,000, stormwater/water quality improvements.&#8226; Pittston City, $200,000, Greater Pittston YMCA rehabilitation; $24,000, revitalization Phase V; $300,000, stadium improvements.&#8226; Pittston Township, $100,000, road equipment.&#8226; Plymouth Borough, $150,000, vehicles upgrade.&#8226; Pringle Borough, $136,560, West Side Mutual Aid equipment; $75,000, borough building improvements.&#8226; Rice Township, $150,000, JCB backhoe.&#8226; Ross Township, $175,000, municipal building improvements.&#8226; Salem Township, $300,000, Shickshinny Valley Road stormwater improvements.&#8226; Shickshinny Borough, $100,000, municipal infrastructure project.&#8226; Slocum Township, $350,000, new fire station.&#8226; Sugar Notch Borough, $140,000, acquisition of property for municipal/police building.&#8226; Warrior Run Borough, $100,000, public safety improvement project.&#8226; West Hazleton Borough, $225,000, bridge repairs.&#8226; West Pittston Borough, $50,000, DPW building renovations.&#8226; West Wyoming Borough, $50,000, firehouse addition and rehabilitation project.&#8226; White Haven Borough, $37,116, police vehicle.&#8226; Wilkes-Barre City, $800,000, McCarthy Tire corporate headquarters; $420,000, fire department tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck; $109,500, Osterhout Free Library roof, flooring, and windows improvements; $20,000, Catholic Youth Center facility improvements; $30,000, RC Theatres Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 upgrade/modernization; $75,000, Volunteers in Medicine &#8220;Increase to Access Care&#8221; initiative; $150,000, Irem Temple restoration project; $150,000, F.M. Kirby Center HVAC improvements.&#8226; Wright Township, $140,000, new backhoe; $100,000, Mountain Top Little League lights project.Luzerne County Multi-modal Transportation Fund grants:&#8226; Ashley Borough, $300,000, Main Street streetscape project.&#8226; Dupont Borough, $151,236, replacement/expansion of Collins Creek Bridge.&#8226; Forty Fort Borough, $600,000, pedestrian/bike trail to connect with levee trail.&#8226; Hanover Township, $500,000, roadway linking Earth Conservancy land to South Valley Parkway; $200,000, sidewalks and bus shelters in the Hanover Industrial Estates.&#8226; Luzerne Borough, $100,000, Luzerne Vision Plan.&#8226; Plains Township, $250,000, traffic control project; $800,000, road improvements near new Wilkes-Barre Area High School.&#8226; Pittston Township, $624,484, removal and reconstruction of Enterprise Way in CenterPoint Commerce &amp; Trade Park.&#8226; Swoyersville Borough, $500,000, street improvement project.&#8226; Wilkes-Barre City, $600,000, sidewalk/crosswalk upgrades around King&#8217;s College.<style>
.neFileBlock {
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.neFileBlock p {
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.neFileBlock .neFile {
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-top: 10px;
}
.neFileBlock .neCaption {
	font-size: 85%;
}
</style>
<div class='neFileBlock'>
<div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_Dollar-Sign.jpg">
<div class="neCaption"></div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_Dollar-Sign.jpg</photo0><caption0></caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Times Leader Staff</bylineMeta></div>

Dozens of local municipalities receiving gambling grants