2020
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Updating a Christmas Eve tradition
Mom served the same seven dishes, prepared the same way, every Christmas Eve: Wafers with religious scenes and drizzled with honey, boiled potatoes, a variation on baked lima beans, peas, mushrooms in
Brown: WB collects nearly a quarter million dollars in delinquent fees
WILKES-BARRE The city s effort to collect delinquent sewer maintenance and recycling fees brought in approximately $250,000, Mayor George Brown said.
Duncan’s Refuge, a homeless shelter and program at New Roots, honors relative’s route to recovery
WILKES-BARRE The 12-bed homeless shelter approved for the New Roots Recovery Support Center can t come soon enough for Vickie Elder-Garufy.
Appellate court upholds Shavertown man’s sentence in sexual assault case
A state appellate court Wednesday upheld the lengthy prison sentence for a Shavertown man who admitted to sexually assaulting a girl.
Car or cash? CEO employee winner of United Way drawing
KINGSTON Theresa Slater and her co-workers at the Commission on Economic Opportunity were wondering what was going on in front of their building on Union Street in Kingston Wednesday morning.
King of Kings leaving Public Square location
King of Kings Gyros, a staple of Public Square for the better part of 10 years, will have a new home across from City Hall, with co-owner Jason Negron saying it would be moving in with The Cheesesteak
Wolf seeks $145M fund shift to help businesses with pandemic
HARRISBURG Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed spending $145 million in reserves from a worker s compensation fund to help the hardest-hit businesses cope with the raging coronavirus pandemic.
Brown: WB to receive new ambulance, stretcher loader
WILKES-BARRE Mayor George Brown s office announced on Wednesday that it would be taking delivery of a new ambulance and Stryker Power load system later this week.
Teddie Marie Clossen
Teddie Marie Clossen celebrated her seventh birthday on Dec. 21. Teddie is the daughter of Jared Clossen and Lisa Dreier-Clossen of Wilkes-Barre Township. She is the granddaughter of Margie and the la
NHL schedule: 868 games in 116 days, back-to-backs and more
The Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning will host the Chicago Blackhawks in one of five games to open the NHL s coronavirus pandemic-shortened 2021 season on Jan. 13.