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Capitol Roundup: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) begins in Pa.
WILKES-BARRE Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Meg Snead this week joined Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille to announce the start of the annual Low-Inc
Beyond the Byline: Plant a tree; create some shade
WILKES-BARRE Walking out of Wednesday night s Luzerne Foundation dinner, I almost tripped over the roots protruding from the ground of that huge tree a Norway maple, by the way that sits along S
State highlights collaborative plan to pave roads with recycled plastic
Officials from the state Departments of Transportation (PennDOT), Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Environmental Protection (DEP), and General Services (DGS) this week highlighted a pilot pr
Beyond the Byline: Celebrating Amanda Durkin’s ‘dash’
WILKES-BARRE Linda Ellis wrote the famous poem, The Dash, 25 years ago and it remains as powerful and meaningful as it did when first heard.
Beyond the Byline: Memories of St. Vincent’s and the ‘M Squad’
WILKES-BARRE Last week, I really did take a trip in the Way Back Machine, wandering through many years of St. Vincent s High School classes and memories.
Toomey looking to restore authority over ‘national security’ tariffs
WILKES-BARRE U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, and Mark Warner, D-Virginia, this week introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent presidential abuse of national security tariffs by reinstati
Beyond the Byline: We can’t handle a return to self-isolation
WILKES-BARRE Looking at the latest COVID-19 statistics for Pennsylvania and Luzerne County, are we heading toward another stay-at-home, isolation, social distancing, mask-wearing, patience-testing t
Beyond the Byline: Here’s to Leadership Northeast and beyond
Lori Nocito, executive director at what is now more accurately named Leadership Northeast, said it best on Friday night.
HSA joins advocates to spread awareness about suicide prevention
WILKES-BARRE Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Meg Snead this week joined Prevent Suicide PA and other advocates to raise awareness about suicide prevention.
Beyond the Byline: Keeping those Christmas tree lights on
WILKES-BARRE Halloween is still four weeks away and Thanksgiving is not until Nov. 25, but what really is on everybody s minds is Christmas.
Beyond the Byline: Plymouth Class of 1966 proves Shawnee will always shine
WILKES-BARRE Some 55 years ago, Plymouth Borough was alive.
Casey bill would establish federal advisory group to prevent senior scams
WILKES-BARRE U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, this week held a hearing entitled, Frauds, Scams and COVID-19: How Con Artists Have Targeted Older American
Beyond the Byline: Happy Birthday to my mom
WILKES-BARRE Yesterday, Sept. 25, was my mom s birthday. Elizabeth Kraszewski O Boyle would have been 96.
Beyond the Byline: A tree grows hope on Loomis Street
WILKES-BARRE A tree grows on Loomis Street in Nanticoke.
PennDOT, PSP urge seat checks during National Child Passenger Safety Week
WILKES-BARRE The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), and Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) this week are encouraging drivers
Beyond the Byline: Make every day a Day of Caring
WILKES-BARRE On Wednesday, hundreds of volunteers will stop what they would normally be doing to do something that will really help out their community.
Beyond the Byline: A true great mooo-ment in history
WILKES-BARRE Who was the first person to milk a cow and then drink it?
Beyond the Byline: Living in ‘quintessential’ America
WILKES-BARRE On the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our country, I think of my late friend, Dr. Tony Mussari.
Wolf Administration raises awareness of suicide prevention among veterans
WILKES-BARRE Members of the Wolf administration gathered this week at the YWCA Greater Harrisburg to raise awareness about veteran suicide a health crisis taking the lives of about 20 veterans a d