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CEO preparing for 42nd Annual Thanksgiving Project
October 7, 2021
WILKES-BARRE — The Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO), acknowledging the change in our community’s routine practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has adjusted distribution services for its 42nd Annual Thanksgiving Project.
Luzerne County’s Manager Search Committee advances plans
October 7, 2021
Luzerne County’s Manager Search Committee painstakingly revised a job description and made other plans to find the county’s next top manager Thursday.
Visit Luzerne County receives state grant to help promote local breweries
October 6, 2021
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board approved nearly $2 million in grants on Tuesday to go to 15 projects to promote Pennsylvania-made beer and wine, and some of that money will be coming here to Luzerne County.
Public invited to Friday demonstration of Luzerne County’s voting equipment
October 5, 2021
Due to growing interest, Luzerne County has moved Friday’s public voting equipment testing demonstration to the county courthouse rotunda, county Acting Manager Romilda Crocamo announced Tuesday.
Griffith’s ideas about poll watchers raise concerns
October 1, 2021
Luzerne County Election Board Chairwoman Denise Williams said Thursday she is “very concerned” about county Councilman Walter Griffith’s recent comment about organizing watchers at county mail ballot drop boxes.
Search committee grappling with advertised compensation for next Luzerne County manager
October 1, 2021
Luzerne County’s volunteer citizen Manager Search Committee on Thursday started discussing what it will do if county council does not narrow down the salary range for the top manager position.
Margaret Atwood to be featured author at Wilkes’ Spring Writers series
September 30, 2021
WILKES-BARRE — Margaret Atwood, best known for penning “The Handmaid’s Tale” among her 50-plus novels, will be the featured author of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series at Wilkes University, the school announced.
Luzerne County’s new ballot drop boxes have arrived
September 29, 2021
Luzerne County’s four new mail box-style drop boxes have arrived, but county officials have not yet decided where they will be placed leading up to the Nov. 2 general election.
Mask opt-out bill for students clears Pa. Senate committee
September 28, 2021
A bill that would allow parents in Pennsylvania to exempt their children from wearing a mask at school cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers started making good on their pledge to counter the governor’s statewide mask mandate.
Luzerne County Council OKs insurance broker switch
September 28, 2021
In a tight vote Tuesday, Luzerne County Council decided to change the county’s insurance broker next year.