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  • Your Space: Images of summer

    July 17, 2018

    Krista Patla, of Harveys Lake, captured the natural beauty of summer at Creekside Gardens in Tunkhannock on July 15. Share your favorite photos with Dallas Post readers by emailing them to news@cms.backmountainnews.com. https://cms.backmountainnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_untitled1.jpgSubmitted photos https://cms.backmountainnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_untitled2.jpgSubmitted photos https://cms.backmountainnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_untitled3.jpgSubmitted photos

  • Dallas Senior Center menu for week of July 22

    July 17, 2018

    DALLAS — The following is the Dallas Senior Center menu for the week of July 22, 2018. MONDAY: Cheeseburger, ketchup, potato salad, confetti coleslaw, whole wheat sandwich roll, fresh apple slices, milk and coffee. TUESDAY: Crispy baked fish, potatoes au gratin, broccoli and cauliflower, whole wheat dinner roll, margarine, vanilla ice cream, milk and coffee. […]

  • Back Mountain Chamber to hold MoTown cultural event

    July 17, 2018

    DALLAS — The Back Mountain Chamber’s Cultural Event Committee will hold its sixth annual cultural event on Friday, Aug. 31, at The Beaumont Inn’s Grande Pavilion. The chamber is excited to bring the Esteem Allstars band to provide a true Motown experience in the Back Mountain. “The purpose of our committee is to provide a […]

  • Wyoming Seminary Lower School students compete in national Latin program

    July 17, 2018

    Thirteen students in Wyoming Seminary Lower School’s seventh-grade Latin program recently received awards in the National Latin Contest for Northeastern Pennsylvania, held earlier this year. From left, first row, are Camilla Caporale, Dunmore; Megan Cotrone, Kingston; Aashima Chauhan, Shavertown; Cate Griffen, Kingston; and Ainsley Eidam, Dallas. Second row,Robert Beletsky, Wilkes-Barre; Kelly Santo, Dallas; and Raniya […]

  • Synchronization of Luzerne County government payroll set for completion Oct. 1

    July 15, 2018

    The conversion of all 1,400 Luzerne County government employees to the same payroll schedule is among county Manager C. David Pedri’s new 90-day goals. About 40 percent of workers are paid in advance for time they have not yet worked, which means errors must be corrected after the fact. The administration had planned to complete […]

  • Court venue still unclear for Avoca litigation seeking $619M

    July 13, 2018

    A decision is still up in the air on which court will preside over a lawsuit seeking $619.3 million for 4,400 past and present Avoca-area residents, recent filings show. Avoca plaintiff Stanley Waleski filed the suit on the group’s behalf in April in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. The defendants — Philadelphia law […]

  • Yudichak confident D&L trail to Wilkes-Barre will be a reality

    July 13, 2018

    WILKES-BARRE — State Sen. John Yudichak said he has no doubt the 165-mile Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Trail will someday continue from the base of Giants Despair in Wilkes-Barre Township to the River Common along the Susquehanna River. Yudichak and a group of state and local officials walked this 3-mile stretch Friday afternoon — the […]

  • Central court reducing criminal case backlog, Luzerne County judge says

    July 12, 2018

    Luzerne County’s criminal case backlog has decreased by more than 700 due to the 9-month-old central court, said county President Judge Richard Hughes. Central court funnels magisterial-level criminal cases in the county’s northern half through a building next to the county prison on Water Street in Wilkes-Barre, eliminating proceedings at scattered district judge locations. The […]

  • Problems at the park? Councilman wants to improve River Common’s appearance

    July 11, 2018

    Luzerne County officials raved about a recent sprucing of the county courthouse lawn, but Councilman Harry Haas said he’s still receiving complaints about the appearance of the adjacent county-owned River Common park. Several downtown Wilkes-Barre residents have inquired about patches of missing mulch and other maintenance concerns at the River Common, Haas told his colleagues […]

  • Revamped Luzerne County website now live

    July 11, 2018

    Luzerne County government’s redesigned website is now activated at www.luzernecounty.org. County Manager C. David Pedri had planned a Wednesday morning conversion to the new site, but “technical difficulties” delayed the activation until around 5 p.m. CivicPlus, based in Manhattan, Kansas, will be paid $41,250 annually for four years, or a total $165,000, for the redesign, […]