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  • Luzerne County employees completing active shooter training

    June 22, 2018

    The Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department is teaching 1,400 county government employees how to respond if an active shooter enters their building — training that eventually will be available to the general public, officials said Friday. The two-hour employee sessions scheduled through August focus on national standards to run and escape, to hide if fleeing isn’t […]

  • Luzerne County ethics commission activates processing of lingering complaints

    June 21, 2018

    Luzerne County Manager C. David Pedri officially handed over a stack of 35 sealed ethics complaints to outside attorneys for their review Thursday, including one that prior county controller Walter Griffith said he filed more than a year ago. Attorney Michael Sharkey received 17 complaints, and the remaining 18 went to Nanda Palissery. The two […]

  • Volunteers are heart and soul of annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction

    June 20, 2018

    DALLAS — Nearly 250 volunteers are expected to converge on the Back Mountain Memorial Library grounds to help with the 72nd annual auction July 5-8, according to auction co-chairs Pat and Bill Peiffer. The Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction is more than just a fundraiser for the organization, but a unique community endeavor which, without […]

  • Ruling expected Thursday on court-supervised negotiations for Dallas teacher strike

    June 20, 2018

    WILKES-BARRE — A county judge is expected to issue a ruling Thursday on a request for court-ordered negotiations to end the Dallas teachers’ strike. A hearing was held Wednesday in Luzerne County’s Penn Place building before Judge William H. Amesbury. The hearing, which lasted less than 15 minutes, started with Amesbury signing a more formal […]

  • Dallas High School Class of 2018 are told to ‘move the world’

    June 20, 2018

    DALLAS TWP. — “Move the world” was the parting wisdom Dallas High School Class of 2018 Valedictorian Matthew Robert Metzloff ofered his classmates at the district’s 57th commencement June 15. Metzloff addressed 207 graduating students, their families, friends and faculty in Mountaineer Stadium and painted a picture of a diverse group of students still discovering […]

  • There’s a lot to do at the Back Mountian Memorial Library

    June 20, 2018

    DALLAS — The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, announces the following events: For a first-hand account of growing up in Iran, come to the author’s presentation of “A Checkerboard of Nights and Days” by Irandukht Fahmy, who talks about her recently-released memoir at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27. Fahmy will discuss her […]

  • The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Market on the Pond was a hit

    June 20, 2018

    DALLAS — The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Auxiliary held the 34th annual Market on the Pond event June 16. The event featured 120 vendors selling merchandise that included a variety of handcrafted items, baked goods, plants, books, household decor, raffle baskets and gift cards and much more. Market on the Pond is the auxiliary’s […]

  • Judge orders Dallas teachers back to work, sets hearing

    June 19, 2018

    DALLAS TWP. — Tuesday’s Dallas School District teachers’ strike will be followed by a Wednesday court hearing after a judge ordered them back to work. The district’s lawyer also hopes that hearing could lead to court oversight of what has been a bitter and protracted contract negotiation process, something the union requested in a motion […]

  • Lake-Lehman School Districts honors Allison Vitanovec

    June 19, 2018

    Allison Vitanovec received the Charles C. James Academic Excellence recently at the Lake-Lehman Sixth-Grade Awards ceremony. Vitanovec obtained the highest overall grade-point-average for the sixth-grade girls. From left, are Donald James, principal; Shelene James, teacher; Allison Vitanovec, George and Susan Vitanovec. https://cms.backmountainnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_TDP062418Award.jpgSubmitted photo

  • Back Mountain Memorial Library to display Linda Cramer’s work in July

    June 19, 2018

    DALLAS — Linda Cramer, of Harveys Lake, will showcase her display of pastel landscapes and portraits at the Back Mountain Memorial Library in July. Cramertook drawing lessons as a child, the only formal training she pursued. She has only been creating her artwork for a year and a half after finding the outlet due to […]