A 33-year-old Montrose man, who was charged for helping a woman escape from her Wyoming County probation officer’s custody in the spring of 2017, could face as much as seven years in prison. Shane P. Macnamee pleaded no contest Friday morning to a lone fe
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Following flooding which damaged sections of Laceyville on Oct. 2, the borough council decided on Monday to look into the possibility of making improvements to certain sections of the borough’s storm water system.During the Streets Committee report, Counc
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The installation of a pipeline to bring natural gas to Tunkhannock Borough residents remains up in the air. Tunkhannock Borough Council reported on Thursday that UGI had not yet applied for a permit to install the line along Harrison Street and other adja
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Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonald got a first-hand look at conservation efforts in the Northeast on Wednesday during a tour of two farms in Wyoming County.The secretary visited the Henningstead Holstein Farm in Mehoopany an
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The Wyoming County Courthouse marked its 175th birthday Friday with a display of photographs and artist’s renderings through the years, as well as a tour of some of its nooks and crannies. The building before the public today had its foundation laid in Au
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Conservative commentator Dick Morris told a standing-room only crowd of Wyoming County Republicans at Triton Hose Company Saturday afternoon that they should be buoyed by the final senate tally on the Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmation.The former Fox News
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Tunkhannock seventh graders got the opportunity to soar into the wild blue yonder on Thursday, without their feet leaving the ground. The STEM Academy students were treated to a demonstration of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - commonly referred to as a ‘dron
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Joseph Colavitti was honored with Boy Scouting’s highest award on Sunday, Sept. 30, in am Eagle Scout Court of Honor program at Father Nallin Hall. But before stepping forward to receive his award, he issued a call to all current and former Boy Scouts to
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A few hundred people showed up in Noxen on Saturday to enjoy food, entertainment and 70 vendors at the fourth annual Noxen Fall Festival.Although the skies were heavily overcast, no rain fell, as folks checked out goods created by local crafts people, exo
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“I’m really eager to serve here,” said Father Peter Tuyen Tran, the new pastor of St. Joachim’s Church of Meshoppen and St. Mary’s Church of Wyalusing. “The people here, they need me,” Tran continued. “My will is to serve God and Christ.” In March 2018, T
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Discussion about the 22 films featured at the Dietrich Theater’s 2018 Fall Film Festival on Friday ran the gauntlet of emotion - ranging from corruption, greed, and social consciousness to sharing memories of one of America’s best loved icons of the 20th
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20 Years Ago (1998) Tunkhannock Borough Council is looking at two plans for a pedestrian tunnel under the bypass Thursday but didn’t decide on which one it preferred, or if the tunnel will be built at all. The 1999 Wyoming County United Fund Campaign hope
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Wyoming County will soon have another tool to help rehabilitate recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. Endless Mountains Extended Care, LLC, the former Lithia Valley Manor, located about two miles west of Factoryville, will soon provide transitional hous
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On Oct. 1, the Tunkhannock athletic department lost one of its most beloved coaches, Jane Helman. She was the girls track and field coach from 1979 to 2011, and had a substantial impact on just about everyone she encountered. Jeanele Ransom ‘06 recalled,
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