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October 2008 - WC Examiner News
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Some 19,253 Wyoming County residents are eligible to vote in next Tuesday's election, according to statistics released Tuesday from the Wyoming County Elections and Voter Registration office. Flo Ball said that election machines at all...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner A Washington Township man who was pulled over for a traffic violation on Thursday now faces judicial military punishment for deserting the Army on Dec. 10, 2007. Pfc. Michael Trahan, 21, of 108 Washington...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner BINGHAMTON , N.Y. - The Susquehanna River Basin Commission got an earful of comments last Wednesday about proposed regulations that govern water withdrawal for natural gas drilling. At a public hearing at the State University of New York campus a number...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner MILL CITY - The Tunkhannock Area School Board on Thursday said it has found someone to fill a vacant assistant middle school principal position. Board President Jack Tomlin said the person will be identified...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner MEHOOPANY - Unable to salvage anything from a home gutted by a fire early Friday morning, Kim Fulkersin and her family are looking for help. Around 3 a.m. on Friday, a fire gutted the family's home on Bridge Road off Route 87. "Right now, Red Cross...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner NOXEN - Supervisors on Tuesday accepted plans from BP Alternative Energy to build a part of a proposed wind farm in the township. BP plans to build 35 wind turbines in the township as part of a larger wind...
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BY MICHAEL SISAK Times-Shamrock Writer WILKES-BARRE - Pamela Valvano sees her husband die every night: before she goes to bed, when she wakes up and when her mind is idle, even for an instant. The horrific sequence has played on Valvano's psyche since April 26, when she watched a car cut across two...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP - With the economic crisis, Wyoming County's businesses are hurting. The local economy, however, will be spared from a severe downturn because of strong local community banks and developing...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A number of local communities have scheduled Halloween events or specific hours for kids to go trick-or-treating. With Halloween falling on a Friday this year, every town that has set hours has scheduled them for the actual holiday. Tunkhannock In Tunkhannock...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP . - Aqua Pennsylvania has begun to replace a water main and upgrade a reservoir in a residential development south of Tunkhannock. The $1 million project is expected to improve the water...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner MONTROSE - A Pike County judge ordered on Monday that a triangular-shaped parcel in Harford owned by a historical society be given to actor Bronson Pinchot. Pinchot, a Harford resident, sued the Harford Historical Society in June 2007 for ownership of the...
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BY ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Times-Shamrock Writer State Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, is being challenged by Democrat Russ Bigus of Dallas in the 117th Legislative District, the only contested state representative race in Luzerne County. The candidates...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Republican incumbent for the 111th District in the state legislature is treating this election season almost like a normal part of her work schedule. "I try to stay highly visible and high profile in my district," said Rep. Sandra Major...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP - A Wyoming County judge has ruled against a woman who claimed that a cemetery association caused family members to move her brother's grave near Tunkhannock. Magisterial District Judge...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner EATON TWP - A project to add a center turning lane and sidewalks to Route 29 south of Tunkhannock is drawing to a close. After 10 months of construction, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Karen Dussinger said finishing touches will be completed...
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