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April 2009 - WC Examiner News
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Fifteen people who allegedly sold drugs to undercover officers in Wyoming County over the past 16 months were arrested Wednesday. The sweep, conducted by the state police Vice Narcotics Unit and Wyoming County Drug Task Force, lasted about...
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BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer MONTROSE - Charges lodged against the owner of a personal care home after a resident died from hypothermia were dropped on Wednesday, April 29. Richard Serfass, owner of Gracious Living Estates, had been charged with...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A 52-year-old man from Georgia has been charged with criminal solicitation and corruption of minors for making internet contact of a sexual nature with a 14-year-old Tunkhannock Area Middle School student. Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A decision to provide an early dismissal for students because of a power outage last week in the Tunkhannock Area schools meant that some students were dropped off at home without their parents being home...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner One of Meshoppen's finest was laid to rest Sunday afternoon. ‘Eddie' Alemy, 23, died in a one vehicle crash Wednesday, Apr. 22, and the rescue workers whom he faithfully served with over the past eight years paid tribute Sunday in a way that...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner George Skumanick Jr. and the two candidates who would like to replace him as Wyoming County District Attorney took to the stage Monday night to give the community a civics lesson. For about 50 minutes,...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The two candidates for President Judge of the 44th Judicial District focused on their experience and values during Monday night's debate at Tunkhannock Area High School. Russell Shurtleff and Judd Fitze each pointed to years of service...
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BY MICHAEL R. SISAK Times Shamrock Reporter SCRANTON - A Meshoppen woman accused of gunning down her husband during a hunting trip to Canada in 2006 will remain in the U.S. pending a planned appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK TWP. - Another step has been taken toward expansion of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. The Elk Lake School Board voted last Tuesday, April 21, to approve funding for the project. Board president Chuck Place emphasized that...
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Preparations are underway at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, for an event that the hospital hopes it never has to face - Swine Influenza. "The hospital is erring on the side of caution," noted Carol Berry, Tyler vice-president of nursing...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner AUBURN TWP. - The state Department of Environmental Protection plans to re-visit the site of a fuel spill from last year that still hasn't been cleaned up. DEP spokesperson Mark Carmon said the agency first investigated the spill in South Auburn...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner MEHOOPANY - Two long-time residents are running for the Republican nomination for Mehoopany Township supervisor in the May 15 primary election. Neal Wintermute and Robert "Wallie" Dunlap are...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A Falls man was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl with a mental disability over the past two years. Timothy Lloyd Miles, 37, of RR 2, Falls, faces charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, two counts of...
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BY STACI WILSON Staff Writer A Tunkhannock man is charged with statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors after a cell phone picture of himself showed up in the victim's father's possession Arthur W. Ball Jr. 22, is scheduled to be arraigned...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A Noxen man, who faced multiple drug charges in connection with the discovery of more than 200 marijuana plants in and around his mother's home last September was turned down last Thursday in his application to enter the Wyoming County Drug Treatment...
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