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Submitted Article Rep. Jonathan Fritz (Susquehanna/Wayne) announced that the Office of the State Fire Commissioner (OSFC) recently awarded grants to local EMS and volunteer fire companies, which will help with needed building repairs, additional firefighter and ambulance volunteer training, or equipment repairs and purchases. “I am truly thankful for theContinue Reading

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Submitted Article Senator Lisa Baker, District 20, voted “yes” on Senate Bill 113 https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=113, which closes a serious loophole in Pennsylvania’s pension forfeiture law and provides that the pension systems be informed when such cases produce a conviction or plea.  Here is her statement: “Pennsylvania’s pension forfeiture law was approvedContinue Reading

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Submitted Article The South Creek Lions Club dinner on Saturday, April 13 will feature roast ham and beef. The menu includes: potatoes, vegetable, gravy, homemade bread, pies and more. Doors opens at 4:30 pm. Cost is $10. If you can, please bring a nonperishable item for the local food pantry,Continue Reading

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Submitted Article With a reminder that pure water is a constitutional right, state Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) today introduced House Bill 930, legislation that would require public and non-public schools to test all outlets used for cooking and drinking annually for the presence of lead, and to ensure that saidContinue Reading

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Submitted Article Rep. Tina Pickett (Braford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) met and approved over $1.2 million in state grant funding for the 110th District. “I am very pleased to see these types of major investments coming to the district,” said Pickett. “All of these grants will helpContinue Reading

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(submitted Article) The Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce (WyCCC) just received word that an additional $1 million grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development Pipeline Extension Program (PIPE) has been approved, as has another $1 million grant application from Leatherstocking Gas Company to service Wyalusing. The grant wasContinue Reading

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Family Service Association and Children & Youth Services managers from Susquehanna and Wyoming counties planted 86 pinwheels in the west courthouse lawn to mark Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Participants included (above, from left) Howard Heise, Meagan Janiszewski, Janine Fortney, Kimberly Tuttle and Mike Zimmerman. Photos and story by RickContinue Reading

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Photos by Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) The mangled wreckage of a truck, tractor and tanker trailer that rolled over the south bank of Route 6 near the Wyoming County Fairgrounds on Wednesday morning is barely discernible among the trees, brush and debris it took with it. AccordingContinue Reading