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Wilkes-Barre City to clean up expanding homeless camps in Kirby Park citing safety issues
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co. — A growing homeless encampment in Wilkes Barre’s Kirby Park is being cleaned up after an announcement by the city Monday. Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown cites safety concerns as the reason for the clean up. The city left multiple notices where the homeless encampments are...
NEPIRC Receives Community Needs Grant from Scranton Area Community Foundation
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC) is pleased to announce that it is a first-time recipient of a $10,000 Community Needs Grant from the Scranton Area Community Foundation (SAF) to support NEPIRC’s Manufacturing Ambassador Dream Team efforts in Scranton and throughout Lackawanna County. NEPIRC’s Dream Team program is focused on bridging the gap between education and careers in the manufacturing sector. The Dream Team initiative raises awareness of career options in advanced manufacturing amongst high school students by bringing young manufacturing professionals into the classroom to talk to students about their career journeys and how their careers have positively impacted their lives by highlighting real-life experiences. Dream Team Ambassadors are eager to share their stories with students throughout the city of Scranton and in the surrounding areas of Lackawanna County.
UPDATED: Mayor Brown says Wilkes-Barre will clear Kirby Park homeless camps this week
At least 10 people without homes have been camping in the riverfront area of Kirby Park, including extremely vulnerable individuals, Mayor George Brown said. "We had an elderly woman. And we also had a young lady who is going to have a baby," Brown said Monday. "And we found them shelter."
Mayor Brown announces cleanup of homeless camps in Kirby Park
WILKES-BARRE — Mayor George C. Brown has directed that the riverfront area of Kirby Park be conspicuously posted to notify those who have set up camps that the City will be coming to thoroughly clean and clear the area beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday. The mayor said it is...
The Wright Center to Open Clinic in Tunkhannock
The Wright Center for Community Health is expanding access to comprehensive whole-person primary health services in Wyoming County with the opening of a new health center in the former Tyler Memorial Hospital on Monday, Sept. 9. The Wright Center for Community Health has been providing safety-net primary and preventive care...
FNCB Bank and Fidelity Bank Balloon Battle Fundraiser Makes Waves
FNCB Bank, one of the cities of Dunmore and two local community banks, Fidelity Bank, hosted a “Bankers’ Balloon Battle” to raise funds for charity. The event took place at Dunmore Corners on Friday, June 28th. Bankers from FNCB Bank and Fidelity Bank contributed funds for the...
Ocean County, NJ, man charged with fatally stabbing elder roommate: Prosecutor
An Ocean County man has been arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing early Friday morning. Louis Gargiso of Jackson Twp., NJ, charged with murder. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Louis Gargiso of Jackson Township has been charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Humor therapy fund brings kindness and bullying awareness program to Scranton
Gab Bonesso really, really wanted a glue stick in first grade. Standing in front of a few dozen kids at the Boys and Girls Club of Scranton, she acts out the moment one of her classmates gave her one, dancing with and kissing the glue stick. “I’m gonna tell the...
NPR's Corrigan: A book critic talks book banning at Wilkes University
Maureen Corrigan understands when you read and review books for a living, people will have their opinions. "I have maybe 40 chances to review a book (in a year). We can't read everything. I think we're afraid of any judgment these days," Corrigan said. Corrigan is NPR's longtime book critic...
Geisinger Marworth to Host Fun Run
Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center will host a Recovery Fun Run at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 on the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail. Runners or walkers can register for a 5k run or a 1-mile walk to benefit the Geisinger Marworth Therapeutic Activities Fund. The fund supports healthy, sober activities for patients after discharge, to help them stay in recovery.
Misericordia University athletes celebrated at White House event
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — From a baseball field in Dallas Township to the White House in Washington, D.C., members of the Misericordia University Men's Baseball Team were recognized at the nation's capitol on Monday for winning the NCAA Division III World Series. "Just like talking to everyone and hanging...