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Women’s Volleyball Splits at Kings Tri Match
Wilkes Barre, PA.- The Saint Elizabeth Women's Volleyball team went 1-1 at the Kings Tri-Match. The Eagles defeated Penn State Schuylkill in five sets 3-2, and fell to Kings in three sets losing 3-0. After the tri-match Saint Elizabeth starts the season 1-1, PSU Schuylkill starts the season 0-2, and...
Men's Soccer Drops Season Opener Against Wilkes
Scranton, Pa. – The Marywood University men's soccer team opened up the season Friday night hosting the Wilkes University Colonels. The Pacers were blanked in the opener losing, 2-0. Wilkes scored their first goal in the 45th minute when Herbert Ramirez had a free kick opportunity from 35 yards...
Road closure coming up in Troy
TROY, Pa. (WETM) — Part of a road in Troy Township will be closed to accommodate bridge work starting this upcoming week. According to PennDOT, Route 514 will be closed from Route 14 to two miles west of Windfall Road (Route 3028) starting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, while crews replace the bridge that carries Route […]
Warren Police Arrest NY Man for Receiving Stolen Property and Eluding Police
WARREN, NJ -- — Warren Township Chief of Police Robert Ferreiro on Friday announced the arrest of Abdourahmane Seck, age 35, of Bronx, NY. Chief Ferreiro stated that on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at approximately 9 PM, Warren Township Police received an alert from an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR), affixed within Warren Township, of a vehicle bearing a stolen license plate. Within minutes of receiving the alert, officers located the vehicle in a shopping center where a suspect was also located. When officers attempted to approach the suspect, he fled the shopping center at a high rate...
Dave Stahler Gets First Victory in Berks Catholic Nail-biter over Executive
Tagged under: District 11, District 3, Gameday Hub, News. Saints head coach Dave Stahler picked up his first victory in nerve-racking fashion Friday night at Andre Reed Stadium on the campus of Kutztown University. A game that remained close throughout came right down to the wire and Berks Catholic clipped the Raptors for the second consecutive year.
Hometown Disposal workers on strike
Selinsgrove, Pa. — Multiple employees of Hometown Disposal went on strike Saturday, according to a local union member. The strike began on Saturday, Aug. 4, after the bargaining unit of employees voted down the company's "best and final offer" for their first contract, according to a union representative. The bargaining unit has fourteen employees. "The outstanding issues are overtime, insurance, vacations, holidays, retirement, leaves of absences, wages, and maintenance of...
Magic Beans Continue to Bring Their “A” Game
So you’ve just finished a huge summer of shows, culminating in your own magical three-day festival. What are you going to do next?. If you’re Magic Beans, and you’ve just closed out the incredible Beanstalk Music Festival, you put 28 more shows on your calendar, beginning Saturday, August 31, at Karnival of the Arts East in Kempton, Pennsylvania. Their September tour hits the West Coast, Idaho, and Colorado. October the quartet will visit Ohio and the East Coast, including five shows with like-minded Squeaky Feet. The will join The Breakfast on Halloween at Park City Music Hall in Bridgeport: Join us for a FONGHOULISH Freakout!
Angela Brown appointed assistant director of academic affairs
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Angela Brown, assistant teaching professor of accounting, has been named assistant director of academic affairs at Schuylkill campus, effective Aug. 19. “Angela Brown is a fantastic colleague and has done a great job as the program coordinator for business,” said Cory Scherer, director of academic...
Mother leaves child at police station, charged with endangerment
Williamsport, Pa. — A mother left her child at a police station for more than four hours before being charged with a misdemeanor for endangerment. Geneva Marie Sitler, 42, agreed to pick her son up from the Williamsport Bureau of Police Department on July 16, Sergeant Brian McGee said. The juvenile was in custody as a missing person, according to the complaint. From 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. police called...
Envelope manufacturer to close this fall after 50 years
ASHLAND, Pa. — For more than 50 years, Tri-State Envelope has been a staple in Ashland, but now the company says it's closing its manufacturing facility in the borough and its warehouse in Ringtown. "Yeah, this is big news. This is a shock to anybody," said Randy Troup of...
Vigil in Pa. city to mark 30th anniversary of unsolved killings of mother, daughter
WILLIAMSPORT — It will be 30 years ago Sunday that a mother and her young daughter were slain in their home here. The 1994 killings of Gail Matthews, 23, and Tamara Berkheiser, 5, remain unsolved, but Lycoming County District Attorney Thomas A. Marino says it remains an active investigation.
Can Harris campaign get voter turnout in PA environmental justice community?
Chester, Pennsylvania — At a recent Harris-Walz campaign rally in Chester, environmental advocate Zulene Mayfield called for action from the crowd of a few hundred residents. "We are the masters of our fate," she said, urging them "to mobilize this community in a way that has never happened."Chester is what climate activists call an "environmental justice community," a place where climate change and pollution disproportionately affect underserved populations. A 1995 EPA study found levels of lead in blood and cancer risks in the city to be "exceedingly high" and its rate of childhood asthma 20% higher than the national average. Chester is...
Send in the Birds: Eliminating Pennsylvania’s Spotted Lanternflies Through Avian Assistance
As the battle against spotted lanternflies becomes steep, some researchers say that getting native birds to eat these invasive pests is key. The ways to get rid of spotted lanternflies over the past few years have been to step, squish, and squash them. But as the battle against the bugs becomes too steep, some researchers say that getting native birds to eat these invasive pests is key, writes Dino Grandoni for The Washington Post.
Pa. promotes state parks for helping addiction recovery
Pennsylvania is trying to help more people with substance use disorder to find peace in nature for National Recovery Month this September. The state Departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Conservation and Natural Resources are teaming up for a “Recovery in Nature” initiative. Spending time in nature...
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