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WILKES-BARRE — Members of a team proposing a $30 million to $40 million development at the site of the former Hotel Sterling revealed specifics of the project on Tuesday. Plans for the project, which has been dubbed “Gateway Center,” include upscale condo

A rumored special meeting of the Crestwood School Board on Thursday morning does not exist “at the moment.” “At the moment, there is no meeting scheduled,” a secretary to district Superintendent Joseph Gorham said Monday afternoon. There has been no indic

A state dog warden says he has identified and contacted the owner of two dogs that killed one dog and wounded another in a South Wilkes-Barre park on Sunday. Dog warden Jim Spencer did not identify the man whose German shepherds attacked a boxer and a toy

SALEM TWP. — A Luzerne County fire department is under the gun to clear up a “cease-and-desist” order issued by the state that forbids it from holding fundraisers, like its annual gun raffle slated for next month. The Salem Twp. Volunteer Fire Department

BEAR CREEK TWP. — Work to install a new bridge over Little Shades Creek on state Route 115 will start on April 2, officials announced Monday. Construction is expected to be complete in July, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Moto

HANOVER TWP. — State and local narcotics officers busted an alleged drug house Monday morning and took three people into custody. During the raid at the Hazle Street residence, police arrested Corey Arnott, 25, of Hazle Street, Hanover Twp.; Zachery Thied

There are no safety concerns at two bridges on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that were constructed with the same technique used to build the pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Florida last week, a turnpike commission spokeswoman said Monday. The two turnpike

WILKES-BARRE — Today’s meeting of the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority has been moved to the county courthouse to accommodate an expected large turnout, according to Andrew Reilly, the authority’s executive director. The redevelopment authority norm

The Wyoming Area Secondary Center began using metal detectors for everyone entering when the school day began Monday. All bags were also inspected, school district Superintendent Janet Serino said. The change comes after a threatening message written on a

A Harveys Lake official fears a council majority at tonight’s meeting will try to push through what she suspects is a politically motivated initiative to have Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority take over the borough’s stormwater management. Councilwoman Mi

WILKES-BARRE — It’s not city council that will have final say on a proposed development at the former Hotel Sterling site, but a state historical preservation official. Mayor Tony George has recommended that council approve the sale of the 2-acre Sterling

JACKSON TWP. — Two Back Mountain roads are less bumpy after patching from a nearby asphalt company. Employees at American Asphalt Paving Co. on Chase Road have seen the pernicious potholes and the signs of their damage this winter on county-owned roads ne

Luzerne County Head Start is scrambling to find classroom space for 34 preschool children because Corpus Christi Parish in West Pittson needs the space to get ready for an upcoming summer flea market and bazaar. Luzerne County Head Start started using two

A story published Monday incorrectly reported the time of an Easter play at Saint John the Baptist Church in Larksville. The play, “Relics of the Passion,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church, 126 Nesbitt St.

WILKES-BARRE — Poisoning suspect Helen Galli reached a last-minute plea agreement with prosecutors Monday morning, averting a highly anticipated re-trial with a no-contest plea that will result in her serving the next nine months on house arrest. Galli, 8

WILKES-BARRE — The M&T Bank branch at 44 W. Market St. in downtown Wilkes-Barre will close Friday, June 15, according to a bank spokesman. The branch is located near Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Group, which is moving its offices to the Wilkes-Barre

POTTSVILLE — D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. announced Monday that it is adding Golden Pilsner to its lineup of beers. It is America’s oldest brewery’s first new year-round beer in 17 years, the company said. The last was Light Lager. Jennifer Yuengling, vice p

Students at Wilkes University tested their limits Monday by competing in a Fear Factor event hosted by the school’s Biology Club. The event in the Stark Learning Center included a ‘Zombie Run’ where students were spun around before having to run through t

Car insurance rates are at an all-time high nationwide and rates are rising fast in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton area, according to a recent study by The Zebra, a car insurance comparison marketplace. In Northeast Pennsylvania, rates are up 44 perce

Before Grace McGregor Kramer had her first child almost three years ago, no one in her family business’s near-century history had ever taken maternity leave. Now the director of strategic operations at McGregor Industries Inc., a specialty metals fabricat