Avoca News

Voters in the Pittston area are poised to elect a new magisterial district judge this election season for the first time in more than 20 years.

The 6th District Republican Committee is hosting a meet-the-candidates night from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Norm's Pizza & Eatery, 275 N. Sherman St., Wilkes-Barre. The public is invited to meet Republican-registered local and county candidates.

In Luzerne County, a cook at a restaurant in Avoca is charged with using his cellphone to record women while they used the bathroom.

A Harrisburg area company is poised to begin a multi-million dollar project intended to improve access to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport this summer and open up the possibility of economic development.

A cook at Romano's Pizza Pasta & Subs in Avoca was charged Monday with using his cellphone to secretly record women using the bathroom.

Luzerne County Council: Authorities, Boards and Commissions Committee, 5:30 p.m.; Recreational Facilities Advisory Board, 6 p.m.; special council meeting, 7:15 p.m., council meeting room, courthouse, 200 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. Plymouth Township supervisors, work session at 5 p.m. followed by regular meeting at 6 p.m., municipal building, 925 ... (more)

American Legion Mountain Post 781 will host a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Shannon Joyce , of Avoca and Caitlin Vitale, of West Pittston, were among 29 tudents and three chaperones from Misericordia University worked alongside dozens of volunteers to help build a Habitat for Humanity house during a spring break service trip to Mobile, Ala.

There are many different types of pasta sauces out there. Ragu, Prego and even some homemade sauces just to name a few.