Back Mountain News

The fourth-grade Webelos from Pack 281 recently completed a community service project in pursuit of their Citizenship Activity Pin.

The following memorial/honor books have been placed on the shelves at the Back Mountain Memorial Library: OCTOBER 2009 MEMORY In memory of Michael J. Matosky, "The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog" by Gloria Estefan, presented by Carol M. Kosisky and "Alfred's Nose" by Vivienne Flesher, presented by Carol M. Kosisky In memory ...

Frontier Communications has presented $1,000 to the United Way of Wyoming Valley to support food relief throughout the Dallas/Back Mountain area.

In just 30 minutes, Eileen Carlin had to convince as many people as possible to sign a petition to pave the Key West beaches in Florida.

Dallas Elementary School students were treated to a fire prevention/education smokehouse program on October 8 and 9 outside the elementary school.

State money will be available for upgrades to municipal buildings, traffic signals.

PennDOT says that as of 3 p.m. all lanes are open on the North Cross Valley Expressway, Route 309, between Plains Township and the Back Mountain.

The only Saab dealerships in northeastern and central Pennsylvania have been notified by the company they will no longer be able to sell Saab vehicles.

Representatives from the Daddow-Issacs Post 672 American Legion in Dallas recently made a generous donation of $400 to the Back Mountain Food Pantry.

The township will give more money next year to several area organizations. REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com KINGSTON TWP.

Misericordia University has donated high-tech safety shields for use by the Dallas and Dallas Township police departments to help protect them as they respond to incidents involving gunfire.

Camp Orchard Hill kitchen volunteers, from left, Lisa Stull, Tori Titus, Rebecca Stull, Stephanie Sheridan and Alayne Rogers are hoping more volunteers will come out to help in December when the camp hosts homeless men from the program V.I.S.I.O.N. As guest services director at Camp Orchard Hill, a Christian camp in Franklin Township, Stull got ...

Voters are going to the polls Tuesday across the area. This is the first general election since two former Luzerne County judges were charged in a corruption scandal with taking money in exchange for sending young people to juvenile detention centers.

Christine Hamill grooms her rough collie Michael as she gets him ready for the 71st All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial at the Bloomsburg Fair Grounds.

John Peruso, left, and Mike Terlesky work on editing a video of area veterans with the help of visiting professor Dan Kimbrough.

The Dallas Education Association sponsored a food drive to benefit the Back Mountain Food Bank and the St.

The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, is collecting gently-used coats, gifts for the Toys for Tots program, and non-perishable food items for the Back Mountain Food Pantry.

Results from a recent survey show the majority of Dallas Township residents feel emergency services and response times in the township are good.

Back Mountain Wine Festival offers sampling of Pennsylvania's finest. If you're warming up with a glass of vino spicy and mulled, perhaps at the Back Mountain Wine Festival on Saturday, you might pause a moment to appreciate the harvesters who picked grapes last weekend amid raw winds, cold rain and wet snow.

In its attempt to find funding for a master plan and feasibility study to create an interconnected trail system throughout the Wyoming Valley, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council is seeking letters of support from local municipalities.