Forty Fort News

Here's a look at the unofficial results of some of the contested municipal races throughout the Wyoming Valley: West Side In Kingston, Mayor Jim Haggerty trounced his Democratic challenger, Stephen P. Radzinski, 2,118 to 776.

Becoming a parent for the first time three years ago, Kim Murphy tried to do everything the way she was raised by her parents and from what she read in pediatricians? handbooks, but it just didn?t feel right.

FORTY FORT Todd Norton gave a one-hour crash course on reconstructing accident scenes.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Warren Ruda / The Citizens' Voice June Stone, Freda Miller and Dee Michaels wait for Forty Fort Ward 1 residents to sign the registry before casting ballots at the Cross Valley Assembly of God Church.

Council president accuses defeated mayoral candidate of mudslinging. For all the influence John Cordora hoped to have in Kingston as a mayoral candidate, he has perhaps had more effect on the election as an outspoken citizen.

Imagine working your body's muscles, cardiovascular, immune and digestive systems all in one specialized 90-minute exercise routine.

October 29 will be a special day in the Forty Fort home of Connie and Bill Bookwalter.

BARRE A Kingston woman who police say stabbed her boyfriend in April was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 36 months in state prison.

Is this the time of year to glare balefully at your trees as if they were fluffy old dogs and cats shedding on the furniture? No way, urban forester Vinnie Cotrone says.

Small borough mayors don't get paid much, don't have many responsibilities and don't get a vote, unless they're breaking a tie vote of council.

Public gets chance to see how crimes are investigated and solved in the real world.

Two members of borough council have opposing opinions on proposal. Forty Fort won't be accepting Kingston's offer this year to consolidate their police forces, a fact that disappoints members from both sides.

A 2010 budget with no tax increases and the possibility of a regionalized police department are in Kingston's future.

As Myrtle Chamberlain of Lehman Township brought two sheep into her spinning room, art students from the Verve Vertu program gathered close to stroke the soft brown and white wool.

Forty Fort Presbyterian Church, 1224 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, will conduct a 'Spirit of the Valley' music ministry from 6-9 p.m. Oct.

Degnan, a patrol commander at the Dunmore barracks, spoke to about 20 residents at Thursday's Pennsylvania State Police Citizens' Police Academy at the state police training facility in Forty Fort.

Number of overbilling calls regarding residential apartments category surprises county authority head.

Members of the township fire department will trade in their blue uniforms for pink T-shirts this month to raise awareness for breast cancer.

FORTY FORT Derrick Walters says he has plans to some day join the ranks of the "First and Finest." So when the 18-year-old first heard about the Pennsylvania State Police Citizens' Police Academy for residents in the Troop P area, Walters immediately signed up.

Prior experience: Self-employed attorney-at-law, 1973 to May 1998, Law Offices of Burke and Burke, 1460 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and U.S. Federal District Court MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Army July, 1969 to February, 1971; Specialist 5 Awarded Bronze Star Medal for ...