Plymouth News

After about 15 years-what an official called "an eternity" in the technology world-Nazareth area schools are getting a new telephone system.

Sheri Prokopchak / For The Citizens' Voice From left, Plymouth Historical Society member and family descendant Elizabeth Malloy points to a hand-carved headstone in Davenport Cemetery in Plymouth while Steve Kondrad, society president, and Albert Dragan, member, look on.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of William and Beverly McGeer of Forty Fort. She is the granddaughter of the late Ann and Tug McGeer, Kingston and the late James and Louise Cole, Kingston.

A benefit for Jayden May, 8, of Hanover Township, who is Type 1 diabetic and received a diabetic alert service dog, will be held from 2 to 10 p.m. May 19, at Screwballz bar and Grille, 1474 San Souci Parkway, Hanover Township.

That's just one issue Luzerne County Judge Michael Vough must decide before the upcoming homicide trial for Hamilton, 19, and has brother, Sawud Davis, 17.

Candidates are Frank Coughlin, Steve Gerko, Ronald Kobusky, Gary J. Kochinski Jr., James Mahon, Joseph Mazur, George J. Mizzer, Adam Morehart and Stanley "Tubby" Scibek.

Councilman Bill Dixon was worried that a burned-out house on Blight Street could eventually collapse and fall into an adjacent resident's home.

Info: fineartsfiesta.org. The "elders" who are gathered, disciple-like, in Robert Broghamer's sculpture of "The Last Breakfast" sit at a long table adorned with a real fabric tablecloth and a drippy sunny-side up egg.

Heather M. Florek, 71A1 2 High St., Plymouth for 30 days; owes $1,586.22 in support of two children.

The society will recognize Plymouth transportation pioneers Sephaniah Reese, builder of one of the first automobiles in America, and Frank Martz, founder of the Martz Bus Line.

On May 12, 1902, coal miners in Pennsylvania's anthracite fields went on strike.

Senior Judge Chester B. Muroski, presiding over Domestic Relations Contempt Court on Thursday, ordered the following defendants jailed for failure to pay child support: Shane Chiverella, 35 Stanley St., Hanover Township, jailed for 180 days for failure to pay $1,704 in support of one child.

Annual Student Exhibit, Friday through June 6, Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Reception: Friday, 6-8 p.m. The exhibit features graphics, paintings, photography, computer graphics and portfolios by students in the Commercial Art program.

The first workshop is a 1 p.m. session for community officials, and an evening session will be open to the public from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Plymouth Armory, 747 W. Main St., Plymouth.

A father and son found covered in blood in the midst of a violent brawl in a Plymouth apartment are charged with attacking police officers who tried to break it up, according to charges.

The accident occurred at 9:14 p.m. at Carey Avenue and Hanover Street. Police said Richard Fox of Plymouth was driving north on Carey Avenue when a vehicle driven by Jamie Bonsall of Shavertown entered his lane.

Lawyers for a suspect in a triple homicide in Plymouth last year filed a laundry list of motions Friday seeking a change of venue, to suppress statements to police and evidence collected in an "illegal search," and to have the teen tried as a juvenile.

Senior Judge Chester B. Muroski, presiding over Domestic Relations Contempt Court on Tuesday, ordered the following defendants jailed for failure to pay child support: Joshua Goodwin, 126 Logan St., Wilkes-Barre, jailed for 90 days for failure to pay $7,344 in support of one child; jailed for 90 days failure to pay $12,176 in support of one child.