Shavertown News

BARRE City police reported a 29-year-old woman from Parkview Circle said her husband punched her rear view mirror on her 1997 Honda breaking the mirror and smashing the windshield in the area of Coal Street on Thursday.

Kristen Mullen / The Sunday Voice Nancy Wunderlich, left, and Louise Stout, both of Shavertown, peruse the nativity scenes Saturday at Huntsville Christian Church in Dallas.

President Barack Obama returned to the Keystone State Friday to talk jobs. The administration billed it as the first stop on the president's White House to Main Street tour.

The Royal Sisterhood of "WOW," an official chapter of the Red Hat Society, in conjunction with Catholic Social Services and Cook's Store in Lehman, will collect personal care items for homeless Veterans of the Middle East Wars.

Shavertown man awarded damages after becoming disabled from a fall. WILKES-BARRE In a case in which a Luzerne County jury awarded a Shavertown man $2.5 million in damages after he became disabled due to a fall, attorneys for the realty company that was sued are asking for a new trial.

The annual company holiday party has become an event many employees anticipate, but with a recovering economy, some small businesses have cut holiday celebrations from their budgets.

Looking a bit dazed, John Pacovsky got off the phone in his downtown Wilkes-Barre studio last week and said he couldn't believe how lucky he is.

A Luzerne County man was arrested outside of a middle school today. He's accused of committing a lewd act.

The jury awarded Robert Smith $1,687,000 for past and future medical expenses and past and future lost earnings, plus another $803,000 for pain and suffering.

Lisa Macierowski lines the Children's Service Center's float with red and green tissue paper.

With more than 400 acres, The Lands At Hillside Farms is the last remaining processing dairy farm in Luzerne County, according to the new land owners.

Shavertown United Methodist Church invites the community to its Thanksgiving dinner that will be served family-style and free to anyone who does not want to be alone or cook this holiday.

BARRE TWP. Central Culinary Enterprises Inc., doing business as Colarusso's Pizza, 300 Wilkes-Barre Township Blvd., was recently cited with operating a licensed business without a valid health permit that expired on Dec.

More checks and balances, anti-nepotism policies, whistleblower protection and a county ombudsman's office were some suggestions residents have for improving county government.

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

The Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania at Misericordia University recently presented Attorney Joseph L. and Ms.

The tie-up of Eastern Insurance Group and Security First Insurance Inc. of Kingston occurred on Sept.

The Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees presented the Volunteer of the Year Award to Maryann Blessner, of Shavertown, at its fall luncheon.

Wyoming Seminary recently awarded Upper School Merit Scholarships to three freshman students from the Back Mountain.

Unsafe conditions on state Rt. 309 from Tunkhannock to Shavertown cause shutdown.