Sweet Valley News

One dog died in a barn fire overnight. It happened around midnight Friday at 66 Lamoreaux Rd.

The Endless Mountains Nature Center welcomed four board members at its annual meeting, held July 28.

Lake Township supervisors awarded a road resurfacing bid, announced a new meeting schedule and new hours for the township secretary at their meeting Wednesday night.

Dennis Balbac holds a cria as its mother alpaca stands next to him at a Suri Farm in Bethel Township.

The Rev. Dennis and Lucille Madeira say they have the best parenting guide ever: the Bible.

State police are searching for vandals in Luzerne County. They said at least two all terrain vehicle riders destroyed 20 yards in the Sweet Valley area.

Katie Rusonis wants to give back to those who have helped her. John Rusonis, of Sweet Valley, looks approvingly at his daughter, Katie, whose senior project at Lake-Lehman Senior High School, is a motorcycle run to raise money for RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, and the John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Students in the Luzerne County Community College Registered Nurse First Assistant program recently completed the classroom component of the program.

A drunken, pistol-toting woman made her dog attack and bite a man, then bit the man herself late Sunday night in Wilkes-Barre, police said.

Community Lunch Program for White Haven Residents continues at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 418 Berwick St., White Haven.

Planning Commission approves $1.3 million project due to increase in enrollment.

Budzak, the 5-year-old daughter of David and Valarie Budzak of Hunlock Creek, was diagnosed in April with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia .

FORKSVILLE Walter O'Hara, of Sweet Valley, reported to state police at Laporte, Sullivan County that prescription medication was missing from a mobile camper while it was parked inside the Sullivan County fairgrounds on Sunday.

LAKE TWP. Bids to replace a trusty, old road grader and to resurface North Mountain Road confronted supervisors last Thursday night.

The Lions Club won $1,000 from The Times Leader after detailing plans to refurbish the park.

Four seats on the Lake-Lehman School Board are up for grabs in the midst of a 3-year-old teachers contract dispute.

Marion Kunigonis, a member of the Dallas American Legion Auxiliary for 43 years, was recently congratulated by Commander Clarence J. Michael for her outstanding contributions to Post 672 and for her award from the VA.

For 20-year-old Joe Stempien of Sweet Valley, the purchase of this week's ride, a 1973 Chevrolet Nova SS, was the completion of a long time goal.

The 2009 trout season officially opened on Saturday, April 18, and fishermen and fisherwomen of all ages and sizes were out in full force at local fishing holes, trying their luck.

Lumbis, 57, of Sweet Valley, told The Times Leader Editorial Board Friday that his 26 years practicing child welfare law and 31 total years of practicing law make him qualified for a seat on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.