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updated: Tue Jul 01, 2008 07:00 pm

West Hazleton News

Local news for West Hazleton, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Tuesday Jul 1 | PAHomepage.com

New Low Income Senior Housing Comes to Hazleton

The final funding is now in place in West Hazleton to revitalize a former school site on Madison Avenue.

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro

Sat Jun 28, 2008

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Group aims to treat Jeddo Tunnel water

Water from the Jeddo Mine Tunnel, one of the largest sources of acid mine drainage in the anthracite region, could one day serve as a regional water reservoir and generate electricity, according to a proposal ...

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Related Topix: Nescopeck, PA, Jeddo, PA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

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Reassessments mailed to Hazleton, surroundings

By Michael P. Buffer Staff Writer Reassessment notices are going in the mail today to Luzerne County taxpayers in Hazleton and nine other municipalities in the southern reassessment zone, said Tim Barr, an ...

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Related Topix: White Haven, PA, Conyngham, PA, Sugarloaf, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Scranton Metro

Sat Jun 21, 2008

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Citizens respond to call for blood donations

By DAVID TAUBE Staff Writer For the first time in months, the American Red Cross Hazleton Chapter met its goal of 20 units for a Friday morning blood drive.

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Times Leader

Southern county area to get new values

Reassessment mailings for another 21,685 properties to be sent out today. A schedule has been set to mail the final batches of new assessed values before the July 1 deadline.

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Related Topix: Freeland, PA, White Haven, PA, Sugarloaf, PA, Edwardsville, PA, Forty Fort, PA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Times Leader

Housing authority eyes modernization

Board OKs negotiation for contracts for improvements, repairs, security cameras.

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Kingston, PA, Swoyersville, PA, Luzerne, PA, Hazleton, PA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

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W. Hazleton amends zoning, despite objections

By AMANDA CHRISTMAN Staff Writer Despite heated arguments, West Hazleton Borough Council on Tuesday night amended the zoning ordinance to provide a new term and definition that would allow a professional office ...

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro, Luzerne County, PA

Mon Jun 09, 2008

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Petrilla to seniors: Reassessment will be good thing in long run

By BOBBY MASO Staff Writer Although it seems like a negative thing now, the 2008 Luzerne County reassessment will be good in the long run, county Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla told seniors at the Greater ...

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Scranton Metro, Hazleton, PA

Sat Jun 07, 2008

Citizensvoice.com

Court Notes Child Support Divorces Sought

Luzerne County Judge Joseph M. Augello, presiding in domestic relations court on Wednesday, June 4, ordered two people lodged for failure to pay child support.

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Hazleton, PA, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Scranton Metro

Thu Jun 05, 2008

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Local businesses have mixed opinions on smoking ban

By AMANDA CHRISTMAN Staff Writer Local businesses provide a menu of opinions on the proposed state smoking ban.

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro, Dining, Life, Food, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Times Leader

L-o-a-d-s of pressure, fun in D.C.

Jeffrey Bridges, 12, of Hazleton, represents this region in the National Spelling Bee.

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Related Topix: The National, Entertainment, Television, Scranton Metro

Sun Jun 01, 2008

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Asphalt costs more, so less paving to be done

By JILL WHALEN Staff Writer The rising cost of asphalt means that some area municipalities are cutting back on the roadwork they had originally planned for this summer.

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Related Topix: Conyngham, PA, Scranton Metro, Hazleton, PA

Sat May 31, 2008

Times Leader

Juvenile Detention Center/W-Cat Timeline

JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER/W-CAT TIMELINE July 2001: Pennsylvania Child Care, a group of private developers, sends Luzerne County an unsolicited proposal to build a 48-bed juvenile detention facility in Pittston ...

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Hazleton, PA, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Thu May 29, 2008

Times Leader

Man charged after 1-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 Police Blotter

WEST HAZLETON A New York man who had to be flown to a hospital for injuries in a one-car wreck on Tuesday morning was charged with two traffic violations after state police say he lost control of his gray sedan ...

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Related Topix: York, PA, Hazleton, PA

Tue May 27, 2008

Times Leader

Trooper tops in DUI arrests

Area officer nabs 80 in '07 JEN MARCKINI jmarckini@timesleader.com WEST HAZLETON State police Cpl.

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Related Topix: Trooper, PA, Bloomsburg, PA, Lehighton, PA, Swiftwater, PA, Pennsylvania

Sun May 25, 2008

Times Leader

DEA charges 3 truckers in federal marijuana trafficking case

SCRANTON Three people face federal charges for involvement in an international marijuana trafficking organization that was responsible for distributing more than 220 pounds of pot in West Hazleton, according to ...

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Related Topix: Scranton, PA, Truckers, Drug Enforcement Administration, Scranton Metro

Fri May 23, 2008

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Flier: Boycott non-Latino businesses

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer Leaders in the Hispanic community are urging businesses to take down an anonymous flier that urges Hispanics to boycott non-Hispanic businesses between June 1 and July 1. The plain ...

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Scranton Metro

Wed May 21, 2008

Pocono Record

Court Blotter: Wednesday, May 21

The first three of the following defendants appeared before Tobyhanna Magisterial District Judge Anthony Fluegel and will head to Monroe County Court: Jamar Cordell Martin, 32, of Tobyhanna, charged with theft ...

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Related Topix: Monroe County, PA, Tobyhanna, PA, Scranton Metro, Pocono Lake, PA

Sun May 18, 2008

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Butler Township withdraws from regional police study

“The Municipal Cooperation Commission is gathering the information it needs from each municipality”

By JIM DINO Staff Writer The effort to form a regional police department for the Hazleton area is moving forward but without Butler Township, a project leader said. via Standard Speaker

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro, Conyngham, PA, Sugarloaf, PA

Fri May 16, 2008

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New Valmont owner tops West Hazleton council agenda

“My feeling is if they have a sewer hook-up and a water connection, they should pay”

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer West Hazleton Borough Council has a busy evening ahead. via Standard Speaker

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro, Hazleton, PA

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