Lehman News

Instead of directing special education students to specialized programs, Lake-Lehman is reversing a common practice at school districts and bringing the programs to its students.

The Highland Village mini-city in Lehman Township is up for more approvals, but the township isn't ready to sign off on them just yet.

Nearly 55,000 members of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania's non-group plans were notified in letters that their health care rates will go up 9.9 percent on Jan.

David Charles Harman of Boy Scout Troop 207, Conyngham, has attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest award in Scouting.

The Dallas Rotary Club and Friendly's in Dallas joined forces recently to host a tasty fundraising event.

Touted by the state as "showing sustained academic achievement," 35 local schools in 12 districts received Keystone Achievement Awards on Thursday.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks at the Westmoreland Club on Tuesday night.

The district had considered a freestanding facility, but the price tag could easily be in the $400,000 to $500,000 range, Superintendent James McGovern said during Monday's board meeting.

Two Lake-Lehman High School students stage a fashion show to help a good cause. LEHMAN TWP.

A former Lake-Lehman assistant coach and his son, an ex-school board member, are suing the district and six board members over an alleged civil rights violation.

As a film student and Iraq war veteran, Tyler Wright was immediately interested in a class that meshed the two topics.

Our Tuesday editorial suggested a string of moves local school boards could make to restore trust amid the expanding corruption probe, and to avoid problems in the future .

Members of the Lake-Lehman Jr.-Sr. High School Marching Band recently traveled to Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, N.J. for a competition.

Membership of commissioners, district attorney, president judge, sheriff and controller seen as way to avert abuses.

Senator's plan would provide training or counseling for youths wrongly incarcerated.

LEHMAN TWP. The Lake-Lehman School District has received approval from the state to form an elementary autism class, Superintendent James McGovern announced Monday evening.

A pair of jeans and sneakers may signal comfort, but in the Lake-Lehman School District they mean much more.

DALLAS TWP. Representatives of the two largest municipalities in the Back Mountain Community Partnership balked at the idea of a budget funded by a $1 per capita fee proposed at the group's meeting Thursday afternoon at Misericordia University .

HARRISBURG What did they know and when did they know it? Read more Luzerne County Judges articles Judge Chester Muroski, Luzerne County's president judge, testifies Wednesday during the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice hearing in Harrisburg.

LEHMAN TWP., Oct 13, 2009 -- Lake-Lehman officials hope more cyber charter school students opt to use a new program affiliated with the district, which would help reduce its more than $350,000 annual cyber charter tuition bill.