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Sunday | Philly.com

Amendment would give Foxwoods another year's extension

The faltering Foxwoods casino would get an extra year to be up and running under a provision tucked into a bill to add table games at Pennsylvania slots parlors.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Times Leader

Making up the Munchkins

If you could click your heels together in real life and get anything you wanted, what would your wish be? Dance instructor Maria Dutt leads a troupe of young dancers through a rehearsal for 'The Wizard of Oz,' on stage at the F.M. Kirby Center this weekend.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Paradox1x

Teenagers and children from Pennsylvania failed by "those who knew...

The more I hear of what happened in Luzerne, the more my heart breaks. Summary: Over five years over 6000 children were driven into the PA juvenile 'justice' system while a judge received kickbacks.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Times Leader

Old-fashioned thrift not fully out of fashion Ron Bartizek Business LOCAL

Taking on debt you can't pay or pocketing bribes for steering contracts aren't the only ways to fatten your wallet in preparation for holiday shopping.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

WOGY-AM Pittston

Gene Stilp on Luzerne Cty. Courthouse Crime Watch

Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll testifies before the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

WILK-AM Pittston

Luzerne Courthouse Crime Watch Launched

Wilkes-Barre native Gene Stilp carried his usual, Harrisburg activist campaign, northeastward.

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Philly.com

Another guilty plea in Luzerne corruption probe

A deputy clerk in Luzerne County, where a federal corruption probe is in progress, has agreed to plead guilty to taking a bribe.

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Standard Speaker

Gabos resigns school district position

Hazleton City Councilman Tom Gabos will resign from a maintenance position with the Hazleton Area School District to devote more time to his electrical business.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Philly.com

Luzerne officials deny knowing of abuse

To the frequent frustration and occasional exasperation of a special panel investigating judicial corruption in Luzerne County, yesterday's testimony gave off the steady and unmistakable sound of the buck being passed.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Times-Tribune

Housing Authority member netted in Luzerne probe may be entitled to accrued time off pay

The county's policy is to pay employees for unused sick, vacation and personal time off in their final paycheck.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

MergeDigital

Jessie James, others set free show to mark 10 years of Wachovia Arena

Hot country-pop singer Jessie James, who opened several dates for the Jonas Brothers on their world tour, will headline a free show Saturday to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre. James, 21, who canceled a show last month at Allentown's Crocodile Rock CafA© and much of the rest of her ...

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

MSNBC

Luzerne Bans Driving with Cell Phones

A new ordinance in Luzerne is on the books to stop people from talking on the mobile devices while driving.

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WOGY-AM Pittston

New Trial for Citizens Voice

State Supreme Court today ordered a new trial in the case of Luzerne Countian Thomas Joseph against the Citizens Voice.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

MSNBC

Olszewski Out, Burke Retained as Luzerne Co. Judge

Judge Peter Paul Olszewski, seeking retention as Common Pleas Judge, was rejected by Luzerne County voters by nearly 10 percentage points.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Times Leader

LIUa s chief Ostrowski bows out

KINGSTON Luzerne Intermediate Unit Executive Director Michael Ostrowski alternated between cracking his trademark corny jokes and choking back tears during a farewell at the board meeting Wednesday.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Morning Call

Paul Carpenter: Luzerne fiasco fix - merit selection

After only a few years of obscene dereliction of duty, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has put a Band-Aid on the malignant cancer it blithely let grow in Luzerne County.

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WOGY-AM Pittston

Margie Bisignani Moyle, judicial candidate

Makes it very clear that in their estimation and they're telling voters you do not how the experience"... [ 8:27 ] ..." violence cases and remember that's rock that comes under the umbrella of Stanley Clarke .

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Times Leader

Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program hosts training on swine flu

The Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program, together with the Intellectual Disabilities Training Council, recently held training on the prevention, detection and treatment of H1N1 swine flu virus.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

WOGY-AM Pittston

Tina Polacchek Gartley, judicial candidate, Luzern

Tina Polachek Gartley, judicial candidate in Luzerne County, talks to Corbett about her ideas to make the courts more accountable.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Philly.com

She had clout, debt - and, bars say, a hook

Deets Radcliff displays an ID scanner like the $875 one he says Gina Marie Kepler borrowed - then allegedly resold for $950. 1 of 2 View images Copilot fails to explain overshooting city Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case Luzerne's youth-court scandal: How?Why? Cell phone video shows police beating of student Arrest made in 2008 ...

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