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AT RIGHT: Bob Bode of Train Central Station, one of the Founders' Day vendors, shows some of his products to Andre Jecen of Laflin. STAFF PHOTO/MIKE RUDOLF

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The Wyoming County Press Examiner keeps readers in the county and adjoining portions of Susquehanna, Bradford, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties up-to-date with local news not found in any other newspaper. Its news coverage as well as public service efforts have merited the Press Examiner numerous state and local awards.

Storm cuts path through county

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A severe thunderstorm that ripped through Wyoming County on Friday afternoon uprooted trees and downed power lines, leaving some residents without electricity for much of the weekend. "It was quite a storm and it hit quickly, said county emergency...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
Funds arrive for ’06 buyout

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Money to buy out several homes damaged in the June 2006 flood is finally available, the Wyoming County commissioners learned Tuesday. County emergency management director Gene Dziak told...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
Record crowd for Founders’ Day

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Organizers, vendors and visitors alike believe this year's Founders' Day was extremely successful. Saturday's festivities attracted a record number of people to Tunkhannock, according to Rich Santee of the Tunkhannock Business...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
TASD names asst. superintendent

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The Tunkhannock Area school board named Ann Way assistant superintendent at its board meeting Thursday night. Since August 2006, she has served as principal of the Mill City and Evans Falls elementary schools...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
Closing mass at St. Bonaventure

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The closing mass at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Auburn Township was part funeral and part celebration for most of the 200 or so gathered Sunday morning. For Rev. David Betts and Rev. Joseph J. Manarchuck, it was heavy duty ritual as a celebration...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
LT board rejects tax hike

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner FACTORYVILLE - The Lackawanna Trail School Board approved a budget Monday calling for almost no tax increase. Citing a desire to help property owners in difficult economic times, the board brought the...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
EL taxes to increase

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK TWP. - Taxes in the Elk Lake School District will be going up for the 2009-2010 school year, according to the budget passed by the school board last Tuesday, June 23. The millage for Wyoming County residents of the district will rise from 45.87...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
Another claim against Nicholson business developer

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner At least one more business claims it is owed money by the company that built the new Dollar General store in Nicholson. Kelly Feduchak, whose husband Tim is a masonry contractor, said he and his partner...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
TA teacher charged with gun threat

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner A Tunkhannock Area High School teacher is accused of threatening children with a gun outside his Luzerne County home. Gerald J. Wiernusz, 41, of 133 W. Vaughn St., Kingston, was charged on Thursday, June 18, with making terroristic threats, aggravated...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009
Woman who vandalized W-B synagogue granted early release

BY COULTER JONES Times-Shamrock Writer The 19-year-old Factoryville woman who spray painted swastikas and other hate messages on a Wilkes-Barre synagogue was released from prison on probation Monday, June 22 following a hearing before a Luzerne County...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 06-30-2009