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Diamonds to Blue Chip for ‘30 Days of Strays’ campaign
08/04/2022

Diamonds to Blue Chip for ‘30 Days of Strays’ campaign

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Diamonds to Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge for calling attention to the problem of abandoned pets with their “30 Days of Strays.” Blue Chip and other shelters do a great service to the region by helping helpless animals, and on...

This Hanover spot offers tons of empanadas, savory and sweet: Here's what you should try
08/04/2022

This Hanover spot offers tons of empanadas, savory and sweet: Here's what you should try

As a child, Amey Cejas spent most of her time in the kitchen. Whether she was at her mother's restaurant on the circle of New Oxford or making pies at her grandmother’s Adams County home, surrounded by apple and peach orchards, food has always run through her blood. ...

More clues unfold from mystery diary
08/04/2022

More clues unfold from mystery diary

PLYMOUTH, Pa. — Marie Anne Meeker of Plymouth decorates her home with many family pictures; including photos of her late father-in-law, Donald Meeker. “He was super thrifty: anything that he bought even at the Penny store he wrote it in that book and of course my mother-in-law's name was Frances...

Avian influenza has historically spared Pennsylvania, but farms remain wary as outbreaks spread
07/04/2022

Avian influenza has historically spared Pennsylvania, but farms remain wary as outbreaks spread

Pennsylvania’s commercial poultry has remained untouched by highly pathogenic avian influenza for nearly 40 years, but poultry producers in the area remain on high alert because of the devastating effects it can have on flocks once it begins to spread. “A lot of chickens and turkeys have been...

Plefka pitches Hatboro-Horsham to SOL Liberty victory over rival Plymouth-Whitemarsh
07/04/2022

Plefka pitches Hatboro-Horsham to SOL Liberty victory over rival Plymouth-Whitemarsh

WHITEMARSH >> It was just the type of pitching performance Hatboro-Horsham was looking for against rival Plymouth Whitemarsh, and Stephen Plefka’s fingerprints were all over it. “Every time he gets on the mound, you know he’s gonna compete,” Hatters coach Pete Moore said. “He’s gonna pou...

Visiting Susquehanna State Park in Williamsport, PA
07/04/2022

Visiting Susquehanna State Park in Williamsport, PA

This riverfront park provides recreation opportunities in the summer.

American Pickers Seeking Items For Pennsylvania Stop
07/04/2022

American Pickers Seeking Items For Pennsylvania Stop

A popular television show is once again returning to our area and looking for people willing to participate. American Pickers will film...

Bobby Rydell, teenage idol and 'Bye Bye Birdie' star, dies at 79
07/04/2022

Bobby Rydell, teenage idol and 'Bye Bye Birdie' star, dies at 79

April 5 (UPI) -- Bobby Rydell, a teenage idol from the 1960s known for songs like "Wild One" and his role as Hugo Peabody in the 1963 film Bye Bye Birdie, has died. He was 79. Rydell died Tuesday in Abington, Pa., his representatives told Variety, Rolling Stone and the New York Times. The cause of d...

UPDATE: Interstate 80 open after crash in Luzerne County
07/04/2022

UPDATE: Interstate 80 open after crash in Luzerne County

NESCOPECK, Pa. — A crash had a stretch of Interstate 80 backed up. According to...

Local roundup: Hanover Area baseball edges Wyoming Seminary in extras
07/04/2022

Local roundup: Hanover Area baseball edges Wyoming Seminary in extras

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Hanover Area baseball opened extra innings with two runs in the top of the eighth to claim a 4-2 win over Wyoming Seminary on Wednesday. Zach Murphy went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Hawkeyes. Jake Vigorito was...

Interstate 80 eastbound back open in Luzerne County
07/04/2022

Interstate 80 eastbound back open in Luzerne County

UPDATE: Interstate 80 eastbound is cleared of all debris from the crash and is now back open for travel. I-80 reopened at 8:20 p.m. EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Interstate 80 (I-80) eastbound, in Luzerne County closed Wednesday afternoon due to a tractor-trailer crash. According to PennDOT I-80 e...

Donald's long lost diary
07/04/2022

Donald's long lost diary

WYOMING, Pa. — Some would say it's wrong to go snooping through another person's diary. But when Linda Coolbaugh of Eaton Township opened up a little diary from 1938, she wasn't the first to snoop inside; her grandson was. "They had cleaned out a house, and he found...

Pennsylvania wildlife experts warn against feeding owls
07/04/2022

Pennsylvania wildlife experts warn against feeding owls

Feeding baby great horned owls at Raven Wildlife Center is a multistep process. First, you move Pharaoh, the adult owl who's fostering the babies. Then you weigh the babies-four of them, on the day we were there-and transfer them to a clean cage while you clean the one they're been in. Then you feed...

WASD School Board Approves Administrative Position Changes for the 2022-2023 School Year
06/04/2022

WASD School Board Approves Administrative Position Changes for the 2022-2023 School Year

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (APRIL 5, 2022) — The Williamsport Area School Board approved a number of administrative changes tonight that will take effect next school year, beginning July 1. Williamsport Area High School Head Principal Dr. Brandon Pardoe was named as the district’s new director of student...

Market Street Burgers opens new location across from Kirby Park
06/04/2022

Market Street Burgers opens new location across from Kirby Park

KINGSTON — Market Street Burgers has opened in its new location with an aesthetically pleasing view and the same delicious burgers, fries, shakes and more. Owner Matt Borwick, 35, who has always said making burgers is his passion, has reopened his Market Street Burgers at 181 Market St. in Kingsto...

The crushing cost of caring for animals
06/04/2022

The crushing cost of caring for animals

DALLAS, Pa. — There's a growing number of animals taking shelter at Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge near Dallas. A room that used to be reserved for overflow "is now pretty much mostly full all the time," as volunteer Cindy Charnetski says. "Each day we get more and...

Senior exercisers work on fitness at JCC
06/04/2022

Senior exercisers work on fitness at JCC

“I’m not saying anything we don’t all know, that we haven’t all read,” Gary Bernstein said moments before a 10 a.m. Senior Fit class was to begin. “But we have to keep moving.”. At the Friedman Jewish Community Center in Kingston, where Bernstein is CEO,...

Athens' Raven McCarthy-Gardner signs to East Stroudsburg Women's Wrestling
06/04/2022

Athens' Raven McCarthy-Gardner signs to East Stroudsburg Women's Wrestling

ATHENS, P.A. (WENY) - It was a special day for Athens senior, Raven McCarthy-Gardner as she signed on Tuesday to compete for East Stroudsburg women's wrestling. This was the first year that Athens girls wrestling had a sanctioned team. Raven, who joined wrestling after years of swimming, was one of....

The former Giant store in College Township has been empty since 2019. Here’s what’s coming
06/04/2022

The former Giant store in College Township has been empty since 2019. Here’s what’s coming

Discount retailer Ocean State Job Lot plans to put in a new 44,997-square-foot store in a former Giant grocery store space in College Township that has stood empty since 2019. OSJL announced in a press release...

Community Giving Foundation Has New President/CEO, Kara Seesholtz
06/04/2022

Community Giving Foundation Has New President/CEO, Kara Seesholtz

BERWICK – A Valley foundation with a big impact on our area has found its new President and CEO, and she is set to replace its...

East Stroudsburg restaurant gutted by fire reopens
06/04/2022

East Stroudsburg restaurant gutted by fire reopens

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — It was back to work making pizzas for Thomas Guiffre, the owner of Tony's Restaurant and Pizzeria on Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg. It's a promise he made to the community a year and a half earlier when a fire closed his business. "To...

Stroudsburg High School students host 'We Say Gay' rally
06/04/2022

Stroudsburg High School students host 'We Say Gay' rally

Stroudsburg High School students drew dozens of allies and advocates to Courthouse Square to raise awareness of anti-LGBTQ legislation on Sunday evening. Led by organizers Jessica Brady, 17, and Sophie Howard, 17, the hour-long "We Say Gay" protest— a play on the recently-approved Florida House Bi...

It's turnover time in the night sky
06/04/2022

It's turnover time in the night sky

April is truly a month of transition. Pottsville nights are shorter and you have to...

Bucktail softball wins home opener with a rout against Benton, 27-0
05/04/2022

Bucktail softball wins home opener with a rout against Benton, 27-0

With the District 4 playoffs in mind, Bucktail’s softball team has gotten off to a blazing start, outscoring their first two opponents 42-0 as their pitching has yet to allow a hit. Monday afternoon saw the home opener with Benton visiting Farwell in a lopsided 27-0 Bucks victory....

National Weather Service: Tornado caused damage in Lycoming County
05/04/2022

National Weather Service: Tornado caused damage in Lycoming County

LAIRDSVILLE, Pa. — The National Weather Service now confirms that a tornado caused all the storm damage last week in Lycoming County. We found heavy damage in Lairdsville following Thursday's storms. Roofs were ripped off, windows broken, and trees...

Big Diamond Speedway to Open for 50th Season This Friday
05/04/2022

Big Diamond Speedway to Open for 50th Season This Friday

Friday, April 8th will see a new season of racing get underway at the Big Diamond Speedway as the track embarks on their 50th year of competition. Opening night will feature the Insigner Performance Modifieds racing 25 laps for a first-place prize of $4,000. The USS Achey Crate 602 Sportsman will...

Medical-office building in Hanover Township bought for $4.7 million
05/04/2022

Medical-office building in Hanover Township bought for $4.7 million

The Lehigh Valley real estate market continues to generate big deals, with a medical-office building in Hanover Township, Northampton County, selling for $4.7 million. An Annapolis, Maryland-based private equity firm acquired 5325 Northgate Drive, according to Northampton County records. The transac...

Flights delayed, canceled at Philadelphia International Airport as weekend issues continue
05/04/2022

Flights delayed, canceled at Philadelphia International Airport as weekend issues continue

This weekend, more than 3,500 U.S. flights were canceled and thousands more were delayed as experts cited weather in Florida and other issues.

Volunteers packing donations for Ukraine
05/04/2022

Volunteers packing donations for Ukraine

HAZLETON, Pa. — A group of volunteers in Luzerne County is also hoping to make a difference for those in war-torn Ukraine. City of Hazleton Outreach to Ukraine has been...

Blue Chip Animal Farm and Refuge sees increase in abandoned dogs
05/04/2022

Blue Chip Animal Farm and Refuge sees increase in abandoned dogs

DALLAS, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — Blue Chip Animal Farm and Refuge in Dallas Luzerne County has seen an increase in strays and abandoned dogs taken into the shelter. Last month 14 stray dogs and...

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