Saturday, June 14, 2025

Forty Fort expected to continue leasing and managing Luzerne County-owned sports complex

Luzerne County Council is expected to continue a partnership with Forty Fort to manage and maintain the county’s 35-acre sports complex, which is located off Wyoming Avenue near the county-owned Wyoming Valley Airport.

Luzerne County Council holds off on three decisions

Luzerne County Council delayed voting Tuesday on three major matters — a suggested schedule for real estate tax breaks, a proposed court lease and expansion of tax exemption for disabled veterans.

Proposed Luzerne County court lease terms have changed

The length of a proposed lease on Tuesday night’s Luzerne County Council agenda has been reduced from 15 years to a decade, county Court Administrator Paul Hindmarsh said.

Luzerne County legal analysis concludes disabled veteran tax exemption cannot be expanded

Luzerne County does not have legal authority to expand a property tax exemption program for military veterans, according to analysis performed by county Assistant Solicitor Jarrett Ferentino.


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H.S. Baseball: Pittston Area rolls past Dallas in five innings

HUGHESVILLE — Just when it appeared Pittston Area was going to miss another opportunity to create some distance Wednesday, Dom Innamorati struck.

H.S. Baseball: Dallas rolls past Valley West as bats wake from slumber

KINGSTON — Coming off an atypical offensive performance — albeit against one of the top pitchers in the conference — Dallas needed to make a statement Thursday afternoon.

H.S. Baseball: Holy Redeemer walks off Lake-Lehman

WILKES-BARRE — A miserable day for baseball ended up just fine for Holy Redeemer on Wednesday.

H.S. Girls Basketball: Crestwood rolls Dallas for first-ever district championship

CORRECTION: The box score was initially missing a basket for Crestwood’s Norah Sklarosky and has been updated.

H.S. Boys Basketball: Rally sends Wyoming Area to Class 4A state playoffs

DALLAS TWP. — Wyoming Area relived a nightmare from two weeks ago in the first quarter against Dallas on Tuesday night.

H.S. Girls Basketball: Dallas heads to D2-5A title game with win over Pittston Area

YATESVILLE — Dallas’ Odessa Kanton was the best player on the court Saturday afternoon.

H.S. Girls Basketball: Holy Redeemer uses defense to post D2-3A semifinal win

LEHMAN TWP. — Holy Redeemer demonstrated early on that the third matchup with Lake-Lehman wouldn’t be like the first two.

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