First Posted: 7/30/2013
DALLAS BOROUGH
Population: 2,550
Square miles: 2.29
Borough building: 25 Main St., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: Borough office 675-1389; Police (non-emergency) 675-0161
Website: www.dallasborough.org
Office hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Council meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7: p.m. in the borough building; work sessions are held on the previous Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the borough building; planning commission meetings held as needed; zoning hearing board meetings held by request
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Council: Lee Eckert, president; Robert Edgerton, vice-president; John Appel, Chris Matus, Brian Stevens, Charles Youngman
Treasurer: Mary Herbert
Tax collector: Mark Van Etten
Borough manager: Tracey Michael Carr
Administrative assistant: Karen Fiorello
Zoning officer: Tracey Michael Carr
Recreation: Kenneth Young Memorial Park, Burndale Road, includes two basketball courts, two tennis courts, playground, and pavilion with restroom. Summer recreation program for children of Dallas Borough. Call 675-1389.
Recycling: DAMA, 696-1133
History: Dallas was named for Alexander J. Dallas, the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison. The borough was established on the Harveys Lake branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and noted as a good business point. In 1889, J.J. Ryman became the prime mover in establishing a broom factory here. He then became president and general manager of a stock company known as the Dallas Broom Company. In 1890, a meeting of the directors was held at Raub’s Hotel in the borough to purchase 80 acres with a consideration being $5,000.
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
Population: 8,994
Square miles: 18.73
Municipal building: P.O. Box 518, 601 Tunkhannock Hwy., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: Township office, 674-2007 or 674-2008; Tax collector’s office, 674-2005; Secretary, 674-2007; Police chief (non-emergency), 674-2001; Police department (non-emergency) 674-2000
Website: www.dallastwp.com
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Supervisors meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in the municipal building; planning commission meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the municipal building; zoning board meetings are held the Monday before the planning commission at 7 p.m. if needed.
Board of supervisors: Frank Wagner, chairman; Liz Martin, vice chairman; Bill Grant
Tax collector: Leonard Kozick
Zoning officer: Carl Alber
Recreation: Township Park, off State Route 309, includes baseball backstop and some playground equipment.
Recycling: DAMA, 696-1133
History: Dallas Township was established from lands taken from Kingston Township in 1817. In 1797, Ephraim McCoy, a Revolutionary solder, built the first log cabin near what is now Dallas Borough. In 1808, William Honeywell purchased 500 acres of land and built a log house. The following year he built a frame addition, the first frame structure in what would become the township. In 1813, Judge Baldwin built his sawmill on Toby Creek and in 1818 Christian Rice built his sawmill on the same creek. This mill was in use until 1875.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
Population: 1,642
Square miles: 12.72
Municipal building: 477 Municipal Rd., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 333-5131
Website: www.ftwp.com
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Supervisor meetings are held the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Orange United Methodist Church; planning commission meets the last Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Orange United Methodist Church; zoning hearing board meets by request.
Board of supervisors: Ted Dymond, chairman; Mike Prokopchak, vice-chairman; and William Miller
Secretary/treasurer: Rick Melvin
Tax collector: Brett Slocum
Zoning officer: Art Owen
History: Franklin Township is one of the smallest municipalities in Luzerne County. The township was formed in 1843 from parts of Kingston, Dallas, Northmoreland and Exeter Townships when Luzerne County Court authorized its organization. It is presumed that the town was named in honor of col. John Franklin, a settler and Colonial leader and hero of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars and the Revolutionary War.
HARVEYS LAKE BOROUGH
Population: 2,868
Square miles: 6.3
Borough building: P.O. Box 60, Harveys Lake, PA 18618
Phone: Borough building, 639-2113; Police department (non-emergency), 639-1620; Road department, 639-2070; Fire department, 639-1919; Municipal authority, 639-1042; Tax collector, 639-5237
Website: www.harveyslakepa.us
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Council meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the borough building; the zoning hearing board meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the borough building; the environmental advisory council (EAC) meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the borough building; planning commission meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. in borough building; municipal authority meets the first Wednesday of the month with a work session at 7 p.m. followed by the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Mayor: Clarence Hogan
Council: Amy Williams, president; Francis Kopko, vice president; Boyd Barber, Michelle Boice, Thomas Kehler, Ed Kelly, Larry Radel
Secretary: Susan Sutton
Tax collector: Terry Jones
History: During the time of the Revolutionary War, a local settler named Benjamin Harvey, returning home from British imprisonment in Canada, accidentally discovered Pennsylvania’s largest natural lake. During its most prosperous days, the lake was a bustling public playground with stately hotels, swimming areas, steamboats and even its own amusement park. Today, Harveys Lake is mainly a private residential area, but is still visited by people from all over Luzerne County and surrounding areas.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
Population: 4,513
Square miles: 34.61
Municipal building: 1275 Huntsville Rd., Jackson Twp., PA 18708
Phone: Municipal office, 675-8371; Road department, 675-6008; Zoning officer, 675-9594; Police department (non-emergency), 675-8500.
Website: www.jacksontwpluzco.com
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Supervisors meet on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at the municipal building. Planning commission meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the municipal building. Recreation board meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the municipal building. Zoning board meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the municipal building or as needed.
Board of supervisors: John J. Wilkes Jr., chairman; Alan Fox, vice-chairman; Thomas “Tim” Evans, supervisor.
Secretary: Denise Rittinger
Tax collector: Jacqueline Latosek
Zoning officer: Andrew Sholtis
Recreation: Recreation Park includes regulation soccer field, walking track, trail, picnic tables. Call 675-8371.
Recycling: Exeter Borough, 388-6090.
History: Jackson Township was established in 1844 from land taken from Plymouth and was named for President Andrew Jackson. In 1795, the first road was cut out and stretched from Wilkes-Barre to Bradford County. Also in 1795, the first settlement was made by Palmer Ransom. Henry Cease is given credit for being the first settler in the western part of the township. He settled at Harveys Creek in 1830. Jesse Brown was the first person buried in Jackson Township after being killed by a falling tree in 1796. He was buried in the woods east of Huntsville. This is now the cemetery’s location.
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
Population: 7,037
Square miles: 14.6
Municipal building: 180 E. Center St., Shavertown, PA 18708
Phone: Township office, 696-3809; Police department (non-emergency) 696-1175; Road department, 696-3650.
Website: www.kingstontownship.com
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Zoning Hearing Board meets the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building. Board of supervisors holds its regular meeting the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the municipal building and its monthly public work session at 7 p.m. the Monday before the regular meeting.
Board of supervisors: Jeffrey Box, chairman; Shirley Moyer, vice chairman; Kathleen Sebastian; secretary; James Reino, Frank Natitus, Samuel Barbose
Township manager: Kathleen Sebastian
Assistant township manager: Karen Rose
Police chief: James Balavage
Tax collector: Laura Slocum
Zoning officer: William Eck
Recreation: Center Street Park includes basketball court, tennis court, playground, field, track. Summer recreation program for township children. Call 696-3809. Carverton Road Park includes horseshoe pit and benches for picnics or relaxation. Call 696-3809. Frances Slocum State Park, Mount Olivet Road, includes camping areas, swimming pool, picnic tables, boat rental, fishing, pavilions available to rent. Call 696-9105.
Recycling: DAMA, 696-1133.
History: Kingston Township is one of 11 of the Susquehanna townships into which Luzerne County was divided in 1790 and also one of the original formed under the authority of Connecticut and the Susquehanna Land Company. It has been diminished from its original size by the removal of land that is now Dallas and parts of Franklin and Lake Townships.
LAKE TOWNSHIP
Population: 2,049
Square miles: 27.5
Municipal building: 488 State Route 29, Harveys Lake, PA 18618
Phone: Municipal building, 639-2828; Sewage enforcement officer, 542-4724; Tax collector, 639-3066; Road department, 639-5011.
Website: laketwppa.com
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Supervisors meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the township building.
Board of supervisors: Lonnie Piatt, chairman; Amy Salansky, vice chairman; Robert Grey
Secretary: Carlene Price
Tax collector: Susan Stefanowicz
Zoning officer: Luzerne County Zoning
Recycling: Residents drop off recyclables at the township building on the second Saturday of every month.
History: Lake Township was created in 1841 by taking land from both Lehman and Monroe townships. It received its name, Lake, because Harveys Lake, the largest natural lake in the state, lies inside the township’s boundaries. Daniel Lee settled at the head of Pike’s Creek in 1806 and the marsh was then called Lee’s Pond after him. The first road through the township was chopped out around 1875 to induce settlement.
LEHMAN TOWNSHIP
Population: 3,206
Square miles: 22.9
Municipal building: 1183 Old Route 115, RD 2, P.O. Box 7, Lehman, PA 18627
Phone: Road department, 675-2232; Police department (non-emergency), 675-1483.
Website: www.lehmanpa.com and www.lehmantwp.com
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Supervisors meet on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the municipal building. Zoning hearing board meets as needed. Planning commission meets on the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the municipal building.
Board of supervisors: David Sutton, chairman; Raymond Iwanowski, vice-chairman; Douglas Ide.
Office manager: Marian DeAngelis
Phone: 674-7788
Secretary: Marian DeAngelis
Tax collector: Peggy Moyer
Zoning officer: Michael Sholtis
Assistant zoning officer: Barbara Simms
Phone: 675-8224
Fax: 675-8409
History: Lehman Township was established in 1829 and was named in honor of Dr. William Lehman. In 1801, the first frame house was built by William Fuller. In 1837, the first mill was erected by Lewis Hoyt. In 1848, the first store was opened by Daniel Urquhart and Edward Shott near where the Lehman Center Schoolhouse once stood. The first post office was also kept inside Urquhart and Shott’s store.
ROSS TOWNSHIP
Population: 2,037
Square miles: 43.2
Municipal building: 72 Broadway Road, Sweet Valley, PA 18656
Phone: 256-3703
Office hours: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Thursday
Meeting schedule: First Tuesday of each month
Board of supervisors: Stanford Davis, chairman; David Williams, vice chairman; William Ferry
Secretary: Terry Davis
Tax collector: Kimberly Holcomb
TUNKHANNOCK BOROUGH
Population: 1,911
Square miles: 0.88
Borough building: 126 Warren St., Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone: 836-1548
Website: www.tunkboro.com
Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon
Meeting schedule: Council meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at the borough building.
Mayor: Norman R. Ball
Council: A. Stacy Huber, president; Ruby Sands, vice-president; Marshall Davis, Robert Robinson, Wendy Sweppenheiser, Carl Williams, Joseph Myers, Ruth Vincetti
Secretary/treasurer/manager: Dawn Welch
Tax collector: Carol Gaylord
Zoning officer: Jim Mallet
Recreation: Riverside Park, off Bridge Street, includes two lighted basketball courts, boat launch, fishing, playground. Call 836-1548.
Recycling: Wyoming County Recycling Center, 836-0729
History: Tunkhannock Borough was organized in 1841 along the Susquehannna River and its tributaries. There is evidence that has been found of the former existence of Indian towns in the same area. The evidence comes from relics that have been discovered in a number of places around the Tunkhannock area.
TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP
Population: 4,723
Square miles: 100
Municipal building: 113 Tunkhannock Township Drive Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone: Municipal authority, 836-3934; Police (non-emergency), 836-5255; Tax collector, 996-2531; Sewage enforcement, 836-1700
Website: www.tunkhannocktownship.org
Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Meeting schedule: Supervisors meet on the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Tunkhannock Township municipal building.
Board of supervisors: Veto Bariloski Jr., chairman; Randy White, vice chairman; Glenn Shupp
Secretary: Judy Gingher
Tax collector: Melinda Shannon
Permit officer: Kenneth White
Recreation: Lazybrook Park, off U.S. Route 6 east of Tunkhannock, includes playing fields for softball, soccer and junior football, pavilion, gazebo and walking trail. Call 836-3934.
Recycling: Wyoming County Recycling Center, 836-0729.
LUZERNE COUNTY
County courthouse: 200 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 825-1500
Website: www.luzernecounty.org
COUNTY COUNCIL
Jim Bobeck
jbobeck@luzernecounty.org
Edward A. Brominski
eabrominski@luzernecounty.org
Elaine Maddon Curry
emcurry@luzernecounty.org
Harry Haas
hhaas@luzerne.county.org
Linda McClosky Houck
lmhouck@luzernecounty.org
Tim McGinley
tmcginley@luzernecounty.org
Rick Morelli
rmorelli@luzernecounty.org
Stephen A. Urban
saurban@luzernecounty.org
Stephen J. Urban
sjurban@luzernecounty.org
Rick Williams
rwilliams@luzernecounty.org
Group county council email address:
LCCM@luzernecounty.org
CLERK OF COUNTY COUNCIL
Phone: 824-1634
Fax: 824-9343
E-mail: ClerkCouncil@luzernecounty.org
COUNTY MANAGER
Robert Lawton
Phone: 825-1635
E-mail: County.Manager@luzernecounty.org
CONTROLLER
Walter L. Griffith Jr.
Phone: 825-1629
CORONER
John P. Corcoran
Phone: 825-1664
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Stefanie Salavantis
Phone: 825-1674
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
99 Water St., Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 825-1666
TAX CLAIM OFFICE
Phone: 825-1512
VOTER SERVICES
Address: 20 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 825-1715
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
U.S. SENATE
ROBERT P. CASEY
Address: 248 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4254
Fax: 202-228-0604
Local office: 417 Lackawanna Ave., Suite 303, Scranton, PA 18503
Phone: 941-0930
Fax: 941-0937
PATRICK J. TOOMEY
Address: 502 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4254
Fax: 202-228-0284
Local office: 538 Spruce St., Suite 302, Scranton, PA 18503
Phone: 941-3540
Fax: 941-3544
CONGRESS
LOUIS J. BARLETTA
11th Congressional District
Address: 115 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-6511
Fax: 202-226-6250
Hazleton office: 1 S. Church St., Suite 100, Hazleton, PA 18201
Phone: 751-0050
Fax: 751-0054
MATTHEW CARTWRIGHT
17th Congressional District
Address: 1419 Longworth House office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5546
Scranton office: 226 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA 18503
Phone: 341-1050
Fax: 341-1055
STATE SENATOR
JOHN T. YUDICHAK
14th Senatorial District
Address: 352 Main Capitol, Senate Box 203014, Harrisburg, PA 17120-3014
Phone: 717-787-7105
Fax: 717-783-4141
Exeter office: 1701 Wyoming Ave., Exeter, PA 18643
Phone: 883-4690
Fax: 883-4694
Nanticoke office: 164 S. Market St., Nanticoke, PA 18634
Phone: 740-2434
Fax: 325-3780
LISA BAKER
20th Senatorial District
Address: 172 Main Capitol, Senate Box 203020, Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-787-7428
Fax: 717-787-9242
Local office: 22 Dallas Shopping Center, Memorial Highway, Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-3931
Fax: 674-5037
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
KAREN BOBACK
117th Legislative District
Address: 141B East Wing, PO Box 202117, Harrisburg, PA 17120-2117
Phone: 717-787-1117
Fax: 717-705-1889
Local office: 5929 Main Rd., Hunlock Creek, PA 18621/ 608 Hunter Highway, Suite 110, Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone: 477-3752 (Hunlock Creek office)/ 836-4777 (Tunkhannock office)
Fax: 477-3468 (Hunlock Creek office); 836-4772 (Tunkhannock office)
PHYLLIS MUNDY
120th Legislative District
Address: 36 East Wing, PO Box 202120, Harrisburg, PA 17120-2120
Phone: 717-783-1614
Fax: 717-772-9868
Local office: 400 Third Ave., Park Office Bldg., Suite 113, Kingston, PA 18704
Phone: 283-9622/ 655-3375
Fax: 283-9626
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address: P.O. Box 2000, Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-5201
Data hotline: 674-3230
Website: www.dallassd.com
High School
Principal: Jeffrey Shaffer
Asst. Principal: Brian Bradshaw
Phone: 674-7208
Middle School
Principal: Dr. Thomas Duffy
Phone: 674-7205
Gerald J. Wycallis Elementary
Principal: Dr. Paul Reinert
Phone: 674-7283
Dallas Elementary
Principal: Thomas Traver III
Phone: 674-7271
School Board
Dr. Bruce M. Goeringer, vice president; Charles Preece, Maureen Matiska, Colleen Slocum, Larry Schuler, Fred L. Parry, Karen Z. Kyle. Catherine Wega
Administrators
Superintendent of Schools: Frank Galicki
Director of Curriculum: Paul Reinert, Ph.D
School board meetings
Work session: First and second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the administration building.
Regular board: Second Monday after work session
LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address: Market Street, P.O. Box 38, Lehman, PA 18627
Phone: 675-2165
Website: www.lake-lehman.k12.pa.us
Junior/Senior High School
Principal: Douglas Klopp
Phone: 675-7458
Lehman-Jackson Elementary
Principal: Donald James
Phone: 675-2165
Lake-Noxen Elementary
Principal: Nancy Edkins
Phone: 639-1129
Ross Elementary
Principal: Lori Bednarek
Phone: 477-5050
School Board
Mark Kornoski, president; Walter Glogowski, first vice president; James Welby, second vice president; Andrew Salko, treasurer; Richard Bombick, Bo Kreller, Kevin Carey, David Paulauskas, Karen Masters
Administrators
Superintendent of schools: James E. McGovern
Meetings
Combined committee-of-the-whole and regular monthly meetings for general purposes (voting) are held the second Monday of each month, with the exception of June, July, August and December which are held the third Monday of the month. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. in the libratry of the Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School. Executive sessions may be held prior to, during or at the conclusion of the combined monthly meetings.
TUNKHANNOCK AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address: 41 Philadelphia Ave., Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone: 836-8220
Website: www.tasd.net
High School
Principal: Gregory Ellsworth
Phone: 836-8241
Middle School
Principal: James Timmons
Phone: 836-8242
Evans Falls Elementary
Principal: Joseph Moffitt
Phone: 298-2194
Mehoopany Elementary
Principal: Susan Bugno
Phone: 833-5181
Mill City Elementary
Principal: Joseph Moffitt
Phone: 378-2525
Roslund Elementary
Principal: Susan Bugno
Phone: 836-8270
School Board
Martin Migliori, president; Mick Cronin, vice president; Dr. Sandra Lane, treasurer; Lori Bennett, Stephen Colley, Donald Nowels, Kimberly Teeters, William Weidner, Robert Parry
Administrators
Superintendent: Michael Healey
Assistant to the Superintendent: Ann Way, Ph.D.
Meetings
Work session: Third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. The location varies.
Regular board: Fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. The location varies.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Apple Tree/Susquehanna Prep
Grades: 2-8
Address: 1710/1702 Wyoming Ave.
Forty Fort, PA
Phone: 287-2597/ 287-3188
Director: Peg Moreck
Website: http://susqhenannaprep.com
Holy Redeemer High School
Grades: 9-12
Address: 159 S. Pennsylvania Blvd.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Phone: 829-2424
Website: www.holyredeemerhs.org
Principal: Anita Sirak
Vice Principal of Academics: Abe Simon
Vice Principal of Student Affairs: Michael Booth
Wyoming Seminary Upper School
Grades: 9-12
Address: 201 N. Sprague Avenue
Kingston, PA 18704
Phone: 270-2160
Website: www.wyomingseminary.org
Dean: Jay Harvey
Wyoming Seminary Lower School
Grades: Preschool (3 years old) to 8
Address: 1560 Wyoming Ave.
Forty Fort, PA 18704
Phone: 718-6600
Website: www.wyomingseminary.org
Dean of Primary School: Claire Smith Hornung
Dean of Middle School: William Davis
Good Shepherd Academy
Grades: Pre-K to 8
Address: 316 N. Maple Ave.
Kingston, PA 18704
Phone: 718-4724
Website: www.gsapa.org
Principal: James Jones
Vice Principal: Stan Pavlick
Scranton Preparatory School
Grades: 9-12
Address: 1000 Wyoming Ave.
Scranton, PA 18509
Phone: 941-7737
Website: www.scrantonprep.com
President: Herbert Keller, S.J.
Principal: Matthew Bernard
Asst. Principal: Jane Nagurney
Dean of Students: Corey Henfling
Director of Admissions: Christian Davis
United Hebrew Institute
Grades: Pre-K to 8th-grade
Address: 60 S. River St. 3rd floor
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Phone: 825-6619
Website: www.theuhi.org
Principal: Rabbi Raphael Nemetsky
Wilkes-Barre Academy
Grades: Pre-K to 8
Address: 20 Stevens Road
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Phone: 823-7574
Website: www.wbacademy.com
Director: Janice Huntzinger
Wyoming Valley Montessori School
Grades: 18 months old to 6th-grade
Address: 851 W. Market Street
Kingston, PA 18704
Phone: 288-3708
Website: www.wvms.org
Head of School: Dennis Puhalla
Admissions director: Lynn Klein
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
King’s College
Address: 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone: 208-5900
Website: www.kings.edu
Enrollment: 2,700
Student to faculty ratio: 13 to 1
Average class size: 18 students
Luzerne County Community College
Address: 1333 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke, PA 18634
Phone: 1-800-377-LCCC
Website: www.luzerne.edu
Enrollment: 6,964
Student to faculty ratio: 15 to 1
Average class size: 19
Misericordia University
Address: 301 Lake St., Dallas Township, PA 18612
Phone: 674-6400
Website: www.misericordia.edu
Enrollment: 2,850
Student to faculty ratio: 12 to 1
Average class size: 19
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Address: Old Route 115, P.O. Box PSU, Lehman, PA 18627
Phone: 675-2171
Website: www.wb.psu.edu
Enrollment: 766
Student to faculty ratio: 19 to 1
Average class size: 17
Wilkes University
Address: 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
Phone: 1-800-WILKES-U
Website: www.wilkes.edu
Enrollment: 2,500
Student to faculty ratio: 20 to 1
Average class size: 30
NURSERY SCHOOLS/DAY CARE FACILITIES
Adventures in Learning Child Care
Address: 301 Lake St., Dallas, PA 18612/ 50 Lake St., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-2128
Ages: Six weeks through school age (301 Lake St.); Kindergarten readiness through school age (50 Lake St.)
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
Back Mountain Day Care
Address: 161 N. Main St., Shavertown, PA 18708
Phone: 674-4030
Ages: Six weeks through age 12
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
Building Blocks Learning Center
Address: 1168 Memorial Hwy., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 674-5326
Ages: Infant through school age
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
I’m Big Now Learning Center
Address: 3200 Memorial Highway, Suite 102, Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-1220
Ages: 3 to 6
Admissions: September – May
Open: September – May
Summer camp: Four weeks in June-August
Little Meadows Learning Center
Address: 3139 Memorial Hwy., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-4392
Ages: Six weeks to 12 years
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round Monday to Friday, 6:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
Little People Day Care
Address: 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-6557
Ages: 2 to12
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
Once Upon a Time Garden Babies
Address: 137 Dug Rd., Trucksville, PA 18708
Phone: 696-6095
Ages: Infant to school age
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
Renee’s Romper Room
Address: 5334 Main Rd., Sweet Valley, PA
Phone: 477-3540
Ages: Infant through school age
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
Small Wonders
Address: 18 Country Road, Shavertown, PA 18708
Phone: 696-3200
Ages: Infant through 12
Admissions: Year round
Open: Year round
Trinity Learning Center
Operated by Trinity Presbyterian Church
Address: 105 Irem Rdoad Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-0689
Ages: 2 to 5
Admissions: Year round, depending on availability
Open: September to May. Summer camp runs June – August
Trucksville Early Childhood Education Center
Address: 40 Knob Hill Road, Trucksville, PA 18708
Phone: 696-3899
Ages: 2 to 6
Programs: Full-day kindergarten and kindergarten extension program
Admissions: Year round, depending on availability
Open: September to May, summer camp in
LIBRARIES
Back Mountain Memorial Library
Address: 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-1182
Website: www.backmountainlibrary.org
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. Closed Sundays.
Director: Martha Butler
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library at Misericordia University
Address: 301 Lake St., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 674-6231
Website: www.misericordia.edu/mu_library/
Hours: Based on each semester. Call for hours.
Director: Martha Stevenson
Nesbitt Library at Penn State/Wilkes-Barre
Address: Old Route 115, P.O. Box PSU, Lehman, PA 18627
Phone: 675-9212
Website: www.libraries.psu.edu/psulwilkesbarre.html
Hours: Based on each semester. Posted on the website
Head librarian: Bruce Reid
Tunkhannock Public Library
Address: 220 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone: 836-1677
Website: www.tunkhannock.com/library/
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Director: Kristin Smith-Gary
ARTS AND CULTURE
The Dietrich Theater
Address: 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock
Phone: 836-1022
Website: www.dietrichtheater.com
F.M. Kirby Center
Address: 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre
Box office: 826-1100
Administrative office: 823-4599
Website: www.kirbycenter.org
Little Theater of Wilkes-Barre
Address: 537 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 823-1875
Website: www.ltwb.org
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University
Address: 301 Lake St., Dallas
Phone: 674-6250
Mozart Club
PA State and National Federation of Music Clubs affiliated. Separate club for young musicians. Meets third Monday of the month from September to June at 7 p.m. at Church of Christ Uniting, Market and Sprague Streets, Kingston. January, June and September meetings are 6 p.m. dinner meetings.
For more information, call Dolores Grabko, president, at 822-2320.
Music Box Dinner Playhouse
Address: 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville
Phone: 283-2195
NEPA Philharmonic
Address: 4101 Birney Ave., Moosic
Phone: 341-1568
Website: www.nepaphil.org
Sordoni Art Gallery of Wilkes University
Address: Stark Learning Center, 150 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 408-4325
Website: www.wilkes.edu/sordoniartgallery
Dorothy Darte Center for the Performing Arts at Wilkes University
Address: South River and South Streets, Wilkes-Barre
Box office: 408-4540
HEALTH CARE
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Address: 1111 East End Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone: 821-7233
Geisinger Medical Group
Address: 114 Lt. Michael Cleary Dr., Dallas
Phone: 675-2000
Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre
Address: 25 Church St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18765
Phone: 808-3100
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Address: 1000 E. Mountain Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone: 808-7300
Intermountain Health Group
Address: 176 N. Main St., Shavertown, PA 18708
Phone: 675-0900
John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
Address: 150 Mundy St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Phone: 826-3800
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John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine Outpatient Clinic
Address: 114 Lt. Michael Cleary Dr., Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 674-5075
Special Care Hospital
Address: 128 W. Washington St., Nanticoke, PA 18634
Phone: 735-5000
Website: www.specialcarehospital.net
Tyler Memorial Hospital
Address: 5950 State Route 6, Tunkhannock, PA 18657
Phone: 836-2161
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Address: 575 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18764
Phone: 829-8111
RECREATIONAL PARKS
DALLAS BOROUGH
Kenneth Young Memorial Park
Address: Corner of Burndale Road and Luzerne Avenue
Two basketball courts, playground, pavilion.
Summer recreation program for children of Dallas Borough., plenty of land for the kids to play
Phone: 675-1389 or 675-4736
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
Township Park
Address: Off Route 309
Baseball backstop, some playground equipment,
Phone: 674-2007
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
Recreation Park
Regulation soccer field, walking track, trail, picnic tables. Playgrounds, baseball field
Phone: 675-8371
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
Center Street Park
Basketball court, tennis court, playground, field, track
Summer recreation program for township children.
Phone: 696-3809
Carverton Road Park
Horseshoe pit and benches for picnics or relaxing
Phone: 696-3809
Frances Slocum State Park
Address: 565 Mount Olivet Road
Camping, swimming pool, picnic tables, boat rental, fishing (valid PA fishing license required), pavilions available to rent.
Phone: 696-3525
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
Back Mountain Bloomers Club
Address: Dallas, Pa 18612
President: Nancy Eckert
Phone: 675-0174
Website: http://backmountainbloomers.org
Back Mountain Chamber
Address: 1192 Twin Stacks Drive, Dallas, PA 18612
Phone: 675-9380
Fax: 227-3613
Website: www.backmountainchamber.com
President: Jack Jones
Board of governors chair: Lynn Banta
Interim executive director: Don Webster
Membership information may be obtained by emailing membership@backmountainchamber.com.
Boy Scouts
For information, call the Northeastern PA Council of Boy Scouts of America, 207-1227 Website: www.nepabsa.org
Dallas Kiwanis
Contact: Jim Snyder, secretary, 675-3959
Meets the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Irem Temple Country Club, 1340 Country Club Rd., Dallas
Dallas Lions
Contact: Frank Rollman, 675-4485
Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Irem Temple Country Club, 1340 Country Club Rd., Dallas
Dallas Rotary
Contact: Sandy Peoples
Meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Irem Temple Country Club, 1340 Country Club Road, Dallas
4-H Clubs
(Open to all youth, individuals and school groups, ages 5-19)
Call the 4-H agents at the Luzerne County Cooperative Extension Office, 825-1701 (Donna Grey)
4-H groups explore more than 150 interests from sewing and general interests to the outdoors, animals and conservation.
Girl Scouts
For information, log onto www.gshpa.org.
Harveys Lake Lions
Contact: Jeff Smith, 696-5026
Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Harveys Lake American Legion.
Harveys Lake Women’s Club (GFWC)
Contact: Pat Sandstrom, 639-1411
Kingston Township Lions Club
Contact: President Ginny Major, 675-1761
Lake Silkworth Lions Club
Contact: Kelvin Swanger, 477-3308
Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Red Rooster Restaurant, Route 118, Pikes Creek.
League of Women Voters of Wilkes-Barre area
Voice mail: 675-3429
Website: www.palwv.org/wb
North Branch Land Trust
Address: 11 Carverton Road, Trucksville, PA 18708
Phone: 696-5545
Executive director: Paul Lumia
Website: www.nblt.org
Works with landowners to conserve properties and protect open space.
Special Olympics Luzerne County
Open to special athletes of all ages.
Voice mail: 674-4001
