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Former WNEP-TV anchor Burke tells LCCC grads it’s OK to stay local
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Misericordia appoints first-ever enrollment management officer
DALLAS TWP. — At a time when, nationwide, colleges and universities are grappling with trends that make it harder to meet enrollment goals, Misericordia University has appointed its first-ever vice...
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Wilkes-Barre Area CTC promotes Guarigilia to administrative director
PLAINS TWP. — The Joint Operating Committee that runs the Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical center voted to make Anthony Guariglia the school’s new administrative director, with four members...
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Dallas board votes to deduct teachers’ salaries for strike days not worked
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Bear Creek Charter School board approves $6.66M budget, shifts personnel
BEAR CREEK TWP. — The board of trustees for the Bear Creek Community Charter School approved three new positions this week and eliminated two others. The new posts: school business manager, director of...
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Pittston Area School Board votes unanimously to raise taxes
YATESVILLE — Taxes for Pittston Area School District property owners are increasing 3.4 percent for the 2017-18 school year. That’s the maximum amount allowed under state law, without the district...
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Hazleton Area superintendent to take job in Northampton County
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Dallas School Board denies union grievance against docking pay for strike
DALLAS TWP. — The teachers union president stormed from the meeting room Monday after the Dallas School Board voted to deny a grievance. The union filed the grievance in response to the board’s June...
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Report: Fighting top safety problem in local public schools.
Fighting was the top safety problem in Luzerne County public schools in the 2015-16 school year, according to the latest state School Safety report, with 211 reported fighting incidents in the county’s...
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W-B Area union president’s paid leave will be reimbursed
WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre Area School District teacher union president Jeff Ney may be going on paid leave to serve in a union post, but it ultimately will be at no cost to the district. Assistant...
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Former WNEP-TV anchor Burke tells LCCC grads it’s OK to stay local
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — A former WNEP-TV news anchor told more than 800 graduates on Tuesday to follow their dreams, but it’s OK to stay local, while the college president reminded them of the importance...
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Misericordia appoints first-ever enrollment management officer
DALLAS TWP. — At a time when, nationwide, colleges and universities are grappling with trends that make it harder to meet enrollment goals, Misericordia University has appointed its first-ever vice...
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Wilkes-Barre Area CTC promotes Guarigilia to administrative director
PLAINS TWP. — The Joint Operating Committee that runs the Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical center voted to make Anthony Guariglia the school’s new administrative director, with four members...
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Dallas board votes to deduct teachers’ salaries for strike days not worked
DALLAS TWP. — Dallas School District teachers will have their salaries deducted for seven unworked days, according to a resolution the school board passed with a 6-to-1-vote and two members abstaining...
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Bear Creek Charter School board approves $6.66M budget, shifts personnel
BEAR CREEK TWP. — The board of trustees for the Bear Creek Community Charter School approved three new positions this week and eliminated two others. The new posts: school business manager, director of...
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Pittston Area School Board votes unanimously to raise taxes
YATESVILLE — Taxes for Pittston Area School District property owners are increasing 3.4 percent for the 2017-18 school year. That’s the maximum amount allowed under state law, without the district...
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Hazleton Area superintendent to take job in Northampton County
Hazleton Area School District Superintendent Craig Butler will be leaving his post this summer to head a school district in Northampton County. Directors at the Saucon Valley School District in...
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Dallas School Board denies union grievance against docking pay for strike
DALLAS TWP. — The teachers union president stormed from the meeting room Monday after the Dallas School Board voted to deny a grievance. The union filed the grievance in response to the board’s June...
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Report: Fighting top safety problem in local public schools.
Fighting was the top safety problem in Luzerne County public schools in the 2015-16 school year, according to the latest state School Safety report, with 211 reported fighting incidents in the county’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
W-B Area union president’s paid leave will be reimbursed
WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre Area School District teacher union president Jeff Ney may be going on paid leave to serve in a union post, but it ultimately will be at no cost to the district. Assistant...
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