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PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two bridges connecting Pittston to West Pittston are going to look a lot different a few years from now.

Those new changes are set to take shape in the next five or six years. That's when both bridges will be replaced.

"We need to do something that has a nod to at least what was there, but also creates this new jump-off point that somewhere in the future this bridge is going to have historical value," Pittston Mayor Michael Lombardo said.

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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union estimates the ongoing stalemate over the commonwealth’s budget has delayed, so far, nearly $2.87 billion in subsidies owed to public school entities.

LEWISBURG — A series of three unrelated water leaks over the past 10 years in the Union County Government Center led officials to purchase water detectors to avoid more incidents.

WATSONTOWN — Once a landmark in downtown Watsontown on Main Street, the Watson Theatre, which has been closed since 2009, is getting a makeover, a new name, and a new purpose as a family entertainment space — King’s Kages and Arcade.

DANVILLE — Montour County commissioners are requesting that a $175,000 bridge repair be retroactively reimbursed through the Transportation Improvement Program.

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LEWISBURG — Commonwealth Charter Academy purchased a property in East Buffalo Township on the same land where Geisinger is building its $32 million cancer center along Route 15.

SUNBURY — Sunbury officials are working through an ordinance adopted by the Sunbury Municipal Authority in order to regulate grease in Sunbury sewer lines.