SUNBURY — Two Department of Environmental of Protection officials are saying the former Knight-Celotex site in the northern end of Sunbury can be developed for use, not restricted to just a proposed solar farm.
Northumberland, Union, Snyder and Montour counties have allocated and assigned all of their American Rescue Plan funds.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It is a rough start to the weekend for tens of thousands of homes and businesses in northeastern Pennsylvania.
They began the day without power after a winter storm unleashed its fury Thursday into Friday.
One of those areas experiencing numerous outages is Lackawanna County.
Forrest James was still shoveling snow Saturday afternoon from what Mother Nature just delivered to northeastern Pennsylvania.
SUNBURY — Fifteen-year-old Lydia Moore spent her first Thanksgiving when she was an infant with her parents volunteering for the annual free Thanksgiving Dinner in Sunbury.
The annual Here. For Good. campaign is up and running as the region once again opens its arms to offer help to Valley families during the holiday season.
Advocates worried the rate of Pennsylvania children lacking health insurance would worsen in 2023, particularly due to the post-pandemic unwinding of automatic renewal of coverage under public plans.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The season of giving is also alive at a local school, where staff and students are hard at work preparing for a big community Thanksgiving dinner.
It is all hands on deck for volunteers at West Scranton Intermediate School.
They are preparing holiday meals for more than 200 people on Sunday to either sit down and eat in the cafeteria or take their meal home.
Meals on Wheels kicked off Annual Holiday Gift Drive
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Elsewhere, the Wilkes-Barre Christmas parade is helping make this season bright.
A good-sized crowd gathered this afternoon on downtown streets and Public Square to take in all that the annual parade has to offer.
Numerous floats, marchers, and music helped fill the seasonal spectacle.
Some parade-goers get so into it, that they even dress up like they were in the parade themselves like a Plymouth woman did.
Meals on Wheels kicked off Annual Holiday Gift Drive
HUGHESTOWN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Three people have been displaced after a Saturday morning fire in Luzerne County.
According to Chief Jeff Balut of the Hughestown Police Department, a call came in around 1:00 p.m. for a reported structure on the unit block of Reynolds Street.
Officials say the fire started in an upstairs bedroom of the home on Reynolds Street.
Winter storm causes power outages across northeastern Pennsylvania
Crews were quickly able to contain the fire to the upstairs of the home.
LEWISBURG — Certain private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Union County may be eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans to cover damages caused by Tropical Storm Debby on Aug. 9-10.The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced PNP organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. The interest rate is 3.25 percent with terms up to 30 years.
