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Luzerne Foundation to honor Community Champions tonight
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 13—WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne Foundation will present its inaugural Community Champions awards Thursday night at a dinner at the Westmoreland Club. These awards, inspired by the Foundation's ...
Look Back: Civil War veteran's address removed from 1878 Battle of Wyoming ceremony
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 2—The Wyoming Valley was in an uproar for U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes' visit to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Wyoming on July 3 and July 4, 1878. Large crowds ...
Day Turner still remembered -- 77 years later
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 10—WILKES-BARRE — In the tiny hamlet of Dahl, Luxemburg, Dave Nagle said the residents still revere local World War II hero, Day Turner of Nescopeck. Nagle and his wife, Karen Monko Nagle ...
Look Back: Plumbtown was home to historian
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 22—Startled by a train whistle, two horses pulling a wagon of logs began to gallop down a hill in Plumbtown endangering the coachman on April 28, 1879. Plumbtown? "At Plumbtown, a team crossed ...
Look Back: 1923 Laurel Line robbery of $70,125 in coal miner pay
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoJul. 21—Bloodhounds were brought in for the hunt of seven bandits who killed a Scranton oil salesman, injured four people and stole more than $70,000 from a coal company paymaster near Avoca ...
