4th of July

Are you ready for some noise? We are! We’re also looking forward to some BBQ and time with friends and family. Our office will be closed Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. And that got us wondering about early Independence Day celebrations. When was the first? And how do all those fireworks (and…

MID VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

Maria Kerecman, Mid Valley 2013 graduate, received the Outstanding Achievement in Vocational Technical Studies and the Senior Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna in Scranton for Health Occupations Technology.  

WEST SIDE CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER

  Row 1  (left to right) Codi Puterbaugh, Alton E. Baggett, Brandon J. Goble, Nikki Higgins, Victoria M. Apostolov, Emilee A. Krasson, Ashley Elizabeth Williams, Sareina Wootton, Anthony Hoskins, Emily Mansilla, Kassandra Edmonds, Melinda Champluvier, Justin Romanoski, Barbara Farley, Melyssa Laureano, Jessica Ogrodnick, Desiree Smith, Hayley Novak, Shawn William Davis, Ralph F. Shulde Jr., Darren…

WESTERN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL

Qualifiers for PMEA All-State Band 2013   Only 280 students  from the state of PA qualify for this honor.  Jamie Thorpe, a senior, and Tarina Usher, a junior,  began with an audition in November to qualify for District Band.  At District Band at Blue Ridge High School, they auditioned and qualified for Region Band held…

Letter rip!

We don’t just mind our P’s & Q’s around here, we also mind our NIB’s, NOS’ and OBO’s. In other words, we like abbreviations; they allow us to get information into an ad in a way that’s easy to quickly enter and simple for potential buyers to understand. Most of the abbreviations we come across…

Game Plan

It started out as a playing card company in 1889. And over the years, business ventures included a TV network, a taxicab company and even a line of  instant rice products. But it took a plumber and a barrel-flinging gorilla to really make Nintendo a worldwide success and a household name. Whether it’s a classic…