RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

Congratulations to Andrew Gallagher, a junior at Riverside High School, on his outstanding performance at District Chorus at Marywood University. Andrew finished second in a field of 20 on his voice competition. He will now advance to Regional Chorus in February with a concert to be held at Tunkhannock High School In February.

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WEST SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL

West Scranton Student Athletes Are Valuable Contributors to the SADD Club   Two of West Scranton High School’s outstanding student athletes are also officers of the SADD club.  They were among the students on hand to accept a service award, which was presented to West Scranton’s chapter of the club by the office of the Lackawanna…

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SHENANDOAH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

2013-2014 Shenandoah Valley Student Council Pictured are the members of the 2013-2014 Shenandoah Valley Student Council. Seated in photo are the council oficers (L-R): Mikayla Davidson Secretary, Lidia German President, Mr. Anthony Pytko Faculty Advisor, Jillian Dove Vice president, & Kristen Florio Treasurer. Standing Middle Row: Tabitha Collins, Clarence Grutza, Nicholas Gurski, Nicholas Rusin, Nicholas…

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CAREER TECHNOLOGY CENTER

41st Annual Fireplace Project at CTC A process that took over three months to complete and used more than 900 bricks has been completed by the juniors and seniors in the Trowel Trades program at The Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.  Students did the layout and design, estimated the project cost and completed entire structure…

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VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Valley View High School Scholastic Bowl Team Members representing the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County   The Scholastic Bowl program is an academic competition for high school seniors. Teams participate in two competitions to determine who will move on to the semi-finals. The top three teams compete in a final competition and are honored…

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VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Valley View High School News Valley View High School Senior, Collin Ferguson, signed his letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Hartford University on an Athletic Baseball Scholarship.Pictured standing left to right; Mr. Chris Mendicino, Valley View High School Assistant Principal; Head Baseball Coach, Mr. Jason Munley; and Valley View Athletic Director, Mr. Chirs Killiany …

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CAREER TECHNOLOGY CENTER

The Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County January “Student of the Month” is Computer Systems Technology student Kalvin Soulsby. Mr. Soulsby is a senior at Valley View High School. He is the past president of the CTC student council and student ambassador. He is also a two time medal winner in the SKILLS USA District…

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OLD FORGE SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Old Forge Blue Devils Football Team were honored by Channel 16- “SUPER 16” on Wednesday January 8th. Brandon Yescavage was named overall player of the year, and Old Forge Blue Devils were named Team of the Year.  Here are some photos from this event. Picture 1- Sharla McBride- Channel 16 with Brandon Yescavage presenting…

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Hot (Air) Ticket

Post-holiday blues got you down? Well, we’ve got something to cheer you *ahem* up. On January 7,  1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries were the first to cross the English channel in a gas balloon. At the time, hot air balloons were the only way to fly … literally! The inaugural manned balloon flight had occurred…

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We’re Back (By Popular Demand)

We’ve been busy here getting back into the swing of things. Most importantly, you’ll find our first issue of 2014 on stands now (having trouble finding a vendor where you live? Give us a call). And, a little more sadly, we’re back to our non-holiday lives. The silver lining, however, is this: we’ve completely resumed…

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A Near Mix

A few of us here at Paper Shop were pretty excited about being plunged into antiquity last night – 1922, to be exact. If you’re a fan of PBS’s Downton Abbey, you’re in good company; a number of us in this office tune in every Sunday night. One of the rather interesting themes going into…

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The weather outside …

… isn’t frightful. Well, not yet, at least. But it does seem as if we’ll be kicking off 2014 with some snow. And this, of course, will necessitate snow removal. It’s no secret that we’ve got lots of ads for plows and other snow removal equipment. And if you’ve found yourself looking for a way to…

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New Year’s Eve

365 days. 246 blog posts. Fifty-one issues. Fifty-two radio broadcasts. Thousands of ads and hundreds of new advertisers. We’ve been pretty busy – it was one heck of a year! 2013 was not only our 45th year in business, it was also the year that brought completely free advertising – as of November 26, 2013…

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LACKAWANNA TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL

Lackawanna Trail Friends of Rachel held a lantern release after the annual band concert on Monday night December 16. You could buy a lantern and attach your wish, hope, or dreams for 2014 the release them into the cool night.   Alyssa Walker releases her lantern at Friends of Rachel “Be the Light Night” held…

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