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Fred Moore designed an exhibit on the Lenape. 
Sen. Joe Picozzi and Maureen Greene 
Nance Kerns interviewed local people about their memories of the Northeast. 
Frank Francesco is interviewed about his memories of local history. 
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NANTICOKE — The Nanticoke branch of Peoples Security Bank & Trust is moving — down the street.
Peoples Security Bank & Trust at 194 S. Market St. near Patriot Square is moving to a building strip in the downtown at 75 N. Market St., the site of the former Citizens Bank.
The bank will be located across the street from the Nanticoke post office and a proposed AutoZone store and near the Weis supermarket.
“It’s a more convenient location, it’s close to the grocery store and post office and there’s better parking and drive through,” said Mike Cummings, senior vice president and director of marketing for Peoples Security Bank & Trust.
The bank is closing its current location on July 18 and is planning a grand opening at its new location on July 21. A ribbon-cutting celebration will be held July 29.
Peoples Security Bank & Trust is moving its Nanticoke branch from near Patriot Square, pictured, to the former Citizens Bank location at 75 N. Market St., near the Weis supermarket. (Bob Kalinowski / Staff Photographer)
It’s not immediately clear what will happen to the historic building at 194 S. Market St., which opened as Miners Trust Co. in 1924 and was a FNCB Bank for many years before FNCB and Peoples Security Bank & Trust merged last year.
When the bank opened in 1924, it was advertised as “Nanticoke’s Biggest Day.”
Property records list First National Community Bank, which later rebranded as FNCB Bank, as the owner of the building.
The building strip the bank is moving into…
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the three expansion teams that the WNBA is adding over the next few years:
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Cleveland
First year of play: 2028.
Majority ownership group: Dan Gilbert, who owns the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Where they’ll play: Rocket Arena, home of the Cavaliers.
Practice facility: Retrofit a facility in Independence, Ohio, that is currently used by the Cavaliers.
What they’re saying: “They’re a ready-made operation, arena, demographic, the psychographic, all the data, those numbers,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. “I’m a data geek. All the data we’ve been looking at as it relates to what would make a successful franchise and obviously look no further than what we already did in the Bay Area.”
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Detroit
First year of play: 2029.
Majority ownership group: Tom Gores, who owns the Detroit Pistons.
Minority owners: Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Jared Goff.
Where they’ll play: Little Caesars Arena, home of the Pistons.
Practice facility: Building a new facility.
What they’re saying: “I think this will be bigger than just the basketball team coming back. It’s recognition of all the things that are happening in the city. And finally, I think it’s going to have a real economic impact,” Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem said.
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Philadelphia
First year of play: 2030.
Majority ownership group: Josh Harris, who owns the Philadelphia 76ers.
Where they’ll play: A new arena being built in downtown Philadelphia.
Practice facility: The 76ers have a practice facility in Camden, New Jersey.
What they’re saying: “Philly fans are passionate, they are full on. They hold you accountable and they hold everyone accountable, the players, the team, the ownership and, you know, we embrace that and embrace them,” said Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Managing Partner and co-founder Josh Harris, who owns the 76ers. “There’s a lot…
A Lenape artist began work Wednesday on a Scranton mural that will draw on Native American and European cultures.
“I wanted to find some similarities between us,” said artist Ben Scott Miller, who is an enrolled citizen of the federally recognized Delaware Tribe of the Lenape and lives in Oklahoma.
That common ground will be depicted in scenes of dance, plus floral elements, on the side of the Brixx Building, 130 N. Washington Ave. The site already stands out because the 4.5-story wall has been freshly restored and painted white.
The 8,000-square-foot mural, “Remembrance and Continuance: The Lenape Story in Scranton,” will take about a month to complete. Lenape representatives will attend a dedication at 5 p.m. on Aug. 1.
A conceptional image, subject to change, of the mural going up on North Washington Avenue, Scranton. (Lackawanna County Department of Arts and Culture)
Lenape artist and designer Ben Scott Miller, at the Brixx Building. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
The north side of the Brixx Building at 130 North Washington Avenue will be the location for a mural titled “Remembrance and Continuance: The Lenape Story in Scranton”. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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A conceptional image, subject to change, of the mural going up on North Washington Avenue, Scranton. (Lackawanna County Department of Arts and Culture)
Miller will work with a Spanish artist known as Belin. Miller’s wife, Heather Rae Miller, is also contributing.
The Lenape helped George Washington’s army and were promised political representation. The agreement was not honored and…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved more than $4.7 million in grants for park improvements and land conservation across nine counties, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced.
The funding, drawn from the state’s Program Open Space – Local, Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure, and Rural Legacy programs, will benefit projects in Allegany, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Dorchester, Frederick, Prince George’s, and Washington counties.
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Approximately $2.2 million from Program Open Space – Local will support nine projects. Baltimore County is slated to receive over $1.2 million for upgrades at Sparks Park and Catonsville Community Park, including new pickleball courts at both locations. Sparks Park will also see new playground equipment, while Catonsville Community Park will undergo paved trail repairs.
Frederick County will receive $350,000 to construct a community center, shelters, trails, parking lot, and roads at Othello Regional Park. Prince George’s County is set to acquire 9 acres of woodland adjacent to Huntington Park North in Bowie for $360,000, which will expand the park with a new natural surface trail loop.
An additional $100,000 from the Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure Program was approved for Caroline County to purchase and install fencing for two baseball fields at Sharp Road Park.
Nearly $2.4 million in Rural Legacy funding was also approved for local sponsors to acquire conservation easements on four properties, totaling 760 acres, aimed at preserving agricultural and forested lands.
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Wilkes-Barre, PA – The local stakes season for 2-year-olds opened with a bang on the Monday (June 30) afternoon before the Fourth of July at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, as Mr Big Spender trotted the fastest mile of the year for a baby over a 5/8-mile track, 1:54.2, when he won one of four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event.
The Captain Corey – Reilly colt sat fourth while Dublin Hanover and then Oversear put up fractions of :28 and :57, with Mr Big Spender starting forward uncovered nearing the three-quarters in 1:25.3 and gaining through the lane. The first-over and the pacesetting Oversear were inseparable to the naked eye at the wire, but the photo finish showed Mr Big Spender more photogenic by the shortest possible margin under the urging of Matt Kakaley. (Had Oversear gotten to the wire first, he would have set a new track record for baby geldings, eclipsing the 1:54.4 mark set by Amigo Volo, who was driven by … Matt Kakaley.)
Mr Big Spender (2) becomes the fastest 2-year-old trotter of the year on a 5/8-mile track by winning at Pocono Monday in 1:54.2. Curtis Salonick photo.
Mr Big Spender was the only one of the four All-Stars winners to have a purse race under his girth, qualifying twice freelegged and then adding hopples in a third-place finish. Now he is a season’s leader for trainer Norm Parker and owners Bart and Todd Brice.
Driver Tim Tetrick, trainer Scott Di Domenico, and the partnership of Di Domenico’s Triple D Stables Inc. and Joseph Faraldo sent out two first-timers, both coming off winning qualifiers, to All-Stars stakes victories and reducing their best times. One was another son of Captain Corey,…
Luzerne County Council is going to rank three firms interviewed last week for work on the closed Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge, and “information must remain confidential” until PennDOT’s central office approves, County Manager Romilda Crocamo said Wednesday in an update on the ongoing project.
Members of county council and the county administration, along with representatives from the PennDOT District 4 office, attended closed-door interviews last Thursday, Crocamo said.
“If any of the information presented is made public, the entire process for selecting a design firm must start at the beginning,” Crocamo said.
The county is going through PennDOT’s process to select an engineering firm to determine how to repair, reconstruct or replace the bridge so the county can receive $10 million in federal project funding through the state Transportation Improvement Program.
PennDOT regulations required the closed-door interviews, Council Chairman John Lombardo said last week. Five engineering firms submitted statements of interest to get the job in March, and the county administration selected the top three for council to interview.
On March 20, Crocamo closed the bridge over the Susquehanna River shortly after engineers conducting a scheduled routine bridge inspection determined advanced deterioration and section loss of primary, load-carrying components were critical deficiencies.
The county-owned bridge, built in 1914, links Nanticoke City to the West Nanticoke section of Plymouth Twp. The distance between the West Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge and the next-closest bridge over the river, the Route 29 bridge connecting Hanover Twp. and Plymouth Twp., is more than 1 mile.
The vehicular weight limit on the bridge was reduced to 5 tons last May. That decision allowed cars and most passenger vehicles to cross the bridge, but emergency vehicles such as fire trucks could not.
Last August, the county put the bridge project into the PennDOT’s Engineering and Construction Management System, known…
Perkasie mayor Jeff Hollenbach, Perkasie Fire Company personnel and Maureen Purcell pose for a picture. Photo by John Worthington | The Reporter.
Scott Landis, Landis Market chairman, and Jason Trotter, Perkasie Fire Company Chief, expressed immense gratitude for the award
Perkasie Borough recently honored Landis Market and the Perkasie Fire Company with its second annual Jim Purcell Memorial Award for service to the community.
The award, named after former Perkasie council member Jim Purcell, was presented at Perkasie’s Community Day on June 28 in Lenape Park. Perkasie mayor Jeff Hollenbach, who chose the award recipients, proclaimed the annual award in April 2024 to honor individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the betterment of the community.
“There are the four words I think of for [Purcell] – service, commitment, dedication and integrity, and these two parties represent those words very well,” said Hollenbach.
The award was presented at the June 28 Perkasie Community Day in Lenape Park.
By John Worthington | The Reporter
Founded in 1938 by Frank and Sadie Landis, Landis Market started as a small neighborhood grocery store on Main Street in Telford. Now a third-generation, family-owned business with multiple locations, including Perkasie, Landis Market employs nearly 500 team members and supports over 200 local charitable and nonprofit organizations, with weekly donations to local food banks, said a Perkasie Borough press release.
“They have been a fixture in Perkasie for many years, feeding our community,” said Hollenbach. “For years, they’ve provided fresh food, friendly service and unwavering support during both ordinary days and times of need. I have deep appreciation for their commitment to our residents and for making our town a…
In late 2024, Bloodywood, torchbearers and metal barrier-breakers hailing from India, teamed up with Babymetal out of Japan for the single, “Bekhauf”. They are currently on the road in the US supporting Babymetal on their headlining tour.
During their June 27th show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, Babymetal joined Bloodywood to perform “Bekhauf”, marking their first ever on-stage appearance together. Fan-filmed video can be viewed below.
Bloodywood issued the following statement with the release of “Bekhauf” in December 2024:
“‘Bekhauf’ means ‘fearless’ in Hindi. It was born out of the realization that fear can be seen as a choice, and that choice is our own. It’s about using this knowledge to take control of our fears and eliminate the side of them that holds us back.
It also marks our first ever collaboration. We’ve been waiting to find the right artists to work with, and when the possibility of the Babymetal collab emerged, we knew it was time. We were all fans of their music, but were still surprised by the level of synergy we managed to achieve on the track. It’s a trilingual song and features English, Hindi. and Japanese, Babymetal even sang some parts in Hindi. but we think you can feel the message regardless and that’s a testament to this synergy.
The fact that we tied it all together by creating an anime/video game hybrid video pushes everything to the next level. This is a piece of Asian metal history and we’re proud to share it with the world.”
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