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Hanover Township police charge Nanticoke man for Lee Park stabbing

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HANOVER TWP. — Township police say they charged a Nanticoke man with stabbing another person on Lee Park Avenue last week.

Nicholas Suprum, 20, last known address as West Green Street, is facing charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, harassment, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and underage consumption of alcohol, police said.

Suprum has not been arraigned on the charges as of Tuesday morning.

Last week, township police Chief Al Walker said the incident was a domestic dispute at a residence in Lee Park resulting in the assault outside a store on June 15. The victim, whose name was not released, was treated for several lacerations.

Police said Suprum was recently jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $150,000 bail on a separate incident.

The separate incident involves allegations from Suprum’s ex-girlfriend on May 29 claiming he sent her several text messages threatening to kill her and repeatedly contacted her in violation of a protection-from abuse order. Suprum’s ex-girlfriend resides in the Lee Park area.

Court records say Suprum was arrested by police in February 2019 after he assaulted his ex-girlfriend in an incident captured by a surveillance camera on Woodbury Street in Lee Park.

Footage showed Suprum grabbing he girl, throwing her to the ground and dragging her away only to show the girl running and being chased by Suprum, court records say.

Suprum pleaded guilty to simple assault and was sentenced Oct. 25, 2019, by President Judge Michael T. Vough to one-month to 23 months served at the county correctional facility. Prosecutors withdrew several charges against Suprum in a plea deal.

Suprum was also sentenced to six months in…

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Mohegan

‘Pitbull’ Freire-McKee Bellator clash set for July 31

Bellator will be back on the road with perhaps the best fight it can put on at this moment.

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire will meet the undefeated AJ McKee in the final of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix on July 31 in Inglewood, California, the promotion announced Wednesday. Freire will defend his Bellator featherweight title in the contest, and the winner — and tournament champion — will receive $1 million. A live crowd will be in attendance.

The card, named Bellator 263, will be the first domestic event held by the promotion outside Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, since Feb. 21, 2020. Mohegan Sun was the site of Bellator’s bubble during the COVID-19 pandemic. The promotion did run four shows overseas last fall.

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ESPN has Freire ranked No. 3 in the world at featherweight. McKee is currently unranked, but in 2019, ESPN ranked him the best fighter in the world under 25 years old. Freire beat Juan Archuleta, Pedro Carvalho and Emmanuel Sanchez in the grand prix to make the final. McKee defeated Georgi Karakhanyan, Derek Campos and Darrion Caldwell.

Freire (32-4) has the most wins in Bellator history (20) and seven successful title defenses over two reigns with the Bellator featherweight title. The Brazil native has won seven straight, four of those via finish. Freire, 33, is regarded as the best fighter in Bellator history. He has the most wins in Bellator title fights (10), the most title fights (12) and is tied with Michael Chandler for the most finishes (13) in the promotion.

McKee (17-0) is one of the best young fighters in the world. The Los Angeles native made his Bellator debut in 2015 and has never lost, with 12 of his 17 wins coming via finish. He…

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New Jersey Theater Alliance Hosts Indigenous Theatre Makers In Conversation

New Jersey Theater Alliance Hosts Indigenous Theatre Makers In Conversation

New Jersey Theatre Alliance, one of the state’s largest arts service organizations, invites the public to join them virtually on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 7:00 pm for Indigenous Theatre Makers in Conversation: A Virtual Panel Discussion, sponsored by the New Jersey Historical Commission. This event will be a candid and collegial conversation among Indigenous theatre makers based in our local area of Lenapehoking (colonially known as New Jersey and New York) and beyond.

“New Jersey Theatre Alliance is thrilled to partner once again with the New Jersey Historical Commission to offer a panel discussion featuring exceptional Theatre makers in our region,” said Erica Nagel, deputy Director of the Alliance. “The voices and leadership of Indigenous artists are critical to the future of theatre in our region and beyond. We are grateful to these visionary artists for gathering with us to share their expertise and insight.”

The discussion will touch on the greatest challenges and joys of making theatre as an Indigenous artist, the panelists’ visions for the future of theatre and performance, and how Indigenous arts leadership can, should, and will be part of the future of the field.

“We are so pleased to continue our partnership with the NJ Theatre Alliance in support of programs that explore the intersection of history and theatre,” said Sara Cureton, Executive Director of the New Jersey Historical Commission. “This panel discussion will be a central contribution to the Historical Commission’s 2021 year of programming, which is focused on spreading awareness of Native American history and life to a wider audience by elevating the voices of Indigenous peoples and tribal communities.”

Panelists include Ryan Pierce (The Eagle Project), whose work is currently being developed in partnership…

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Girls Lacrosse: Final statewide points leaders in 2021

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Slovakia’s ‘mad’ Marek Hamsik has huge mohican and loves to bathe in the snow

Marek Hamsik is a player that’s been around the block.

Football has taken this 33-year-old, best known for his 12-year spell at Napoli, right around the world, while has become a legend in his native Slovakia.

It didn’t take long for those in Italy to poach him from Slovan Bratislava, arguably the best club in Slovakia before an impressive spell at Brescia earned Hamsik that move to Napoli.

As his career winds down, he spent two years in China no doubt raking in the cash under Rafa Benitez at Dalian Professional, before earlier this year joining Swedish outfit IFK Goteborg for a brief period.

Marek Hamsik will be hoping to lead Slovakia to the last-16 at Euro 2020 tonight

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Now set for a two-year stint in Turkey with Trabzonspor, the experienced midfielder is on the verge of helping Slovakia reach the knockout rounds of a major tournament once again.

However, there is far more to Hamsik than a journeyman footballing career.

This a man who enjoys bathing in the snow, as shown on multiple occasions on his social media.

Hamsik loves to bathe shirtless in the snow, as shown on multiple occasions

Hamsik’s bizarre yet thrill-seeking personality has seen him travel up ski lifts only to roll down snow-topped mountains in his underwear along with his equally nutty friends.

Moreover, Hamsik has sported an eye-catching mohican for almost 10 years now, though his initial do has been scaled down more recently.

The haircut is just another sign of his off the wall character that sets him apart from most other footballers and makes him unique to the sport.

NAPLES, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 28: Marek Hamsik…

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Nanticoke

Healthwatch 16: Geisinger Wyoming Valley celebrates anniversary, expansion

Back in 1981, three hospitals in Luzerne County merged to create one hospital. It would eventually become Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Years ago, it was NPW Medical Center, a consolidation of Nanticoke, Pittston, and Wyoming Valley hospitals.

It’s now Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township, near Wilkes-Barre.

Noreen Diaco has been around for all of those years. Her first day on the job was in July of 1981.

“I’ve grown up here. And it’s amazing. It’s amazing I’m here 40 years,” Diaco said.

Diaco has seen a lot of changes on the hospital’s campus.

“We’ve grown from a very small community hospital to a large system hospital. it has expanded building after building!”

And she’s marking 40 years while watching another expansion: a massive project adding onto the already existing Henry Cancer Center.

“We know that there are a lot of people in the valley with cancer. And they often feel they need to go outside of the area to get world-class care. And that’s not true,” said Dr. Karlyn Paglia, chief medical officer at GWV and Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Dr. Paglia tells us the new project will add 18 beds for the most critical patients and double the size of the infusion center, where services like chemotherapy are administered, among other improvements.

It’s all about stopping for a moment to recognize how far they’ve come but look ahead to the future.

“I think that’s one of the missions of Geisinger, to go out there and seek the best talent, whether that’s nursing students or medical students, and basically train them, grow them into medical providers we want to care for us when we’re in need,” Dr. Paglia added.

That expansion project at the Henry Cancer Center is slated to be complete next…

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Volunteers, Norwich employees team up to make Greeneville neighborhood nicer and safer

NORWICH — If anyone was in Greeneville on Wednesday morning, then they would’ve seen groups of volunteers and Norwich Public Works employees painting flag-colored patterns by the street crossings on parts of Central Avenue. While it makes the natural appearance of the asphalt a little more lively, the painting does more than serve as art.

The road paintings, called pedestrian bump-outs, are supposed to make crossing the street safer, said Assistant City Planner Dan Daniska. The project, which was funded by a grant from the state Department of Health and the CDC and approved back in late 2019, was held off due to cold weather and later the pandemic, but was finally started on Wednesday.

Dan Daniska, Norwich assistant city planner, left, and Caitlin Palmer of Capitol Region Council of Governments paint a no parking area on Central Avenue and Fourth Street in colors representing Ireland Wednesday in the Greeneville section of Norwich.

Daniska said the colorful flag designs, suggested by the community to reflect the diversity of the neighborhood, are meant to keep cars from parking close to the sidewalks, and make the crossing distance shorter for pedestrians.

“We’re hoping to calm traffic and make it safer for everyone out here,” Daniska said.

The flag designs range from the U.S. and Puerto Rican flags, to the Mohegan and Cape Verdean flags, with 13 different flags total being represented.

“It became clear that this is a multicultural neighborhood, so we want the streets to feel welcoming and inclusive to everybody,” said Mike Lydon, principal with StreetPlans, the contractor working with Norwich on this project.

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Daniska also felt the volunteer aspect is important because it means the community will care about it.

“It’s something you can physically see right away, so that is kind of…

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Editorial: Coxsackie-Athens makes the difficult call

The Coxsackie-Athens Board of Education and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community closed the book on a chapter in local history last week. With sports teams from Washington in the NFL to Cleveland in Major League Baseball and many smaller ones in between doing away with offensive images, Coxsackie-Athens voted 6-3 to retire the Indians as its mascot and logo.

The decision did not come easy. It was preceded by months of meetings, a public forum, surveys and two conversations with a representative of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, the indigenous peoples who once lived on lands where the school district is now located. The process, which sometimes took on the appearance of negotiations among school board members, the public for and against the idea and a Native American nation, drew criticism from both sides of the issue. Supporters of eliminating the mascot said it is derogatory to indigenous people; opponents claimed the mascot is a part of the district’s heritage and is intended to be perceived as a positive symbol of strength and determination.

If the school district lost a mascot, it gained something stronger — a more profound education. Coxsackie-Athens will add components to the curriculum to teach students about the history and culture of the indigenous peoples who once lived in the area.

Although the district was evenly divided on the issue, supporters of retiring the mascot stayed on point. Board of Education President Michael Donahue said the Indians mascot can be hurtful to some people even if others don’t perceive it that way.

“We need to recognize that this hurts some people,” Donahue said. “I think one of the folks that wrote in to us said, ‘Remember what we teach our kids — if it hurts, stop it.’ I believe that this hurts some people even if there are folks that don’t believe it is…

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Ag agent juggles opportunities

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series featuring women members of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.

CLINTONVILLE, Wis. – One could say Kellie Zahn juggles a lot of balls. She works full-time as an agriculture agent for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, a Mohican Indian tribe in Bowler, Wisconsin. She’s the agronomist for her family’s 1,000-acre farm near Clintonville. And she’s been a board member of the Shawano County Farm Bureau for the past four years. But her educational background, participation in the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s Leadership Institute and a willingness to step outside her comfort zone help her juggle those daily challenges.

Zahn, nee Behnke, was raised on the Clintonville-area dairy farm owned by her parents, Doug and Mary Behnke. As a youngster she fed calves, cleaned pens and did other chores, she said. Those jobs helped her learn about taking responsibility.

After graduating from high school she attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She earned in 2011 a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business with an animal-science minor. She then worked for about five years as an agronomist. But demanding seasonal-work schedules and time spent on the road as an agronomist conflicted with her work on the family farm, she said.

An opportunity appeared in fall 2016 she couldn’t refuse. It involved building from the beginning a program at the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. As an agriculture agent she would be managing gardens as well as teaching classes about practices such as composting, starting plants, alternative weed control and more.

Since joining the community she has helped establish a Community Supported Agriculture operation, and has expanded a demonstration farm from 1 to 3 acres. She and the community plan to rotationally graze chickens. She works with a few-part time employees and a summer intern.

“We grow about 30 different types of vegetables,” she said. “This is…

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Doctors: COVID-19 Delta variant now the greatest threat

Healthcare professionals said the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are protecting against the Delta variant. Those who are unvaccinated are at the greatest risk.

HONESDALE, Pa. — Doctors at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale said the newly detected Delta variant of COVID-19 is cause for concern.

“It’s the fastest known variant right now in the U.S. making up somewhere between six and 14 percent of cases depending on where you look and what data you look at,” Dr. James Cruse, Medical Director of Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, said.

Doctors said there are two major worries with this Delta variant. 

It spreads quickly and it’s infecting younger people.

“There’s about 2.5 times the number of teens and adults under the age of 50 that have been affected by this variant compared to prior variants,” Dr. Cruse said.

However, says the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are working against the Delta variant.

“Pfizer is estimated to be about 88% effective against it. We’re mostly seeing cases of the Delta variant in the unvaccinated,” Dr. Cruse said. 

Dr. Cruse said the best way to protect against the Delta variant is to get the shot.

People in Nanticoke say they feel protected after getting the vaccine.

“I got the shot so, I’m hopeful. I got both shots actually, I’m a card-carrying member,” Elsa, who did not want to give her last name, said.

Dr. Cruse warned that going into the summer of last year, Wayne County was seeing about 12 new cases of coronavirus each week.

This summer, we are seeing double that amount.

He hopes more people choose to get the shot before we could see a spike in cases this Fall.

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