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Nanticoke

Nanticoke receives $300,000 to support affordable housing

Jan. 11—NANTICOKE — Gov. Tom Wolf Monday announced the distribution of $8.2 million in funding through the Pennsylvania HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) to support affordable housing in counties — including $300,000 in Nanticoke.

“Pennsylvanians should not have to choose between paying for basic necessities or needed home repairs to ensure the safety of their loved ones,” Wolf said. “The HOME program provides low-income individuals with access to the affordable, safe and reliable housing they and their families deserve.”

HOME is a federally funded program that provides municipalities with grant and loan assistance to expand and preserve the supply of decent and affordable housing for low- and very low-income Pennsylvanians.

Nanticoke Mayor Kevin Coughlin said the Nanticoke First-Time Homebuyer Program will provide a down payment and closing cost assistance of up to $15,000 to eligible households that purchase a primary residence in Nanticoke for less than $133,000.

To qualify, Coughlin said households must have income between 40% and 80% of the area median and meet other eligibility and underwriting criteria. He said homebuyers that participate in the program will also receive eight hours of housing counseling services.

The program, funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development with federal HOME Investment Partnership funds, will begin accepting applications in early 2022.

Sen. John Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, said he appreciates the work of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, and U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, as they work together to drive federal dollars, through the HOME program, to Luzerne County.

“As we continue to attract national companies and thousands of new jobs to the South Valley, these welcomed federal dollars will ensure working families in Nanticoke have access to affordable housing,” Yudichak said.

According to the governor’s office, HOME program funds can be used in a variety of ways to address critical housing…

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AREA HAPPENINGS: James Taylor tribute artist, Appalachian Acoustic Music Weekend

Bill Griese, James Taylor tribute act Sweet Baby James, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 Loudonville's Ohio Theatre.

Bill Griese, James Taylor tribute act Sweet Baby James, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 Loudonville’s Ohio Theatre.

James Taylor tribute artist

Nashville’s Sweet Baby James (Bill Griese) — the No. 1 James Taylor tribute artist in the nation — will bring his solo-acoustic “Walking Man” show to the Loudonville Theatre at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students ages 5 to 18 years old. Kids 4 years old and younger are admitted for free. For more information or to purchase presale tickets, visit the Ohio Theatre website at www.theohiotheatre.com or call the box office at 419-994-3750. Tickets also will be available the day of the show on a first-come, first-served basis.

The annual Appalachian Acoustic Music Weekend will take place Jan. 14-16 at Mohican Lodge and Conference Center in Perrysville.The annual Appalachian Acoustic Music Weekend will take place Jan. 14-16 at Mohican Lodge and Conference Center in Perrysville.

The annual Appalachian Acoustic Music Weekend will take place Jan. 14-16 at Mohican Lodge and Conference Center in Perrysville.

Appalachian Acoustic Music Weekend

The annual Appalachian Acoustic Music Weekend will take place Jan. 14-16 at Mohican Lodge and Conference Center in Perrysville. There will be acoustic music all weekend (jamming throughout the lodge) and country cooking in the dining room. All events are free and open to the public. Check with Mohican Lodge for questions regarding pandemic regulations. For room reservations, contact Mohican Lodge at 419-938-5411 or mohicanlodge.com and for event information, contact Barb Mast at 330-201-1748 or barbmast@aol.com

Flea market at the Ashland County Fairgrounds

The Ashland County Fairground will have a flea market from 9 a.m….

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Way-Back Wednesday: Origin of Wyoming’s Name, Territorial and State Legislatures

Winter in Wyoming brings to mind frigid temperatures, blowing and drifting snow along with multiple road closures. It’s also the time of year when duly elected senators and representatives from each of Wyoming’s 23 counties travel to Cheyenne as a new legislative session convenes.

The Wyoming State Legislature began like other Western states, first as a territorial legislature, with nearly all of the parliamentary regulations that guide other fully-fledged state legislatures.

Have you ever wondered why and how Wyoming was named? The musical name, “Wyoming,” was used by J.M. Ashley of Ohio, who, as early as 1865, introduced a bill to Congress to provide a “temporary government for the territory of Wyoming.” The bill was referred to committee until 1868. During a debate at that time in the U.S. Senate, with other possible names suggested, such as Cheyenne, Shoshoni, Arapaho, Sioux, Platte, Big Horn, Yellowstone, Sweetwater and Lincoln. However, “Wyoming” was already commonly used and remained the popular choice in Congress.

The state name itself, Wyoming, is Indian though not western in origin. It is usually said that Wyoming came from eastern Pennsylvania, from a Delaware word, Waumic, or Muchu-waumic, meaning “end of plains” and that congressional irritation over the prolonged debate on a name for the new territory arbitrarily assigned this eastern word to a western state. The word has had many spellings, such as Wauwaumie, Wiwaume, Wiomie, until it reached Wyoming. The name was first used by whites as the name for a valley in Pennsylvania where a portion of the Delaware tribe of Indians lived. Calwallader Colden in his history of the “Five Nations” spelled it Wyomen. 

Former Wyoming State Historian A. J. Mokler had convincingly argued that the Delaware Indians, when they traveled westward first to Ohio, then to…

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Lenape district swimming, bowling roundup

BOYS SWIMMING

Cherry Hill East 108, Cherokee 62: Cherry Hill East (6-0, 3-0) handed Cherokee (5-1, 2-1) its first loss of the season in a South Jersey League Pacific Division meet Jan. 6.

SJISL Pacific Division

Jan. 6, Sicklerville

Cherry Hill East 108, Cherokee 62

200 Medley Relay: Cherry Hill East (James Tao, Nick Short, Ryan Cortes, Anthony Ferraro) 1:42.13. 200 Freestyle: Aidan Dold (CHE) 1:52.13. 200 Individual Medley: Nick Pezzella (CHE) 1:58.82. 50 Freestyle: Ryan Hoger (C) 23.14. 100 Butterfly: Cortes 55.58. 100 Freestyle: Dold 51.07. 500 Freestyle: Noah Serrano (C) 5:04.88. 200 Freestyle Relay: Cherry Hill East (Pezzella, Short, Ferraro, Cortes) 1:32.66. 100 Backstroke: Robert Simms (CHE) 57.57. 100 Breaststroke: Tao 1:03.82. 400 Freestyle Relay: Cherry Hill East (Cortes, Dov Schwartz, Dold, Pezzella) 3:30.14.

Lenape 118, Haddon Township 52: Vincent Vizzard, Troy Rowe and Sawyer Lanni were all individual double winners as Lenape (2-3, 2-1) downed Haddon Township (1-5, 1-1) in a South Jersey League Ocean Division meet Jan. 8.

SJISL Ocean Division

Jan. 8, Sicklerville

Lenape 118, Haddon Township 52

200 Medley Relay: Lenape (Sawyer Lanni, Michael Nasielski, Justin Hermack, Benjamin Hennig) 1:54.17. 200 Freestyle: Troy Rowe (L) 2:07.03. 200 Individual Medley: Vincent Vizzard (L) 2:19.50. 50 Freestyle: Ryan Vesneski (L) 26.01. 100 Butterfly: Vizzard 1:02.06. 100 Freestyle: Lanni 54.31. 500 Freestyle: Rowe 5:33.74. 200 Freestyle Relay: Lenape (Hennig, Nasielski, Vizzard, Rowe) 1:44.25. 100 Backstroke: Lanni 1:05.59. 100 Breaststroke: Nasielski 1:11.46. 400 Freestyle Relay: Lenape (Vesneski, Vizzard, Lanni, Rowe) 4:12.81.

Eastern 127, Seneca 38: Josh Seidman, Riley Smith and Bennett Kutikov each won two events and swam on a pair of first-place relays as Eastern (2-3, 2-0) dunked Seneca (0-5, 0-3) in a South Jersey League Ocean Division meet Jan. 8.

SJISL Ocean Division

Jan. 8, Sicklerville

Eastern 127, Seneca 38

200 Medley Relay: Eastern (Josh Seidman, Riley…

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Mohegan

Mohegan Bridge to close for around 15 months beginning next Friday

[]BURRILLVILLE – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has announced the date for the anticipated closure of a bridge on Route 102, noting both lanes of the Mohegan Bridge will be closed starting on Friday, Jan. 14.

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[]The bridge, which carries Route 102 over the Branch River in Burrillville has been under construction since spring 2021, with northbound traffic detoured.

[]“Closing the bridge entirely will allow construction to move ahead efficiently and safely with work on the northbound half of the bridge finishing in late spring/early summer 2022 before work begins on the southbound half of the bridge,” noted a release from RIDOT on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

[]During the closure, RIDOT will sign a recommended detour for both northbound and southbound traffic using Douglas Turnpike, Victory Highway and East Avenue. A detour map is available at www.ridot.net/detourmaps. Temporary traffic signals will be put in place along the detour route to assist motorists.

[]In addition to replacing the bridge, the $10.6 million contract includes resurfacing Route 102 at the bridge and its approaches, including its intersection with Route 7. New guardrail, signing, striping and drainage improvements will also be installed. The bridge carries about 15,200 vehicles per day and the project is expected to be done in spring 2023.

[]RIDOT noted that all construction projects are subject to changes in schedule and scope depending on needs, circumstances, findings, and weather.

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Nanticoke

Hospital capacity full

Gov. John Carney’s weekly press conference started off differently Jan. 11, with a video montage of healthcare providers talking about how overwhelmed hospital systems across the state are with COVID patients.

“We have reached a point where our hospital capacity has been stretched to the limit,” Carney said. 

Dr. Ken L. Silverstein, chief physician executive for ChristianaCare, said the hospital has issued a crisis standards in care notice along with downstate health systems Bayhealth and TidalHealth Nanticoke. Silverstein said ChristianaCare has never before had to issue a crisis notice over an inability to keep up with healthcare services.

 “We’re caring for patients in hallways. We are stretched thin,” Silverstein said.

Silverstein asked people with minor health needs to avoid the emergency department. “We do not have the capacity to do routine testing or treat mild disease,” he said.

When asked why hospitals have enacted the crisis standards of care with this year’s milder Omicron variant compared to last year’s COVID variants, Silverstein said there is nothing mild about the situation, and the people in the hospitals are critically ill or seriously sick. 

The Omicron variant is now the dominant strain in Delaware. Seventy percent of recent cases are Omicron with the rest Delta, officials said. According to state statistics posted Jan. 10, the number of hospitalizations hit 734, with 72 critical and 51 on ventilators. It is higher than the 2021 peak of 474, even though there are more people today fully vaccinated – about 75 percent of Delawareans over 18.

About 40 percent of hospital capacity is made up of COVID patients, Carney said, which could be prevented. With about 1,800 total hospital capacity across the state, around 800 of the total cases are COVID related, according to state statistics.

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Lenape district wrestling roundup

Rancocas Valley 36, Cherokee 24: Rancocas Valley (2-1, 1-0) defeated visiting Cherokee (2-2, 1-0) in a nonleague match Jan. 6.

Nonleague

Jan. 5, Mount Holly

Rancocas Valley 36, Cherokee 24

106: Hunter Mullarkey (RV) d. Lucas Lapinski 4-2. 113: Yasin Carter (RV) p. Joseph Reganato :41. 120: Ismael Maldonado (RV) d. Isaiah Jordan 7-2. 126: Nicholas Aromando (C) p. Naysean Harvey 3:42. 132: Jake Bartletta (RV) p. Macgregor Emmons 1:03. 138: Jason Brown (C) d. Francesco Notte 7-2. 144: Austin Craft (RV) p. Aidan Hammond 1:23. 150: Thomas Lapinski (C) d. Jase Deiter 5-2. 157: Evan Brown (C) d. Renaldo King 9-2. 165: Zach Stevens (C) d. Christofer Peterson 7-5. 175: Demetrius Frangos (RV) d. Travis Klinshaw 7-2. 190: Connor Bauman (RV) p. Edward Abboud :19. 215: Joshua Oludoyi (RV) d. Aidan Edelson 2-0. 285: Aidan Geisenheimer (C) p. Tyler Mungo 3:36.

Lenape 48, Cherry Hill West 36: Lenape (2-0, 0-0) defeated visiting Cherry Hill West (0-2, 0-0) in an Olympic Conference interdivision match Jan. 5.

Olympic Interdivision

Jan. 5, Medford

Lenape 48, Cherry Hill West 36

106: Danard McNair (L) p. Raheen Tuluck. 113: Trey Friedman (L) p. Darnell Huff. 120: Alex Platt (L) p. Nate Camacho. 126: Michael Ummarino (CHW) p. Cole Smith. 132: Jayson DelaTorre (CHW) p. Jay Campbell. 138: Ryan Schimpf (CHW) won by forfeit. 144: Kristian Lenny (CHW) p. Drew Koch. 150: Nick Berckman (CHW) p. Shayne Comegno. 157: Brandon Drea (CHW) p. Eric MacPherson. 165: Ty Smith (L) p. Dominic Versace. 175: Ricky Snyder (L) p. Benjamin Quach. 190: Kevin Langlois (L) p. Joe Santiago. 215: Khalil Watts (L) p. Evelyn Santana. 285: Mark Hepperlen (L) p. Ross Worlds.

Seneca 57, Schalick 22: Seneca (3-0, 0-0) defeated host Schalick/Cumberland (0-3, 0-0) in a nonleague match Jan. 5.

Nonleague

Jan. 5, Pittsgrove

Seneca 57, Schalick/Cumberland 22

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2022 Hartford Boat Show at Mohegan Sun canceled over COVID-19 concerns

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Mohican Winterfest brings flurry of activity to downtown Loudonville

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Nanticoke receives $300,000 to support affordable housing

Nanticoke Mayor Kevin Coughlin

Nanticoke Mayor Kevin Coughlin

NANTICOKE — Gov. Tom Wolf Monday announced the distribution of $8.2 million in funding through the Pennsylvania HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) to support affordable housing in counties — including $300,000 in Nanticoke.

“Pennsylvanians should not have to choose between paying for basic necessities or needed home repairs to ensure the safety of their loved ones,” Wolf said. “The HOME program provides low-income individuals with access to the affordable, safe and reliable housing they and their families deserve.”

HOME is a federally funded program that provides municipalities with grant and loan assistance to expand and preserve the supply of decent and affordable housing for low- and very low-income Pennsylvanians.

Nanticoke Mayor Kevin Coughlin said the Nanticoke First-Time Homebuyer Program will provide a down payment and closing cost assistance of up to $15,000 to eligible households that purchase a primary residence in Nanticoke for less than $133,000.

To qualify, Coughlin said households must have income between 40% and 80% of the area median and meet other eligibility and underwriting criteria. He said homebuyers that participate in the program will also receive eight hours of housing counseling services.

The program, funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development with federal HOME Investment Partnership funds, will begin accepting applications in early 2022.

Sen. John Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, said he appreciates the work of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, and U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, as they work together to drive federal dollars, through the HOME program, to Luzerne County.

“As we continue to attract national companies and thousands of new jobs to the…

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