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Nanticoke

– Greater Nanticoke Area School District will be getting a new digital color marquee sign at the entrance to the campus.– The board approved a sponsorship

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– Greater Nanticoke Area School District will be getting a new digital color marquee sign at the entrance to the campus.– The board approved a sponsorship agreement with FNCB Bank to purchase and install the sign.– The district has joined the Unified Champion Schools program, which promotes social inclusion through “Unified Sports.”– Local schools have been fielding unified sports teams in area track meets.– The board made personnel moves, including appointing new teachers and accepting resignations.– They also approved bus stops and pick up times, transportation contracts, and the purchase of an electric convection oven.

Greater Nanticoke Area School District will be getting a new, digital color marquee sign at the entrance to the campus on Kosciuszko Street. The board approved a sponsorship agreement with FNCB Bank to purchase and install the sign. The existing sign is seen here. Times Leader file photo

NANTICOKE — The Greater Nanticoke Area School District became the latest to join a growing movement that gets special education and regular education students together in sports. At Thursday’s regular meeting, the School Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding with Special Olympics Pennsylvania to participate in the Unified Champion Schools program. The program promotes social inclusion through “Unified Sports.”

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Locally, that has meant students competing in track. Hanover Area, Wyoming Area, Wyoming Valley West and Wilkes-Barre Area have already been fielding unified sports teams against each other in area track meets. Greater Nanticoke Superintendent Ron Grevera said he’s excited about creating the opportunity for the students to work and play together, and hopes the options will expand in the future.

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Hendricks is TidalHealth Nanticoke’s August Daisy Award recipient

SEAFORD — Virginia “Ginny” Hendricks, RN, of TidalHealth Nanticoke’s Medical Surgical Unit, has been selected as the Seaford hospital’s August 2023 recipient of the Daisy Award.

Her nomination, below, was written by a family member to acknowledge the exceptional care and compassion she provided to their aunt:

My 52-year-old aunt was admitted to TidalHealth Nanticoke with respiratory failure from metastatic colorectal cancer to the lungs on April 13. My aunt had been told her lung tumor burden was causing her respiratory failure and there was nothing else to be done but focus on keeping her comfortable.

During my aunt’s 23-month battle with cancer, her goal had been to survive long enough to make it to her daughter’s high school graduation. My aunt gave up her career to homeschool my cousin and poured every bit of herself into making her daughter’s life as wonderful as possible. My cousin was scheduled to graduate in the first week of June. My family asked if we could do a fake graduation early, as we felt my aunt was suffering to try and make it to June, but we were always told that wasn’t what my aunt and cousin wanted.

All the nurses involved in my aunt’s care were truly remarkable, but Ginny had a special bond with my aunt and cousin that helped them agree to do the graduation early at the hospital. On April 18, Ginny set up a conference room for us to use for the cake, pizza, pictures and balloons. Ginny arranged it so the whole family could be there as well as some of my aunt’s chemo nurses.

The graduation ceremony and celebration were gloriously perfect. My aunt was able to give a speech to say how proud she was of my cousin. Another nurse came in and offered to…

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20 Secrets of NYC’s Coney Island

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Mohegan Reports Q3 Earnings Post $415M In Net Revenue

The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority released its fiscal third-quarter earnings report, which detailed a slight decrease in overall net revenue. 

Although casino activity was down, strong non-gaming growth driven by food, beverage, entertainment and hotel revenue helped offset the gaming revenue drop. In addition, Mohegan’s online casino segment continues to improve from quarter to quarter. 

Mohegan Q3 financial highlights

For the third quarter, which ended June 30, Mohegan reported net revenue of $415.4 million, down 0.4% compared to the same period last year. 

In a press release,Mohegan CEO Raymond Pineault said:

“Our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $108.7 million was the third highest quarterly total in our 26-year history, while the prior-year comparable quarter was the highest to date.”

Pineault continued by saying Mohegan continues to see substantial results from its digital segment and is focused on growing that line of business.

Mohegan’s financial revenue from Q3-2023 increased significantly from Q2 when it reported $405.8 million in net revenue. 

Net revenue by Mohegan property Q3 2023:

  • Mohegan Sun: $230.6 million, down 2.5%
  • Mohegan Pennsylvania: $65.2 million, down 2.3%
  • Niagara Resorts: $81.1 million, up 1.8%
  • Mohegan Digital: $17 million, up 56.6%

Mohegan Q2 2023 financials:

  • Mohegan Sun: $225.9 million, up 4.8%
  • Mohegan Pennsylvania: $63.2 million, up 1.7%
  • Niagara Resorts: $70.8 million, up 35%
  • Mohegan Digital: $22.7 million, up 283.9%

Q1 2023 financials:

  • Mohegan Sun: $239.4 million
  • Mohegan Pennsylvania: $59.8 million
  • Niagara Resorts: $74 million
  • Mohegan Digital: —

Carol Anderson, Chief Financial Officer of Mohegan, also noted: “Our Adjusted EBITDA margin of 26.2% was 268 basis points favorable compared with our pre-COVID-19 third quarter of fiscal 2019 and 262 basis points unfavorable compared with the prior-year period.”

Mohegan Digital continues its rise

 The company’s digital segment, which is active in Connecticut’s online casino market experienced the most significant increase primarily due to the addition of online gaming…

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Nanticoke

‘History in the Headstones’ coming to Town of Maine

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Lenni Lenape

Heralding Our History: The rerouting of Old York Road forever altered New Hope

Roy Ziegler

Throughout history new roads have been catalysts driving the economic and social development of towns and cities around the world.

So, when the original direction of Old York Road was changed, making New Hope (Wells Ferry) — and not Centre Bridge (Reading’s Landing) — the new midpoint of the journey from Philadelphia to New York, the small village along the Delaware River was changed forever.

John Wells, a carpenter from Lower Dublin Township (now part of Northeast Philadelphia), outwitted a clever, powerful politician and entrepreneur — Thomas Canby, of Solebury Township — in purchasing the Ferry Tract from Richard Heath’s heirs.

He obtained a license to operate a tavern — now the Logan Inn on West Ferry Street in New Hope — in 1727 and a ferry. Wells Ferry was born.

Most probably, Wells was influential in having the direction of Old York Road changed to favor his venue, but certainly the horses had a lot to do with it as well.

Route 263 (the original route) posed a severe challenge to those otherwise reliable animals purveying travelers and goods from New York and New Jersey as it climbed the steep hill from the flat road at Dilley’s Corner to Lahaska. Old York Road opened to New Hope in 1741.

Four years after the road opened, Benjamin Canby, one of Thomas’s 17 children, avenged his father’s failure to obtain the tavern and ferry rights, purchasing them from Wells’ heirs, and the town became known as Canby’s Ferry.

Much of the road followed an old Lenni-Lenape trail used for hunting and traveling between New Hope and Philadelphia.

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You’ll Be Able to Buy a Tesla in Connecticut Right There, Soon

Hey high rollers of the Northeast, you really want to ball? How about driving away from the casino with a brand-new Tesla to carry your fat wallet away? It’s going to be possible at Mohegan Sun soon.

Connecticut’s National Treasure Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville has just announced that they are in the process of opening up the very first Tesla Sales & Delivery Center in Connecticut to operate on Sovereign Tribal land. The Tesla EV showroom is slated to open sometime in the Fall of 2023, and will be located across from Todd English’s Tuscany Restaurant in the Shops at Mohegan Sun. Vehicle delivery will take place at the Sky Tower Valet, and they will be offering test drives around the resort, and will also be accepting Mohegan Sun’s loyalty program Momentum points towards the purchase of a vehicle.

Mohegan Sun has also announced that this partnership with Tesla will breed into it’s workforce development program, and provide opportunities to learn skills that may pave the way to more Musk money.

This is great news for Tesla and Mohegan Sun, under Connecticut law, vehivcles can only be purchased from independent car dealers, a business practice soundly rejected by Tesla. Tesla does operate it’s own dealership, there’s one one of them in Connecticut, it’s in Milford at 881 Boston Post Road.

If only my parents were still around, they spent every weekend at mohegan, laughing and smoking their cigs, building up those points. I can just picture them cruising along Rt. 2 in a new Model 3.

During the Heat Wave, Let’s Remember the Great Blizzard of 2013 in Connecticut

Everyone is moaning about the heatwave that we’re in here in Connecticut, it could be worse, it was 10 years ago. Connecticut was hit with an incredible blizzard that dumped 40 inches of…

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LCCC announces spring president’s, dean’s and honors lists

Luzerne County Community College announces the following students have earned recognition for outstanding academic achievement during the spring 2023 semester.

To qualify for the President’s List, a student must earn a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. Students who attain a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.99 are included on the Dean’s List, and those with an average between 3.25 and 3.49 are included on the Honors List.

President’s List

Randy Mateo, Norwalk; Jay Hampsher, Lock Haven; Katelyn Deitz, Sunbury; Erica Leonard, Sunbury; Gerald Mack, Sunbury; Sarah Fetscher, Benton; Jenifer Mailander, Benton; Tara Full, Bloomsburg; Isaac Konkolics, Bloomsburg; Destiny Selert, Bloomsburg; Alyssa Shuman, Bloomsburg; Ryan Smith, Bloomsburg; Lynn Uszal, Bloomsburg; Naudis Delacruz, Danville; Christopher Reed, Danville; Karl Siegmund, Danville; Queenlyn Zartman, Dornsife; Jacob Davis, Elysburg; Jillian Morgan, Elysburg; Anna Marrie De Castro, Lewisburg; Crystal Cino, Millville; Ericka Buss, Milton.

Also, Morgan Kaleta, Mount Carmel; Haley Lahr, Mount Carmel; Tiffany Eroh, Northumberland; Olivia Lefevre, Stillwater; Barry Moyer, Ashland; Denise Woodruff, Ashland; Yamilex Genao Castillo, Hazleton; Claudet Liriano, Hazleton; Yaquira Morales Murray, Hazleton; Jeffrey Perez, Hazleton; Daurys Ramirez, Hazleton; Christine Angel Ramos, Hazleton; Marlenne Bonilla, Hazle Township; Hailey Kairewich, Hazleton; Kayla Longo, Hazleton; Mabelle Pina-Mendez, West Hazleton.

Also,Emily Sharrer, West Hazleton; Brett Antolick, Conyngham; Elizabeth Flaim, Conyngham; Analin Adames, Drums; Gabriel Colyer, Drums; Abbey Hengst, Drums; Angelina Kupsho, Drums; Brynn Newborn, Drums; Bridget Reed, Drums; Sarah Rodriguez, Drums; Saraiha Rossi, Drums; Marah Oliveri, Rock Glen; Grace Bernstein, Sugarloaf; Jenna Fairchild, Sugarloaf; Jack Nichols, Sugarloaf; Michelle Shuman, Sugarloaf; Haley Yost, Sugarloaf; Kiley Huttman, Milford; Nicholas Brunamonti, Clarks Summit; Kendal Hamby, Clarks Summit; Payton Hamby, Clarks Summit.

Also,Kaylin Hosier, Clarks Summit; Jonathan Loiselle, South Abington; Kelly McAndrew, Factoryville; Marina Hitchcock, Gouldsboro; Amy Bidwell, Honesdale; Samantha Hineline, Lake Ariel; Tiffany Ashton, Olyphant; Gabriel Bonocore,…

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“The Last of the Mohicans” program examines the convergence of history and literature

“The Last of the Mohicans” is James Fenimore Cooper’s best-known work and the total of what many people know about the French and Indian War. The book is often required reading in schools and several movies have been based on the novel. But, how much of the American classic is history and how much is fiction?

Dr. Nick Junkerman, Associate Professor of English Literature at Skidmore College, addressed this question in a program titled, “James Fenimore Cooper: History & Fiction in ‘The Last of the Mohicans.’” The presentation was held at the Fort William Henry Conference Center in Lake George Thursday evening, August 3.

The event, which was attended by more than 150 people, was presented by the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance and the French and Indian War Society at Lake George as part of a series of programs focused on the Lake George region’s early history.  

President of the Alliance John DiNuzzo introduced the program saying, “It was precisely 266 years ago today that the siege of Fort William Henry began …  If we were here 266 years ago, we would be hearing gunfire, canons, all sorts of horror…” DiNuzzo continues, “It’s significant to America when we talk about that anniversary, certainly significant, as Nick [Junkerman] will be telling us, to the literary history of the world and of our country.”

The bloodshed at Fort William Henry that followed the 1757 siege and surrender gripped the collective psyche of the colonists and clung there as contemporary news reports and, nearly 70 years later, Cooper’s novel, set down in ink the gruesome details. DiNuzzo, in his introduction, said he believes it “…motivated the British, the provincials who fought for the British, i.e., the Americans, and even 20 years later when the revolution began, that was…

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