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2nd teen charged in Nanticoke drive-by shooting

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Mohegan

Donald Trump suffers another blow after Judge Chutkan rejects his motion

Former US President Donald Trump pauses during an address at a campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. — Reuters/File Former US President Donald Trump pauses during an address at a campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. — Reuters/File

A plea by former US President Donald Trump was rejected Wednesday by Judge Tanya Chutkan asking her to recuse herself from overseeing the case of the Republican presidential forerunner concerning blocking the election results of 2020 and deliberations to remain in the Oval Office after suffering a defeat from Democrat Joe Biden.

“Recusal motions served a vital purpose, justice also demands that judges not recuse without cause,” wrote Judge Tanya Chutkan Wednesday.

She further stated pointing to a prior court decision, that recusal motions can be “a procedural weapon to harass opponents and delay proceedings.”

“Motions for recusal could also be wrongfully deployed as a form of ‘judge shopping,'” Chutkan wrote.

Weeks earlier, the four-time criminally indicted former president filed a motion through his lawyers maintaining that District Judge Tanya Chutkan should be removed from his case as her past statements show clear bias against the Republican forerunner.

“The defence interprets the court’s verbal reiteration of Palmer and Priola’s arguments about their relative culpability as ‘suggest[ing]’ a secret core view about Defendant’s criminality….That inferential leap is not reasonable in light of the relevant facts, record, and law,” the judge wrote.

“The court was legally bound to not only privately consider those arguments, but also to publicly assess them.”

Chutkan also noted she had never made any comments on Trump’s culpability — noting it was his own attorneys who leaped to that conclusion.

Judge Chutkan is to preside over the case regarding Trump’s involvement in subverting 2020 election results and the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riots.

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Lenni Lenape

Perkasie man charged with assault over skate park attack on teen

A 19-year-old Perkasie man is accused of stabbing a teenager at a skate park Monday afternoon.

Perkasie police responded to Grand View Hospital, where they met with the mother of a 15-year-old boy who was allegedly stabbed at the Lenape Skate Park on Constitutional Avenue, according to a probable cause statement.

The mother told police when she met her son at the park pavilion that she saw blood on his shirt. She was then approached by Nikolas Anthony Lore, who apologized to her.

A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday, September 25, 2023, and charged with stabbing a 15-year-old at a Perkasie skate park.

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The woman immediately took her son to the hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The victim alleged that while at the park, Lore retrieved a 10- to 12-inch knife from his car and began walking toward him with the knife in a sheath, police said. The victim ran away, but felt something hit his back twice. He ran into a bathroom where he noticed two cuts about four inches long on his upper back.

Medical personnel told police the wounds would require stitches, the affidavit said.

Police returned to the skate park where they found Lore, who had been taken into custody. The knife allegedly used in the attack has also been seized, police said.

The charging documents provide no details about what led to the alleged attack.

Lore was indicted on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and related charges. He is being held at the Bucks County Correctional Center in lieu of 10% bail on $150,000.

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Mohican

PREVIEW: Alliance for a Viable Future presents ‘Honoring Native America’ at The Mahaiwe to kick off Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend

Shawn Stevens is an enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, whose ancestral homelands are the Berkshires, as well as the entire Hudson Valley. Photo courtesy of Alliance for a Viable Future.

Great Barrington — Alliance for a Viable Future (AVF) and the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present the second annual “Honoring Native America” event on Friday, October 6, to kick off Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend in the Berkshires. Friday’s program consists of flute music performed by R. Carlos Nakai; stories from Mohican storyteller Shawn Stevens; and a talk by lawyer and peacemaker Cheryl Fairbanks, Esq. Executive Director of Alliance for a Viable Future Lev Natan will deliver opening remarks. The Mahaiwe describes the event as going “beyond performance into the interactive realm of ceremony and collective prayer.”

Born in 1946, R. Carlos Nakai is a Navajo and Ute flutist. He initially played brass instruments but switched to the Native American cedar flute due to an injury. Self-taught, Nakai released “Changes” in 1983 and signed with Canyon Records, producing over 37 discs for that label. His music blends traditional Native American melodies with original compositions. Nakai has collaborated with such musicians as composer Philip Glass, flutist Paul Horn, guitarist/luthier William Eaton, composer James DeMars, two-time-Grammy-winning producer Billy Williams, and a very long list of others. Nakai has received 11 Grammy nominations.

Although an ordained minister of the Universal Church of Light, Shawn Stevens does not answer to “shaman” or “medicine man.” Instead, he calls himself a helper. He is also a drummer, dancer, singer, flutist, historian, and especially a storyteller. Shawn is a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, but his…

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Nanticoke

State police charge boy, 16, with attempted homicide in Nanticoke drive-by shooting

WILKES-BARRE — State police at Wilkes-Barre charged a 16-year-old Wilkes-Barre boy as an adult with the attempted homicide of a 14-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting in Nanticoke in July.

James Alberto, address unknown, was taken before Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. where he was arraigned Thursday.

Investigators allege Alberto was the gunman when he leaned out a passenger window of a 2014 Hyundai Elantra and fired multiple shots, striking the 14-year-old in the head and ankle in the area of West Green and Maple streets on July 21.

The Hyundai, allegedly driven by John Carl Pearce IV, 16, of Wyoming, was reported stolen to Nanticoke City Police on July 19.

Pearce was initially identified as the shooter in a criminal complaint when he was arrested by state police July 26.

State police withdrew the criminal complaint against Pearce on Wednesday, refiling an amended complaint that identifies Pearce as the driver and Alberto as the alleged gunman.

Investigators believe the 14-year-old boy was targeted in retaliation as Alberto believed he made disrespectful comments about a deceased infant, according to the criminal complaint filed against Alberto on Thursday.

According to the criminal complaint:

A woman from Nanticoke reported her Hyundai Elantra stolen from her residence on July 19. Two day later, July 21, Nanticoke City police responded to gunfire at West Green and Maple streets where they found the 14-year-old boy with gunshot wounds to his head and ankle.

Surveillance footage in the area showed the 14-year-old boy walking as the Hyundai was recorded driving slowly with the rear passenger wearing a ski mask lean out the window and discharged rounds across the roof of the vehicle, the complaint says.

After the shooting, the occupants of the Hyundai were recorded…

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Delaware Tribe

West Chester University celebrates 50 years of forest preservation

On Saturday, September 23, West Chester University celebrated 50 years of forest preservation with a “forest fest” commemorating the dedication of the Robert B. Gordon Natural Area (GNA). Rain could not dampen spirits as University and community members came together in Sykes Student Union Ballrooms to learn more about the area that students and faculty enjoy as a living laboratory.

WCU Anthropology Professor Heather Wholey and WCU President Christopher Fiorentino talk with Chief Brad Kills Crow and Jeremy Johnson, both from the Delaware Tribe of Indians, at the GNA 50th Anniversary. (Photo courtesy of WCU)WCU Anthropology Professor Heather Wholey and WCU President Christopher Fiorentino talk with Chief Brad Kills Crow and Jeremy Johnson, both from the Delaware Tribe of Indians, at the GNA 50th Anniversary. (Photo courtesy of WCU)

Key to the celebration were several members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, now based in Oklahoma, who consulted on the Lenape language displayed on new signage WCU will erect in the GNA. In addition to delivering greetings, Jeremy Johnson of the Delaware Tribe of Indians invited those present to join in a celebratory dance.

Of West Chester University’s 406 acres, more than 126 acres is a preserved forest and open space on South Campus used for environmental studies, reflection, and recreation: the Robert B. Gordon Natural Area for Environmental Studies (GNA). On the heels of the first Earth Day in 1970, the GNA was protected from development in 1971 and officially dedicated in 1973. It has been since designated a Wild Plant Sanctuary by the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Robert B. Gordon was a respected professor of biology who taught at the institution from 1938 until 1964. He was a specialist on the natural vegetation of the northeastern United States.

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Mohegan

Bruce Springsteen: music legend postpones remainder of world tour due to health issue

Bruce Springsteen has postponed the remainder of his world tour as he continues to recover from peptic ulcer disease. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bruce Springsteen has postponed the remainder of his world tour as he continues to recover from peptic ulcer disease. (Credit: Getty Images)

Rocker Bruce Springsteen has been forced to postpone the remaining dates on his world tour following urgent doctors’ advice.

The Born to Run singer had already cancelled dates in Canada and the US after falling ill. He had been on a world tour, the first in six years for the singer, alongside the E Street Band which commenced in Florida on 1 February.

The dates are expected to be fulfilled in 2024 when Springsteen is back to full health.

Why did Bruce Springsteen postpone his world tour dates?

Springsteen, 74, is currently recovering after suffering from peptic ulcer disease.

His team said: “Bruce Springsteen has continued to recover steadily from peptic ulcer disease over the past few weeks and will continue treatment through the rest of the year on doctor’s advice. With this in mind, and out of an abundance of caution, all remaining 2023 tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be postponed until 2024.”

The singer himself said: “Thanks to all my friends and fans for your good wishes, encouragement, and support. I’m on the mend and can’t wait to see you all next year.”

Which dates are postponed?

Springsteen had already postponed tour dates from March through to September due to the illness. These dates included:

  • 9 March: Nationwide Arena, Columbus

  • 12 March: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville

  • 14 March: MVP Arena, Albany

  • 16 August: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

  • 18 August: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

  • 28 August: Nationals Park, Washington, DC

  • 7 September: JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse

  • 9 September: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore

  • 12 September: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

  • 14 September: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

  • 16 September: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville

  • 19 September: MVP Arena, Albany

  • 21…

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Lenni Lenape

A Complicated Past

Every September 17, Americans across the country observe Constitution Day, an opportunity to remember and celebrate the monumental task our founding fathers took on in 1787 to create a new form of government. During the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787, Pennsylvania sent eight delegates to Philadelphia who would attempt to craft the most important document in American history using their expertise and experience in a variety of fields.

While the battle for an effective governmental structure raged in the East, a very different conflict continued to cause strife in the wild wilderness of central Pennsylvania: the struggle between Native Americans and westward expansion. 

Native Americans have existed in central Pennsylvania for thousands of years, with sites near modern-day Houserville dating back several thousand years. Centuries before European colonization along the East Coast, Native groups like the Lenape and Susquehannock thrived in the wilderness that was rich with with fish, game, and tillable soil. With the arrival of Europeans throughout the seventeenth century, changes had been forced on Native peoples. Tribes that were traditionally east of central Pennsylvania were forced from their homes by the increasing population of European immigrants. Clashes were common, but the results were the same. Eventually the frontline of those battles would make its way to the heart of the Appalachian Mountains.

By the mid-eighteenth century, conflict between Native Americans and Europeans, both French and British, were well documented. Many pushed for Great Britain or France to deal with the Native groups using direct force, but the European kingdoms responded by strategically constructing forts, likely defending themselves against each other as much as against Native attacks. At the onset of the French and Indian War, Native Americans all across America would be caught in the middle, forced to choose sides or face extinction.

Locally, the…

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Unami

Meridian Bank House of the Week: 123-Year-Old Converted Farmhouse in Quakertown

By John Fey

Published: 5:26 am EDT September 29, 2023Published: September 29, 2023Updated: 1:56 pm EDT September 28, 2023

A unique estate in Quakertown has recently hit the market, offering a historic property with plenty of modern amenities.

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The Historic Mill was originally built in the 1700s and converted to a home in the 1900s on Unami Creek.

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The original character of the mill, with its exposed beams and rustic charm, has been retained while incorporating all the modern conveniences for comfortable living.

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It’s the perfect place to entertain guests, dine al fresco, or simply unwind in the tranquility of your own oasis.

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With four bedrooms and three bathrooms, this home is the perfect size for large families looking to live in luxury.

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Read and see more of this house at 2045 Hillcrest Road in Quakertown, listed for $949,000, on EveryHome.com.

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Nanticoke

TidalHealth Nanticoke recertified in total hip and knee replacement

SEAFORD — TidalHealth Nanticoke has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards.

The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to offering safe and quality patient care.

The Seaford hospital was recognized for providing clinical total hip and knee replacement programs across the continuum of care.

The recertification evaluates how organizations, like TidalHealth, use clinical outcomes and performance measures to identify opportunities to improve care, as well as to educate and prepare patients and caregivers for discharge.

The recertification is valid for a two-year period and follows a rigorous and unannounced onsite review earlier this year.

“TidalHealth Nanticoke’s outstanding orthopedic division is pleased to have received this reaccreditation from The Joint Commission, the premier healthcare quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,” said Penny Short, MSM, BSN, RN, President of TidalHealth Nanticoke.

“It validates our quality of care, while also challenging us to continuously improve and heighten our standards of care for orthopedic patients in our region, which ultimately improves the health of the communities we serve.”

TidalHealth Nanticoke’s total hip and knee replacement programs have continuously strived to exceed benchmarks with quality outcomes. The utilization of clinical practice guidelines in conjunction with multidisciplinary team collaboration were key components in preparation for the survey. The program utilizes strategies to assure best practices are implemented for pre-procedure education, early ambulation post procedure, appropriate pain management, post procedure education and improved functional outcomes.

“Total Hip and Knee Replacement certification recognizes healthcare organizations committed to striving for excellence and fostering continuous improvement in patient safety and quality of care,” said Ken Grubbs, DNP, MBA, RN, Executive Vice President of Accreditation and Certification Operations and Chief Nursing Officer, The Joint Commission.

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