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Nanticoke

Ryncavage running for 3rd term in state House

State Rep. Alec Ryncavage has announced he’s seeking a third term representing the 119th state House District.

The Republican from Hanover Twp. has represented the district since 2022. The 119th District includes the city of Nanticoke; the boroughs of Ashley, Edwardsville, Larksville, Plymouth, Sugar Notch, and Warrior Run; and the townships of Fairview, Hanover, Newport, Plymouth, Rice, and Wright.

“The job isn’t finished,” Ryncavage said in a news release. “There’s more work to get done, and I’m ready to keep rolling up my sleeves for the people I serve.”

The term for a state representative is two years. The annual salary for rank and file members is $113,000 per year.

“I’ve never believed this job is about titles or soundbites,” Ryncavage said in the news release. “It’s about showing up, being present, and being an ambassador for the communities I represent. Right now, more than ever, people deserve experienced champions who know how to navigate tough issues and deliver real results.”

The news release said his office “has handled more than 25,000 constituent cases, ranking among the 10th highest-volume district offices in the state, and has helped secure over $20 million in grants for local communities.”

Ryncavage “has worked on transformative projects across the district, including the regionalization of the Edwardsville and Larksville police departments, as well as the everyday efforts that matter to residents, from hosting regular shred events to launching the district’s first-ever drive-through electronic recycling event,” the news release added.

The Republican incumbent said the following on the rising cost of electricity: “Pennsylvania is producing more power than we consume, yet families and small businesses are paying the price. Electric rates are up more than 60 percent year over year, while our state is effectively subsidizing energy production for 13 other states and Washington, D.C. through the…

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Lenni Lenape

Basketball Recap: Jefferson Township Skates Past Lenape Valley with Ease

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You’re bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that’s exactly how it played out for Jefferson Township on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Lenape Valley Patriots out of the water with a 54-14 final score. The Falcons have beaten the Patriots the last nine times they’ve met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Patriots has come to flipping the script.

It was another big night for Emma Barone, who went 6-for-8 en route to 15 points and six steals. Barone is crushing it when it comes to points: she’s scored at least 15 every time she’s taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Riley Strauch, who posted ten points and three steals.

Jefferson Township’s record now sits at 8-1. As for Lenape Valley, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-6.

Coming up, Jefferson Township will head out on the road to face off against Sparta at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Lenape Valley, they will welcome High Point at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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Mohican

Mohican Winterfest ice sculptures capture fleeting beauty

Despite rain and warm temperatures, visitors gathered Jan. 10 to watch artists transform blocks of ice into temporary works of art in downtown Loudonville.

The art of carving ice takes time to master, but once that happens, each artist is able to draw out sculptures that spring to life, if only for a short time. Dave Mast

For many years Loudonville has hosted the Mohican Winterfest, and it has taken place in frigid cold, almost sweltering heat, snow squalls, rainstorms and every weather imaginable.

This year on Saturday, Jan. 10, it was warm and raining, but that didn’t stop people from venturing in to watch ice carving professionals from Elegant Ice in Cleveland fashioning works of art on the park grounds near the square.

The professionals at Elegant Ice turn blocks of ice into stunning art, like this beautiful unicorn that was featured along Main Street in Loudonville during Mohican Winterfest. Dave Mast

Even in the rain, families and couples climbed out of their vehicles, umbrellas in hand, and ventured to the park, where Elegant Ice professionals used their skills to shape massive blocks of square ice into a dancing bear, a sailboat, a buffalo, a unicorn, an eagle or whatever design they could create from their arsenal of ideas.

It was neat to see young children hoisting blocks of discarded ice, exploring them, feeling the slickness, even touching their tongues to the ice pieces.

But above all, this adventure was about watching something as inanimate as a block of ice turn into art, as sculptors took a blowtorch to each piece, drawing out the beauty.

Mike and Whitney Ross from Eaton, near Dayton, have made a point of attending this event annually. Like many, they were taken by the beauty and elegance of…

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Mohegan

Willimantic Police respond to nearly 300 cases to end 2025

WILLIMANTIC — During the last week of 2025, the Willimantic Police Department generated 282 case numbers. Of those case numbers, Police Chief Fabian Silva said the department made 15 arrests, including individuals with multiple outstanding warrants.

A total of 36 motor vehicle stops were conducted, resulting in 29 verbal warnings, two infractions and five misdemeanor summonses.

Some notable calls during that week include an incident involving a two-week-old baby that fell and was transported to Windham Hospital with injuries. The baby was then transported to another hospital, where it later passed away.

A sudden death was reported in the area near Main Street and High Street.

Silva said officers located a deceased adult male in an alleyway, and the investigation indicated injuries were consistent with self-harm. There was no evidence of foul play.

The Mohegan Police Department informed the Willimantic Police Department it had located a motor vehicle reported stolen from Roanoke Avenue. Mohegan Police advised an individual was found in possession of the vehicle and was taken into custody.

Other incidents included a follow-up investigation into a dumpster fire at Walnut Street, where video footage revealed a light-skinned male wearing dark-colored clothing and a face mask. The man was seen on the video rummaging through the dumpster only moments before the fire.

Currently, the police are still attempting to identify the person of interest.

During the week, officers responded to Windham Hospital after receiving the report of a violent patient who was resisting hospital staff.

Silva said the officers who responded to the scene successfully de-escalated the situation. The situation involved an intoxicated and agitated patient whom CSP placed under evaluation.

Another call involved a male operator who was arrested for DUI after he evaded the scene after striking multiple vehicles on Windham Road and fleeing the scene.

Officers located the operator, who was then placed under arrest. He was…

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Nanticoke

TUESDAY REWIND: Stish reaches 1,000-point milestone in Cougars’ rout

Dylan Stish joined an elite club on Tuesday night.

Hazleton Area’s junior basketball standout became the just the 11th Cougars’ player to eclipse the 1,000-point mark in a career and only one of a select few to reach the mark as an 11th-grader.

Stish’s 1,000th point came on on a three-point shot from the left corner with 1:18 remaining in the third quarter of a 79-29 rout of Nanticoke at Hughie McGeehan Gymnasium. The three-year starter finished with a season-high 32 points, including 11 in both the first and second quarters that left him eight shy of the coveted mark. He sandwiched two deuces around a triple to start his third-quarter scoring, before knocking down his fourth triple of the game to set off a celebration among his teammates and coaches and those in attendance.

Stish joins his father, Frank, in the 1,000-point club at Hazleton Area, though Frank started his career at Bishop Hafey. Sal Biasi is the Cougars’ all-time leading scorer with 1,787 points followed by Chris Long (1,618), Brian Kunec (1,493), Russ Canzler (1,261), Terry Kringe (1,247), Hassan Abdullah (1,238), Mike DeMarco (1,226), Da’mir Faison (1,214), Frank Stish (1,100), Jeff Planutis (1,008) and now Dylan Stish (1,000).

As for Tuesday’s game, the Cougars (6-8, 3-2 Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1) led 25-7 after one quarter and 54-16 at halftime and easily snapped their two-game losing streak.

Sophomore Eddie Macko added 13 points; Oscaudy Vasquez had nine and Jahziel Ramirez was right behind with eight for the Cougars.

Dylan Ball and Ethan Yendrzeiwski both canned nine points for the Trojans.

Hazleton Area is back on the road at Wilkes-Barre Area on Thursday and then face York William Penn in the Geigle Classic at Reading on Saturday afternoon.

Wyoming Seminary 57, MMI Prep 31

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Lenni Lenape

Who are N.J.’s over 40 undefeated wrestlers through Jan. 13?

The 2025-2026 wrestling season is over a month old, and there are still over 40 New Jersey wrestlers chasing perfection.

Of course, there’s nearly two months to go including district, region and state tournaments.

NJ.com compiled the list of all of the state’s undefeated wrestlers based on results reported to trackwrestling.com.

To qualify for the list, wrestlers must have competed in at least eight matches. Records are updated through matches of Jan. 13.

There are state champions on the list but also relative unknowns from all areas on the state-wide scene who are starting to make a name for themselves by going on an undefeated run through the early part of the season.

Big men have managed to stay undefeated longer than the lightweights this year. There are six wrestlers at both 215 and 285 who are still maintaining perfect records, the most at any weight.

In comparison, there isn’t a single 126-pounder who is still undefeated.

This is the first list of the season, but the first of many as we will update the list on a weekly basis. We all add any wrestlers who hit the eight-match threshold and delete any athlete who takes a list.

New lists will appear every Wednesday throughout the season. How many will be left when we reach Atlantic City?

If there is a wrestler that should be on the list that isn’t included, send an e-mail to bevans@njadvancemedia.com.

106 pounds

Name School Grade Record
Thomas Blewett Middletown North Jr. 14-0
David Peoples Old Bridge So. 11-0
Said Jan Rahmani Hopewell Valley Jr. 9-0

113 pounds

Name School Grade Record
Tristan Rosemeyer Lower Cape May So. 18-0
Daniel Finelli Seneca Fr. 15-0
Matthew Pagan Kearny Jr. 12-0
Jirrard Ferrer Belleville So. 11-0

120 pounds

Name School Grade Record
Anthony Lopez Immaculata Fr. 16-0
Bryce Paley Lower Cape May Jr. 15-0
Gavin Young Old Bridge Sr. 10-0
Iyon Townsend Paul VI So. 8-0

126 pounds

None

132 pounds

Name School Grade Record
Jack Lorper Hawthorne Sr. 11-0
Bradon Binetti Fair Lawn So. 9-0

138 pounds

Name School Grade Record
Chase Hansen Lower Cape May Sr. 19-0
Jeremy Negron Edison Sr. 16-0
Dominic Marino Cinnaminson Sr. 16-0
Jacob Inserra Pascack Valley So. 13-0
Sammy Spaulding Camden Catholic Sr 11-0

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Delaware Tribe

Hudson Artist Nathan Young Awarded 2026 United States Artists Fellowship

Hudson-based artist Nathan Young has been named a 2026 Fellow by United States Artists, one of the country’s most significant sources of unrestricted support for working artists. The fellowship includes a $50,000 grant intended to give recipients flexibility to support their creative practices, personal needs, and community commitments.

Young is among 50 artists selected nationwide for the 2026 cohort, announced as United States Artists marks its 20th anniversary. Founded in 2005, the Chicago-based organization has distributed more than $53 million in direct support to artists across disciplines, emphasizing unrestricted funding as a way to sustain long-term creative work rather than project-based outcomes.

Nathan young is an artist, scholar, and composer who lives in Hudson.

An artist, scholar, and composer, Young works in an expanded interdisciplinary practice that incorporates sound, video, documentary, animation, installation, and experimental and improvised music. His work frequently engages spiritual and political themes, drawing on Indigenous sacred imagery to challenge conventional ideas of the sublime. Young is an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and a direct descendant of the Pawnee Nation and Kiowa Tribe. He is originally from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and is a founding and former member of the influential artist collective Postcommodity.

United States Artists selects fellows through a year-long, peer-led process across 10 disciplines, with an emphasis on artistic vision, originality, and the potential impact of unrestricted support. In addition to the $50,000 award, fellows receive access to professional resources such as financial planning, legal advice, and career consulting, reflecting the organization’s broader approach to artist sustainability.

Peyote Box by Nathan Young.

Young’s work has been shown widely, including a recent local exhibition at Art Omi in 2024, where his project “Tune It or Die” explored sound, endurance,…

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Mohegan

From Hershey Chocolate, Atlantic City & Connecticut: The G.O.A.T.

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Nanticoke

HS ROUNDUP: Trojanettes remain in first place in Division 2

Nanticoke Area raced out to a big halftime lead on its way to a 55-33 victory over Hanover Area on Monday night in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 girls basketball game.

Nanticoke Area is 6-0 in Division 2 and 11-3 overall. The Trojanettes led, 27-13, at the half.

Kate Reed scored 16 of her season-high 24 points in the first half. Of her 10 field goals, four of them came from beyond the 3-point line.

Navaeh Baran scored nine points for Nanticoke Area, while Nevaeh Tolodziewski scored a season-high eight points.

Symone Mims led Hanover Area with a season-high 17 points. Emma Schlingman scored nine and Maliyah Holt added five. Hanover Area is 3-9 overall and 1-5 in the division.

Hazleton Area 85, Berwick 39: At Berwick, Alexis Reimold scored 18 points and Kaitlyn Bindas scored 15 points to lead the Cougars over Berwick in a Division 1 game.

Kayla Lagowy scored 14 and Mariah Marolo netted 11 points for Hazleton Area (13-1, 5-0). Sophia Benyo finished with 10.

Abby Calarco led Berwick with 11 points. Grace Robbins scored nine and Addison Remley chipped in with six.

Wyoming Seminary 60, MMI Prep 12: At Wyoming Seminary, Natalina DeNaples scored a season-high 15 points and Nori Neuwirth and Dori Bartos each scored seven to lead the Blue Knights.

Stella Ruiz and Julia Williams each scored six points for Wyoming Seminary (9-3, 4-2). The Blue Knights extended their winning streak to five.

Anna Drobnock led MMI Prep with nine points.

Lake-Lehman 64, Tunkhannock 30: At Lake-Lehman, Kinley Purdy scored 18 points and Olivia Oliver added 15 to help Lake-Lehman defeat Tunkhannock in a Division 2 basketball game.

Amanda Battin added eight points for Lake-Lehman (8-6, 4-2), while Sofia Sparacio and Delcia Biscotto each scored seven.

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Lenni Lenape

Swimming: Results, featured coverage & photos for Tuesday, Jan. 13

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GIRLS: No. 5 Bridgewater-Raritan at No. 3 Hillsborough, 3

BOYS: No. 1 Bridgewater-Raritan at No. 4 Hillsborough, 3

BOYS: Leonia at Rutherford, 5

GIRLS: Leonia at Rutherford, 5

BOYS TOP 20 SCOREBOARD

  • No. 1 Bridgewater-Raritan at No. 4 Hillsborough, 3:15
  • No. 3 Delbarton at No. 9 St. Peter’s Prep, 4:30
  • No. 5 Chatham at Kinnelon, 2:30
  • No. 10 Scotch Plains-Fanwood at New Providence, 3
  • No. 14 Ridge vs. Montgomery, 2:30
  • No. 19 Ridgewood vs. Pascack Valley, 4
  • No. 20 Passaic Tech vs. Clifton, 3:30

GIRLS TOP 20 SCOREBOARD

  • No. 1 Chatham at Kinnelon, 2:30
  • No. 3 Hillsborough vs. No. 5 Bridgewater-Raritan, 3:15
  • No. 6 Immaculate Heart vs. Paramus, 6:30
  • No. 7 Trinity Hall vs. Red Bank Catholic, 7:15
  • No. 8 Pingry vs. Mount St. Mary, 4
  • No. 11 Newark Academy at Caldwell, 6
  • No. 19 Red Bank Regional vs. Middletown North, 5:30

BOYS STATEWIDE SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Jan. 13

BIG NORTH

Clifton (1-5) at Passaic Tech (8-0), 3:30pm

Ridgewood (5-0) vs. Pascack Valley (4-3) at Bethany Community Center, 4pm

Fair Lawn (4-2) at Hackensack (2-5-1), 4:15pm

Indian Hills (1-4) at Mahwah (2-3), 4:15pm

Bergen Catholic (2-5) at Paramus (2-3), 6:30pm

Demarest (2-2) vs. Ramsey (1-4) at PCTI, 8pm

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Absegami (0-6) at Cedar Creek (0-4), 4:30pm

GMC

Woodbridge (4-1) at Franklin (2-3), 3:30pm

NJAC

Chatham (4-1) at Kinnelon (2-3), 2:30pm

High Point (0-4) at Kittatinny (4-0), 4pm

Parsippany Hills (4-1) at Morristown-Beard (0-3-1), 4:30pm

Delbarton (5-0) at St. Peter’s Prep (4-1), 4:30pm

Montville (0-4) at Mount Olive (0-4), 5pm

Parsippany (0-4-1) at Pequannock (1-3), 5:30pm

Pope John (1-4) at Vernon (1-3), 6pm

Franklin School (Jersey City) at Madison (5-0), 6pm

Lenape Valley (3-2) at Hanover Park (4-2), 6:30pm

NJIC

Lyndhurst (1-5) at Secaucus (4-1), 4pm

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