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‘They’re not negotiating in good faith’- Empire responds to mayor, councillor

NANTICOKE—As reported last week, Haldimand Council voted 4-3 to maintain their support of Empire Communities’ divisive Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) request for a potential Nanticoke development including residential, commercial, and industrial uses.

The vote was brought forth by Councillor Brad Adams and backed by a petition asking Council to rescind their previously approved support of the Empire-submitted MZO request, currently awaiting a decision from Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Rob Flack.

During discussion on the motion, Adams and Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley made allegations against Empire about their dealings with potential businesses interested in building on the industrial land in Nanticoke.

NANTICOKE—A slide from a February 14, 2022 presentation showing the subject lands of Empire’s planned development outlined in red.

“Empire has been approached by businesses for light industrial,” said Bentley. “I get the calls, because I send them out there … but then I hear back six or eight months later that they’re not negotiating in good faith.”

Adams claimed that Empire is currently demanding over $300,000 an acre for land that is “undeveloped and lacks municipal services, which is significantly above fair market value. In fact, Empire purchased the land at just over $21,000 an acre a little over a year ago”.

“This indicates to me that these folks do not want industry in the industrial park,” he said, suggesting they have been “approached by industry, and bluntly turned them away.” 

He listed a solar project as an example, where the developers “expressed interest in leasing or purchasing the land for industrial use but have not been given a fair opportunity to negotiate. Empire’s refusal to engage in good faith negotiations and their unwillingness to consider…

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Atlanta Dream vs Connecticut Sun Prediction 9/1/25 WNBA Picks Today

Atlanta sits at 25-14, a strong run that has them climbing in the standings, while Connecticut is just 10-29 and trying to finish the season with some pride. The Dream have been hot — winning 10 of their last 13 — while the Sun have shown a little fight lately with wins over Dallas, Chicago, and Washington, but they also just got blown out by Minnesota. This matters for Atlanta’s playoff seeding and for Connecticut’s chance to play spoiler. For fans heading to Mohegan Sun Arena, expect around 82°F at tip-off, mostly sunny with less than 10% chance of rain. Shouldn’t be any travel problems, no major wind issues either. A smooth day for attendance and tailgating. For bettors scanning sports daily free predictions, this one has clear momentum angles on both sides.

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Atlanta Dream (25-14) vs. Connecticut Sun (10-29)

Atlanta’s offense is clicking. They’re averaging 83.4 points per game on 43.9% shooting. Over their last five, they handled Dallas by 22, beat New York, and edged Minnesota. The two losses came against LA by single digits. Allisha Gray has been steady all season — 18.7 PPG, 5.4 boards, and over 3.5 assists. The Dream also share the ball well (21.2 APG) and don’t beat themselves with turnovers (11.5 per game). Defensively, they’ve gone under the total in nine of the last 10 because they slow opponents down, holding them to inefficient looks. Jordin Canada being questionable with a hamstring…

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Electa Quinney: First Teacher in Wisconsin

Narrator: Electa Quinney was heartbroken to leave her home. She was barely ten years old, and she and five other Mohican girls were going far away to school. It would be a long time before they would see their families again. But they knew that education was their best chance at surviving. To understand why, we have to go back to the years before Electa was born.

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Electa and her family were Mohicans. The Mohicans lived in a thriving community in the state now known as New York. But by the 1700s, more and more European invaders were coming to America to seize land and resources. Colonization, war, and European diseases decimated the Mohican populations and homelands. In order to survive, the Mohicans were forced to move.

In the 1730s, they decided to live alongside some English colonists and form the town that became Stockbridge, Massachusetts. There, the Stockbridge Mohicans raised families, farmed and hunted, and participated in town life. When the Revolutionary War broke out, the…

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‘A vibrant celebration’: United Lenape Pow Wow returns to Prospect Park after decades away • Brooklyn Paper

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A Pow Wow will bring Indigenous culture and arts back to Prospect Park this weekend.

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Stonefish Ryan/Prospect Park Alliance

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A historic Lenape tradition is returning to Prospect Park this weekend after decades away. 

On Sept. 13 and 14, the park will host the United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow, its first intertribal gathering since 1972 and the second-ever Lenape Pow Wow in New York City. 

The weekend welcomes indigenous Lenape communities back to their ancestral homeland and celebrates Lenape culture and heritage with dancing and music, food, art and artisan crafts. 

“Reviving the Pow Wow tradition in Prospect Park provides the Lenape/Lunáapeew who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and celebrate, and offers Brooklynites of all backgrounds the chance to immerse themselves in the cultures of the original stewards of this land,” said Morgan Monaco, President of Prospect Park Alliance, in a statement. 

lenape pow wow people singing and playing drumThe event will feature drummers, dancers, and art. Photo courtesy of Bob Levine/Prospect Park Alliance

The Lenape, also known as the Lunáapeew, are indigenous to New York City, and lived across the five boroughs — including in Brooklyn. Conflict with American settlers, war, and disease killed thousands, and the Lenape were eventually forced out of their homeland. 

From 1916 to 1972, Prospect Park hosted regular intertribal Pow Wows, gatherings where Lenape/Lunáapeew gathered with neighboring tribes to socialize and celebrate. Now, the Prospect Park Alliance is working with the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective and the…

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MMI Preparatory School Finishes Even with Greater Nanticoke Area + How To Watch

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MMI Preparatory School and the Greater Nanticoke Area Trojans finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw on Wednesday.

MMI Preparatory School’s draw gives them a new season record of 0-1-2. Meanwhile, Greater Nanticoke Area’s record is now 1-3-2.

Looking ahead, MMI Preparatory School will take on Wyoming Seminary College Prep at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Wyoming Seminary College Prep will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something MMI Preparatory School surely won’t give up without a fight. As for Greater Nanticoke Area, they will head out on the road to take on Wilkes-Barre at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Wilkes-Barre’s last three matchups have been decided by no more than a goal, so don’t be surprised if it’s a close one.

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Are you afraid of the dark? Take in the crisp fall air with free scary movie screenings around CT

The end of Hartford Business Improvement District’s “Spooky Popcorn” series in Constitution Plaza doesn’t mean the season of outdoor movie screening. Happily, horror-themed films continue well into the fall all over Connecticut.

The “Movies in the Plaza” series, which takes place at Pitkin Plaza in New Haven, runs through the end of October. “Movies in the Plaza” has been showing a lot of comedy and adventure films in the summer weeks, but as the days get darker so do the movies.

Upcoming features include the comic time travel history lesson “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” on Sept. 3, the romantic comedy “Love Jones” on Sept. 10, the first “Spy Kids” adventure on Sept. 17, the Lin-Manuel Miranda hip-hop musical “In the Heights” on Sept. 24, the classic “Poltergeist” from 1982 on Oct. 1, the creepy 1978 Philip Kaufman remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” on Oct. 8, the Cannes Palme D’Or and Academy Award winning Korean psychosocial drama “Parasite” on Oct 15, the 2005 British horror flick “The Descent” on Oct. 22 and this year’s Depression-era vampire hit “Sinners” on Oct. 29.

All of the screenings are on Wednesday at 8 p.m., but there’s also a Sunday matinee family movie screening of Disney/Pixar’s “Coco” on Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. in the same Pitikin Plaza location.

The “Movies in the Plaza” screenings are free. Audiences are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and pillows and to consider eating and shopping downtown before the screening. The organizers suggest that parents or guardians go online to acquaint themselves with the content of the films since “some Wednesday evening movies are not for all ages.”

Mohegan Sun’s annual “Moonlit Movies” event is Uncasville only one night, but it involves two movies as well as a fire pit, food trucks…

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Poquessing Trail of History Brings Awareness to Byberry’s Past

One of the furthest corners of the far Northeast holds some of the oldest historical sites in Philadelphia. The former Byberry and Moreland Townships were a longtime home of a significant Lenape population, the location of Byberry Friends Meeting, one of the oldest Quaker meetings in Philadelphia, as well as an important abolitionist site and an early Black burial ground.

Now, a project coordinated by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia aims to knit these sites together under a unified theme, the Poquessing Trail of History, named after the creek that forms a boundary between Philadelphia and Bucks County. “Assets that have been protected and stewarded are finally getting some attention,” said project coordinator Aislinn Pentecost-Farren.

Detail of a map in Thomas Companius Holm’s Short Description of New Sweden, published in 1702 and based in part on Peter Lindestrom’s journal of his 1654-1655 survey of the region. “Poanpissing” (Poquessing) Creek is at mid-left, on the right bank of the Delaware River. The map is oriented with north on the bottom; the Poquessing Creek, shown on the right side of the river in this map, is on the west side. | Image and text courtesy of Poquessing Trail of History

“People in this area are used to being overlooked in the historical narrative,” noted project director Jack McCarthy. “In general, the Northeast hasn’t gotten a lot of attention, so it’s fun to bring it to life.”

The project connects a number of stakeholders in the Byberry neighborhood: historic preservation groups, a religious congregation, a state park, a city park, and a Native American tribe. “Everybody was enthusiastic and supportive. Everyone saw the value of working collectively,” recalled McCarthy. “There were a few logistical challenges, like working at a distance with the Delaware Band,…

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Local roundup: Brown reaches milestone in Nanticoke Area field hockey win

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2XS7h2_14QQzfZV00Nanticoke Area field hockey’s Emersyn ‘Emma’ Brown scored her 50th career goal in the team’s 5-1 win over Pittston Area on Thursday. Submitted photo

Emma Brown scored four goals, including the 50th of her career, to lead Nanticoke Area to a 5-1 win over Pittston Area on Thursday in a Wyoming Valley Conference field hockey matchup.

Molly Novak added a goal for the Trojans, who improved to 3-0 in Division 2 with the win. Rileigh Brown added an assist.

Giuliana Latona had the lone goal for Pittston Area. The goal was assisted by Jenna Zaladonis.

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Holy Redeemer 3, Hazleton Area 1

The Royals dropped their first set of the season but regrouped to beat Hazleton Area and remain undefeated.

Hazleton Area won the first set 25-19. Redeemer won the next three by scores of 25-23, 25-15 and 25-23.

Bella Boylan had 31 kills and 10 digs, while Elizabeth Bilbow added 36 assists.

Wilkes-Barre Area 3, Hanover Area 0

The Wolfpack cruised to a win over Hanover Area in straight sets.

Set scores were 25-13, 25-11 and 25-8 in favor of Wilkes-Barre Area.

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Holy Redeemer 161, Tunkhannock 171

Liam Gill paced the field with a one-over-par 37 as Holy Redeemer edged out Tunkhannock.

Arden Brunn added a 39 for the Royals. Dylan Hughes carded a 41 and Brady DePhillips shot a 44.

Chad Corby had the low round for Tunkhannock with a 39.

Lake-Lehman 160, Wyoming Area 191

Jack Oliver and Will Jenkins shot matching 38s to tie for medalist honors and lead Lake-Lehman to a win over Wyoming Area.

Jackson Norconk and Jack Kashatus each shot 42 for the Black Knights.

Mitchell Rusinchak led the Warriors with a 43. Joey Onda and Robbie Yatsko each carded scores of 44.

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Nanticoke Area 5, Pittston Area 1

First — 1. NAN Emma Brown 3:24. Second — 1. NAN Brown 1:05. Third — 1. NAN…

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Dream vs. Sun: Preview, Predictions, Where to Watch for Free

The Atlanta Dream (25–14) hit the road this afternoon to face the Connecticut Sun (10–29) at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Atlanta has already clinched a playoff berth, but they still have work to do this Labor Day. The Dream sit just half a game behind the Las Vegas Aces for the No. 2 seed, and a win today would bring them even with the league’s hottest team.

Las Vegas has rattled off 12 straight victories, yet Atlanta has a favorable closing schedule. Three of their final five games are against the Sun, who own the league’s third-worst record. The other two are tougher tests against the Los Angeles Sparks, who are fighting with the Indiana Fever for the final playoff spot.

By contrast, the Aces finish with two games against the struggling Chicago Sky, but also have matchups against the Minnesota Lynx and Sparks.

The Dream should get even stronger with Jordin Canada expected back before the postseason. In the meantime, they remain formidable with their balanced core of Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard, and Brionna Jones.

As for Connecticut, the rebuild continues with limited returns so far. Veteran center Tina Charles, the 36-year-old league legend, is still their top scorer but likely nearing the end of her career.

The Sun have shown some late-season fight, though, climbing out of the cellar with five wins in their last eight — including victories over fellow strugglers Chicago and Washington.

Rookie guard Leila Lacan has been a bright spot, scoring 22 points in back-to-back games last week. She, along with the Sun’s…

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