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Graduates First row: Ryeya McGee, Lexy Felici, McKenna Purkey, Kayleigh Saraka, Kamea Paresa, Alison Keener, Mallory Mayo, Kayla Krushinski, Myla Vnuk, Kaleah Moran, Samantha Mazonis, Nico Czeck, Talli Ormes, Cassidy McDonald, Riley Baird, Chloe Peters, Brianna Mitchell. Second row: Carisa Pierontoni, Sierra Williams, Lauren Rudawski, Lacey Mikolon, Kaylee Fenner, Ellie Lastovets, Christine Mozeko, Ashlyn Przekop, Olivia Lore, Magalie Huertero, Maya Davison, Rachel Polifka, Nicholas Thayer, Nicholas Matson, Jonathan Kochanski, Philip Kile, Sarah Vick. Third row: Angel Noss, Tatiana McCoy, Madison Makavensky, William Emmert, Lexi Brink, Addison Bugdonovitch, Gabrielle Eldridge, Alexis Atkins, Josette Park, Jake Middleton, Ryan Fisher, Ethan Egenski, Owen Brown, Ava Adamzcyk, Jillian Dane, Rain Doroteo-Foringer. Fourth row: Kaitlyn Pegarella, JoAnna Myers, Noah Boneforte, Anthony Colon, Zachary Simon, Owen Pugh, Jaydon Jakes, Loni Rasmus, Lindsey Stavetski, Lyzette Rodriguez, Allison Zurek, Ma’kayla Banks, Genesis Ventura, McKenzie Ball, Yarielys Puntiel, Connor Wilcox, Allison Guydosh. Fifth row: Rebekah Rowles, Ashley Deyo, Bianca Burke, Grace Dalmas, Olivia Dougherty, Anna Kowalchin, Meadow Stavetski, Jayna Gregory, Kylie Albert, Rachel Yarosh, Savannah Ortiz, Marcy Nethercott, Haley Fenner, Abigail Gadomski, Caitlyn Hamacher, Kayla Subarton. Sixth row: Ava Catrone, Tiffany Brogan, Tiara Thomas, Maggie Yakimowicz, Stephanie Rossi, Mike Carchi, Ivan Torres, Nuha Kawash, Gelene Gober, Becca White, Kyler Bednar, Tiffany Lloyd, Johnathan Bren, Brandon Smith-Nickel, Josue Castro, Nicholas Hamm, Braden Zaremba. Seventh row: Brandon Brojakowski, Ashton Mazzitelli, Aiden Ball, Jeremy Alvarez, Aneurys DeJesus Coplin, Aidan Jaskulski, Emma Thomas, Ariana Piestrak, Brooklyn Biehl, Kahlil Walker, Justin Vetiaque, David McNunis, Richard Matthews III, Jason Lauver, Michael Yakabovicz, Jeremy Zapata, Joseph Reyes. Eighth row: Joseph Krieger, Richard Evans, Shane Turner, Jacob Letavish, James Urban, Chase Pierontoni, Gabriel Josefowicz, Charles Casey, Bryant Keegan, Hayden Reakes, Ayden Everett, Evan Kairo, Matthew Rodriguez, Matthew Gomelko, Austin Blank, Cameron Fox. Graduates Ava Adamczyk, Kylie Albert, Jeremy Alvarez, Alexis Atkins, Riley Baird, McKenzie Ball, Aiden Ball,…

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Steelworkers deserve better at Stelco as contract talks stall

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Post date June 25, 2022
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Jun 23, 2022 · Media release ·

NANTICOKE, Ont. – Negotiations for a new collective agreement at Stelco in Nanticoke, Ont., have stalled, says Randy Graham, President of the United Steelworkers union, Local 8782.

The union filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), on June 22, 2022, requesting a conciliator. Members of the union will take part in a strike authorization vote on June 27, 2022. The current five-year collective agreement expires on June 30, 2022.

Over 1,000 USW members work at Stelco’s Nanticoke operations in production and skilled trades, producing hot-rolled coil steel.

Key issues at the bargaining table are wages, benefits and pensions.

“Other large Canadian industrial companies like Bombardier and ArcelorMittal Long Products are paying their workers 18-26% increases over five or six years. Our members see that and they know they deserve to keep pace. Instead, the company is offering to shuffle around our pay and bonuses to disguise the fact that there’s only a small overall increase,” said Graham.

Workers at ArcelorMittal Long Products are represented by the United Steelworkers union in Quebec and ratified a new collective agreement in February.

Cost of living data released just yesterday, show annual inflation has rocketed to 7.7%, higher than at any time since 1983.

“Stelco has the wallet to handsomely reward its shareholders and to buy in to the Hamilton Tiger Cats football club. You can see Stelco signage all over the stadium at games. Well, it’s time to recognize the workers that are doing the hard work that contributes to the company’s success,” said Graham.

“These steelworkers have worked hard as essential workers, throughout the pandemic, and delivered the product that brought over $2 billion in sales for Stelco in the last year,” said Myles Sullivan, USW Ontario Director.

“Now…

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Little League: Plains outslugs Township in D16 major baseball tournament

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Post date June 24, 2022
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Nolan Franchella went 3-for-3 with a double and and three RBIs as Plains outslugged Township 10-7 on Thursday in the District 16 Little League major baseball tournament.

Ben Thomas was the winning pitcher and Jaden Maurer picked up the save in the sixth inning. Teague Stahovic had two hits with a double and two runs scored for Plains.

Michael Shovlin hit a three-run homer to lead the effort for Township.

Greater Pittston Area 12,

Nanticoke 0

Alex Rosencrance came through with three hits, including a double and a home run, to go with four RBIs in a four-inning win for Greater Pittston Area.

Rosencrance teamed with Gavin Gisolfi and Josh Chaump on the mound for a two-hit shutout.

Jack Bernardi and Robbie Zaleski each doubled in the win, while Chris Shovlin and Emery Dommes added singles. Christian Cerasaro finished with a single, a run and an RBI.

Owen Komorowski and JP Kopa each had the hits for Nanticoke.

Mountain Top 8, Hanover 0

Zach Zeneski and Caiden Wright pitched a combined one-hitter to power Mountain Top to the win.

Erik Smith (3-4, run), Luke Zeneski (2-4, 2 RBIs, run), Zeneski (2-2, walk, RBI, run) and Bodhi Malay (triple, two RBIs) led the offense.

DISTRICT 16

MAJOR SOFTBALL

Mountain Top 11, Pittston 1

Alexa Toniatti finished 3-for-3 and Mountain Top delivered a five-inning victory over Pittston. Kendall Mendrzycki got the win in the circle, striking out seven while allowing one run on four hits.

Mountain Top took control of the game with five runs in the fourth inning, with Toniatti, Mendrzycki and Ashlyn Klahold all picking up RBIs in the frame. In five innings, Mountain Top stole 10 bases, with Mendrzycki swiping four.

Leading Pittston was Kelcey Podwika, who had two hits. Nadia…

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Delmarva Lecture Series returns June 30

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Post date June 22, 2022
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‘A step up’ – Iconic stairway at LCCC getting a makeover

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Post date June 21, 2022
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A well-known part of a college campus in Luzerne County is getting a facelift. Whether it’s cause for celebration or mourning, depends on who you ask.

NANTICOKE, Pa. — What is it about a flight of stairs that has close to 100 community college alumni returning to their old stomping grounds just to have one last go at them?

We’ll let 1990 grad Nancy Burkland explain.

“It’s memories, memories that we’re always going to have. And it’s sad that new kids coming in aren’t going to have those memories,” Burkland said. “We have to walk the steps one last time because they’re infamous!”

If you’ve ever taken a class at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, you’ve likely had to climb those infamous steps.

And it’s nearly impossible to do so without forming an opinion on them.

Some go out of their way to avoid scaling the 54-step stairway to campus.

“I always park at building 3, and I take the long way,” says Kelsey Hardy.

Alumna Bonnie Orth remembers, “avoiding them and walking up and down the grass. There’s 1 or 2 times I did it barefoot because I had heels on that were killing my feet.”

Others embrace the challenge.

“I just love the steps. I look forward to them. I purposely park here, even when my classes are over there,” said Nikolene Espinal.

As a mom working on getting her degree, Espinal appreciates the chance to cram in a cardio workout on her way to class.

“This is what I enjoy! I lunge up and down them!”

Because of the awkward size of these steps, everyone has their own unique strategy to best navigate them. You’re either a “two-step person” or a “one-step person.”

“I have to give two steps. I get so tired going…

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First steamboats, then trains: How they changed life in rural Sussex County

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Post date June 19, 2022
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Michael Morgan | Special to Salisbury Daily Times

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WATCH: History of Dewey Beach Tower 3

Learn a bit of history of the the tower’s along the Delaware Coast.

Produced by Megan Raymond

“The house the school was kept in,” William Morgan (no relation to the author of this article), “was pine slabs, notched up, and covered with boards and slabs, a hole cut at the top of the roof at one end to let out the smoke.”

His second school was, “built in the woods and was some(what) warmer in winter and plenty of lizards, scorpions and snakes about in the summer time.”

Born in Northwest Fork Hundred in 1780, Morgan was 6-years-old when he first went to school. In spite of his reptilian classmates, Morgan received a rudimentary education that enabled him to pursue a variety of occupations.

As an adult, he worked as a carpenter, studied medicine under a local doctor, and became a Methodist preacher. He lived much of his life near Seaford; and he kept a journal of the important happenings in his life.

Toward the end of his life, he wrote a short autobiography that dramatically illustrated how southern Delaware changed during the first half of the 19th century.

In the years after the American Revolution, western Sussex County…

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Shipbuilding in Sussex was really big business

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Post date June 18, 2022
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What do the Mispillion, Broadkill and Nanticoke rivers and Broad Creek have in common, except being waterways in Sussex County?

They were all sites of shipbuilding enterprises in the 19th century and early 20th century.

Shipyards in Milton, Milford, Seaford, Laurel and Bethel were mainstays of the small towns’ economies, and by best estimates, about 1,000 wooden ships were built during a 50-year period.

After several months of building, a ship launching was a major event in small towns. Schools and businesses were closed as nearly everyone gathered on launch day.

So why Sussex County? An abundance of white oak forests and easy access to major waterways, including the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, were the major factors.

You would be hard-pressed to find any remnants of this industry that once thrived, except in one location. Thanks to the Lofland family, the site of the Vinyard Shipyard along the Mispillion River in downtown Milford has been preserved. The rest are marked with historic signs and markers.

The industry flourished until transportation modes began to change throughout the country in the late 19th century, including steam-powered ships, trains and automobiles. Some shipyards were able to adapt to the changes, but most did not.

In Bethel, along Broad Creek, which is a tributary of the Nanticoke River that empties into Chesapeake Bay, many different types of ships were built, but sailing rams were unique to the small town. They were highly sought after by Chesapeake Bay watermen because of their flat hulls.

About 40 vessels were constructed in Bethel up until 1918, according to author James Marvil in his book, “Sailing Rams: A History of Sailing Ships Built in and near Sussex County, Delaware.”

Only one sailing ram, Victory Chimes, is still afloat. Built in 1900 by the George K. Phillips Co., the ram was…