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Jul. 3—NANTICOKE — State Sen. John Yudichak Wednesday said the strength of Pennsylvania’s technology infrastructure directly impacts our ability to compete for private capital investment, attract new companies, and create 21st century jobs.

Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, said the state is failing to attract major data center developers.

“That’s because our tax policy is driving development and private capital to other states,” Yudichak said. “The passage of the state budget demonstrates Pennsylvania is stepping up and competing for high-wage technology jobs, and establishing an economic game plan to attract the world’s tech giants to Pennsylvania.”

Yudichak announced that several initiatives in the 2021-2022 state budget package will help Luzerne County and northeastern Pennsylvania continue to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 by setting the stage for private sector job growth.

Earlier this year, Yudichak was named the Chairman of the Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee, which has broad oversight of the Commonwealth’s community and economic development programs.

Yudichak said he collaborated with State Rep. Donna Oberlander and Sen. Scott Hutchinson — the primary sponsors of legislation to provide a sales and use tax exemption for the development of computer data centers — to form a coalition of organized labor and the technology industry that successfully advanced House Bill 952.

Yudichak said the legislation will position Pennsylvania to compete for billions of dollars and thousands of jobs in the construction of enterprise data centers.

Local Share Account — Luzerne County

As part of the Fiscal Code (HB 1348), Yudichak said changes are being made to the Luzerne County Local Share Account Program. He said the changes will create an innovative public-public partnership between the Commonwealth and Luzerne County to fund much needed public infrastructure projects that will improve public safety and enhance the county’s ability to attract large economic development projects.

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What began as a standalone community hospital on East Mountain Drive in Plains Twp. has transformed into a regional medical center with a mission to make better health easier for residents of Luzerne County and beyond.

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Its history traces back to 1981 when three hospitals merged into the one that would modernize health care delivery in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Originally NPW Medical Center, a consolidation of Nanticoke, Pittston and Wyoming Valley hospitals, the health care facility was renamed Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center shortly after opening, as Geisinger joined the collaboration after Nanticoke’s withdrawal.

Geisinger recently received five-star status from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as it celebrates its four decades of service to the community.

It is the highest quality and patient safety score bestowed by the organization, putting the medical center among the top 14% of hospitals in the country.

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the rating is based on five categories: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care.

Dr. Karlyn Paglia, chief medical officer at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, said Geisinger Wyoming Valley is the only CMS five-star hospital in Northeast Pennsylvania.

“We are proud to provide care of unsurpassed quality to residents of the region,” Paglia said. “With a full spectrum of services available to our patients and members, we look forward to caring for our community for many more years to come.”

Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, said Geisinger is a “leading contributor to health care and insurance coverage” throughout much of the state.

“Geisinger has fostered innovation and played a central role in improving access to quality health care,” Carter said. “They are one of the nation’s few fully integrated health systems that brings insurance…

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The Lower Sussex Little League District 3 Senior All-Stars won their games over Nanticoke and Laurel, 12-1 and 15-3, on Monday, June 2.

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Every year around this time, the Little League All-Star circuit begins, and it’s generally a safe bet that the District 3 softball titles will come through Lower Sussex Little League.

Such was the case on Monday, June 28, when the LSLL Senior League girls swept their way to yet another district championship with wins over Nanticoke/Laurel by scores of 12-1 and 15-3.

Megan Daisey picked up the win in the circle for the first game, and Kinsley Hall was victorious in Game 2. Neither struggled to stay ahead of the N/L hitters from start to finish.

Offensively, LSLL banged out 14 hits in Game 1, with Laniya Lewis and Jaya Shaub the big blows as each slammed home runs over the outfield fence. Shaub’s solo blast was the lone run scored for the locals in the third inning. Lewis drove her shot high and deep into the trees in center field for a three-run bomb in the fourth.

Hall went 3-for-3 in the game, with three singles and three runs scored. Shaub finished up the game 3-for-4, with a pair of singles in addition to her home run and scored three runs. Logan Marvel was 3-for-4, with two singles and a double.

In the nightcap, Hall did it from the circle and at the dish, helping her own cause going 4-for-5 with an inside-the-park home run, in addition to her three singles and four runs scored. Izzy Wade also scored four runs for the winners and finished 3-for-4, with a double and two singles. Shaub once again swung a big bat, going 4-for-5…

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The Nanticoke Indian Powwow is moving to Hudson Fields in Lewes for its 43rd year.

Held off Route 24 in Millsboro until now, the event celebrates the unique cultural traditions of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe. It attracts thousands of people annually, including many other East Coast tribes.

“It’s a time the Nanticoke tribe or any tribal community celebrates heritage, comes together as a renewing and refreshing of our spirits, remembers our ancestors,” said Chief Natosha Harmon Carmine. “We’re also teaching our children our culture and our traditions and sharing them with the public at large.”

Carmine is the first female chief of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe, beginning her tenure in 2016. She said they planned to move the powwow to Hudson Fields last year for “exposure and accessibility” purposes, but the event was canceled due to COVID-19.

HISTORY: Nanticoke Indians once owned the land around Cypress Swamps

The Nanticoke Indian Tribe is one of two state-recognized Native American tribal communities, along with the Kent County-based Lenni Lenape.

There were about 200 Nanticoke warriors living with their families along the Nanticoke River in when it was sailed by Capt. John Smith in 1608, according to the tribe’s website. The Nanticokes eventually dispersed after European colonization, but a number of them moved east and settled near on the Indian River near Millsboro.

Today, about 500 Nanticokes reside in Sussex County, the website says. 

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This year’s powwow will take place from 4-8 p.m. to Friday, Sept. 10; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11; and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12.

Events include a pig roast, vendors, drumming and dance sessions. Keith Colston will emcee, Urie Ridgeway will serve as arena director, and Keith Anderson and Adrienne Harmon will be the head dancers….

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Nanticoke — Without comment, both before and after the Thursday’s monthly meeting, the Greater Nanticoke Regional Board of Education voted 8-0 to ask member Matthewland Messer to resign. The board also approved a final 2021-2 budget that would raise taxes by up to 4.5% in the state, but keep most of the $ 2.2 million fund balance intact.

Landmesser missed multiple consecutive meetings, Has dealt with police accusations of invasion privacy.. State school law allows the school board to remove members who were absent from two consecutive meetings, but there are exceptions that obscure the matter, said district solicitor Vito De Luca after the meeting. I said in. The code looks clear, but there was a state Supreme Court ruling that created a gray area as to why people were absent from the meeting.

If Landmesser agrees to resign, the board has the option of appointing a replacement to meet his term. But DeLuca didn’t say what the board’s options would be if it didn’t resign.

The final budget will maintain the 4.5% property tax hike that was in the final budget approved last month and raise the tax rate to 12.4473 mils. Gristmills are taxed at $ 1,000 or $ 1 for each assessed asset value.

The final budget differs from the proposed budget in one important way. It is the amount of reserves spent to balance income and expenses. Business consultant Tom Melone said the district found a variety of savings in supply purchases, medical expenses and elsewhere, combined with additional revenue from federal subsidies, with a balance of approximately $ 2.2 million.

Conclusion: The $ 34.8 million spending plan requires only about $ 197,463 from reserves, and most of the cash balance could remain intact by the end of the…

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One of the Chesapeake Bay’s most pristine rivers has a new park for all to enjoy. Nanticoke Crossing Park opened earlier this month outside Seaford, Del.

Sussex County Land Trust and Chesapeake Conservancy partnered on the newly-named 41-acre park. It includes 29 acres of forest, open areas, and 1,900 feet of shoreline with freshwater tidal wetland plants. The partners say it allows for direct access to the Nanticoke River through an old lagoon that will be revitalized for the public to use.

The preservation of the park site provides more access to the Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Captain John Smith explored the Nanticoke in 1608, encountering the Nanticoke Indians, who had lived there for thousands of years.

It also means that the fourth and final corner surrounding the 1740s Woodland Ferry is now protected. One of the nation’s oldest operating ferries, the ferry has carried passengers across the Nanticoke since 1743 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

It took help from the Mt. Cuba Center and even cooperation by the U.S. Navy to allow the conservancy and the land trust to purchase and preserve the parkland in Woodland.

Nanticoke Crossing Park is just one of the ways Chesapeake Conservancy is working to protect the river—in fact, the nonprofit says the Nanticoke is now 33 percent protected. The new park is just downstream from Oyster House Park in Seaford, which the conservancy is also helping to build.

“The Nanticoke River Watershed is now one of the East coast’s best examples of how to achieve President Biden’s intentions in the America the Beautiful initiative to conserve 30% of lands and waters in the United States by 2030,” says President and CEO Joel Dunn.

In the meantime, plans are underway to further promote Nanticoke Crossing Park as a site for local and regional recreation for water access, hiking, and…

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Delaware’s conservation leadership on the Nanticoke River is a good model for President Biden’s 30 percent by 2030 conservation initiative.

In Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, President Biden set a national goal for land conservation: conserve 30 percent of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. The intent of this goal is to protect one important aspect of what makes our nation so wonderful: its natural beauty, its wildlife, and the natural resources that sustain nature and the American people. 

This is an ambitious but timely proposal, especially considering the current estimate that just 12 percent of lands in the United States have some level of protection against development. 

Achieving this national 30 by 30 conservation goal to protect America’s nature and wildlife requires us to think and act locally, and to forge partnerships in the community and across government. For a good model to guide his initiative, President Biden need not look further than his own backyard, to the Nanticoke River watershed located in Delaware and Maryland which today is 33 percent protected. 

Considering its natural beauty and largely undeveloped waterfront, the Nanticoke River is one of the most pristine rivers of the entire Chesapeake Bay. Many stretches of the river appear today as they did during the pre-colonial era. 

The Nanticoke River supports abundant fisheries, and the region is also home to the highest concentration of bald eagles in the northeastern United States. 

Take a paddle down river and look just behind the trees – there’s a flurry of activity working to protect the Nanticoke River. Conservation groups, along with the State of Delaware, local governments, the Department of Defense and private philanthropies are working together to ensure that the Nanticoke River watershed remains a natural treasure.

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170 students graduated from Greater Nanticoke Area High School during commencement ceremonies June 11 on the GNA school campus. Valedictorian is Kayla Eckrote. Salutatorian is Daniel Shevchenko. Class officers are Michael Marcella, president; Taylor Bartle, vice president; Genevieve Nalepa, secretary, and Calvin Brzozowski, treasurer.

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Police recover body of Seaford man who drowned in Nanticoke River

Police said the search for John Davis of Seaford, Delaware, had been underway since Sunday. His body was recovered from the Nanticoke River on Tuesday.

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First responders have recovered the body of a Seaford man who drowned in the Nanticoke River, Maryland State Police said.

A Maryland Natural Resources Police helicopter patrolling the area of Cherry Beach Park in Sharptown located 53-year-old John Davis around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Police said his body was found in the Nanticoke River about a quarter of a mile from where he was last seen over the weekend.

Troopers from the Salisbury Barrack were called to Cherry Beach Park shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday for a report of a possible drowning.

They arrived to find Maryland Natural Resources Police and the Sharptown Volunteer Fire Department conducting dive operations and searching via boat for Davis.

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Police said Davis had been at the park for a family gathering when he jumped from a boat dock into the Nanticoke River to go swimming. Nearby boaters saw him struggling to keep his head above water, but by the time they…

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