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Beyond the Byline: How long should Pauline have to wait?

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Post date February 28, 2022
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Feb. 27—NANTICOKE — How long does Pauline Bailey have to wait?

Pauline is the mother of Phylicia Thomas, who went missing 18 years ago under very disturbing circumstances.

Pauline and her family and friends say Phylicia was brutally murdered during a party in a trailer in Hunlock Township on Feb. 11, 2004. Pauline also says she knows who did it.

Now, 18 years later, Pauline waits. She waits and prays that Phylicia will be found and returned to her so she can give her daughter a proper burial,

And Pauline also waits for justice to be served.

On the 18th anniversary of Phylicia’s disappearance, Pauline and her family and friends again came together — this time for a virtual vigil via Facebook. Because of the ongoing pandemic, the virtual event was held, rather than the usual candlelight vigil on Patriot Square in Nanticoke.

Organized by family friend Judy Lorah Fisher, folks taking part in the event were asked to light a candle on Friday, Feb. 11, in Phylicia’s memory and post it to the event’s Facebook page in order to “shine our candlelight all the way to Heaven.”

Thomas was last seen on Feb. 11 2004, when she attended that party in Hunlock Township and she is presumed dead. Her body has never been recovered. Authorities have been unable to identify her killer, and no one has come forward with any compelling testimony/evidence to help investigators find Phylicia’s remains.

Today, Phylicia would be 40. Her mother, Pauline Bailey, accepts that Phylicia is dead. Her wish is to have closure.

And 18 years later, Pauline still sits in her home, waiting for the day to arrive that Phylicia has been found. Pauline wants to be able to visit Phylicia’s grave, bring flowers, sit and pray and spiritually connect with her daughter.

Every day since Phylicia went missing, Bailey, now 65, has…

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H.S. Girls Basketball: Dominant Dunmore routs Nanticoke Area in 4A semifinals

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Post date February 27, 2022
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DUNMORE — After bowing out of last season’s district tournament due to COVID-19 concerns, the Dunmore girls basketball team has unfinished business.

Dunmore rolled through the regular season, losing one game, and continued their dominant season with a 69-9 win over Nanticoke Area on Saturday in the District 2 Class 4A semifinals.

By the time Mia Blume hit her second three-pointer to put the Bucks up 12-0 that would be all the offense needed, but it was only the start of the scoring.

The Bucks would continue their run, establishing a 44-0 lead, before a Claire Aufiero three got the Trojanettes on the board with 48 seconds remaining in the first half.

With the win Dunmore secured their spot in the upcoming PIAA tournament and advanced to the district championship game in 4A, where the Bucks will face Scranton Prep at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday night. Both the teams played earlier this year at Scranton Prep with Dunmore walking away with a 46-17 victory.

Nanticoke Area’s season remains alive. The Trojanettes will look to rebound as they can still secure a spot in the state tournament with a win over Lake-Lehman in the third-place game on Tuesday night.

Sophia Talutto got the game started with two successful attempts at the foul line and Blume followed her up with a triple and a putback layup.

Several minutes later Cadie Lewis would force her first steal of the game and find a streaking Talutto down the court for an early 14-0 Dunmore lead, forcing Nanticoke to use its timeout halfway through the opening stanza. Coming out of the huddle Talutto maintained momentum for Dunmore, sinking another shot…

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Are Norfolk, Haldimand on the road to regional government?

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Post date February 25, 2022
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It may not happen overnight, but a pair of veteran politicians from Norfolk and Haldimand suspect a return to some form of regional government may occur if a plan for the rapid urbanization of Nanticoke comes to pass.

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Rita Kalmbach of Port Dover, a mayor of the former City of Nanticoke and the inaugural mayor of the new Norfolk County, said this week that the merger of Port Dover with a proposed planned community in the hamlet of Nanticoke might create a “metropolis” that could make such a move inevitable.

“I’m shocked this little hamlet could go to 40,000 people,” Kalmbach said Wednesday. “But that is good. Soon, Haldimand will surpass Norfolk in population. They had this vision for Townsend and South Cayuga (50 years ago) and it looks like if may finally come to fruition.

“If it becomes a large metropolis down the road, you could see it happening.”

At Haldimand council last week, many were stunned when a planning consultant shared a developer’s proposal for a planned community of 40,000 in the area of the Stelco plant in Nanticoke. Sponsor of the proposal is Empire Communities of Caledonia, which recently purchased 4,200 acres of vacant land in the vicinity of the plant.

Like Kalmbach, Haldimand Coun. Bernie Corbett, of Dunnville, was a lower-tier mayor…

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H.S. Boys Basketball: Nanticoke Area downs rival Hanover Area in D2-4A quarterfinals

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Post date February 24, 2022
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NANTICOKE — A rapid pace that had fans from the rival schools yelling at each trip down court came to a grinding halt with two minutes left in the second quarter Wednesday night.

That was fine with Hanover Area, which had a couple guys in foul trouble. And it was fine with Nanticoke Area, which wanted the Hawkeyes to challenge the stall in the backcourt. If not, the Trojans were content with taking their chances in the second half.

As for some fans of both teams, they voiced their disapproval of the strategy … but it worked for Nanticoke Area. The Trojans outscored their neighbor Hanover Area by 13 points in the final two quarters, picking up a 57-44 victory in a District 2 Class 4A boys basketball quarterfinal game.

Nanticoke Area (14-10) will now get two cracks at making the PIAA 4A state playoffs. The first shot is a tough one as the Trojans will travel to top-seeded Dallas (22-3) for a 7 p.m. semifinal game Saturday. The game was originally scheduled for 1 p.m.

If the Trojans fail there, there is the third-place game on Tuesday against the loser of the other semifinal between Scranton Prep and Mid Valley.

Hanover Area ended its season at 11-12.

Nanticoke Area rode a strong first-half offensive performance by Chris Johnson, who scored 16 of his game-high 23 points, to shake off a slow start. Johnson pushed the pace, but spent most of the final two minutes of the half with the ball tucked under his arm near midcourt.

“We wanted them to come out and play us,” Nanticoke Area coach Zach Pientka said. “Why didn’t they come out and play us? We wanted them to come out and play us. They play us…

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TidalHealth updates visitation policy for Labor & Delivery units

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Post date February 22, 2022
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DELMARVA – Starting today, February 21st, TidalHealth has changed the visitation policy for its Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby Units only at its Salisbury and Seaford hospitals.

Two designated and banded visitors will be allowed in Labor & Delivery; these designated visitors will not be allowed to change during the patient’s stay. Doulas on the approved list are allowed in Labor & Delivery in addition to the two designated and banded visitors.

Once the patient and newborn move to the Mother/Baby unit, only one of the two designated visitors will be allowed to stay, and the other must leave. Once in Mother/Baby, the banded designation cannot change or be shared among visitors.

The current visitation policy in other areas of the hospitals is not changing. On entry, all visitors will be screened for fever and COVID-19 symptoms. Anyone who is feeling sick or feverish should stay home and will not be allowed to proceed to a patient floor if they are found to have a fever or symptoms. Visitors are not allowed to wait inside any TidalHealth lobby prior to visiting hours, which are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 days a week.

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Empire proposes to resurrect Nanticoke industry dream with development

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Post date February 19, 2022
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Empire Communities Inc. has pitched Haldimand council with a Nanticoke development proposal that claims to transform the largest and least populated industrial park in the province into a community that would attract people and jobs.

The planner for the multinational developer approached council on Feb. 14 and said that Empire Communities purchased 1,700 hectares that surround Stelco, and with it wants to build a community, incorporating 15,000 residential units with commercial sites, a school and waterfront lands donated to the county.

The plan would start with building water and wastewater infrastructure, and the company proposed changes to the county’s water supply project, the decommissioning of current and future wastewater systems along Haldimand’s Highway 6 corridor and incorporating water and wastewater treatment into one main 75-megalitre-per-day plant. The size was approved in a 2011 environmental assessment.

It would cost $180 million. Currently, the county has $80 million planned for related projects, and Empire proposed to chip in to start up development.

Most of Empire Communities Inc.’s land falls within provincially significant employment lands, and the county has been asked to request provincial rezoning permissions to start development. They estimate proposed commercial sites would generate at least 7,000 jobs.

Both the mayor and several councillors voiced their support for the project, and directed staff to create a report on the feasibility of the project for its March 1 committee session.

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Local roundup: Wyoming Valley West girls basketball edges Crestwood at the buzzer

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Post date February 17, 2022
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With the game tied in the final seconds on Wednesday night, Trinity Johnson came through again for Wyoming Valley West, hitting a jumper as time expired to give the Spartans a 47-45 win over Crestwood in a WVC Division 1 girls basketball game.

Johnson finished with a game-high 22 points as the Spartans rallied from deficits at the end of the first and second quarters. Mackenzie Perluke chipped in with 15 points in the win.

Leading the Comets were Julia Glowacki and Candence Hiller, who finished with 12 points apiece. Grace Pasternick added 10 points.

Dallas 70, Nanticoke Area 49

Nadia Evanosky (22) and Victoria Spaciano (18) combined for 40 points as the Mountaineers won at home. Audrey DelGaudio added 14 in the win.

Riley Baird topped Nanticoke Area with 16 points, followed by 12 from Brooklyn Biehl. The Trojanettes hit 10 3-pointers.

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Tunkhannock 55, Valley View 53

Ben Chilson led three Tigers in double figures with 16 points and Tunkhannock withstood a late 3-point barrage from Valley View’s Eli Yusavage to hold on for the win.

Tunkhannock also got 13 points from Josh Brown and 12 from Shane Macko. Yusavage led all scorers with 24 points and hit three of his six threes on the night in the fourth quarter.

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King’s 2, Wilkes 1

Dianna Duncan blasted home the game-winner for the Monarchs at the 12:57 mark of the third period, breaking a tie with the rival Colonels.

Kendall Castro opened the scoring for Wilkes in the first period, but King’s tied it up in the second on a Josee Aitken goal.

Syd Dahl got the win in net for the Monarchs,…

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