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WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced he has secured $1 million in Federal funding to promote business development in the Wyoming Valley. Cartwright, D-Moosic, said the Community Project Funding came from a request he submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Cartwright said the subcommittee will review the bill and is…

It was a half-century ago, but Bill Dixon is still reluctant to discuss his time in Vietnam. Today he’s a longtime Plymouth Borough Councilman and beloved figure in the community. In 1968 Dixon was an 18-year-old who was shipped overseas to serve his country for 21 months in Southeast Asia. “When I came home there was still a bitterness toward Vietnam vets, and my head wasn’t straight.…

Editor: As we celebrate Juneteenth, let us all think about the enormity of what this day means for our country. I was so proud to cast my vote this week to make a national holiday of the day we finally cast off the shameful pall of slavery. I’m also proud that Pennsylvania was a thought center of the American abolitionist movement. Read the full letter to the editor HERE.

The Earth Conservancy received $21,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to support its efforts to conduct a solar feasibility study to build solar installations on 6,000 acres of abandoned mine lands, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, announced Thursday. With an additional $21,000 from local funding sources, the Earth Conservancy has a total of $42,000 to invest in…

Congressman Matt Cartwright held a virtual press conference regarding President Biden’s American Jobs Plan. Homecare workers in the commonwealth discussed how investments in care for families could help bring more Pennsylvanian’s back to work. According to a White House Fact sheet, homecare workers earn on average $12 per hour, putting them among the lowest paid workers. "When we're…

Amtrak could add round-trip service from Scranton to New York City with several stops in the Poconos if the route proposed by the passenger rail service is determined to be feasible. An Amtrak report released in May suggests three round trips a day, with stations in Tobyhanna, Mount Pocono and East Stroudsburg, plus several stops in New Jersey. This route and others proposed in…

On a hot afternoon last week, Carl Beardsley gestured toward rows of vehicles glistening in the sun in a surface parking lot at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. Many of those cars and trucks belong to people who were away on leisure travel said Beardsley, the airport’s executive director. And that is a dramatic contrast with what the same lot looked like during the early…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright Tuesday announced $20 million in infrastructure project funding that he said would be federal investments to be made directly in Northeastern Pennsylvania that will help make roads and bridges safer while creating local jobs. Four Luzerne County projects could receive a total of $5.1 million, if approved. Cartwright, D-Moosic, announced that all 11 Member…

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright Monday said now more than ever, our airports need our support as more Americans start to feel more comfortable with air travel again. “We need our airports to be well-equipped to keep travelers and staff members safe,” said Cartwright, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “AVP is essential to our local economy and welcomes passengers from throughout…

Hanover Township Manager Sam Guesto on Thursday recalled a promise U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright made at a holiday party in 2019 regarding available funding for stormwater infrastructure improvements. Guesto, chairman of the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority board, said Cartwright made good on that promise yesterday. “Merry Christmas,” Cartwright, D-Moosic, said to Guesto after he announced…