SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) An entrance ramp to Interstate 81 is back open after a tractor-trailer flipped in Lackawanna County.
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Since the remaining four commissioners in South Whitehall could not agree on the replacement for former commissioner Matt Mobilio, who abruptly resigned in April, the rarely-used vacancy board had to step in. The board chose local businessman Ben Long, but not without disagreement.
South Whitehall commissioners narrowly approved a $115,000 COVID-19 relief program for township small businesses Wednesday night, after lengthy discussions rehashed at several meetings for months centered on one key question: Should the township use its own funds to help businesses, rather than federal coronavirus relief money?