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Tim Crackanthorp helping the homeless during this housing crisis with a collection of winter warmers

Tim Crackanthorp helping the homeless during this housing crisis with a collection of winter warmers May 13, 2021 Tim Crackanthorp has been contacted recently by many people who have become homeless due to the housing crisis and also those who are less fortunate and need our help to stay warm this winter. With our housing crisis only worsening, Tim said on his facebook page “I’ve had enquiries about what people in the community can do to help.” For the next few weeks he will be collecting new winter woolies such as socks, beanies, gloves, coats and blankets for Nova for Women and Children: Homelessness and Domestic Violence Service, Jenny’s Place Domestic Violence & Homelessness Service and the Matthew Talbot Homeless Service.

W-B Twp has an interesting history

Are you familiar with how and when our township was formed? I am taking the opportunity to brief my township readers on some facts on how Wilkes-Barre Twp. got its name and when it was formed. The township was one of the original townships, named in honor of John Wilkes and Isaac Barré, two British Parliament members who supported colonial America and fought for our freedom while they served in the British Parliament. The township was formed in 1774 when it stretched from the Susquehanna River to the Lehigh River and included present day Wilkes-Barre City, Laurel Run Borough, Bear Creek Twp. and Buck Twp. In 1849, Moses Tammany departed from Ireland and upon his arrival in our area, he acquired most of the land that is now Wilkes-Barre Twp. for $12,000. Coal companies purchased many parcels of this land that contained the finest and purest anthracite coal deposits in the world.

McMahon is Mayor for a Day

Due to the pandemic last year, Kieran McMahon couldn’t fulfill his duties as Mayor for a Day; therefore, Mayor Carl Kuren once again this year named McMahon as the Mayor for a Day at council’s March meeting. McMahon will fulfill his duties Wednesday, March 17. Kieran was born in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 21, 1951 to the late Peter and Mary McMahon. He has lived his entire life in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Kieran was brought up in the Georgetown section of the township. He attended St. Joseph’s Monastery and elementary school and Wilkes-Barre Twp. High School. He moved to the Blackman section of the township where he resides with his wife of 41 years, Pamela Remakus McMahon. They are the proud parents of three children, Tara, Kieran Jr. and Meghan, and two grandchildren, Clare and Toby.

Inquiry into allegations of abuse involving teenage army recruits at a battle camp in Dumfries and Galloway collapses

  Inquiry into allegations of abuse involving teenage army recruits at a battle camp in Dumfries and Galloway collapses Inquiry into allegations of abuse involving teenage army recruits at Dumfries and Galloway camp collapses One of the largest inquiries into the alleged abuse of teenage Army recruits in Britain has collapsed after the Royal Military Police bungled the investigation into allegations during a battle camp at Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, in the summer of 2014. A judge branded the three-year police probe “seriously flawed” as he halted the first of three court martials amid problems of missing evidence and claims that witnesses were forced to make statements.

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