The recent failure of a private well located about 1,400 feet south of the proposed expansion area of Rheems Quarry in West Donegal Township has added urgency to neighbors’ anti-expansion
Rheems Quarry in West Donegal Township could expand by a third - adding nearly 30 acres to its current 100 acres - if the state Department of Environmental Protection approves
Wilkes-Barre Area School District Superintendent Brian Costello looks at the construction of the new high school in Plains Twp. in September. The state recently released bond money back to the coal company that had mining permits for the land on which the school is being built.