By Bill OBoyle boboyle@timesleader.com
Rush-hour traffic on Interstate 81 at the Suscon Road overpass in Pittston Township in this file photo. While this stretch of the highway would not be affected, PennDOT’s recently announced plan to toll nine bridges on interstates across Pennsylvania, including a nine-mile stretch along Interstate 81 in Susquehanna County, and the Nescopeck Creek bridges on Interstate 80 in Luzerne County, have raised concerns among business and community leader.
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WILKES-BARRE Teri Ooms, Executive Director of The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development at Wilkes University, Friday said there is a pressing need to evaluate the potential impact that tolling of two Luzerne County bridges will have on the region.
A Rice Twp. couple was arrested Thursday on charges alleging they starved a 6-year-old boy so severely that he weighed only 20 pounds when he appeared at Greater Nanticoke Area Elementary Center one day last year.
Zachary Michael Vincent, 30, and his wife, Natalie M. Shaffer, 26, both of 155 Pine View Dr., were jailed without bail on felony assault charges following an arraignment by Magisterial District Judge Donald L. Whittaker.
According to the complaints filed by Luzerne County detectives, police began investigating the case in January 2020 after the starving child â who is Shafferâs son and Vincentâs stepson â showed up at the Nanticoke school.
Luzerne County Manager David Pedri, along with representatives from Pennâs Northeast , speak during a news conference at Mohegan Sun Arena to announce the 2020 COVID-19 Grant Funding(âCARESâ) that was received from the PA Department of Community & Economic Development that was distributed to entities throughout Luzerne County. Representatives of Luzerne County small business owners, non-profit agencies, and other grant awardees were in attendance.
Despite the COVID-19 global pandemic, revenues from two tax sources were higher than expected last year in Rice Twp.
Township secretary/treasurer Jeffrey Beck told supervisors at their reorganization meeting that earned income tax and real estate transfer tax receipts were unexpectedly high in 2020.
Beck reported the real estate transfer tax was $18,798 over budget, while earned income tax receipts were $37,217 over budget. Those same categories were $9,570 and $32,470 respectively over anticipated budget receipts in 2019. Beck noted property tax revenue is volatile and difficult to predict.
As a result, Beck noted that the township recorded a surplus of about $9,000, compared to an expected $1,000 surplus.
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