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Michele Sparich nominated for Luzerne County operational services division head position
Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo nominated county grants writer Michele Sparich to oversee the county’s operational services division, according to the County Council agenda posted Friday.
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Luzerne County Election Board accepts and rejects ballots in Thursday’s adjudication
Luzerne County’s Election Board accepted 364 general election provisional ballots and 236 flagged mail ballots during Thursday’s post-election adjudication.
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Luzerne County Council members react to Tuesday’s Democratic sweep
Incoming Luzerne County Council member Chris Belles said Wednesday he is seeing online postings and “fearmongering” wrongly characterizing his winning team of four Democratic council winners as “left wing lunatics.”
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Luzerne County voter turnout higher than usual in Tuesday’s general election
Luzerne County voter turnout was higher than usual in Tuesday’s general election, according to an analysis of the unofficial results.
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Voters select 4 Democrats and 1 Republican for county council
Luzerne County voters selected four Democrats and one Republican for county council Tuesday, switching the 11-member legislative body to a Democratic majority, according to unofficial election results.
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Tim McGinley elected new Luzerne County Controller
Democrat Tim McGinley will return to Luzerne County government as the elected controller, which means incumbent Republican Walter Griffith must wrap up his term at the end of this year, according to unofficial election results.
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Luzerne County’s electronic ballot marking devices have a wording error in the Supreme Court retention questions
Luzerne County’s electronic ballot marking devices have a wording error in the Supreme Court retention questions, but county officials say the yes-no selections made by voters won’t be impacted, according to a statement from county Manager Romilda Crocamo.
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20 Luzerne County polling places start the day with poll card issues, back-up paper ballots used
Approximately 20 of Luzerne County’s 186 polling places reported election morning issues with poll cards that workers must use to activate ballots on the electronic ballot marking devices, county Election Director Emily Cook said around 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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New type of opioid settlement funding request before Luzerne County Council
Luzerne County Council must consider a request to spend $131,360 in opioid settlement funds on chiropractic services intended to prevent acute and chronic pain sufferers from turning to addictive opioid medication.
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Luzerne County Council discusses options to sell two properties
The Luzerne County Council is discussing the best way to maximize revenue on the planned sale of two county-owned properties.