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Approximately 400 trees will be planted in Johnstown, Franklin, East Conemaugh, Lower Yoder and Brownstown over a four-year period as part of an urban forestry project.The effort will be funded

It’s been more than 50 years since an early 19th-century log cabin was destroyed on Laurel Hill – all but erasing what was once a robust Black settlement above Johnstown.

1 of 2 Roger Brooks, of Destination Development holds up a brochure from another community that he says Johnstown needs to create, so to enhance the visitors experience in Johnstown on Friday, July 23, 2021. By Todd Berkey tberkey@tribdem.com Community leaders listen to Roger Brooks, of destination development, assessments findings and suggestions for Johnstown on Friday, July 23, 2021. By Todd Berkey tberkey@tribdem.com Roger Brooks and his Destination Development Assoc...

Or better yet, let’s call it what it is: Utterly undemocratic. County Election Board members Joyce Dombroski-Gebhardt and Keith Gould - both Republicans - made a mockery of their solemn duties and turned Luzerne County election governance into an autocratic, lawless troika of self-serving GOP wingnuts when they ignored advice of an attorney paid to guide them and appointed County Councilman Stephen J. Urban as new board chairman. To be perfectly clear, this has absolutely nothing to do with w...