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Weis Markets COVID Vaccine Registration Details and How To Book an Appointment Newsweek 1/27/2021 Aristos Georgiou © David Ryder/Getty Images A pharmacist prepares COVID-19 vaccines for patients arriving at Town Town Toyota Center on January 26, 2021 in Wenatchee, Washington. Pennsylvania-based food retailer Weis Markets is now offering COVID-19 vaccinations in limited locations. The retailer, which operates 196 stores across seven states, will only be administering the vac...

George A. Russett, 94, formerly of Edwardsville, Larksville and Highland Park, Wilkes-Barre, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, surrounded by his four loving daughters.

After a long and costly wait, the Polhills are finally home Dingmans Ferry. The family stayed at Airbnbs, moved into their RV, and bought water from Walmart while waiting for electrical hookups at their new home. They are grateful to the school and their neighbors for getting them through a tough time, as their money ran out and the cold closed in. Ray and Naeemah Polhill in their new home. (Photo by Naeemah Polhill) The Polhill children (from left): Eva, 8; Miles, 9; Imani, 13; Noah, 14;...

Bald eagle seen on the Dec. 13 Search for Eagles (Photo provided) Bald eagle near nest seen on the Dec. 13 Search for Eagles (Photo provided) The year’s first Brandwein Field Trip, Search for Eagles took place in the Delaware Valley Sunday, Dec. 13 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The temperature at the start was 36 degrees and at the finish 50 degrees. It was foggy with low visibility at the start until the fog lifted at 10 am. It was a pleasant partly sunny day that began with watching feeder...

Dispositions in Pike County Court Milford. Pike County District Attorney Raymond J. Tonkin announced the criminal sentences issued on Dec. 10 by Pike County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Gregory Chelak. Pike County Courthouse, Milford (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) David Lee King, 44, of Matamoras, Pa., was sentenced to 9 years to 18 years in a state correctional facility and fined $1,500 for the crimes of Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver a Controlled or Counterfeit Su...

Community mourns ‘Brother Franco’ Hamburg. Hamburg Patrolman Jason Franco, 38, was hunting deer with a family member in Wantage when he was killed by a shotgun blast. A Go Fund Me page has been set up for his family. Jason Franco (GoFundMe.com) A Hamburg police officer has died after he was accidentally shot in a hunting accident, authorities said. Patrolman Jason Franco, 38, was hunting deer with a family member in Wantage on Tuesday, Dec. 8, when he was struck by a shotgun blast, the...

Both the State Police and the DEP deemed Francos death unintentional. The Sussex County Prosecutors Office said the juvenile holding the shotgun was a family member, but authorities have declined to identify the person further. Police and firefighters from departments across the area lined the funeral route, including a contingent from the William Paterson University police force, where the officer had once worked. End of watch At Fairview Cemetery, the snow had stopped falling as the crowd�...

Meet the people at the front of the front lines First responders. Often overlooked, our emergency medical service workers, many of whom are unpaid and juggling full-time jobs, families, and school, just want to help their community. | 11 Dec 2020 | 02:19 Meaghan Irwin, 28, is an EMT full time at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville, N.J. When she isn’t working, the Milford, Pa., resident is donating her time to Delaware Township EMS, and going to school to become a paramedic. The mask M...

New Jersey Herald Colleagues and neighbors in two Sussex County towns mourned the loss of Jason Franco on Wednesday, remembering the Hamburg police officer and Montague volunteer firefighter killed the previous day on a family hunting trip.  "Were all in shock," Hamburg Mayor Paul Marino said in a telephone interview, pausing to remember when the 38-year-old Franco arrived at his mothers home for an emergency call. "He couldnt have been any nicer to her," Marino recalled.  Franco, who was h...