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“I look forward to working with you all over the next year in a positive and constructive manner”

Most of the school board candidates in Monroe County’s four districts will be moving on to the general election.

‘L’ drivers get go ahead for practical test after long Posted: 5:13 pm May 14, 2021 By Jodie Curran FERMANAGH learners got the go ahead to book their practical driving tests this week, after news emerged that around 8,000 people from the north were in the queue when the portal opened at 10am on Monday. While the DVA is recruiting extra examiners and offering evening appointments to help deal with the backlog of practical driving tests, it has not been confirmed as to whether or not...

Lackawanna County Courthouse SCRANTON – Six school administrators in Lackawanna County are bringing legal action against the Scranton School District and its Board of School Directors, claiming that the defendants voted upon a new administrator compensation plan without meeting with them to seek their input. Michael Montoro, John Coyle, Albert O’Donnell, Robert DeLuca, Dan Gilroy and Anne Genett collectively filed a complaint sounding in mandamus in the Lackawanna Co...

Nine candidates across three regions are running for five spots on the Pocono Mountain School District board of directors. Unlike Monroe County’s other three districts, Pocono Mountain elects board members by region rather than having voters in the entire district vote for at-large candidates. In Region 1, which includes Barrett, Paradise and Pocono townships, voters can vote for two candidates. Christina J. Grape-Garvey and Nathan Strunk have cross-filed, meaning they will appear on ballots ...

Consultants left in no doubt of fracking opposition Posted: 9:05 am May 8, 2021 SHARE THE consultancy company appointed by the Department of Economy Minister Diane Dodds MLA to research the viability of fracking, has been left in no doubt of the local Council’s fierce opposition. During a special meeting of the Regeneration and Development, representatives of Hatch Regeneris heard a united voice from the chamber. Independent Councillor Emmet McAleer said, “ If anyone’s in any dou...

The presidential election was still months away, but Gavin Weslee Perry apparently did not like what he saw from some Democrats in Congress, court records...

DUP abstains from Council motion opposing fracking LOCAL DUP councillors have abstained from a motion which sought clarification as to why a consultancy firm hired by the Minister for Economy Diane Dodds, has not given priority consideration to environment and public health in its research. The motion, which was tabled by the SDLP’s John Coyle at the April Fermanagh and Omagh District Council meeting was supported by all in the chamber except the DUP grouping which abstained.  To read more o...

By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter John Coyle, SDLP The consultancy company appointed by the Department of Economy Minister Diane Dodds MLA to research the viability of fracking, has been left in no doubt of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s fierce opposition. During a special meeting of the Regeneration and Development, representatives of Hatch Regeneris heard a united voice from the chamber. It was the second meeting ...

Feds: Man charged with threatening Amazon was radicalized April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who was charged for threatening to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia was apolitical until he lost his job and had plenty of time to research nefarious political conspiracies, federal authorities said. Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, was ordered to be held without bond on Wednesday by a federal magistrate judge in Fort Worth. He was charged April 9 with attempting ...