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HAZLE TWP. — After their first choice of where to build a school proved too swampy, Hazleton Area School Board members started thinking about other sites, including a running track

HAZLE TWP. — A budget for 2023-24 that Hazleton Area School Board approved on Thursday raises taxes, but the increase is less than what the business manager recommended enacting a

Hazleton Area and Crestwood school districts expect to save more than $2.5 million by refinancing debt while bond rates remain low. In Hazleton, the school board OK’d a refinancing package two months ago that business Manager Robert Krizansky expects will save $2,244,000 and will close Friday. On Thursday, Crestwood’s board can authorize a deal to save $339,000 by refinancing $6.1 million left on bonds floated six years ago. Since then, the average rate has fallen to 1.39% from 2.73%....