Oh, you guys are gonna love this … a commentary on high school football … by me.
High school football is a very big deal locally. Heck, the entire state seems to takes its high school football seriously. The fields are big, the stands are big, the lights are bright and there are usually two concession […]

Leisure is abundant in youth. It gets completely lost somehow during adult years. Like magic, it bobs to the surface again about the same time you receive your AARP card in the mail. There are always going to be the things that have to be done, but it’s what we do in our leisure that […]

Pittston is well-known city in the Wyoming Valley. With a familiar story, it grew around the coal industry and has settled into being a bedroom community like so many others have since done. The downtown struggles as do the other downtowns in the area. Locally, Pittston is known as an area with great Italian ethnicity. […]

The Wyoming Valley West School District has made the news recently in adopting a revised standard of dress in their district. From what I have been told, the only other public school district to have a similar code is the Hazleton Area School District.
When the Wyoming Valley West School District first announced their intentions a […]

Pennsylvania towns have some funny names. The towns were named long ago when the influences were a mix of English and Indian. As a result, we have an odd and eclectic collection of city and town names.
Most of us know the origin of the name “Pennsylvania”. The land was granted to William Penn by Charles […]