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 Front Page News: Sunday, August 15 - 21, 2010

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District Justice Joe Carmody (left) swears in incoming directors Gil Dominick, Frank Cassarella, John Marianaccia & John Bolin
New WA majority inclusive of all members
   Inclusion.
   As predicted in this past week’s column, this new Wyoming Area will add that word to their vocabulary.
   Some were predicting, even lobbying, Toni Valenti would not receive anything.
   However, she will serve as the Secretary to the Board as well as liaison to the Pennsylvania School Board Association.
   Eight members of the board voted for Valenti.  Frank Cassarella abstained on both positions. Read More ...
Joe Valenti - 13 opinions posted

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Greg Skrepnak
Has Skrep already signed a plea?
   We heard from two separate sources that County Commissioner Greg Skrepnak has signed a plea agreement.
   This supposedly has direct ties to the indictment of Jeff Piazza.
   This also correlates with the fact that on advice from his attorney, Skrep refused to testify in hearings about the juvie scandal.  This is known as “Taking the Fifth.”
   We hear Piazza has also given up two former high ranking county officials.
   One is from Greater Pittston and has ties to a job handed out by the Pittston Area School Board. Read More ...
Joe Valenti - 26 opinions posted