Michael P. Buffer

Wilkes-Barre

Reporter @CitizensVoice in Wilkes-Barre Pa. @Michael_Buffer is Dad, @penn_state grad, Fan of @eagles, @phillies, @sixers, unit chair @PhillyNewsGuild @newsguild

Featured in: Favicon

citizensvoice.com Favicon

usnews.com Favicon

yahoo.com (+1) Favicon

apnews.com Favicon

inquirer.com Favicon

edweek.org Favicon

govtech.com Favicon

mcall.com

stripes.com Favicon

thestate.com + 37 more

Articles

County council voting to loan $500K for Wilkes-Barre sewer project

4 days ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

Luzerne County Council is considering a no-interest loan of $500,000 to the city of Wilkes-Barre for sewer repairs. Wilkes-Barre’s “sewer system is in dire need of repairs,” according to a proposed resolution that would authorize the loan. Council is scheduled to vote on the resolution at Tuesday’s meeting. The city would have five years to pay the loan back to the county at $8,333 a month, County Budget & Finance Division Head Mary Roselle told council during a work session on June 10.
Luzerne County building project honored for ‘environmental excellence’

1 week ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

WYOMING — Around eight years ago, Beth DeNardi, the Luzerne County director of solid waste & recycling management, came up with an idea on where to locate her office. The location of her office had been bouncing around the county in various buildings over the years. Her idea was to renovate an old county building in Wyoming by the county airport and make it eco-friendly and energy efficient.
Attorney claims lawsuit alleging scheme to divert $581K from Luzerne County is sanctionable, defamatory

1 week ago | centredaily.com | Michael P. Buffer

A lawsuit alleging a scheme to redirect a Luzerne County allocation of $581,037 in opioid settlement funds is "an abuse of civil process," defamatory and sanctionable, the defendants' attorney asserted in a letter to the plaintiff's attorneys. Attorney Brendan N. Fitzgerald demanded the immediate withdrawal of the suit filed June 13 in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.
Charter commission scraps reset for county council term limits, keeps reset for DA, controller

1 week ago | centredaily.com | Michael P. Buffer

WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County Council members would not get a term reset under a new county charter when applying a limit to serve three consecutive terms, according to the latest proposal to revise the county charter. The district attorney and county controller would also be prohibited from serving more than three consecutive terms, but the reset remains for those elected offices in the proposal to revise the charter.
Charter commission scraps reset for county council term limits, keeps reset for DA, controller

1 week ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Council members would not get a term reset under a new county charter when applying a limit to serve three consecutive terms, according to the latest proposal to revise the county charter. The district attorney and county controller would also be prohibited from serving more than three consecutive terms, but the reset remains for those elected offices in the proposal to revise the charter.
Opinions shared on proposal to revise Luzerne County charter

1 week ago | centredaily.com | Michael P. Buffer

WYOMING - The Luzerne County Government Study Commission listened to public comments for about an hour Tuesday on the first draft of a revised home rule charter. The commission is drafting a revised charter for voters to consider in the November general election. The commission plans to vote on a final draft to revise the charter in early August. If approved by voters, the revised charter would replace the charter approved in 2010 and decrease the size of county council from 11 members to seven.
Opinions shared on proposal to revise Luzerne County charter

1 week ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

WYOMING — The Luzerne County Government Study Commission listened to public comments for about an hour Tuesday on the first draft of a revised home rule charter. The commission is drafting a revised charter for voters to consider in the November general election. The commission plans to vote on a final draft to revise the charter in early August. If approved by voters, the revised charter would replace the charter approved in 2010 and decrease the size of county council from 11 members to seven.
Lawsuit: Luzerne County duped into diverting $581K in opioid funds

1 week ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

A group of conspirators schemed to deceive Luzerne County officials into redirecting $581,037 in opioid settlement funds, according to a lawsuit filed in county court. County council allocated the funds to Always Believe Recovery in December.
Public hearing on Tuesday set for revised Luzerne County charter

1 week ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

The Luzerne County Government Study Commission is holding its first public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday to gather input and feedback on its initial draft to revise the county home rule charter. The hearing will be at the Luzerne County Operations Building, 1199 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, in the conference room. More hearings in other parts of the county are expected but have not been scheduled. The commission is drafting a revised charter for voters to consider in the November general election.
Meuser, Bresnahan vote to cut funding for public broadcasting, WVIA

2 weeks ago | citizensvoice.com | Michael P. Buffer

Dan Meuser and Rob Bresnahan, the Republican congressmen from the Back Mountain in Luzerne County, both voted to eliminate $1.1 billion in federal funding for the next two years for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The House voted 214 to 212 Thursday to approve a rescissions package that also included slashing $8.3 billion to foreign aid programs.