Michael P. Buffer

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

WILKES-BARRE — The drafters of a revised Luzerne County Home Rule Charter meet again Monday night following a productive meeting on Thursday. Seven drafters serve on the county government study commission, which is preparing a revised charter to go on the November general election ballot for voters to approve or reject.

6 days ago | standardspeaker.com | Michael P. Buffer

Last Sunday morning at  5:47 a.m., Luzerne County dispatcher Kaylary Santos answered a 911 call from Luzerne Borough about a woman having a baby in active labor. “This call came in, and it was the father. And I noticed he was struggling a bit,” Santos recalled. “When you’re not from this country and come from a family of immigrants, you notice when someone is struggling with the language, when they need extra help. So I asked him it was preferable to speak in Spanish, and he said yeah.

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

WILKES-BARRE — The drafters of a revised Luzerne County Home Rule Charter voted Thursday to keep requirements for an ethics code and ethics commission in the charter. The drafters serving on the county government study commission also proposed that the charter no loner mandate who serves on the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics commission. The commission voted to force council to ratify or amend the current ACE code within nine months of the effective date of the revised charter.

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

WILKES-BARRE — The drafters of a revised Luzerne County Home Rule Charter voted Thursday to keep requirements for an ethics code and ethics commission in the charter. The drafters serving on the county government study commission also proposed that the charter no loner mandate who serves on the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics commission. The commission voted to force council to ratify or amend the current ACE code within nine months of the effective date of the revised charter.

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

WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne County election board voted Wednesday to use mail-ballot drop boxes in Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton for the upcoming May 20 primary election, and the drop box in Wilkes-Barre will be a new, technology-enhanced box with a front-facing camera and internal scanner. The board voted 4-1 to use drop boxes in Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton and 4-1 to use the technology-enhanced drop box from Phoenix-based Runbeck Election Service.