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1 week ago | wvia.org | Kat Bolus

The stainless steel commercial oven in the kosher kitchen at the Friedman Jewish Community Center in Kingston was turned up to its highest heat Monday – about 500 degrees. Blue flames danced from gas burners. Heavy duty pots — some marked with a red-handwritten M for “meat” — were filled with water and brought to a boil. Utensils bathed in the 212-degree water. Every surface, nook and cranny was wiped down.

1 week ago | wvia.org | Roger DuPuis |Kat Bolus

NEWS VOICESWelcome to News Voices, a weekly feature where members of the WVIA News team will talk with each other — and sometimes sources — about key things we've learned in recent stories we have been working on. Today, Roger DuPuis sits down with Kat Bolus to discuss her recent visit to Tobyhanna Army Depot for a story about what the facility does and how efficiency has been key to its success.

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Haley O'Brien

It's a good weekend to hop around looking for Easter eggs. Read on for the Central PA Pretzelfest, the Electric City Tattoo Convention and other events this weekend. A massive egg hunt is planned for the Wallenpaupack area Saturday at 10 a.m., organized by Wallenpaupack Church with help from the community. Volunteers worked since January to fill 25,000 eggs. Nearly 500 people are registered and counting.

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Borys Krawczeniuk

Lackawanna County plans to borrow more than $29 million to pave roads, fix or replace bridges and pay off earlier borrowing without another property tax hike. County chief financial officer David Bulzoni outlined the proposed borrowing during a Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday. To raise the money, Bulzoni said the county would sell bonds that would be paid back over 25 years. The commissioners introduced an ordinance to issue the bonds. They plan to vote on it next Wednesday.

2 weeks ago | wvia.org | Isabela Weiss

Employees at Starbucks' location on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre are looking to unionize. They also say they have been under heightened scrutiny from corporate management since they filed election paperwork on March 24. “We've had the district manager coming in a lot more lately, kind of observing us. We've noticed a few people actually sitting in the lobby taking notes … and just staring at us for almost the entire day.