Crocamo Named Luzerne County Manager After Earlier Bid
Romilda Crocamo, an attorney from West Hazleton, will become Luzerne County manager starting Thursday after county council appointed her May 9. She previously served as acting manager in 2021 and was finalist in 2022. she left for a Scranton law firm and city assistant solicitor post before returning to win the full-time role. Her focus includes Ameri can Rescue Plan funding relations and Booth Management contract renewal.
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Romilda Crocamo
Luzerne
Crocamo
West Hazleton
David Pedri
Council
Randy Robertson
Elliott Greenleaf & Dean
Scranton
Robertson
American Rescue Plan
Booth Management
Hazleton High 1965 graduate killed in car bomb
The Hazleton High School Class of 1965 lost Michael Ruggiero to a car bomb on election day. The 17 year old tuba player and track star died when 8 to 10 sticks of dynamite exploded his two tone blue 1958 Edsel. State police later used DNA genealogy to link the Chiverella murder to 1980, keeping unresolved questions about Ruggiero’s death alive.
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Hazleton
Michael Ruggiero
Ruggiero
Marise Chiverella
Chiverella
Election Day at Diamond Avenue polling place
May 18 1965 marked election day with 17 year old Ruggiero among eight children aiding at the Diamond Avenue fire station polling site. His father Joseph Ruggiero served as judge of election, while Antonette Plesh Ruggiero’s family ties and labor background are noted in the report.
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Ruggiero
Joseph and
Antonette
Plesh) Ruggiero
Pagnotti Interests
Diamond Avenue
Finality in cold cases: Marise A. Chiverella murder solved
Survivors seek closure as DNA and genealogy identify the killer of 9 year old Marise A. Chiverella in 2022, 58 years after the 1964 crime. This second story in a series notes prosecutors anticipate more answers for other unsolved deaths.
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Marise A. Chiverella
Carlos Luna Polanco
Standardspeaker .Com
Hazleton Area Mulls New School and Role Shifts
Hazleton Area School District weighs a plan by Schrader Group to ease overcrowding by possibly replacing the current eight elementary middle schools with eight elementary schools and three junior highs, or maintaining the current setup. A new campus could cost about 60 million dollars and take three years to construct on land near Hazle Top. Board members seek wetlands surveys and village site analysis before selecting a location, while debating the best structure for the district’s students.
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Hazleton
Harry Pettoni
Schrader Group
Pettoni
Barry Isett and Associates
Hazle Top
Hazleton Area High School
Black Creek
Hazle Township
Gregg Pavlick
Barry Isett
Pavlick
Robert Krizansky
McBride
Linda DeCosmo
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Luzerne County
Boy
Greater Hazleton
Amanda Christman
Lorraine A. Anderson
Shirley Shapiro
Mya Hannon
Freeland
Hazleton Area
Institutes
Lvhn.org
Lehigh Valley Health Network
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