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🌱 Nanticoke’s emergency radio gaps still leave firefighters working around dead zones

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Nanticoke! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Nanticoke’s emergency radio gaps still leave firefighters working around dead zones
  • Newport solicitor steps back as data center concerns persist
  • Nanticoke’s former Lincoln Elementary comes down after more than a century

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 61 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain, temps: high: 54, low: 37.
  • Friday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 42 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Four years later, Nanticoke still lacks reliable 911 radio coverage, officials say (timesleader.com) — Nanticoke firefighters still cannot use the county’s digital emergency radios inside most commercial buildings, the fire chief says, four years after the system launched. They switch to an analog channel that county 911 cannot monitor directly, while county officials negotiate with Motorola over coverage improvements.
   

• Newport Township attorney steps aside from data center matters (fox56.com) — Newport Township’s solicitor will step aside from data center matters after residents questioned his firm’s work on other projects. At a meeting moved to Greater Nanticoke Area High School, officials said no formal plans had been submitted for Fit Energy’s proposed 15-building campus, though a December submission is expected.
   

• Former Lincoln Elementary School in Nantcoke demolished (citizensvoice.com) — Nanticoke’s former Lincoln Elementary School came down Tuesday, removing a familiar building from Kosciuszko Street after more than a century. The school opened in 1913 and closed in 2001, and the district has not released plans for what will happen to the site.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Plymouth

  • BEYOND THE BYLINE: All veterans are too important to ever forget (timesleader.com)
  • Crowds honor veterans at the 81st Wyoming Valley Veterans Parade in Kingston (wnep.com)

Wilkes-Barre

  • Man accused of attacking Wilkes-Barre restaurant owner with sword (fox56.com)
  • 108 Barney St, # 108, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 (zillow.com)
  • Weeks before Kennedy honor, Paul Anka charms Wilkes-Barre (timesleader.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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