🌱 How a West Hazleton property helped smash Luzerne’s tax sale record

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• How a West Hazleton property helped smash Luzerne's tax sale record

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📰 News we're reading

• Luzerne County's recent delinquent tax auction hits another record sales high (hazletontimes.com) — A Luzerne County tax auction just set a new sales record, and one of the standout purchases was a South Broad Street double-block in West Hazleton that sold for $144,000, far above its starting bid. The sale helps local governments, including West Hazleton, recover overdue real estate taxes and keeps hundreds of properties moving back into productive use. Residents can also track future auctions online if they're interested in bidding.
   

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Thursday October 8
• Executive Luzerne Roundtable – October 8, 2026 →
  CAN BE Innovation Center, 103 Rotary Dr Suite 5, West Hazleton
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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• Meet the Teachers HACC
  Hazleton Area SD Hazleton, PA 18201
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Meet the Teachers HAAH/HAAS/HACA
  Hazleton Area SD Hazleton, PA 18201
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Monday October 5
• Meet the Teachers HEMS
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Tuesday October 6
• Meet the Teachers HTEMS
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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• Meet the Teachers WHEMS
  Hazleton Area SD Hazleton, PA 18201
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Luzerne County Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Commission Meeting →
  Luzerne County, PA Calendar
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• West Wyoming Residential Paper Shredding Event →
  Luzerne County, PA Calendar
  9:00 am
Monday October 5
• Wilkes Barre City Residential Electronics Recycling Collection →
  Luzerne County, PA Calendar
  2:30 am
• Nescopeck Residential Tire Collection →
  Luzerne County, PA Calendar
  9:00 am
• Wilkes Barre City Residential Paper Shredding Event →
  Luzerne County, PA Calendar
  2:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Wyoming Valley West at Hazleton Area →
  1601 W 23rd St, Hazleton
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Hazleton

• SATURDAY REWIND: Hazleton Area, Crestwood win in nonleague field hockey (standardspeaker.com)
• Hazleton Area school director renews call for bilingual educators (citizensvoice.com)
• Luzerne County court notes: Estates 9/29/26 (standardspeaker.com)

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