| Abrahams Creek Watershed Association Awarded Grant |
| Shade Tree Commission Awarded Grant from Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority |
| New Web Tool Allows Pennsylvanians to Check Status of Property Tax/Rent Rebates |
| "Young Lungs at Play" Areas Established in Borough Parks |
West Wyoming Borough recently established "Young Lungs at Play" areas in the borough parks. Recreation Board members along with Rick Yarosavich, borough council representative on the Recreation Board worked to put this policy in place. Tobacco products are now prohibited in borough parks.
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| State Representative Mundy Tours Police Station |
| State Representative Phyllis Mundy toured the newly renovated West Wyoming Police Station. Rennovations to the police department, a new police cruiser and protective equipment was purchased through a DCED grant of $46,500 awarded to West Wyoming Borough with the support and assistance of Rep. Mundy. |
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| Pictured Council Member Dan Gadomski, Officer James Sheridan, Police Chief Stanley Sipko, Council Member Gary Stavish, Mayor Joe Herbert, State Representative Phyllis Mundy, Council Member Rick Yarosavich, Council Member Eileen Cipriani, Council Member, Geno Leoni, Council Memeber Dan Grescavage and Council Memeber Joe Granteed. |
Pictured Chief Stanley Sipko, Rep. Phyllis Mundy, Officer James Sheridan, Officer Ed Sulima and Mayor Joe Herbert. |
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| Play Ball! Opening Day at Wyoming/West Wyoming Little League |
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| Wyoming/West Wyoming Little League President Mike Sanfilippo introduces State Representative Phyllis Mundy. |
Phyllis Mundy throws out the first pitch |
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| West Wyoming resident Joe Shymanski sings the National Anthem |
WWWLL officers and Wyoming Borough Council join State Representative Phyllis Munday mark Opening Day at the Wyoming/West Wyoming Little Leage. Pictured from left, Matt Wisnewski, WWWLL, Lisa Minnelli, WWWLL, Mark Kendzor, WWWLL, Mike Sanfilippo, WWWLL, Joe Granteed West Wyoming Council, Eileent Cipriani, WW Council, Geno Leoni WW Council, State Rep. Phyllis Mundy, WW Mayor Joe Herbert, Rick Yarosavich, West Wyoming Council, Gary Stavish, WW Council, Dan Gadomski, WW Council, Dan Grescavage, WW Council, and Dan Skok WWWLL. |
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| Yard Waste Schedule Announced |
| West Wyoming Borough has begun Yard Waste Pick-up. Pick-ups will be on Thursday. Every other week one-half the town will be collected until the beginning of November. |
| April 30 |
Thursday, Atherton Section to 8th St. but NOT including 8th St |
| May 7 |
8th St to the Exeter Line. |
| May 14 |
Atherton Section up to 8th St. but NOT including 8th Street |
| May 21 |
8th St to the Exeter Line |
| May 28 |
Atherton Section up to 8th St. but NOT including 8th St. |
| Residents can call the Boro building to make arrangements to drop off waste or request the truck be left at theire residence for large volume. |
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| Dan Rish Eagle Scout Project Benefits Boro |
Dan and friends installed 6 bat houses throughout town to help control mosquitoes. |
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West Wyoming High School Reunion Announced - West Wyoming High School is having the second All Class Reunion on September 5, 2009. Graduates from Wyoming Area High School Classes of 1967 and 1968 who were residents of West Wyoming at the time, will be invited to attend. We need the addresses of the following West Wyoming graduates of 1967. Ted Anderson, Peggy Atherholt, Nancy Cappellini, Walter Charney, Cheryl Edunk, Karen Gregorio, Madelyn Gregorio, Deborah Gobla, Michael Gritzen, Barbara Mazza, Christopher Molesky, Gail Morgantini, Camille Orlando, Gene Pisaneschi, John Salvo, Kathleen Salvo, Thomas Serbin, Robert Shaver, Eugenia Sheridan, Suzanne Smith, Linda VanAuken, Carl Wint, Pauline Yanovich. Addresses may be emailed to shirleyww57@hotmail.com (Shirley Randazzo Van Tassel 1957 chairperson) or jcmarini@aol.com (Allen Marini 1967) or call 430-2396. Details of the reunion will be mailed to those addresses as soon as they are received. (View Photos of Class Reunion Held in 2005)
Update: Approximately 690 letters were sent out this past month notifying West Wyoming graduates of the upcoming 2nd All Class Reunion to be held on September 5, 2009. Post cards were enclosed for the graduates to return to the committee which is trying to obtain an estimate of the attendees for the event. So far, 205 have replied in the affirmative with only 57 in the negative. Addresses for graduates from West Wyoming from the Class of 1967 from Wyoming Area are being sought. Information may be sent to Shirley Randazzo Vantassel at shirleyww57@hotmail.com or contact Allen Marini. Invitations will be sent out in May. |
| Abrahams Creek Watershed Association Receives Award - The Abrahams Creek Watershed Assocation recently received the Luzerne Conservation District Award for Stewardship. The ACWA began slighly over a year ago and has already been awarded $278,000 in grants to date. In addition tp the Stewardship Award, the ACWA was honored with a citation from the PA State House of Representatives presented to them by Rep. Phyllis Mundy. Pictured are Joshua Longmore, District Manager of the Luzerne Counservation District, Rep. Mundy, Eileen Cipriani, West Wyoming Borough Council member and ACWA officer, Vince Holland, ACWA officer and Shawn Rybka Luzerne Conservation District Watershed Program Coordinator. |
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| Februrary 9, 2009 - The borough hired James Sheridan as a full time officer last night. District Magistrate Joe Carmody swore him in. Chief Sipko and Sheridan's son helped with the swearing in. (click here for more). |
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January 12, 2009 - Stanley Sipko Jr. Sworn in as West Wyoming Police Chief------ Stanley Sipko Jr. was sworn in as the borough’s new chief of police at a council meeting held on January 12, 2009. Sipko, who began his employment with the borough’s department as a part-time officer in 1992, rose through the ranks to a full-time patrolman, sergeant and assistant chief. (Read more)
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Recycling News: The West Wyoming Borough recycling Program will continue to be held on Wednesdays in the Town Hall Parking Lot in 2009. Trucks will be available weekly. Residents are asked to only place recyclable material in the designated containers. Collections include corrugated cardboard, commingled recylcing, and newspaper. Corrugated cardboard, which is only carboard with a ribbed section between two heavy layers of cardboard. is acceptable. No pizza boxes. Commingled recyclables consist of glass, metal, and plastic, bottles, cans and jars only. Types of plastic collected are any plastic bottle or jar with the numbers 1 or 2 on the bottom in the chasing arrow triangle. The only exceptions are motor oil and antifreeze containers. These should be placed in the regular trash. Crush the plastic and metal, but do not break the glass. Newspapers are to be placed in the recycling container. Please do not place garbage into the recycling containers. |
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