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Benco Dental finalizes agreement to acquire ADI Mobile Health
PITTSTON — Benco Dental, the nation’s largest independent distributor of oral healthcare technology and supplies, announced that it has finalized a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Oregon-based ADI Mobile Health.
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UC claimants should file by 9 p.m. today before system is offline
WILKES-BARRE — The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Tuesday reminded employment Compensation (UC) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) claimants to file for weekly benefits before 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, to ensure their claim is processed prior to the system being taken offline on Thursday, June 3.
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CEO pay rises to $12.7M even as pandemic ravages economy
NEW YORK — As COVID-19 ravaged the world last year, CEOs’ big pay packages seemed to be under as much threat as everything else.
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Meuser considering joining GOP race for governor
WILKES-BARRE — Now that former congressman Lou Barletta has officially announced he is running for governor, another Northeastern Pennsylvania resident, U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, said he, too, is considering a run for the same office.
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Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ imperils Republicans who don’t embrace it
WASHINGTON — Allegiance to a lie has become a test of loyalty to Donald Trump and a means of self-preservation for Republicans.
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Getting ‘ready to rock’ as Pa. announces end to restrictions
For Will Beekman, General Manager for ASM Global at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Tuesday felt like Christmas morning.
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Republican reaction: SC Sen. Scott seeks to credit GOP for ‘joyful springtime’
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Scott credited former President Donald Trump and Republicans on Wednesday with creating “a joyful springtime for our nation,” using his party’s official response to President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress to say it was the GOP that bolstered the economy and began to tame the pandemic.
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Lego reshapes the baking of cakes
Critics have an excellent opportunity to pan this particular test kitchen. That’s what it’s all about.
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WRKC’s ‘Beatledd Fab Four Hour’ airs its 500th show
WILKES-BARRE — “The Beatledd Fab Four Hour” — a Friday night tradition on WRKC-FM (Radio King’s College) since 2010 — recently aired its 500th show.
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Shavertown resident publishes book on leadership
A book by Stacy Smulowitz, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and media at The University of Scranton, was published recently by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.