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From left: Jill Murray, president elect, Lackawanna College; Louis Costanzo, president, L R Costanzo Co. Inc.; Dave Horn, Business Development Laborers International Union of North America; John Augustine, president and CEO, Penn’s Northeast; Rich Rava, assistant director, West Side Career & Technology Center; and Brianna Florovito, workforce and entrepreneurial development specialist, Skills in Scranton, The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. by Dave Gardner

While it may not be a surprise to most NEPA-based employers, workforce preparation, as opposed to job creation, surfaced as the primary theme during the first annual roundtable discussion hosted by the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal and moderated by John Augustine, president and

CEO of Penn’s Northeast. Participants in the discussion included Jill Murray, Ph.D., president elect of Lackawanna College; Dave Horn, representative for Laborers’ International Union of North America at Laborers’-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust; Louis Costanzo, president of L R Costanzo Construction; Rich Rava, assistant director and principal at West Side Career and

Technology Center; and Brianna Florovito, workforce and entrepreneurial development specialist, Skills in Scranton, Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. According to Augustine, the roundtable became possible due to an informational partnership between his organization and The Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal. The event’s goal was to draw attention to some of the issues, needs and trends facPlease see Trades, Page 5

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ale to a stout,” he said. “I think for so long people just had one style of beer to drink,” he said. Craft beer is big business in Pennsylvania. “I don’t think people really realized there were The Brewers Association 2018 Annual Report other styles out there. Finally people caught on found while the biggest numbers are in Califorbecause of the big craft brewing companies out nia, Pennsylvania is second with a $6.3 billion there.” annual economic impact on the state’s economy Brent Humm, owner of Five Mountain Brewand an average salary of $48,150. ing Company on the outskirts of Shickshinny, “Pennsylvania has such a rich tradition in said his adventure into the craft brewing busithe brewers and in the brewer community,” said ness began in his garage. Jennifer Yuengling-Franquet, vice-president of “We have 8 beers on tap,” said Humm, who operations of D.G. Yuengling & Son, America’s has a three-barrel system. He has five staples, oldest craft brewery, part of the sixth generation with names like S’more Stout, Miffle Sipper IPA of ownership of the Schuylkill County family and DD Lawnmower and three others that he robusiness. “I just think it’s a great community tates. He said the most popular is a Hefeweizen. and a great state to be brewing beer.” Humm said he likens his beer recipe much Nearly 80% of their business is Yuengling Lager, which is sold in 22 states. like the recipe for the spaghetti sauce. Their latest product is Yuengling Hershey’s “There’s a bunch of different recipes and you Chocolate Porter, a combination of two Pennsyl- just find a base recipe and kind of tweak it and vania companies and a fresh take on their 200 add your own touches, come up with what you year-old dark porter combined with arguably like and then you end up with a beer that falls America’s favorite chocolate. within your style.” “It’s created a lot of buzz,” she said. “We’ve Humm, who runs the business with his wife embraced both brands. It’s different in terms Melissa, works at the nuclear plant in nearby of flavor profile than our core brands. It has Salem Township, has the taproom on Tuesday, that rich chocolatey flavor profile with smooth Friday and Saturday. chocolate undertones and the smooth chocolate “Some people don’t want to drink the maincaramel and dark roasted malts.” stream,” he said. “They want to drink something “We have that story that has been around for more local. I also don’t have to figure out what generations,” she said. “We’re in our 190th year I’m going to do with a truckload of beer if it and in our sixth generation of ownership. I think doesn’t sell. We can afford to try things and be consumers really like to relate to that.” experimental.” Yuengling-Franquet and her three sisters all have leadership roles and their father Dick, still Humm said he hopes to expand at some has a hand in the day-to-day operations of the point, but said the business is doing well. family business. Where the business will go is anyone’s For those brewing small batches of beer in guess – last year the brewing industry creformer storefronts, old garages and on farms ated more than a half-million jobs nationwide, throughout small towns and cities in northeast- according to the Brewers Association. Some ern Pennsylvania, owners report good business. experts argue the business can survive with “It’s amazing how many people travel to try many smaller breweries pumping out small different beers,” said Ben Yagle, co-owner of the amounts of beer. Rock God Brewing Company in Danville. “I used “We’ve survived just about everything,” said to do that before I owned a brewery.” Yuengling-Franquet. “World wars, depression The brewery opened in 2014 and Yagle and the worst of all – prohibition. We survived brews about 12 barrel per month and serves through innovation and diversification. Frank it in a 1,200 square foot barroom that can fit Yuengling sold a beer in those days which had about 70 people. They typically have 12 taps less than 1% alcohol and then they built the that include two or three IPAs and a hard cider dairy, which is right across the street from our from a local cidery. “We have everything from a lager to a wheat historic brewery.” by Phil Yacuboski

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The best brands stay focused on delivering a strong brand experience

grams that are designed to train relatively unskilled workers—many of them teens in their first job—to Why is McDonald’s more successful than execute the Golden Arches way and deliver an Burger King or Wendy’s? Their food isn’t any betexperience for the customer that is quick, pleasant ter; their prices are about the same. Yet McDonald’s and consistent from one location to the next. Disney was one of the first companies to recogsales in 2018 dwarfed those of its rivals with more than $20-billion compared to about $1.6 billion for nize the extent of what a brand experience could be. Long ago they saw there was far more to visiting both Wendy’s and BK. A $20 billion enterprise is one of their theme parks than just the thrill of the certainly complicated, but a key reason for Mickie rides. They examined every aspect of the customer D’s success starts with their training programs. Franchise companies like McDonald’s know that experience from signage at the parking lots to the placement of their trashcans. They even reinvented their success is only as good as what is delivered by each of its franchisees. McDonald’s has 13,000 waiting in line with entertaining distractions that build anticipation as their patrons funnel their way franchises in the U.S. alone and another 17,000 toward the ride. in the rest of the world. So McDonald’s long ago Between attractions, parades pop up spontastarted Hamburger University, where its new and neously, actors in full character engage visitors existing franchisees receive extensive training on and live events take place every few minutes. how to run their businesses—everything from order taking to burger flipping to running a smooth Disney has become so good at crafting their brand experience that they created the Disney Institute drive-thru. At the store level, McDonald’s has training proPlease see Brand, Page 11 by Dave Taylor

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A ‘town’ for kids by Joe Sylvester

School students in northeast Pennsylvania are learning a thing or two about what it takes to run a business and, more importantly, handle their own finances. Junior Achievenment of Northeastern Pennsylvania recently opened its doors to give the public a peek at what the organization is doing. “A lot of people don’t know what we do,” said Ginny Crake, president of Junior Achievement of NEPA. She said Junior Achievement, a national organization that works to give students the knowledge and skills they need for their economic success, bases its programs on three pillars — entrepreneurship, career readiness and financial literacy. The local junior achievement organization is one of four in Pennsylvania, said Kalyca Stransky, program director. It serves 13 counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. JA is 100 years old nationally and 50 years old in Pennsylvania. Part of the program is learning about careers firsthand by spending a day at JA BizTown at Junior Achievement’s headquarters along Oak Street in Pittston Township. Students spend 12 weeks in the classroom preparing for their trip to the JA center. “They come in prepared for their job — CEO, CFO, store manager, mayor,” Crake said. “Reporter or photographer,” added Stransky. JA BizTown is a simulated community set up inside the Junior Achievement building. It includes replicas of storefronts and other places found in a typical downtown. In JA BizTown, students in the program that is geared toward fifth-graders learn about business, finances and how a local economy operates. Nineteen businesses sponsor storefronts in JA BizTown, which is set up complete with street signs and a walking bridge. The businesses depicted include retail stores, city hall, even a radio station. Some kids get to be the DJ for the day and play music. In the web zone, students can do their version of Twitter, Crake said. Each business has utility meters that meter readers come and check. The businesses receive bills based on the readings. In the transportation station, students learn how to identify engine parts, such as the spark plug, and how to check the oil and change a tire.

The students receive a “paycheck” for their jobs. They can use the play money to purchase items there, such as a toy guitar and other novelty gifts. “It’s like Disneyland for some kids,” Crake said. “They walk in and their little jaws drop.” Adult volunteers help the students in their roles, Stransky said. Crake and Stransky encourage visitors to drop by, and the best time to visit is when the students are there. Stransky said a “handful” of students go to JA BizTown in the fall, and the majority go in the spring. “In May, we have students here every day,” she said. “On a yearly basis, we have 7,000 students come through here.” JA of NEPA uses more than 1,500 volunteers, including business people, college students, retirees and others to serve the approximately 10,000

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A view inside JA BizTown.

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Play money and debit card students receive for their jobs in JA BizTown.

students in grades kindergarten through 12th throughout the 13 counties. Yet, Crake said Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania only serves 6% of students in the area. “There is room for growth,” she said.

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Ginny Crake, president of Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania, removes a spark plug from an engine in the transportation station at JA BizTown as Kalyca Stransky, program director, watches. Students learn about vehicle engines in the station.

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ing both the regional and national business community. Almost immediately the topic of workforce development came up, and the group noted that regional employers are dealing with a labor shortage that is driving up the minimum wage. Demand for skilled workers is particularly high in both the technical and skilled trade areas. “I can’t stress enough that one of the big problems facing the entire nation is the availability of skilled workers,” said Augustine. “The world of work changed suddenly and skill training is now vital for quality employment. Gone are the days when a person could graduate from high school and get a great job at a manufacturing plant.” Augustine stressed that these changes in the work world are still ongoing with no end in sight, as yet another industrial revolution unfolds. Automation and artificial intelligence increasingly are flooding into business processes, including some areas where one might not expect. “Even parts of road construction are becoming automated, such as the flag operators at a work site,” said Augustine. “The technology now exists to replace the flaggers with a solar-powered computer system and only have one person monitoring it.” He added that messaging about the need for technical skills is largely not “getting out” to the general public as young people make decisions about their professional futures. Augustine believes that, in many cases, the best place to obtain needed skills are at a two-year tech and trade school, while also recognizing that each individual student will be suited to different career paths.

with the technology needed to install, operate, and service the equipment,” said Dr. Murray. “A different mindset from many of our traditional workplace ideas is required for all this.” She noted that a negative stigma still exists within the mindsets of many parents about training for tech and vocational jobs, making enrollment at the appropriate schools a tough sell. To combat this stigma, Dr. Murray is advocating a grassroots movement where industrial representatives visit schools and meet with both students and educators to create modern career awareness. “The career and tech schools are vital in the efforts to meet the demand for tech workers, which is sure to expand,” said Dr. Murray. She also is envisioning, as the workplace evolves, a transformation of applicable educational models to value-added, progressive hybrid curriculums that include ample instruction in the humanities to develop superior criticalthinking skills and information synthesis. This approach could help to alleviate many of the problems reported with employees who lack soft and problem-solving skills. Dr. Murray, as she looks ahead, also expects major disruptions to unfold within the nation’s collegiate system. “We are now seeing troubling economic indicators that may indicate that a recession is inevitable,” said Dr. Murray. “This will kindle current movements to ‘right size’ our colleges, and I’m sorry to say some schools will not survive. Closures are already happening, and we must all be prepared for the change even though none of us can see the specifics of the future.”

Tech demand According to Florovito, a full 65% of the Expanding demands sustainable jobs now being created around Murray firmly declared that the majority of the nation involve technical skills. This the nation’s schools, while respecting the trametric, which is sure to escalate, seemed to ditional four-year collegiate educational path, prove the discussion’s emphasis on the need need to focus on training for jobs in trade for tech schooling. and vocational areas to meet the expandShe also explained how the chamber is ing demand for these workers. Technology working to help residents of the Greater continues to invade products from furnaces Scranton area develop these skills. Vital ento cars, and while manual or “heavy lift” jobs” trepreneur inclusion at the region’s various are still available, the use of robotics within business incubation is also strong, where the workplace will continue to reduce the quality companies can be born and mature number of these positions. “As robotics spread, a new work segment to eventually operate outside of the incubator system. is being developed that requires proficiency

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The Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal hosted a roundtable discussion on trades and the workforce, moderated by John Augustine of Penn’s Northeast.

“The brain drain of intellectual talent and skills continues to be a problem here, so it’s still vital to keep the talent we have here,” said Florovito. “Incubators are a proven way to accomplish this, and even to bring needed skills back to the region.” The chamber’s workforce initiative, known as Skills in Scranton, is billed as an effort that has worked with, “Local employers, school districts, higher education partners and Pennsylvania data experts to develop strategies that help ensure the regional workforce is aligned with high priority jobs of the future.” In addition, the chamber is expanding its program that connects area educators with local businesses so that they develop an awareness of how to integrate the business community with education and develop innovative instructional practices. Direct training At Westside Career Tech, approximately 550 students are immersed in skill training directly applicable to tech and vocational careers. Rava explained how the school, to meet employer demands, is now including soft skill training plus career awareness and planning. He reported that, despite the rosy metrics about employer demand for trade and vocational graduates, a stigma is still hovering over career choices within these areas. This is persisting despite the school’s students

are exposed to the required math and science within each curriculum. “We have recognized that the mindset of many parents must change in regard to the education we deliver for these tech careers,” said Rava. “It is not just about working with your hands. It’s also working with you brain, and we are striving to get this message across.” Included in this awareness effort are fifth-grade exploration programs along with acceptance of the reality that high school guidance counselors often have no time for career awareness and preparation. Largely, these counselors are absolutely overwhelmed with students enduring crisis situations. “Many high school shops are also disappearing because of the costs of maintaining the equipment,” said Rava. “Yet, exposure to skills inside these shops remains a vital step for employment within tech industries and to understand the realities of what happens in those careers.” Apprenticeship opportunities The team of Costanzo and Horn pledged that they are working concurrently toward the goal of business development. Construction jobs cannot be outsourced, and these positions, despite ample opportunities, are enduring a labor shortage brought on by weak candidate recruitment, worker loss Please see Trades, Page 7

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from the Great Recession and baby boomer retirements. Costanzo voiced an observation that the nation’s educational infrastructure must evolve to meet the needs of the current and future workforce. Massive educational debt, particularly for a four-year degree, is a huge problem for many college graduates that holds them back from becoming true consumers as they enter the workforce. “A much less expensive two-year degree can be a prosperous ticket to a sustainable tech or vocational job,” said Costanzo. Horn explained that union reps visit schools to spread the word about union-related summer jobs. Additionally, when students actually visit a job site, they may get a feel for the type of jobs available and kindle a lifetime of interest. He also noted that, through union apprenticeships, entry-level workers can earn 80% of the union wage rates while learning solid jobs skills. This system also allows participants to generate virtually no educational debt and also become enrolled within a pension system.

“We want these kids to take full advantage of the many opportunities within in our region,” said Horn. Regional advantages Augustine added that developmental conditions within NEPA for industry continue to look attractive when compared to urban locations. He claimed that regional utility costs are 35% less than in urban areas, and that NEPA locations, as opposed to those in east coast cities, offer a $4 to $6 per square foot operational savings. “Opportunities also are ongoing with our region’s natural gas business,” said Augustine. “Many people don’t even know about the jobs that have been created here, such as with the gathering pipelines for each well.” Looking ahead, Augustine noted that future roundtable discussions will have an abundance of topics to choose from. These include the problems with exploding health care costs, changes in the processes within the educational community, the evolution of e-commerce and the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence.

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Holiday retail outlook

Wage boosts in Pennsylvania

are transitioning to long-term growth,” she said. The mall has a new tenant: an 80,000-squareHoliday shoppers are expected to spend befoot ShopRite grocery store. It was set to open tween 3.8% and 4.2% more this year than last year, Nov. 1 and features a “food hall,” a restaurant with according to numbers released by the National craft beer and cocktails, and a wine and beer store. Retail Federation. It represents a total of between “It’s exciting,” she said. “This is the first time $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion. The numbers, we are seeing a grocery store in an old retail store. which exclude automobile dealers, gasoline staIt’s a way to diversify our properties in a way from tions and restaurants, compare with an average strictly retail or non-retail use and that would holiday sales increase of 3.7% over the previous include grocery and entertainment like we did by five years, according to figures provided by the adding a movie theater a few years ago. We are NRF. really trying to transform our properties into some “It’s fairly optimistic,” said John Holub, thing that offers a little more diversity of uses.” executive director of the Pennsylvania Retailers’ AsShe said the most recent numbers available sociation, “which I think in the current environment have occupancy rates at 93%, which she said is is pretty good. It’s encouraging. The economy is ‘quite good’ given the national average is 92%. doing well and we hope it continues to do well.” Keating said retailers that currently operate in Several online polling companies are expectthe mall are looking for ways to battle the increasing a 5% boost in holiday shopping this year. Both ing online presence. Open X and The Harris Poll found 50% of shoppers “Many retailers are offering ‘buy online’ and have already begun shopping for holiday gifts. ‘pickup in store’ options to get people in the store,” Holub said the Chinese tariffs situation afshe said. “The research shows that when people fects the bottom line of retailers. The threats of buy online and pickup in store, people spend increased tariffs could spike prices on anything and more money in the store. The retailers are also everything that’s imported from China including streamlining their return efforts so when people electronics and toys. “There is some uncertainty there and that does buy online and return it to the store, they are likely to spend more money. It’s a strategy where people concern us,” he said. have more options and we need to try to make the Holub said while people like to shop online, he experience more seamless.” feels during the holidays, it’s a ‘rite of passage’ to gather up friends and family and go shopping. “The death of brick and mortar is a myth,” he said. “It’s something that’s not going away. We are looking at a relatively healthy forecast.” “A lot of the industry reports that have been released say that there is going to be a healthy increase in sales this holiday season,” said Stacey Keating, spokeswoman for the Stroud Mall in Monroe County. “Consumer confidence is really strong heading into the holiday season, which is always a good indicator, so we are forward to a good holiday.” Shopping malls have no doubt seen a decrease in foot traffic mainly due to the downtrend in shoppers buying things from traditional brick and mortar stores. Sears, Bon-Ton and J.C. Penney and others have shut their doors in the past few years in many locations; the anchor stores were often mainstays at shopping malls across the country. “The Stroud Mall is a good example of how we by Phil Yacuboski

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Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate stands at 4% (the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area is 5.5%, One of Pennsylvania’s biggest companies is according to numbers provided by the Bureau of boosting the wages of its workers. Sheetz, the gas Labor Statistics.) and food chain, said last month it will spend $16.8 “When unemployment is low their workplace is million more per year raising the wages of its work- attractive to job applicants and to employees,” said ers from $9 to $10 per hour and it hopes to shift Halper, “and that plays out in a lot of different ways more employees from part-time to full-time work. in the company, the region or the industry.” The company will also hire 3,000 more emWhile Governor Tom Wolf has said he wants ployees. to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour, he’s “As a family-owned and operated business, lost the battle in Pennsylvania’s General Aswe know our employees are our most valuable sembly who argue it’s a job-killer. Pennsylvania’s asset,” said Travis Sheetz, president of Sheetz in a minimum wage is $7.25 per hour – a wage that statement. “We are deeply committed to investing has not gone up in 10 years. It’s also the lowest in our employees and creating a great working amongst its neighbors. environment where they feel valued and have the “It’s always a political argument,” said Halper. resources they need to succeed.” “Unfortunately, a lot time and energy gets used up Other companies are following suit. Retail giant over the battle over the minimum wage when you Target announced earlier this they were raising their wish lawmakers could help low income families in minimum wage to $13 an hour in June and $15 by ways that doesn’t impact businesses. Employers 2020. However, in the past month, there has been have to get creative. It’s not an easy environment backlash from some who argue their part-time now for employers who have open positions.” hours were cut, meaning less in their paychecks. “Low unemployment has given low wage “I think there are a lot of factors that go into workers some bargaining power for the first time in how companies set wage rates and historically low 20 years and so wages are finally rising at the low unemployment is a low factor and I think that’s part end,” said Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the reason you’re seeing across the state and of the Keystone Research Center. across the country, you’re seeing employers opting He said near the border of New York and New to raise their base wage,” said Alex Halper, director Jersey, states that both raised their minimum wage, of government affairs for the Pennsylvania Chamthose looking for work can easily leave Pennsylvaber of Business and Industry. “It varies depending nia to look for higher wages. on the businesses.” “The idea that one reason employment goes up when you raise the minimum wage is because turnover goes down and also companies fill vacancies more quickly so part of what is likely happening now is that if I can drive another five or 10 miles and get a 15% or 20% wage boost, I’m going to do that,” he said. He said there are industries that are seeing a boost. “Some of those industries just can’t find people because there’s so much competition,” said Herzenberg, adding that retail, the hotel industry and fast food restaurants are among those that are having trouble looking for workers. Wages in those industries have been stagnant for decades. “Our goal is to provide competitive wages and full-time hours to as many employees as possible as well as providing quarterly bonuses as a way for employees to share in our success,” Sheetz said. by Phil Yacuboski

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A neighborhood of farmers by Jennifer Butler

The United Neighborhood Centers of Northeast Pennsylvania’s (UNC) South Side Farmers Market is not only a great place to earn a profit for vendors from northeast Pennsylvania, it is a venue that gives its merchants the opportunity to be part of a community of like-minded people with a passion for selling their wares to area residents. In its sixth year operating as Scranton’s only year-round farmer’s market, the market is open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 509 Cedar Ave., the indoor winter location. “In 2010, UNC created the market to address the lack of affordable, healthy food options in South Scranton, a neighborhood that is classified as a ‘food desert’ by the United States Department of Agriculture,” stated Kimberly Barako, program coordinator, “What began as a small, seasonal venture in a local park with two vendors has grown to a year-round, weekly indoor/outdoor market that includes 12 indoor vendors and up to 16 outdoor vendors and is attended by an average of 225 people each week.” Despite this growth, UNC believes there is still significant potential for the market to continue increasing in numbers of both vendors and customers. Barako also notes the market is a forum for local farmers and small business owners to introduce the community to locally sourced products and services on a face-to-face level as opposed to the impersonal nature of supermarkets and large conglomerates. “This is keeping in the spirit of UNCs mission to create both opportunities for business owners and empower those they serve to create relationships to strengthen the community,” she explained. The South Side Farmers Market offers organic produce including a variety of greens, pastureraised eggs and a variety of meats at the market all winter long. Bread and baked goods, raw honey, canned sauces and salsa and other natural and organic food products are available at the market as well. Oftentimes, the market also features guest vendors which include natural soap and body products, plants and more. Some featured vendors are Fullers Overlook Farm, No Bull Ranch, Quails-R-Us, Beta Bread Bakery, Canned Classics, Ten Mile Mushroom, Barnyard Cidery, El Buen Amigo, Leave Me A

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a ‘food desert’ giving the local community access to healthy, seasonal food which is no more than 15 miles from their house,” said Liz Krug farm within walking distance that they might not otherScone, George’s Farm, Osbourne Specialties, manager at Fullers Overlook Farm. wise be able to easily access.” Newton Orchard and more. The farm is a regenerative farm which produces She also points out that the foot traffic from the Dorothy Vidota of Leave me a Scone cannot five acres of annual vegetables, cut flowers and market helps showcase the Elm Street Revitalizawait for the weekend and the sheer enjoyment of tion Project and introduces customers to the other pasture-raised, organically fed hens for eggs, being part of a community that portrays such loyalty to one another as well as with their customers. businesses on Cedar Avenue, which were recently chicken and pork. They use extensive cover croprenovated using the UNC’s facade grants. “It is very important to me to be there each ping and work on regenerating and rebuilding the “This hopefully helps other businesses gain week,” she said. “We are part of a niche market soil without the use of any synthetic chemicals or new clientele and move toward/maintain success who offers their products to customers who truly fertilizers. going forward,” said the program coordinator. appreciate them.” The market’s location is also equipped with a Something that is even more unique to the Becoming a vendor a little over a year ago, she full indoor kitchen to offer cooking expos given South Side Farmers Market that is not available at offers a variety of delightful varieties of scones as by vendors or other outside organizations to help the co-op is the acceptance of EBT/food stamps well as other delicacies throughout the year. This people utilize the local ingredients they purchase at and participation in the double up food bucks proseason customers have had the opportunity to the market. gram that matches the value of whatever custompurchase homemade apple cider donuts, caramel South Side Farmers Market is hosted by United sauce, caramel apples and seasonal scones as well, ers spend on fruits and produce up to $20. Neighborhood Centers of NEPA with funding from “This gives our low-income customers the abilas a result of the business owner’s dedication to Wells Fargo Regional Foundation and a Neighbority to get $40 worth of fresh, organic produce for her business. hood Partnership Program grant from Peoples half price, helping them eat healthy while stretching The impact the year-round market creates is Security Bank, PNC Bank and PPL Electric Utilities. their food budget and conserving their EBT baltwo-fold. United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern “The farmers get to maintain a revenue stream ance,” adds Barako. Pennsylvania (UNC) is a non-profit organization “We love being able to sell our products directly in what is normally their traditional offseason, to the customer and know the people we are grow- dedicated to assessing and meeting the needs of and the community has access to fresh produce, low-income families, youth and senior citizens in organic meats and local products that change with ing food for, which South Side enables us to do. Northeast Pennsylvania. The agency’s mission is to the seasons,” Barako said. “Many of our clients live Since we started the farm, it was important for us to keep the food in the community and it has been work together with neighbors to provide services in South Side and have no transportation to other areas of the city, so, the market provides them with important for us to sell in South Side as there aren’t and create opportunities that empower individuals options for fresh, healthy foods, as it is considered and build strong, interdependent communities. a year-round source of food and other products Mike Krug of Waverly packed up a customer’s order at the Overlook Farm stand at the South Side Farmers Market in Scranton in July 6.

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Tomatoes were displayed on a table at the South Side Farmers Market in Scranton in July.

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CELEBRATING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Rebekah Gillette

box of 10 spices allows people to “sprinkle in flavor” if they do not have the knowledge or expertise to add their own. Rebekah Gillette has loved to be in the kitchen since Gillette wants people to enjoy the food in their pantries she was a little girl. She enjoyed throwing ingredients and to have confidence in preparing their own dishes. together in pots and pans to create something new. As she The largest challenge for Spices by Gillette is distribugrew up, she became interested in more mature activities, tion. There is no access to manufacturers who can help like hosting dinner parties and preparing unique dishes. package and label her products in Northeast Pennsylvania. In recent years, a new challenge appeared for resShe takes full responsibility in completing her professional taurants to accommodate people with allergies. This preobligations since she works by herself to market and make sented an opportunity for Gillette to prepare food with the and account for her products. intention of satisfying people with allergies (for example: Yoga helps Gillette maintain balance and focus dairy and gluten) or preferences (for example: vegetarthroughout the course of her busy schedule. ians and vegans). Her 10-piece spice kit, called “Taste the “A business can take over your life, if you are not World,” offers a wide range of flavors. From Mediterranean aware it can take over your life,” she said. Mermaid to Persian Princess, her spices derive from variHer advice to other entrepreneurs is that you “can ous parts of the globe to enhance homemade meals. only do well in a business if you are doing well with your Gillette taught several cooking classes before she health.” started her own business. Her students constantly told her, Gillette began her career in classical French cuisine “I can’t cook, I don’t have time to cook, I don’t know how training in the late 1990s at culinary school. She noted to cook, but I would like to know how.” Gillette noticed she French cuisine “is delicious but not user friendly for the needed to bridge the space between what people know, everyday person.” She always admired Ming Tsai, the host how much time they have and their food preferences. Her of a television show called “East Meets West,” a fusion of by Rosemary Wolf

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to train other companies on methods to apply to their own businesses. They focus on teaching leadership, engagement and service skills—each one important to running a business, but equally crucial for creating a great experience for the customer.

Starbucks has more than once closed all its stores to conduct remedial training when they felt that they had lost focus. In one case, it was about how to sharpen their customer service experiences. They retrained their baristas to handle one order at a time and maintain the full process that goes into creating the perfect latte, cappuccino or macchiato. Last year, Starbucks shut down again and held racial bias training for all its employees after an incident at one of its locations. Many brands make claims that their customer experience is superior, but far fewer follow through with continual training and attention to the details of their service the way McDonald’s, Disney and Starbucks do. Each has taken a different approach—Mickie D’s is all about consistency, time after time and store after store. Disney is masterful at multi-faceted experiences that are fun and fulﬁlling and can last for days. Starbucks is adept at making each customer feel personally tended to and not part of an assembly line of coffee cups. While many other elements make these brands successful, their constant attention to training and their excellent brand experiences have helped make them leaders in their industries for decades.

French and Asian cuisine. Ming Tsai was was stationed in Korea and discovered her inspiration because he used fresh, a new perspective on food. Food had allively ingredients and showed her the ways been something fun or creative for various ways she could take her culinary her, but in Korea, food was intentional. career to the next level. “Food heals the body. Koreans think Gillette did an externship at the South of food systematically: is it good for Seas Resort in Captiva Island, Florida. Unyour yin or is it good for your yang,” fortunately, she fell down a flight of stairs she said. and broke a bone in her foot. So instead of Gillette decided to share her passion working as a chef, she was a babysitter for for food to improve the lives of others a family on vacation. She grew close to the by starting her own spice business. Gillette children, and decided to host a dinner party She works in her home kitchen to for the family. After tasting her amazing prepare amazing spices for salad dressings, soups, meats food, they decided to hire her as their personal chef at their and more. Her purpose is to make people feel empowered. home in New York. Cooking should not be something you dread; cooking While working as a personal chef, she attended a Ma- should be exciting and satisfying. rine Corps ball, where she spoke to many officers. Gillette For more information, visit byrebekah.com or the always wanted to serve her country and decided to join the “Spices by Rebekah” Facebook page or call 570-936-9180. military intelligence division. A marine officer influenced her to join the intelligence division so that “the army won’t Rosemary Wolf, a graduate student at The University of Scranton, is an intern with University of Scranton Women’s use your body, just your mind.” Entrepreneurship Center under the supervision of Donna Simpson, Consultant Manager. During her training as an intelligence officer, Gillette

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by Dave Gardner

A booming business climate

In somewhat of a dramatic reversal, the area that traditionally had “no jobs” is now finding itself unable to fill thousands of employment openings, while also hosting increased national involvement and investment into its business community. Mike Jensen, business instructor and management consultant with Lackawanna College, declared that despite overall population decreases, specific segments of the Greater Scranton Area’s business climate are almost JENSEN booming. These include warehousing and transportation, the restaurant business, and medical providers in the specialties of PT, OT and mental health. Changes throughout the area’s vast medical community are also occurring with varied repercussions as physicians consolidate their practices. Meanwhile, the huge retail arena is absolutely churning with stores opening and closing, partially from the impact of online commerce, but also from market changes unleashed by the nation’s millennials as they proceed into adulthood and placement as consumers. “A national trend that certainly is occurring here involves how the mom and pop stores are struggling with technology, inventory and pricing of goods,” said Jensen, who also will serve as director of his school’s new business incubator. “The retail competition is intense.” This total package of events occurring within the Scranton area’s business community has therefore led Jensen to conclude that the Scranton market is now firmly imbedded within the national business arena. As opposed to Scranton’s traditional position as somewhat of an outlier, events and trends that occur nationally are being felt directly within local commerce. “This region is no longer the isolated outpost it has historically been, and this connection has created a situation where, if a slump occurs on the national scene, it will be directly felt here,” said Jensen. Workforce needs Scranton’s business climate, according to Bob Durkin, president of the Greater Scranton Chamber

of Commerce, is positioned for quality job growth and business development. He detailed how Chamber membership has risen by 75 while attrition with memberships has declined. The Chamber, according to Durkin, is enjoying greater participation in support of events. Collaboration with various partners has risen, land sales are at record levels and small business loans are “healthy.” Occupation in the region’s various business incubators is also booming with a number of graduate companies striking out on their own. Concurrently, enrollment for DURKIN training through Leadership Lackawanna has risen as efforts to recruit youngsters to the program bear fruit. “Demand has particularly risen for our program that helps high school students become tomorrow’s leaders,” said Durkin. “This particular program is identifying some great candidates, and as the millennials grow up, they are becoming more comfortable with responsibility.” In a dramatic reversal, Scranton’s available jobs are now outdistancing applicants for those positions, indicating that the region’s workforce, and not employment opportunities, are the weak link in area commerce. According to Durkin, more than 3,000 open jobs exist within Lackawanna County at any given moment, and the Chamber is working to alleviate this shortage of workers. According to information compiled by the Lackawanna Workforce Investment Board, education is indeed needed by the regional workforce to meet the demands of modern commerce. Data for 2018 to 2019 indicated that only 39% of those working have some form of postsecondary education. “The question we always ask is how to fill open jobs, and that must include the identification of training to break down job barriers,” said Durkin. “The Chamber’s outreach with the Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company, commonly known as SLIBCO, now includes a workforce creation component.” Durkin added that other specific changes could occur throughout the area and have a positive impact Please see Booming, Page 14

KCR celebrates grand opening

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Keystone Community Resources, (KCR) recently hosted a grand opening and family picnic at its newest Adult Day Program at 628 Genet St., Scranton. Senator John Blake presented a citation for Keystone Community Resources’ 55th anniversary to President and CEO Laura Brown-Yadlosky. At the ribbon cutting, from left: Brianna Florovito, workforce and entrepreneurial development specialist at the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce; MaryAnn Colbert, director, Intellectual Disability Services Lackawanna-Susquehanna Counties BHIDEI Programs; Laura Brown-Yadlosky, KCR president and CEO, Jennifer Wolf, KCR Genet Street program coordinator; Dawn Loven, KCR Genet Street program manager, Donna Perechinsky, KCR accounting coordinator and board member of KCR and Stan Chotkowski, vice president of programs and services of KCR.

Scranton Area Community Foundation hosts conference

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Nearly 200 representatives from nonprofit organizations across nine counties in northeast Pennsylvania attended the inaugural NEPA Learning Conference on Thursday, Sept. 19, and Friday, Sept. 20, at the Hilton Scranton and Conference Center. Hosted by the Scranton Area Community Foundation through its Center for Community Leadership and Nonprofit Excellence, in partnership with Moses Taylor Foundation and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, this conference gave attendees an opportunity to learn from local and national experts in a variety of fields and discover how to create a learning culture within their organizations. Shown, Leslie Crutchfield, co-author of the best-selling “Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits,” addresses 2019 NEPA Learning Conference attendees on Thursday, Sept. 19.

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firms can evolve while they mature and eventually operate independently,” said Okrepkie. “The one problem everyone is dealing with concerns the workforce shortage, and there’s no quick solution for that.” Within the investment arena, Okrepkie’s regional portfolio now features $19 million of angel and Incubators and investment investment capital that has been raised. Opportunity On the industrial front, three themes are quietly zones also are creating investment markets for dominating the headlines in capital gains that are accelerating national interest the Greater Scranton area, in select regional business parks, where nine million according to Ken Okrepkie, square feet are under construction. regional manager with “This expansion would not be possible without the Ben Franklin Technolnational investment from companies such as Tramogy Partners. These involve mell Crow, North Point and Cushman Wakefield,” business incubator success, said Okrepkie. availability of venture capital He also acknowledged that the nation’s ecoOKREPKIE if a company agrees to stay nomic indicators are increasingly indicating that an in the region and a wave of economic slowdown is near. When Washington’s private investment. trade tariffs and supply chain disruptions are added According to Okrepkie, the region’s four incubain, specific industries could suffer, and the Scranton tors, located in downtown Scranton plus the Valley area will not be exempt. View, Carbondale and Waymart areas, now house at “Despite these concerns, expansion and investleast 20 total companies operating in specialties such ment in company infrastructures, processes and as food manufacturing, business technology, coding products is still very hot here,” said Okrepkie. “There and software. is an understanding that even when the next down“It has been firmly demonstrated within these turn occurs, life will go on.” incubators that the concept works, where budding

on the size of the workforce. These include expansion of mass transit to reduce transportation difﬁculties, the easing of language barriers, escalating tech awareness and development of superior soft skills throughout the workforce.

Chamber hosts Member Appreciation Day

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The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual Member Appreciation Day, welcoming more than 250 members who sampled food donated by more than 30 chamber member restaurants. From left: Bob Durkin, president; Mari Potis, director of membership and events; and Pat Fricchione, board chair.

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The organization has announced the appointment of John J. Jablowski Jr. to serve as a professional adviser in the newly created position of senior vice president of collaborative partnerships. The alliance is an international organization headquartered in Phoenix that builds thriving communities through transformative JABLOWSKI innovations in local government service delivery and community engagement. As part of the executive team, Jablowski will direct the organization’s effort to bring innovative collaborative partnerships to transform how local governments provide services.

ALLIED SERVICES INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM

Amy Smeraglio, R.N., of Wilkes-Barre, was appointed the new admissions coordinator for the Transitional Care Unit at Allied Services Rehab Hospital in Scranton. She has three years of experience in the health care industry, previously working as a care coordinator assistant with Geisinger. Stacey Perrins, a resident SMERAGLIO of West Abington Twp., was promoted to assistant director of janitorial/landscaping services in the organization’s Vocational Services Division. Before her promotion, Perrins worked as a ﬁscal assistant within the division. In December 2018, she earned her Master of Business Administration degree with a specialization in management, PERRINS from Misericordia University. The health system announced Karissa Averto, MHA, as admissions liaison for the organization’s Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scranton. Previously, she worked as an admissions coordinator for the Transitional Care Unit at Allied Services Rehab Hospital. She formerly served as the admissions director for CarbonAVERTO dale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The health system announced Michelle Walsh, BS, as admissions liaison for the organization’s Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scranton. In her new role, Walsh will assess patients’ clinical information and work with other health professionals and the patients’ families WALSH to ensure admission to the appropriate level of care. Over the last 10 years, she has held positions as admissions director and hospital liaison for other area facilities.

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE WILKINS & ASSOCIATES

The company recently hired several new Realtors. Melanie Vanderveer joined the Bushkill ofﬁce and Jessica Curry and Joseph M. Seagraves joined the Stroudsburg ofﬁce. Vanderveer has been a resident of the Pocono Mountains since June 2005. She resides in Bushkill as a social media specialist. She formerly worked CURRY as a reporter for the Pocono Record and in 2013 started her own freelance social media management PR business. Curry is a native of the Pocono Mountains and resides in East Stroudsburg. She is a 2017 graduate of the Polley Associates real estate school. In addition, her education includes a family and consumer science SEAGRAVES degree with a master’s degree in technology. Seagraves, originally from Philadelphia, has lived in the Poconos for the past 37 years. During that time, Seagraves has been employed full time in new construction, custom home design, home builder business and new home sales. Seagraves has won numerous awards through the Pocono Builders Association for custom homes that he designed. He is considered the “grandfather” of today’s new home sales. Seagraves formerly worked for RGB Custom Home Builders, where he was a top salesman. He will continue to sell RGB homes in his capacity.

CLASSIC PROPERTIES

Angie Marx joined the Kingston ofﬁce. Raised in Kinston, North Carolina, she later attended King’s College and worked for 10 years in the family business, Marx Sheet Metal & Mechanical, as the account manager/controller. She recently earned her real estate license from Vintage Real Estate Academy and chose to join the company for the strong support system she felt it offered agents.

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COHEN HAYDU CHIROPRACTIC

Dr. Richard Cohen conducted a workshop at the Professional Hockey Chiropractic Society conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Cohen, who is beginning his ﬁfth season as the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins team chiropractor, conducted the workshop on neck exercises to prevent and reduce the severity of neck and head injuries in hockey. Some COHEN studies suggest that head and neck injuries are the second most common and second most costly injury occurring in professional hockey. Drawing from his concepts of movement development, he created a series of exercises that incorporate neck strengthening and core strengthen-

ing in positions that occur naturally as babies grow from birth to free walking.

COMMONWEALTH HEALTH

Barbara Plucknett, M.D., performed her 1,000th robotic–assisted surgical case. A celebration was held on July 15th to mark the momentous occasion and to honor Plucknett’s dedication to her patients and women’s health. She practices gynecology with the physician network and is an active medical staff member of Regional Hospital of Scranton. She specializes in urogynecology using nonsurgical and surgical techniques to correct complex structural bladder and pelvic floor issues women may experience. Plucknett is skilled in minimally invasive roboticassisted surgery, incorporating this advanced technology into her surgical practice since 2009. The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. Regional Hospital of Scranton’s second quarter DAISY Award was presented to Mary Novak, R.N., who works in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. The DAISY (which stands NOVAK for Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award was started by the DAISY Foundation, which formed in 2000, after J. Patrick Barnes, then 33, died of complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, an auto-immune disease. Melissa Bertha, D.O., has joined the physician network’s primary care team. She is an acBERTHA tive member of the medical staff at Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital. Board-certified in family medicine, Bertha comes to Scranton from Philadelphia. She is a 2013 graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, and completed residency in 2016 at Suburban Community Hospital, Norristown. NOTO James M. Noto, D.O., has joined the physician network’s neurology team. He is an active medical staff member at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Board-certified in neurology, Noto received his medical degree in 2014 from William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, RITTENBERG Mississippi, was chief resident of neurology at Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, and completed his clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Daniel S. Rittenberg, M.D., urologist and surgeon, has joined the physician network and is a medical staff member of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. A native of Kingston, Daniel Rittenberg will join his father, Dr. Michael Rittenberg, in practice at 423 Third

Ave., Suite B, Kingston. Rittenberg is a 2014 graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. He completed general surgery residency at LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, and urology residency at Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York. Soohan Mansuri, M.D., has joined the primary care team of the physician network. Mansuri will provide personalMANSURI ized medical care to patients of all ages from infant to senior adulthood and welcomes new patients to his practice at 610 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. Board-certiﬁed in family medicine, Mansuri comes from the Wright Center of Graduate Medical Education, Family Medicine Residency Program, Scranton. Mansuri is a member of the medical staff at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

DIME BANK

The bank recently promoted several key management personnel to continue strengthening and enhancing its management team: Cynthia D. Burdick, assistant vice president, to vice president, BSA/AML officer; Chase L. Holl, assistant vice president, to vice president, commercial lending; Rory S. McGhie, assistant vice BURDICK president, to vice president, banking relationship officer; Melissa L. Wilkins, assistant vice president, to vice president, retail operations officer; Eric L. Avery, branch manager, to assistant vice president, Damascus branch manager; Michael Borick, accounting supervisor, to assistant vice president, accounting supervisor; Stacy L. Gager, deposit operations superHOLL visor, to assistant vice president, deposit operations supervisor; Brian W. Haun, lending officer, to assistant vice president, loan officer; David J. Jones, core systems supervisor, to assistant vice president, core systems supervisor; Jeremy J. Patten, financial adviser, to assistant vice president, investment representative. Burdick began her career with the bank 42 years ago. She was hired in 1977 as a teller and file clerk. As the years progressed, she added the responsibilities of head teller at the Honesdale branch and loan secretary. She currently coordinates, manages and monitors all aspects of BSA/AML, Office of Foreign Asset Control compliance and identity theft compliance, as well as supervises the bank’s fraud department and oversees fraud investigations. Burdick also coordinates various fundraising events at the bank, such as March of Dimes and Muscular Dystrophy Association. Holl has been at the bank for nine years. He began his career with the bank as a teller. Holl then worked in accounting, moved on to credit analyst, and is currently a commercial lender. Holl has continued his education through the bank, graduating with honors from the Please see Personnel, Page 16

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FROM PAGE 15 Pennsylvania Bankers Association Advanced School of Banking and American Bankers Associations Advanced Commercial Lending school. McGhie has served the bank as the Carbondale branch manager after relocating to the area in 2012. In 2016, he transitioned to the Honesdale branch. McGhie’s new responsibilities include business development and relationship management to ensure customers and noncustomers receive the service and attention they deserve. In addiMCGHIE tion, McGhie will continue to be a part of the bank’s lending team. He has completed the Pennsylvania Bankers Association Advanced School of Banking. Wilkins has risen through the ranks since joining the bank in 2008 as head teller of the Honesdale branch. From there, Wilkins was promoted to assistant branch manager. Advancing even further, Wilkins changed branch locations and was promoted to branch manager of the bank’s downtown Hawley branch. In OcWILKINS tober 2016, Wilkins assumed her role as retail operations officer and continues to serve in that role with her current title. She also holds certificates from the Pennsylvania Bankers Association School of Banking and Advanced School of Banking. Avery has been with the bank for six years. He began his career as a teller and quickly moved into a supervisory position as a senior teller. He then progressed into a customer service specialist role. As his knowledge base developed, Avery once again moved back into a supervisory position as an assistant branch manager before his current AVERY promotion. Avery is a member of the 2018 Bank Administration Institute Emerging Leaders Network. Borick has been in banking for six years, five of them with the bank. He began his career as a mortgage loan processor and then moved into accounting as a supervisor. In his current position, he is responsible for reviewing and maintaining holding company financial reports, managing investment accounting functions, performing shareholdBORICK er accounting, reviewing treasury functions daily, preparing, reviewing and reporting monthly allowance for loan loss analysis. He also supervises the accountant positions. Borick is completing his final year of Advanced Banking School through the Pennsylvania Bankers Association. Gager has been in banking with the bank almost 13 years. She began her career in deposit operations as a customer information file representative and progressed to the deposit operations specialist. In 2015, she became the deposit operations supervisor. Currently, she directly

supervises the bank’s deposit operations area and team. Gager is in her third and final year of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association Advanced School of Banking and is an honors recipient from the 2016 School of Banking. Haun has been with the bank for 13 years. Haun began his career as a financial adviser and GAGER then transitioned to a management trainee position. Upon completion, he moved into the loan area, first as a mortgage collections adviser and then as a commercial lending officer. His current position affords him the opportunity to assist customers with commercial, consumer and indirect lending. He attended the Pennsylvania Bankers Association School of Banking and the HAUN Advanced School of Banking. Jones has been in banking more than 12 years. He joined the bank in 2015 as the core systems supervisor. In his new role, Jones manages the setup and performance of the bank’s core vendor’s applications and systems. He assists application areas such as loans and deposits with configuration and training of JONES those applications and systems. Patten has been in the financial services arena for 10 years assisting clients with their financial portfolios. He has been with the bank for four years. He currently holds a series 6,7, 63, 66, life accident and health, property and casualty, and is an accredited investment fiduciary. Maurice (Mick) Dennis PATTEN has joined the bank as a vice president commercial loan officer. Working primarily out of the Lake Region branch of the bank, Dennis brings an array of banking experience to the bank to help area businesses attain the financing they need to grow. Over the course of his career, he has supplemented his education with professional course cerDENNIS tificates attained through the PA Bankers Association. He is also a graduate of Leadership Wayne. Dennis began his career in banking 10 years ago as a commercial credit analyst, underwriting and evaluating commercial loans.

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Daniel Distasio, a partner in the Wilkes-Barre personal injury law ﬁrm, was selected to be recognized as a “Member of the Nation’s Top One Percent” by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. The NACD is dedicated to promoting the highest standards

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of legal excellence. Less than 1% of practicing attorneys in the United States are members of the “Nation’s Top Attorneys.” Distasio was also recognized as one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators. Selection is by invitation only and is made up of the nation’s most exceptional trial lawyers for high-stakes legal matters in each state.

EVERCOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT

Patrick Kane, CSP, president, was recently honored as the 2019 Snow Business CEO of the Year by the Snow & Ice Management Association during the 22nd annual Snow & Ice Symposium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on June 27. The CEO of the Year award has recognized an outstanding executive whose primary KANE responsibility is the overall management and leadership of a snow management company since 2011. Kane has been the president since founding the Pennsylvania-based company (as Evergreen Landscaping Services) in 1995.

FIDELITY BANK

Nicholas Parise has been named senior vice president and director of wealth management. As a member of the senior leadership team, he will be responsible for overseeing the trust and financial services needs of clients by incorporating financial planning, investment portfolio management, fiduciary services, private banking and retirement planning under one wealth management umbrella. Parise has more than 13 years of experience in financial services in both credit and commercial lending. He formerly served as wealth management relationship strategist for a national financial institution.

FOLEY, COMERFORD & CUMMINS

Daniel E. Cummins and Stephen T. Kopko, both of the Scranton insurance defense firm, published an article titled “Litigating the Zero Verdict” that appeared in the September/October edition of the Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine. The article provides an overview of the propriety of zero verdicts by juries under different circumstances in personal injury matters. The article also reviews the variety of arguments that can be raised by both sides in support of either affirming or overturning such a verdict based on the facts of the case. Cummins is a partner in the firm and Kopko is an associate attorney. They both focus their practice in the handling of auto accidents, premises liability and products liability, and other civil litigation matters.

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Since 2014, Tomcavage has served as the health system’s chief population ofﬁcer, focusing on driving the transformation of how Geisinger delivers care. Tomcavage has spearheaded population health programs to achieve high-quality, affordable services for Geisinger’s patients and members. TOMCAVAGE Tomcavage was the ﬁrst Geisinger nurse to receive the Pennsylvania Nightingale Award for clinical excellence in an advanced nursing role.

GILLESPIE, MISCAVIGE & FERDINAND LLC

Attorney Heather Marcalus joined the law firm. Marcalus was first admitted to practice law in New Jersey, and, for many years, worked at the law firm of Fogarty and Hara, Esqs., representing and providing legal guidance to numerous public school districts in connection with all aspects of special education and related services in MARCALUS public schools. After moving to Pennsylvania, she was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 2018 and is committed to assisting and advocating for children with respect to their special education needs.

GLENMAURA SENIOR LIVING

Janine Kubasko Starinsky, MHA, CDP, CDCM, CADDCT, has been named executive director. She is dedicated to raising the bar for senior living in NEPA. KubaskoStarinsky, born and raised near Moosic, brings more than 25 years of experience across independent, personal care, memory care and enhanced living. She most recently served as an interventionist for Penn State’s EIT-4-BPSD cohort study. She earned her Bachelor of Science from East Stroudsburg University and a Master of Health Administration degree from the University of Scranton.

HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK

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Janet Tomcavage, MSN, R.N., a pioneer in population health and advanced medical homes, has assumed the role of chief nursing executive, effective Aug. 1.

Zackery Ortman of Lake Ariel has been promoted to mortgage adviser in Lackawanna County. Ortman began his career at the bank as a teller in Hamlin in April 2018. Since joining the bank, he gained extensive visibility to all aspects of bank services with a concentrated interest in mortgages. He participates with the bank at local parades and is involved in the community as a leader at his church’s Vacation Bible School each summer. Gregory W. Sheridan joined as branch manager of the Hallstead ofﬁce, currently being constructed in Susquehanna County. He will administer the operation of the bank’s future ofﬁce

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PERSONNEL FILE FROM PAGE 16 location being constructed at 313 Main St., Hallstead. In his role, he will be showcasing the bank’s capacity to support comprehensive banking solutions for the Hallstead community through personal, business, mortgage, lending, cash management, ﬁnancial planning and wealth management resources.

HOURIGAN, KLUGER & QUINN PC

Nine of the ﬁrm’s lawyers have been named, in multiple categories, to the 2020 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The following HKQ lawyers have been named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America List: Richard M. Goldberg: Employment Law — Management, Labor Law — Union; Terrence J. Herron: Corporate Law; Joseph A. Quinn Jr.: Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs; Michelle M. Quinn: Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs; Donald C. Ligorio: Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Workers’ Compensation Law — Claimants, Workers’ Compensation Lawyer of the Year, NEPA Region; Brian Q. McDonnell: Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Workers’ Compensation Law — Claimants; Kevin C. Quinn: Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs; Michael A. Lombardo III: Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs; and Nicole M. Santo: Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs. Additionally, Donald C. Ligorio has been named Lawyer of the Year, NEPA Region — Workers’ Compensation — Claimants.

HUGHES, NICHOLLS & O’HARA

The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of family law attorney Barbara J. O’Hara as 2019 10 Best Family Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction. The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys is a third-party attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys in each state. Attorneys who are selected to the “10 Best” list must pass AIOFLA’s rigorous selection process, which is based on client and/or peer nominations, thorough research and AIOFLA’s independent evaluation.

JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC

Ryan Wilson, CPA, CFP, CRPC, AWMA, AIF, executive vice president/wealth management, financial adviser in the Scranton office, has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation. This certification signifies specialized knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and is the culmination of intense courseWILSON work and exams focusing on the ability to implement portfolio strategies that meet a defined standard of care. Only those financial planners who demonstrate the requisite experience, education and ethical standards are awarded the AIF designation. Wilson heads the Wilson Wealth Advisory team.

KEYSTONE COLLEGE

Professor Jeffrey Brauer has been selected for the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason

University’s Academic Research Seminar, “Poverty, Institutions and Economic Development,” as an expert on Generation Z. The institute will be held in November in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a full professor of social sciences and an accomplished researcher and diversity facilitator, Brauer has presented dozens BRAUER of workshops and seminars throughout the country to educators, business leaders, civic organizations and student groups.

KING’S COLLEGE

Regina Corchado was recently named director of human resources. Corchado will fill a critical leadership role at the college that develops and implements policies and best practices that are necessary to maintain a positive, supportive and fair working environment. Corchado has held several CORCHADO roles in human resources during her professional career at large for-profit and nonprofit companies. She received her Bachelor of Arts in mass communications from King’s. In 2017, she became a senior certified professional in human resource management.

LUZERNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Executive Director Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D., has been named to the board of directors of Pa. Museums (formerly the Pa. Federation of Museums and Historical Places). Based in Harrisburg and founded in 1905, Pa. Museums is Pennsylvania’s statewide trade association serving museum professionals and institutions. NEWELL Newell came to the historical society as executive director in November 2016. She has more than 20 years of museum experience, previously working at the Nantucket Historical Association, Old Stourbridge Village and the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.

MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY

Stephen Garrison, assistant professor of interior architecture/ design in the School of Architecture, was recently elected to serve as the director of communication for the Interior Design Educators Council Foundation. The appointment was made at the annual IDECF conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. Garrison has served as a directorGARRISON at-large on the IDECF board for the past two years. IDECF invests in interior design education, research and leadership to advance the design profession and improve the human experience in the designed environment. Christopher Speicher, Ph.D., associate professor of

marketing and entrepreneurship, recently attended StartUp Tank 2019: a challenge for students at the CK Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management in Vadodara, India. Speicher, along with Dr. Rajesh Khajuria, co-developed the entrepreneurial challenge and attended the competition as special guest. SPEICHER Based on the success of Startup Tank Challenge in India and Bangladesh, the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Councils invited Speicher to make a presentation on the event, which generated enormous interest among college and university students. Marla Kovatch, MA, CCCSLP, professor of practice in the Communication Sciences KOVATCH and Disorders department, was recently chosen to be featured in an article with the National Aphasia Association’s “Aphasia Threads.” The Aphasia Threads Project weaves together three points of view: People with aphasia, caregivers and the professionals who help each family navigate aphasia. Each week, BURNS the National Aphasia Association brings together three unrelated stories, one from each member of the triad, to learn from their experience. Elizabeth “Betty” Burns, of Jefferson Twp. and Charleston, South Carolina, has been elected to the board of trustees. She will serve on the University Advancement Committee and the Financial Affairs Committee. Burns retired in 2005 from the Capital Group of Companies in New York, where she served as senior vice president of Capital Guardian Trust Co., and previously worked at Time Warner Inc. as assistant treasurer in the company’s Corporate Finance Group. She serves locally on the board of United Neighborhood Centers and is a founding member and trustee of Nativity Miguel School of Scranton. She also is a member of Women in Phlanthropy of Scranton.

MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY

William Stauffer, an adjunct professor of social work, recently received the Vernon E. Johnson Award at the Faces & Voices of Recovery’s 2019 America Honors Recovery Awards Gala & Dinner in Arlington, Virginia. Stauffer, the executive director of the Pennsylvania Recovery Organization — Alliance, is an instructor in the addictions STAUFFER counseling program at the university. He received the individual recovery advocate of the year award for being a staunch advocate for strong Substance Use Disorder Patient Privacy Protections at the state and federal levels. Stauffer also serves as the co-chairman of the Faces & Voices of Recovery’s Public Policy Committee. The university recently welcomed the addition of 19 new full-time faculty members to campus for the 2019-20

academic year during a special orientation program in Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall. In the College of Arts and Sciences, Linda Auker, Ph.D., has been appointed as an assistant professor of biology. She earned her doctorate in zoology from the University of New Hampshire. Kara Carmack, Ph.D., has been named an assistant professor of ﬁne arts. She earned her doctorate in art history from the University of Texas at Austin. Patrick Danner, Ph.D., has been appointed an assistant professor of English. He earned his doctorate in rhetoric and composition from the University of Louisville. Sylvia Wang, Ph.D., was named an assistant professor of psychology. She holds a doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Alabama. Mateusz Wosik, Ph.D., was appointed as an assistant professor of biology after earning his doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Toronto, Ontario. Roberta Yeager, Ed.D., has been named an assistant professor of teacher education. She holds a doctorate in teaching and curriculum from Northcentral University. In the College of Business, John Ash, Ph.D., has been named an assistant professor of business. He holds a doctorate degree in health services administration from Walden University. Xiaochuan Song, Ph.D., has been appointed as an assistant professor of business. He earned his doctorate in management from the University of Alabama. Ata Yesilyaprak, Ph.D., has been named an associate professor of business after earning a doctorate degree in ﬁnancial economics from the University of New Orleans. In the College of Health Sciences and Education, Reethee Antony, MPhil., has been named an assistant professor of speech-language pathology. She holds a master of philosophy degree from the City University of New York. Melissa Cencetti, P.T., D.P.T., Ed.D., has been appointed as an assistant professor of physical therapy. She holds doctorate degrees in physical therapy from Arcadia University and educational leadership from Wilkes University. Richard Hennigan, M.S.N., has been named an assistant professor of nursing. He holds a Master of Science in Nursing degree from American Sentinel University. Cheryl Jayne, O.T.D., has been appointed as an assistant professor of occupational therapy after earning her doctorate in occupational therapy from Misericordia University. Viviana Lucabeche, Ph.D., has been named associate professor of social work. She holds a doctorate in social work from Widener University. Catherine Luksic, M.S.N., has been appointed as an associate professor of nursing after receiving her Master of Science in Nursing from Wilkes University. Gerard Maritato, M.D., has been named an assistant professor of physician assistant studies. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Emory University School of Medicine. Dana Simon, M.S., has been appointed as an assistant professor of physician assistant studies. She holds a Master of Science in physician assistant studies from Marywood University. Melissa Weidner, M.S.N., has been named an assistant professor of nursing after receiving her Master of Science in Nursing from Thomas Jefferson University. Rebecca Zukowski, Ph.D., has been appointed an assistant professor of nursing after earning her doctorate in administration and leadership studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Michael Floren, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, recently presented his scholarly work at the Please see Personnel, Page 18

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FROM PAGE 17 prestigious international Joint Statistical Meeting hosted by the American Statistical Association. Floren offered two presentations based on research from his dissertation, “On the Small Count Inﬂated Poisson Distribution.” Floren joined the faculty in 2018, and serves as chairman of the Bachelor of Science degree program in statistics. He holds FLOREN Bachelor of Arts degrees in mathematics and math education from Bethel University and his doctorate in applied statistics and research methods from the University of Northern Colorado. George A. Godlewski, M.S.W., Ph.D., director of the Healthcare Analytics Program, recently participated in establishing the ﬁrst-ever academic standards for education in health GODLEWSKI care quality and patient safety programs with the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education. CAHME formed a task force of academics from graduate programs and worked collaboratively with associations in quality and safety and health care practitioners to develop a set of standards and competencies that would lead toward eventual accreditation of graduate programs in quality and safety, according to CAHME. The university recently named Barbara Schwartz-Bechet, Ed.D., as the dean of the College of Health Sciences and Education. Schwartz-Bechet joins the university after serving as the interim dean and professor in the College of Education and Rehabilitation at Salus University. While at Salus University, she SCHWARTZwas actively engaged in an interBECHET professional education-forward culture that included programs in low vision, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and education, special education and rehabilitation.

MUNLEY LAW

Seven lawyers have been included in the 2020 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. In addition, two of the firm’s attorneys earned “Lawyer of the Year” designations. Marion K. Munley was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs in the Allentown area. Daniel W. Munley was recognized as the 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs in the Allentown area. Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America list are divided by

geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. The lawyers named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America list are: John M. Mulcahey — Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs; Caroline M. Munley — Workers’ Compensation Law — Claimants, Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs; Daniel W. Munley — Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs; James Christopher Munley — Workers’ Compensation Law — Claimants, Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs; Marion K. Munley — Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs; Robert W. Munley Sr. — Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs; and Robert W. Munley III — Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs.

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Melissa M. Barbosa has been hired as manager, Long Term and Corporate Rentals. Barbosa started with the company in midJune and is based out of the BHG Business Campus. She formerly served as ﬁnancial administrator at Michael Baxter & Associates KELLEY for close to four years, where she learned and became familiar with the real estate rental business. Barbosa is experienced in real estate accounting including payables, receivables, management of client portfolios on a daily and monthly

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Best Lawyers has chosen Neil T. O’Donnell, owner and founder of the law ﬁrm, in the 2020 Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs and Workers’ Compensation Law. O’Donnell has been recognized by Best Lawyers for the last eight years. A frequent contributor to legal education programs, O’Donnell has held leadership positions in both regional and state legal communities, including the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

O’MALLEY, HARRIS, DURKIN & PERRY

NEPA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES

MULCAHEY

The institute’s announced a staff promotion of Laura Toole, LCSW, from vice president of community and patient services to executive vice president. Prior to Toole’s last role, she was the director of community and patient services. She will continue to provide organizational supervision and management of all community and patient services programs and activities, including the Patient Navigation Screening Program, community education, family of survivors programs and special events, and healthcare professional education. Toole has been an employee of the institute since 1998.

O’DONNELL LAW OFFICES

NBT BANCORP INC.

Angela Wolfe Kelley has joined as executive vice president and general counsel. In this position, Kelley will coordinate the bank’s legal activities, manage external legal counsel and oversee relations with regulatory agencies. Kelley will serve on the executive management team and will be appointed corporate secretary by the board of directors. She will be based at the company’s headquarters in Norwich, New York. Kelley has 12 years of corporate law experience. She comes from Heartland Financial USA Inc. based in Dubuque, Iowa.

ing applicable market connections in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania economies. For the past eight years, McMahon has worked at PNC, with his most recent position as vice president, commercial relationship manager.

basis, and the handling of maintenance for the units.

NOVEMBER 2019

Kelly E. Hadley of Dunmore has been named partner of the law ﬁrm. Since joining in 2009, Hadley has focused her concentration on personal injury, including medical malpractice, premises liability, nursing home and skilled nursing facility abuse, product liability and property damage. Her practice also includes estate administration, HADLEY wills and trusts. She is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar as well as the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Bar Association and the Lackawanna Bar Association, where she is an active member in the Young Lawyers Division.

ONE POINT INC. AND CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS: A ONE POINT COMPANY

Adam McMahon joined as business development ofﬁcer. McMahon will be responsible for generating new business opportunities for the Scranton- and Bethlehem-based companies. McMahon’s responsibilities as business development ofﬁcer include adding new and growing existing accounts as well as mak-

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James Hart, lecturer in communication arts and science, and Kristin E.C. Green, reference librarian, presented their research project, “Information Overload: Assessing Source Usage in Student’s Reference Lists” at the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference in Harrisburg last fall. Hart and Green analyzed HART three of Hart’s CAS100 classes in the spring 2018 semester and surveyed the students as well. The main focal point of the presentation was to reveal the research of the college’s students’ usage of the references that were recommended and to analyze if those references were currently being used throughout their education at Penn State. GREEN Essentially, the two faculty members determined a few aspects of the way the students in CAS 100 were doing research that then guided them to alter how they approached instruction for the fall 2018 semester. The campus community recently hired several new full-time staff members. The list includes: Alyssa Forlenza, administrative support assistant in the enrollment management office; Jeremy Palko, information technology support specialist; Dharti Ray, coordinator of diversity and inclusion; and Shannon Williams, web designer. Forlenza, of Dunmore, graduated from the Smeal College of Business in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. She spent the past three years working as the FORLENZA associate bursar at Lackawanna College. Before that, she was a corporate accounting assistant at Honesdale National Bank. In her current role, Forlenza will serve the admissions staff in a number of ways, from routing campus calls and managing department workflow, to planning and coordinating admissions and financial aid projects and events, to assisting with various recruitment and retention needs. Palko, of Carbondale, earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford. He comes to the campus after spending the last seven years at Keystone College, where he worked as an PALKO educational technology specialist/media services specialist since 2014. Previously, he worked for local television stations WBRE and WVIA. Please see Personnel, Page 19

PERSONNEL FILE FROM PAGE 18 In his role as IT support specialist, Palko helps the campus community better use available technology and manages the department’s student workers. Ray, of Scranton, graduated from the Smeal College of Business at University Park in May with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. An active presence during her years on campus, Ray co-founded the Indian Student Association, served as a Lion Ambassador, Student Activities RAY Fee (now the Student Initiated Fee) committee member and a New Student Orientation leader, and she worked as a front-desk assistant in the Learning Center. Ray is an active volunteer at the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir (Temple) in Scranton. There, she teaches and mentors youth members, among other duties. Williams, of Factoryville, spent the last decade as the web marketing and content manager at Keystone College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communication arts and humanities. Before that, she worked as WILLIAMS a graphic artist for Dex One (formerly R.H. Donnelley). Her varied duties can include content writing or updating for the website, social media outreach or designing a publication. A volunteer for the United Way of Wyoming County, she built and maintains the organization’s website. Penn State Scranton Assistant Professor of Business Jiexin Wang, Ph.D., discussed the corrosive effects of workaholism at one of the country’s most prestigious management conferences. WANG At the 79th annual Meeting of the Academy of Management held Aug. 9-13 in Boston, Wang co-chaired a symposium titled, “Understanding Consequences of Workaholism: Mechanisms, Boundary Condition, and Cross-Level Effects.” And, as part of the symposium, Wang and two fellow researchers presented their study, “The Effect of Leader’s Workaholism on Subordinates’ Work Overload and Performance: Examining Leader-Member Exchange as a Moderator.”

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Charles DeFebo and Michael Nesgoda both received the Star of Excellence Award. As a former highway foreman and current assistant manager, PennDOT Pike County, DeFebo understands the importance of maintaining safe roads for the traveling public. Prior to a winter event, he discusses various strategies with the foremen and assistants to strive to employ the most efﬁcient and ef-

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fective strategy for the forecasted winter event. Once operational strategies are in place, he focuses on the material supplies and reviews the requirements for upcoming events. As building services supervisor, Nesgoda is the district’s main contact between personnel, DGS contractors and other NESGODA construction contractors. He has proactive, open communications with district personnel to keep them informed of changing parking and driving patterns around the building. He also ensures all are informed of the work taking place in occupied areas. He is currently organizing environmental testing of the occupied building area to ensure the environment is within allowable limits.

PIKE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The chamber welcomed four newly appointed directors to the board recently. The new directors are Amy Burke, Nicole Hammer, Jennifer Passenti and Frank Segarra. Burke is the assistant vice president and branch manager at the Dime Bank Dingmans Ferry location. She is also board secretary with the United Way of BURKE Pike County and active with the Pike County Elder Abuse Task Force. Hammer runs the development and fundraising for the Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice that covers the area. She is also involved with the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce in New Jersey and she volunteers at her homeowner’s association. HamHAMMER mer brings to us her marketing, sales and networking experience. Passenti is the center director at the Lackawanna College located at the Hawley Silk Mill. She is also involved in many volunteer leadership roles, including positions with the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling, several advisory positions with Wallenpaupack, PASSENTI Wayne Highland and Western Wayne school districts as well as her local youth soccer league and Little League. Segarra is the CEO and president of ConnexiCore, which is a commercial drone services and software company. He is a United States Navy Avionics veteran, an (FAA) Part-107 licensed remote pilot in command and is OSHA10 Certiﬁed, among other SEGARRA afﬁliations. Segarra also coached Cal Ripken 10U and 11U baseball Teams, as well as 11U Travel Baseball Team.

PINNACLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER

Board-eligible internist Kevin Le, M.D., recently joined the practice in Tafton.

The shortage of primary care physicians in the area was precisely one of the reasons Le says he chose Wayne Memorial Community Health Center to continue his medical career. Le, who sees patients age 17 and older, completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York, LE University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada in the West Indies.

READING & NORTHERN RAILROAD

The railroad announced the promotions of Jonathan Barket to vice president of communications and signals and Matthew Collins to assistant vice president of communications and signals. Barket started working for the railroad 16 years ago in 2003, working as a signal assistant within the communications and signal department. In 2007, BARKET Barket was named manager of communications and signals. In 2010, he received the title of assistant vice president of the department. During his career, the department expanded from just three employees to nine, and adding over 100 additional locations. Collins joined the railroad in 2008 as a signal maintainer on COLLINS the Lehigh Division. In 2015 he was named signal communications manager in recognition of his dedication and redesigning work of the signal and radio communications networks. Then in 2018, he was appointed director of communications and signals in recognition of his hard work and dedication to improving and building out the signal and communications systems across the railroad. In his tenure, he has overseen the construction of 10 interlockings and 23 signal and crossing locations.

SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Ivy Rinehimer was awarded the 2019 NEPA SHRM scholarship for her pursuit and achievement of the SHRM-CP certiﬁcation in June. Rinehimer is employed by Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, as a human resource professional. She is a 2018 graduate of King’s College, majoring in human resource management. RINEHIMER NEPA SHRM is an afﬁliate chapter of the most highly regarded professional association for HR professionals.

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER

The Southern Regional Education Board presented the Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Award to the tech-

nology center July 10 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Dr. Alice M. Davis, executive director, accepted the award. Joining her at the conference were Dr. Kenneth Cuomo, superintendent; Pamela Staats, special education director; John Warnero, Elk Lake High School principal; Marc Weisgold, Elk Lake Elementary School principal; and Gary Fenton, SCCTC instructor. Davis was also a presenter at the conference.

SUZUKI SCHOOL FOR STRINGS

Anthony Fortuna has joined the faculty, teaching oboe, ﬂute, saxophone, bassoon and clarinet. Born and raised in Scranton, Fortuna is a unique multi-instrumental musician who specializes in multiple woodwinds performance. He is currently working toward his doctorate in music performance, pedagogy and literature at FORTUNA James Madison University with a specialization in multiple woodwinds. Fortuna has performed with numerous professional ensembles and has been a featured oboe soloist with the Marywood University Symphony Orchestra and bassoon soloist with the Marywood University Summer Band.

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT

Staff Sgt. Haley Wilson was named Warﬁghter of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2019 during a ceremony at the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre RailRiders baseball team military appreciation event on June 20. She is a recruiter assigned to the Wilkes-Barre Recruiting Company. The life of a recruiter consists of providing career WILSON guidance to individuals within the community as well as building and maintaining business relationships.

UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON

Ashley L. Stampone, faculty specialist in the accounting department, received the 2019 Faculty Leadership Award from the Institute of Management Accountants. IMA selects one faculty member in the nation to receive the annual award, which recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated signiﬁcant leadership activities STAMPONE at the national, regional and/or local levels of IMA. Stampone, a resident of Old Forge, joined the faculty in 2016. She serves as the moderator of the university’s IMA student chapter, through which university students participated in IMA’s student case competition and its student manuscript competition, as well as IMA’s student leadership conference. An article by university accounting professors has won a prestigious Institute of Management Accountants’ Lybrand Gold Medal as the “outstanding article of the year” for 2019, marking the fourth medal and second gold Please see Personnel, Page 21

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PERSONNEL FILE FROM PAGE 19 medal to be awarded to professors at Scranton in just six years. The manuscript recognized was “Beyond Internal Controls: The Need for Behavioral Assessment and Modification in Fraud Mitigation Efforts,” by professors Douglas M. Boyle, D.B.A., James Boyle, D.B.A., and Daniel Mahoney, Ph.D., which was published in the fall 2018 edition of Management Accounting Quarterly. In addition to the medals, manuscripts titled “The SEC Whistleblower Program Expands Focus: Retaliatory Behavior, Confidentiality Agreements and Compliance Personnel” by Drs. Douglas and James Boyle and Dr. Brian Carpenter, and “Goodwill Impairment Adequacy: Perspectives of Accounting Professionals” by Douglas Boyle, Carpenter and Mahoney, received 2016 Lybrand Certificates of Merit. Finally, manuscripts titled KELLER “Avoiding the Fraud Mind-set” by Drs. Douglas Boyle and James Boyle and Mahoney, and “Goodwill Accounting: A Closer Examination of the Matter of Nonimpairments” by Dr. Douglas Boyle, Carpenter and Mahoney received Lybrand Certificates in 2015 and 2012, respectively. The position of vice president for mission and ministry position and division at Scranton was reinstated and the Rev. Herbert B. Keller, S.J. H’06, was named to serve in that role. The Rev. Keller serves as rector of the Scranton Jesuit Community. He also served as interim president at the University from June 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, and most recently as the university’s special assistant to the president. The Rev. Keller has served as the rector of the Scranton Jesuit Community since September 2015. Prior to that, he served for 18 years as president of Scranton Preparatory School and is the longest-serving president in the Jesuit school’s history.

Wayne MeMorial CoMMunity HealtH Centers

Kate Scully, CNM, has joined as the fourth midwife of the Women’s Health Center’s existing staff of obstetricians/gynecologists, nurse midwives and a certified registered nurse practitioner at its Honesdale office at 110 Park St. As a certified nurse midwife, Scully provides prenatal care and facilitates births at the New Beginnings Birthing Suites of Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale. Additionally, she offers postpartum care, annual gynecological exams, family planning and menopause counseling.

Wilkes university

Kishan Zuber has joined as the vice president of enrollment management and marketing. Zuber oversees undergraduate and graduate admissions offices, enrollment services, financial aid and marketing. With her leadership, the university will continue to advance its overall ZUBER enrollment strategy, creating one of the finest doctoral universities in the country. Zuber was formerly vice president of enrollment services at Wells College in Aurora, New York. Zuber earned her bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and her

master’s degree in student affairs and diversity from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

tHe WrigHt Center for CoMMunity HealtH

Tasneem Khan, M.D., has joined as a psychiatrist and associate program director for the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s Psychiatry Residency. Khan has been practicing for more than 20 years. Khan previously served as teaching faculty and staff psychiatrist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, treating KHAN active duty and retired military personnel, and also served as clinical faculty for third-year medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Khan has worked as a DSM-5 ﬁeld trial investigator in clinical practice and has appeared several times on local television to share her expertise and promote awareness of mental health. Shane Cobert-Fuller joined the health system and will serve as practice manager of the organization’s new 501 S. Washington Ave., Scranton, COBERTlocation, scheduled to open in late summer/early fall. He will FULLER oversee operations to provide integrated primary care, behavioral health, infectious disease and dental services for children and adults. He has worked in management for more than 10 years, serving most recently as branch manager of Woodforest National Bank in East Stroudsburg. He is also the owner of Elegant World Travel Corp., a branch of JS World Travel.

WyoMing valley Habitat for HuManity

The organization recently ﬁlled two positions on its board of directors. Kevin Engelman will be acting as the WVHFH board president and Bernie Stelma will be a new board member. Both will volunteer their time and professional expertise to further the mission of the organization. Engelman is a graduate of Wilkes University with a degree in business administration and a concentration in ﬁnance. He joined Wells Fargo Bank as a ENGELMAN manager trainee in the Northern New Jersey market. He is currently a district manager for the Wilkes-Barre market. Stelma is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and Pennsylvania State University. He spent 22 years working with Wells Fargo Bank as a branch manager and is currently a business banking relationship manager with M&T STELMA Bank in the Wilkes-Barre Region.

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Do millennials need life insurance?

these instances, how would your income be replaced if you died? The death benefit from The financial challife insurance can help replace your income lenges millennials face after you’re gone. can be overwhelming. Providing for your family Many young adults have As your family grows, so do your financial to figure out how to pay responsibilities. There is likely a hefty mortoff college loans, save gage to pay. And there are costs associated to buy a home or start with young children. If you died without life a family and sock away insurance, how would the mortgage get paid? Shelp money for retirement. Could your surviving spouse or partner cover the costs of day care and housekeeping? Given these hurdles, it’s And there are events you should plan for no wonder that life insurance as a financial asset gets little to no attention. But it should. now that won’t happen until several years in the future. Maybe you’ll begin saving for your There are many reasons to have life insurkids’ college education while trying to save ance at a relatively young age, but here are as much as you can for your retirement. Over some common ones. the next several decades, think about how leaving your debts for others to pay much you could set aside for these expenses. As a young adult, you become more independent and self-sufficient. While you no If you are no longer around to make these contributions, life insurance can help fund longer depend on others for your financial these future accumulations. well-being, your death might still create a Work coverage may not be enough financial hardship for those you leave behind. You may have a job with an employer that You may have debts such as a mortgage sponsors group life insurance. Hopefully, or student loans that are jointly held with you take advantage of that program, but is another person. Or you may be paying your it enough coverage to meet your needs now parents for loans they took out (e.g., PLUS and in the future? Your insurance needs may loans) to help pay for your education. Your change with time, although your employer’s untimely death would leave others responsicoverage may not. Also, most employerble for some or all of these debts. You might sponsored life insurance programs are consider purchasing enough life insurance effective only while you remain an employee. to cover your financial obligations so others If you change jobs or are unable to work due don’t have to. to illness or disability, you may lose your emFuneral expenses can also be a burden for ployer’s coverage. That’s why it’s a good idea those you leave behind. Life insurance could to consider buying your own life insurance. ease the financial burden of paying for your The cost and availability of life insurance uninsured medical bills (if any) and for costs depend on factors such as age, health and associated with your funeral and burial. the type and amount of insurance purchased. it’s less expensive Premiums for life insurance are based on As with most financial decisions, there are expenses associated with the purchase of life many factors, including age and health. Certainly, the younger and presumably healthier insurance. Policies commonly have mortality you are, the less your coverage will cost. This and expense charges. In addition, if a policy is surrendered prematurely, there may be is especially true if you are at a high risk for surrender charges and income tax implicadeveloping a medical condition later in life. tions. replacing lost income by Adam D. Shelp, CRPC

Someone may be relying on your income for financial support. For instance, you may be providing for a family member such as a parent, grandparent or sibling. In each of

Adam D. Shelp, CRPC is a financial advisor at Kingston Retirement Group of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 270 Pierce Street, Kingston. Reach him at 570-283-8140 or via kingstonretirementgroup.com.

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Columbia County

Gregory a and Diane l Rogers adkinson. Property Location: Scott Twp. Seller: Donna J. Slusser and Janet F Rushing. Amount: $506,200. Colin J and anne l Haggerty. Property Location: Cleveland Twp. Seller: Justin D.and Kimberly S Noll. Amount: $540,000. Steven maclay and lindsey thompson. Property Location: Cleveland Twp. Seller: Jeffrey B. and Veronica S. Thomas. Amount: $340,000. nautilus Development Holdings ii llC. Property Location: Scott Twp. Seller: Nautilus Development Holdings LLC. Amount: $290,000. Amount: $1 f-m-v $365,809.50. Village on Fishing Creek. Property Location: Montour Twp. Seller: Perry Avenue Trailer Park LLC. Amount: $390,000. brian C and Pamela C. Dietterick. Property Location: Hemlock Twip. Seller: Elizabeth Masich and Linda A. Baﬁle and Mary L. Radle. Amount: $315,000. William J and martha b. Gelgot. Property Location: Bloomsburg. Seller: T&S Realty LLC. Amount: $300,000. marr Development lightstreet Vi llC. Property Location: Scott Twp. Columbia County Industrial Development Authority. Amount: $300,000. Daniel J and Kristin n. Kreisher. Property Location: Roaring Creek Twp. Seller: Michael S. Dorey and Nancy N. Springer. Amount: $373,000.

laCKaWanna County

Raﬁqa aslam. Property Location: Dickson City. Seller: Fen Lan Lam. Amount: $335,000. Carolyn bonacci. Property Location: Dunmore. Seller: Ellen Craven. Amount: $265,000.

Sherri allen. Property Location: Dunmore. Seller: Joette Lynn Conaboy. Amount: $425,000. Joseph D Horter. Property Location: Dunmore. Seller: Erwin Austin. Amount: $320,000. John J thomas. Property Location: Dunmore. Seller: Renato P Mariani. Amount: $950,000. alicia taroli. Property Location: Glenburn. Seller: Michael P Urban. Amount: $340,000. Shawn a Sakosky. Property Location: Jermyn. Seller: Joseph R Smith. Amount: $275,000. Zayna llC. Property Location: Jessup. Seller: Mahajan Estates LLC. Amount: $510,000. Daniel lynn Cain. Property Location: La Plume. Seller: Joseph N Johnson. Amount: $271,500. anthony P mariano. Property Location: Mayﬁeld. Seller: Thomas Vilgos. Amount: $292.500. michaelene merrill. Property Location: Moosic. Seller: Glenmaura Commons LP. Amount: $275,000. R&m Rel Estate investments llC. Property Location: Moosic. Seller: Edward C. Grambo. Amount: $250,000. Christopher J allison. Property Location: Moosic. Seller: Richard Hager. Amount: $400,000. CSi Realty Holdings llC. Property Location: Moosic. Seller: Vincent Schiavo. Amount: $610,000. Carl R Steindel. Property Location: Moosic. Seller: Michael Boyle. Amount: $355,000. thomas Howard tonkin. Property Location: N. Abington Twp. Seller: Theresa Lenahan. Amount: $477,500. Seokoh inc. Property Location: Scott Twp. Seller: Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Bldg. Co. Amount: $1,828,500. Steven W Hartz. Property Location: Scott Twp. Seller: Ronald J Wisniewski. Amount: $254,500. thomas Eric young. Property Location: Scranton.

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Seller: Joseph Gaughan. Amount: $270,000. university of Scranton. Property Location: Scranton. Seller: Theresa P Carey Est. Amount: $475,000. Geisinger Clinic. Property Location: Scranton. Seller: Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Bldg. Co. Amount: $1,973,276. 2 West olive llC. Property Location: Scranton. Seller: Arthur J Rinaldi, gen. ptnr. Amount: $305,000. Xiaoyong Zhou. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Susan C Lee. Amount: $279,000. John anthony Heptig. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Peter C Olden. Amount: $275,000. Franconia Real Estate Services inc. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Tyler Christopher Lee. Amount: $337,500. Wendy D Parker. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Boston Land Co. Inc. Amount: $345,000. Carlos Roedan. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Joseph J Zakreski Jr. Amount: $347,000. Robert C Silfee Jr. Property Location: Springbrook Twp. Seller: Shawn Morgan. Amount: $300,000. amanda J Hudock. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Seller: Valentin Gutierrez. Amount: $295,000. James Joseph Sullivan Jr. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Seller: Paul Puleo. Amount: $300,000. Peter l moore. Property Location: Throop. Seller: Craig A Hoenie. Amount: $312,500. Kelsey bryer. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Elizabeth Bizik. Amount: $255,000. Charles Valenza. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Ronald J Kurilla. Amount: $305,000. Edward D Swartz iii. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Michael Fajardo. Amount: $335,000. Jeffrey belardi. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Vitaly Izgur. Amount: $495,500. andrew bazil. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Kenneth Powell. Amount: $274,329.96. Joseph R Smith. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Cloverleaf Developers LLC. Amount: $252,000. bennys Realty llC. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Dennis M Corvo. Amount: $295,000. lisa m Castellani. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Kriger Dev. Corp. Amount: $309,900. Frances Elizabeth mcandrew. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Richard R Wowk. Amount: $265,000.

luZERnE County

Gertrude a Coleman. Property Location: Kingston. Seller: Walter Roy Smith. Amount: $290,000. Robert P bresnahan. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: Gary Nothstein. Amount: $590,000. Eileen a Rhines. Property Location: Hanover Twp. Seller: Julie Ann Winsock. Amount: $495,000. Sirva Relocation Credit llC. Property Location: Salem Twp. Seller: Jason Marc Fairchild. Amount: $347,000. Derek R Steward. Property Location: Salem Twp. Seller: Sirva Relocation Credit LLC Amount: $347,000. bradley a nowak. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: Juan C Diaz. Amount: $395,000. adil ahmed Khan. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Timothy G Terryah. Amount: $280,000. acorn inc. Property Location: Wilkes-Barre. Seller: V Prop LLC to Acorn Inc. Amount: $300,000. tobey J Humphrey. Property Location: Dairmount Twp. Seller: Richard L Johnston. Amount: $450,000. David Riaubia. Property Location: Ross Twp. Seller: Robert Deremer. Amount: $285,500. lancer Properties llC. Property Location: Hazleton. Seller: Robert J Calucci. Amount $315,000. timothy Joseph Fox. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Peter Idzi. Amount: $326,000.

Robert E merz. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Seller: Robert T Rosti. Amount: $285,000. Simaayu Hospitality llC. Property Location: Hazle Twp. Seller: Greater Hazleton Community Area New Development Organization Inc. Amount: $631,120. Cicﬁi-Pa 1b01 llC. Property Location: Pittston Twp. Seller: Scannell Properties 187. Amount: $36,700,000. Joshua Ryan Pippin. Property Location: Dallas. Seller: David Ravert. Amount: $251,000. michael Roberts. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: Adil A Khan. Amount: $520,000. Jennifer Cutsforth Kaschak. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: Thomas J Wasilewski. Amount: $253,000. Pasquini Property llC. Property Location: WilkesBarre. Seller: Richard W Berry. Amount: $277,750. Donald b belcher. Property Location: West Wyoming. Seller: Gerald Scott Wall. Amount: $259,000. PCPD Holdings llC. Property Location: Firview Twp. Seller: Daniel B Friedman. Amount: $450,000. Kenneth J Zula. Property Location: Lake Twp. Seller: Tobey Humphrey. Amount: $301,500. Cornie l C Sheng. Property Location: Harveys Lake. Seller: Vincent Vespico Jr. et al. to Cornie L.C. Sheng. Amount: $585,000. Shreeji Realty llC. Property Location: Dupont. Seller: JRJP Investments LP. Amount: $760,000. William t Corcoran Jr. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Seller: JoAnn L Meier. Amount: $305,000. Joseph Wagner. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: Geoffrey D Johnson. Amount: $363,000. mark J billet. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Russell W Stewart. Amount: $350,000. m&a makuta Realty llC. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Seller: Robert S Shandrick. Amount: $450,000. Dennis Revel. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Seller: Peter William Wright. Amount: $278,000. Cartus Financial Corp. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: Laszlo Varga. Amount: $518,000. Cartus Financial Corporation to Hang-Xi lin et al., $518,000; Dallas Twp. brice a Kugler. Property Location: Plains Twp. Seller: White Fence Homes Inc. Amount: $270,000. Sarah E mackin. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Seller: Outlook Construction. Amount: $395,000. Scott a Kulenich. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Seller: Joseph J DeCesaris. Amount: $266,000. David Pfeil. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: Victor C Pompino. Amount: $350,000. Paul anthony arkless. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: Carmen Insalaco. Amount: $750,000. bruce lefkowitz. Property Location: Bear Creek Twp. Seller: George O Cook Jr. Amount: $340,000. tracy Hinkle. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Luchi Real Estate LLC Amount: $270,815. Jaymadi two Realty llC. Property Location: West Wyoming. Seller: 805 Realty LLC. Amount: $650,000. Common Sensereal Estate Holdings llC. Property Location: West Wyoming. Seller: Bilmar LLC. Amount: $265,000. Evan brandt. Property Location: Beer Creek Twp. Seller: Frank J Ciliberto. Amount: $250,000. lee Glassberg. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Richard A Poluka. Amount: $375,000. brandon ulitchney. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Seller: Martin L Straub. Amount: $427,000. Pitcavage Real Estte Holdings llC. Property Location: Exeter. Seller: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $285,000. michael Edward mcPherson. Property Location: Huntington Twp. Seller: Frances E McAndrew. Amount: Please see Record, Page 23

FOR THE RECORD FROM PAGE 22 $276,000. Valley Center Complex LLC. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Seller: Silicia DeBellis Caropreso. Amount: $405,000. Marion Scott. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Sand Springs Development Corp. Amount: $344,077. Elain C Beltrami. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Sand Springs Development Corporation. Amount: $294,000. Patrick Krawchak. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Seller: Robert T Donahue. Amount: $350,000. Dare 2 Dream Daycare & Learning Center 2 LLC. Property Location: Wyoming. Seller: Richard Foglia. Amount: $250,0000. Thomas W Paisley. Property Location: Black Creek Twp. Seller: William J McDonald. Amount: $364,300. Regina Tunney. Property Location: Fairmount Twp. Seller: Weldon N Whitenight. Amount: $287,500. William R Dibble. Property Location: Foster Twp. Seller: Jack Muendlein. Amount: $320,000. Joseph M Shimko. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: Andrew Critchﬁeld. Amount: $308,500. Robert John Bruno. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Seller: Jeffrey L Gerlin. Amount: $300,000.

MonRoE CounTy

Louis Pellegrino. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Gerardo and Genevieve Gramaglia. Amount: $570,000. Richard and Lynn Kempinski. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Peter and Francesca Friscia. Amount: $315,000. Elena ogden. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Edmund Skowronski. Amount: $299,000. DCon Developers LLC. Property Location: Stroudsburg. Seller: Pauline Fitzpatrick. Amount: $275,000. David niper. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Mary and William Balliet Jr. Amount: $380,000. George Karantzalis. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: LTS Homes LLC. Amount: $334,933. Goo Jung. Property Location: Stroud Township. Seller: Yair Pinkhasob and Esther Tyorkin. Amount:

$330,000. Maria Correa. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Good as New Ventures LLC. Amount: $305,000. Jason Green. Property Location: Eldred Top. Seller: Lorraine Everett. Amount: $350,000. Stephanie and Ryan Amhurst. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Seller: John and Lisa Pollard. Amount: $405,000. Jodiann and Aaron Gibson. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Victor and Cassandra Fashano. Amount: $345,000. Ferdinand and Ezra Sargeant. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: RGB Homes LLC. Amount: $330,450. Theresa Ferris-Abbas, Tonya Guadeloupe, Isha Maurice. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: Mitra and Priya Maharaj. Amount: $300,000. Joseph Downey. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: DE&S Properties Inc. T/A Classic Quality Homes. Amount: $359,000. Harsco Patterson-Kelley LLC. Property Location: East Stroudsburg. Seller: Harsco Corp. Amount: $10. Tax basis: $2,075,923. Edison Bien-Aime. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: Classic Quality Homes. Amount: $324,000. Charles Lawson. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Anthony and Susan Roberts. Amount: $500,000. Rugang Xu and Angelina Chan. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Gregory and June DePetro. Amount: $365,000. Constance Montgomery and Debra Esposito. Property Location: Paradise Twp. Seller: Gregory and Maria Franczyk. Amount: $330,000. Turlough and Jennifer Cormican. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Michael Kaczenski. Amount: $340,000. JBRH Properties LLC. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Seller: Beltzville Enterprises LLC. Amount: $425,000. Mount Airy #1 LLC. Property Location: Paradise Twp. Seller: FNCB Bank. Amount: $375,000. Jose Merino and Ayde Reyes. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: LTS Homes LLC. Amount: $301,355.

Denzil Walcott and Deandrea Martinez-Daley. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: Classic Quality Homes. Amount: $344,000. Guencia Buteau. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: Classic Quality Homes. Amount: $308,500. Saul Savinon. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: LTS Homes LLC. Amount: $305,065. Dansbury Properties LLC. Property Location: East Stroudsburg. Seller: Walter Pula. Amount: $380,000. Jonathan and Fawne Weaver. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Elizabeth Kearney Est., Michael Pittenger (admr.). Amount: $358,500. Compton Ferreira. Property Location: Stroudsburg. Seller: CDA Ventures LLC. Amount: $235,000. Fabian Seenarraine. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: John Martin, Yajaira Ferreira, Property Couple LLC. Amount: $299,000. Anthony Zuco and Efrain Cortez III. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: James and Donna Trainor. Amount: $350,000. Elaine Sivel. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Seller: Henry and Anna Bryan. Amount: $420,000. Serge and Clarisse Mukendi. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: Classic Quality Homes. Price: $311,000. Belmont Pike Properties. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Olde Saylors Inne Inc. Amount: $360,000. Timothy and Vanessa urie. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Seller: David and Karen Wright. Amount: $350,000. Cynthia and Thomas Mollen Jr. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Barbara Horen. Amount: $820,000. Edgar Andrade. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Seller: Cress LLC. Amount: $305,000. Kresimir and Suzanne Penavic. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Ingleside LLC. Amount: $750,000. David Kungl and Faina Golub. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Kenneth Sze Trust, Gordon Sze (trus.). Amount: $575,000. Adrian and Corness Douglas, Roslyn Williams. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: LTS Homes LLC. Amount: $355,460.

Doris and Mack Dorsey. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: LTS homes LLC. Amount: $311,059. Forte Inc. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Emanuel and Nancy Luongo. Amount: $320,000. Alex Munoz. Property Location: Polk Twp. Seller: Deborah and Eugene Wadiak Jr. Amount: $308,000. Adam and Erika Sheloski. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Rita and Randy Rutherford Sr. Amount: $360,000. Andy and Maegan Rigberg. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Gundi and Peter Veritas Jr. Amount: $515,000.

PIKE CounTy

Henry young & y yiqing Tong. Property Location: Bloom Grove. Seller: Margaret Zurlini, Zurlini Liv. Tr. Amount: $266,500. Lois R Morrow and Timothy J Horgan. Property Location: Blooming Grove. Seller: David R and Cynthia Chipple. Amount: $389,000. Daniel Hurlin, Elkazu nakamura. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Seller: Kathleen A Cerny. Amount $260,000. Matthew Wayne and Charee Kinser. Property Location: Blooming Grove. Seller: Magdalene M Casola, Magdalene M Casola Rev. Tr. Amount: $280,000. Robert and Solange Daddona. Property Location: Blooming Grove. Seller: Sidney D and Cynthia M Bluming. Amount: $275,000. Gordon Gray, Xiao nan Liu. Property Location: Bloomign Grove. Seller: Harold Rosenblum Rev. Tr. Amount: $250,000. Joseph A and Pamela R Sottolano. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Seller: Roger L and Carol A Fortino. Amount: $295,000. Robert E Cleary. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Seller: Vicky Lee Kline Paoella. Amount: $285,000. Martin and Regina Richter. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Alan G and Tracy E Bowers. Amount: $262,500. Please see Record, Page 24

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FOR THE RECORD FROM PAGE 23 Christopher and Anne-Louise Brugnoli. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Joseph P and Carmen D Marsh. Amount: $305,000. Matthew C Edgell. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Raymond P Devlin II. Amount: $260,000. Margaret Swinton. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Christopher N and Pilar H White. Amount: $265,000. Douglas and Nancee Schaub. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Richard J and Jayne M Wesler. Amount: $250,000. Richard T and Cynthia J Wormser. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Jeffrey Croyle. Amount $320,410. Michael and Donna Stuhler. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: John and Alisa Zaita. Amount: $375,000. Robert C and Melanie L Gehrens. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: Per E and Michele Hansen. Amount: $438,250. Laurel Woods MHC LLC. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: LW Mobile Home Park. Amount: $575,000. Christopher B and Antonia Pisani, Concetta Karen. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: Edward F and Marie V Bogan. Amount: $390,000. Burton ad Donna Levine. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: William D and Deidre Higgins Harnett. Amount: $490,000. Henry Bristol and Jamie M Dunham III. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: Frank Rappo. Amount: $280,000. Frank and Barbara Giordano. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: John and Kelly McCormick. Amount: $1,050,000. Luz and Diane Vega. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller: G.A. Homes Inc. Amount: $422,866.89. Denis Shametov and Roksana Granovskaya. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Seller: G.A. Homes Inc. Amount: $321,500. Scott V Steer, Michelle Lyddon. Property Location: Milford. Seller: William R and Maryann Gilpin. Amount: $385,000. Joseph Fischer. Property Location: Milford. Seller: Richard A and Christa Fischer. Amount: $332,500. Michael Mann. Property Location: Milford. Seller: Joan Goetz. Amount: $339,000. Joseph and Elizabeth Kuemerle. Property Location: Milford. Seller: Patricia A Santini. Amount: $263,500. Scott J Keener. Property Location: Milford. Seller: Andrew Sanderson. Amount: $500,000. Kevin W and Carol Detrick. Property Location: Palmyra. Seller: Roger W and Helen Trupin. Amount: $1,490,000. Shohola Commercial Property LLC. Property Location: Palmyra. Seller: Greentown LLC. Amount: $1,725,000. Jesse Gerald and Denise K Nawrocki. Property Location: Palmyra. Seller: Robert S St Jules, Christine J Cioffe. Amount: $449,000. Gary and Karen Owens Houck. Property Location: Palmyra. Seller: Steven E and Donna A Benson. Amount: $455,000. Mark P and Susan M Destefano. Property Location: Palmyra. Seller: Joseph A and Joan Salko. Amount: $265,000. Nanette Stewart. Property Location: Westfall Twp. Seller: Rivers Edge LLP. Amount: $329,900. Robert R and Barbara Z Jones. Property Location: Westfall Twp. Seller: Rivers Edge LLP. Amount: $329,900. Mockernut Holdings LLC. Property Location: Westfall Twp. Seller: Rte. 6 East LP. Amount: $469,000. John D and Elizabeth A Luetzow. Amount: $379,900.

Dnald R and Donna M Yost. Property Location: Shohola. Seller Martin H Zuckerman. Amount: $319,000.

SCHuYLKILL COuNTY

Wayne R Henninger. Property Location: West Brunswick Twp. Seller: Lori Hoffman. Amount: $250,000. Heritage Mills Personal Care Center Property Co. LLC. Poperty Location: Tower City. Seller: Heritage Mills Personal Care Center, LLC. Amount: $1,730,000. Brendan and Holly Zindel. Property Location: West Brunswick Twp. Seller: Courtney Ranck. Amount: $464,000. Greg Weiland. Property Location: Port Carbon. Seller: Allstate Realty, LLC. Amount: $250,000. Orpat LLC, PA Ltd Liability Co. Property Location: West Brunswick Twp. Seller: Punjab Property Inc. PA Corp. Amount: $500,000.

WAYNE COuNTY

David Allen and Marie Kristell Faraon. Property Location: Berlin Twp. Seller: Christine A and Michael Lee. Amount: $484,350. Peaceful Vista LLC. Property Location: Buckingham Twp. Seller: Dennis Destefano. Amount: $325,000. Alin and Sandy Mardale. Property Location: Cherry Ridge Twp. Seller Karen Marie and Eugene Buki Jr. (exr.) Amount: $355,000. Thomas J Hampton, Agnieszka Sulewski. Property Location: Clinton Twp. Seller: Justin Alan and Karin Jug. Amount: $290,000. Michael Malakin. Property Location: Clinton Twp. Seller: Ben E and Susan Wylam. Amount: $375,000. Alfred and Roseanne Frontauria. Property Location: Clinton Twp. Seller: Angel and Jonathan Stewart. Amount: $280,000. Kimberly Krans. Property Location: Honesdale. Seller: Charles and Ise Kannebecker. Amount: $354,000. Andrew J Summa. Property Location: Lake Twp. Seller: Jennifer L Burgerhoff Magee (TR), William E and Linda L Burgerhoff Irrev. Tr., Linda Burgerhoff (exr), Ida P Phillips Reese (Est). Amount: $335,000. Michael Malakin. Property Location: Lake Twp. Seller: Christopher Gerald Lapak, James Frank Delise Irrev. Tr. Amount: $690,000. Thomas P Milewski. Property Location: Lake Twp. Seller: William J Streisel Jr., William J Streisel Sr. est. Amount: $280,000. Thomas G and Laura J Gersbeck. Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Seller: All Trades Construction Services Inc. Amount $380,000. David and Laura E Berry. Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Seller: Karen A and Wayne D. Pfeiffer. Amount: $349,900. Timothy S and Shannon Lynn Fuller. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant Twp. Seller: Jeffrey M Bates. Amount: $252,500. Christopher T Booth. Property Location: Oregon Twp. Seller: Joseph J Weber. Amount: $309,000. Edward and Anna Shinn. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Lynda Barclay, Ronald Hollick. Amount: $515,500. Timothy and Janice McCusker. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Charles F and Arline G Bergemann. Amount: $479,000. Calen Robert and Michelle Vogler. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Peter R and Marlin L Moore. Amount: $359,000. Anthony W and Carrie L Bourdow. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Brett and Jennifer L Shirk. Amount: $785,000. Terry L and Sharon L Zettle. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller; Stephen and Alison Stauffer. Seller; $1,200,000. Timothy S and Shannon Lynn Fuller. Property

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Location: Preston Twp. Seller: Jeffrey M Bates. Amount: $252,500. James T and Margaret M Meyers. Property Location: Salem Twp. Seller: George A and Marcy F Bauer. Amount: $274,500. Robert S and Jennifer J Grimes. Property Location: Salem twp. Seller: Robert and Joan Doidge. Amount: $918,000. Ryan D and Jennifer M Matthews. Property Location: S. Canaan Twp. Seller: Rene B Testa, Sheila A Brogan Testa, Sheila A Brogantesta. Amount: $500,000. Joseph and Toniann Tullo. Property Location: S. Canaan Twp. Seller: Martin and Keely A Seybold. Amount: $325,000. Timothy S and Melissa L Niverth. Property Location: Sterling Twp. Seller: Dimitrios and Paraskevi D Katsigiannis. Amount: $485,000. Jeffrey Robinson, Heather Schreiner. Property Location: Texas Twp 1&2. Seller: Alice L O’Neill. Amount: $287,370.

WYOMING COuNTY

Matthew James and Megan M Walker. Property Location: Tunkhannock. Seller: George E and Sherry L Mercer. Amount: $340,000. Brett W Fowler. Property Location: Nicholson. Seller: John and Diane Wood. Amount: $365,000. John R and Aliceanne L Stofko. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Seller: Allan Kinsman, Carole A Broehl. Amount: $274,000. OBX Property Mgmt. LLC. Property Location: Clinton Twp. Seller: Glen A Werkheiser. Amount: $425,000. Slupe Ilardi Properties LLC. Property Location: Monroe Twp. Seller: Magda Lynn Dalessandro VMD. Amount: $400,000. Edin Schoppy, Noah Fassman. Property Location: Nicholson. Seller: Bettina Abercrombie. Amount: $290,000. John Rivers. Property Location: Tunkhannock. Seller: James W and Dorothy L Truscott. Amount: $375,000. Walter G and Evelyn D Dana. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Seller: Select Sires Inc. Amount: $275,000. Bryden Farms LLC. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Seller: Select Sires Inc. Amount: $837,100. Chris Joseph Kruppo. Property Location: Mehoopany & Windham Twps. Seller: James C and Donna L Pechulis. Amount: $315,000.

MORTGAGES

COLuMBIA COuNTY

Stephanie L Mensch. Property Location: Hemlock Twp. Lender: Service 1st Federal Credit Union. Amount: $309,000. Lions Gate VII LP. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: UB5 AB. Amount: $6,250,000. Robert E and Anne L Barton Jr. Property Location: Bloomsburg. Lender: First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $525,000. Benjamin W and Trisha Sheehe. Property Location: Beaver Twp. Lender: First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $654,952. Long Run Lodge LP. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Lender: Linkbank. Amount: $400,000. Diana L Rogers Adkinson and Gregory A Adkinson. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $309,500. David and Lillian Coreen Rahusan. Property Location: Briarcreek Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community Bank. Amount: $309,500. P3 STC-1 LLC. Property Location: Scott Township. Lender: QNB Bank. Amount: $250,000. John Clint Klingerman. Property Location: Montour Twp. Lender: NBT Bank. Amount: $300,000.

Nautilus Development Holdings II LLC. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: M&T Bank. Amount: $960,000 and $1,200,000 respectively. Jay J and Ashley L Collins. Property Location: Bloomsburg. Lender: TD Bank N.A. Amount: $728,000. David and Wagner Inc. dba Brookside Homes. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: Susquehanna Community Bank. Amount: $1,250,000.

LACKAWANNA COuNTY

Aqua PA Inc. Property Location: Covington Twp. Lender: Bank of NY Mellon Trust Co. Amount: $50,000,000. Service 1st Federal Credit union. Property Location: Dickson City. Lender: Broadview Dickson LLC. Amount: $870,000. Joseph D Horter. Property Location: Dunmore. Lender: PNC Bank. Amount: $256,000. John J Thomas. Property Location: Dunmore. Lender: Renato P Mariani. Amount: $550,000. James Racht. Property Location: Fell Twp. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage. Amount: $266,000. Aqua PA Inc. Property Location: Glenburn Twp. Lender: Bank of NY Mellon Trust Co. Amount: $50,000,000. Brett L Taroli. Property Location: Glenburn Twp. Lender: Home Point Financial Corp Amount: $323,000. Justin G Tunis. Property Location: Glenburn Twp. Lender: 1st National Bank of PA. Amount: $732,000. Brandon G Tunis. Property Location: Glenburn Twp. Lender: 1st National Bank of PA. Amount: $334,400. Alfred J Essig. Property Location: Greenﬁeld Twp. Lender: 1st National Bank of PA. Amount: $500,000. Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. Property Location: Jefferson Twp. Lender: Bank of NY Mellon Trust Co. amount: $50,000,000. Shawn A Sakosky. Property Location: Jermyn Boro. Lender: M&T Bank. Amount: $261,250. Virazon Properties Inc. Property Location: LaPlume Twp. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $250,000. Samuel R Sebastianelli Jr. Property Location: Madison Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $450,000. Hazem M Gad. Property Location: Moosic. Lender: Pentagon Federal Credit Union. Amount: $289,750. R&M Real Estate Investments LLC. Location: Moosic. Lender: NBT Bank. Amount: $250,000. Christopher J Allison. Location: Moosic. Lender: Citizens Savings Bank. Amount: $380,000. Carl R Steindel. Property Location: Moosic. Lender: Citizens Bank. Amount: $284,000. CSI Realty Holdings LLC. Property Location: Moosic. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $528,000. Caitlin R Pucilowski. Property Location: Moosic. Lender: Home Point Financial Corp. Amount: $280,000. Northeastern PA Carton Co. Inc. Property Location: Moosic. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $6,508,000. Lisa Golden I. Property Location: Moosic. Lender: PS Bank. Amount: $368,000. Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. Property Location: N. Abington Twp. Lender: Bank of NY Mellon Trust Co. Amount: $50,000,000. Thomas Howard Tonkin. Property Location: N. Abington Twp. Lender: US Bank Nat’l Assoc. Amount: $429,750. Brian Kowalski. Property Location: Old Forge. Lender: Fidelity Dep. & Disc Bank. Amount: $520,000. Robert Barcola. Property Location: Old Forge. Lender: NBT Bank. Amount: $250,000. Jason P OHearn. Property Location: Old Forge. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $252,000. Michael F Piercy. Property Location: Olyphant. Please see Record, Page 25

FOR THE RECORD FROM PAGE 24 Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $313,400. Anthony DeSantis. Property Location: Roaring Brook Twp. Lender: FNCB. Amount: $465,000. Guy Connolly. Property Location: Roaring Brook Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc. Bank. Amount: $349,000. Thomas Eric Young. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Homeservices Lending LLC. Amount: $278,910. DTK Ventures LP. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $355,000. Sycamore Foods Inc. property Location: Scranton. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $750,000. Brigitte Baum. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Stearns Lending LLC. Amount: $252,000. Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Bank of NY Mellon Trust Co. Amount: $50,000,000. Eric Eckenrode. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $390,000. John Anthony Heptig. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Bank of America. Amount: $262,250. John R Kerber. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Residential Home Mortgage Co. Amount: $408,900. David T Morris. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Residential Mortgage Services In. Amount: $270,000. Wendy D Parker. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Residential Mortgage Services Inc. Amount: $310,500. Martin Kenehan. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $389,000. Carlos Roedan. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Community Bank. Amount: $277,600. Mountain Laurel Village MHP LLC. Property Location: Springbrook Twp. Lender: Hunt Mortgage Capital LLC. Amount: $1,631,000. 720 S. Keyser LLC. Property Location: Taylor. Lender: Penn East Federal Credit Union. Amount: $322,000. Amanda J Hudock. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank. Amount: $280,250. Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Lender: Bank of NY Mellon Trust Co. Amount: $50,000,000. Jason Edward Mina. Property Location: Throop. Lender: Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Amount: $285,200. Daniel J Kurtzman. Property Location: Throop. Lender: Home Point Financial Corp. Amount: $385,000. Gary Marshalek Jr. Property Location: Throop. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount $286,000. Peter L Moore. Property Location: Throop. Lender: Wells Fargo bank. Amount: $260,000. Volos Properties IV LLC. Property Location: Throop. Lender: Fulton bank. Amount: $1,312,500. Samuel R Sebastianelli Jr. Property Location: W Abington Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc. Bank. Amount: $450,000. Lauren C Conaboy. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Residential Mortgage Services LLC. Amount: $331,150. Edward Swartz III. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep. & Disc. Bank. Amount: $284,750. Richard Weinberger. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Amount: $400,000. Ronald M Sebastianelli. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $255,000. Pila Properties LLC. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $260,000. Richard D Durling. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans. Amount: $266,600. Jeffrey Belardi. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $290,500.

Willow Trees Homes Inc. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $250,000. Tracy Bazil. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $255,550. Bennys Realty Inc. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $285,000. William M Courtright. Property Location; W. Abington Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $300,000. Kenneth Reinheimer. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $750,000.

LuzERnE CounTY

Michelle Salome Wood. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $283,500. Drums Fuel Stop Inc. Property Location: Butler Twp. Lender: Branch Banking and Trust Company. Amount: $950,000. Tiffani Gorkos. Property Location: West Pittston. Lender: MERS. Amount: $332,500. Michelle Salome Wood. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $283,500. Kingston Services Inc. Property Location: Kingston. Lender: Luzerne Bank. Amount: $275,000. MG09 LP. Property Location: Hazleton. Lender: First Northern Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $1,375,000. 326 Bear Creek Commons LLC. Property Location: Wilkes-Barre Twp. Lender: LI Lending LLC. Amount: $50,000,000. Drums Fuel Stop Inc. Property Location: Butler Twp. Lender: Branch Banking and Trust Co. Amount: $950,000. Tiffani Gorkos. Property Location: West Pittston. Lender: MERS. Amount: $332,500. John J Tolli. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $445,000. John Guarnieri. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $257,000. Robert P Bresnahan Jr. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: Community Bank. Amount: $410,000. Leonard J Crawford. Property Location: Ross Twp. Lender: Luzerne Bank. Amount: $1,000,000. Leonard Crawford Electric LLC. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: Luzerne Bank. Amount: $320,000. Derek R Steward. Property Location: Salem Twp. Lender: First Columbia Bank & Trust Company. Amount: $346,700. Bradley A nowak. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: JP Morgan Chase Bank. Amount: $316,000. Tobey J Humphrey. Property Location: Fairmount Twp. Lender: Robert C. Friedman. Amount: $472,294.06. Thomas Muccio. Property Location: Hazle Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $259,887. Bakery Boy LLC. Property Location: Hazleton. Lender: CACL Federal Credit Union. Amount: $720,000. Timothy Joseph Fox. Property Location: Butler Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $286,000. Danielle M Demshock. Property Location: Black Creek Twp. Lender: Luzerne Bank. Amount: $255,200. Michael Roberts. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: Fifth Third Bank. Amount: $520,000. Marcus Magyar. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $309,600. Pasquini Property LLC. Property Location: WilkesBarre. Lender: Richard W. Berry. Amount: $262,750. Susquehanna nuclear LLC. Property Location: Salem Twp. Lender: Citi Bank. Amount: $750,000,000. Susquehanna nuclear LLC. Property Location: Salem Twp. Lender: Citi Bank. Amount: $1,850,000,000. Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. Property Location: Black Creek Twp. Lender: Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. Amount: $50,000,000.

PCPD Holdings LLC. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Lender: Fidelity Deposit & Discount Bank. Amount: $360,000. Corine L.C. Sheng. Property Location: Harveys Lake. Lender: Citizens Bank. Amount: $468,000; Lakeside. Scott Boyer. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $423,530. Shreeji Realty LLC. Property Location: Dupont. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $608,000. Joseph Wagner. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $301,290. Mark J Billet. Property Location: Butler Twp. Lender: MERS. M&A Makuta Realty LLC. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Lender: Bank of America. Amount: $450,000. Robert Sabella. Property Location: Harveys Lake. Lender: MERS. Amount: $280,000. Peter G Molyneaux. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: American Advisors Group. Amount: $255,000. Peter G Molyneaux. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development. Amount: $255,000. Bonnie Lynn Kenewell. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $390,700. Dennis Revel. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $263,000. Hang-Xi Lin. Property location: Dallas Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $310,800. Alba Properties LLC. Property Location: Kington. Lender: Kingston Bank. Amount: $3,550,000. Alba Properties LLC. Property Location: WilkesBarre. Lender: Community Bank. Amount: $3,550,000. Brice A Kugler. Property Location: Plains Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $260,988. Sarah A Pecora. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Lender: Jersey Shore State Bank. Amount: $250,747. Sarah E Mackin. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank. Amount: $316,000. Gerald L Bockowski. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: M&T Bank. Amount: $324,000. Gerald L Bockowsk. Roperty Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development. Amount: $324,000. Scott A Kulenich. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $266,000. David Pfeil. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $315,000. Aaron M Pluchinsky. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: Jersey Shore State Bank. Amount: $440,000. Raymond W Merrill. Property Location: Hazle Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $318,600. Paul Anthony Arkless. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank. Amount: $450,000. Peter Korba. Property Location: Hanover Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community Bank. Amount: $250,000. Bruce Lefkowitz. Property Location: Bear Creek Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $272,000. Jared Reesman. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $418,500. Merrick Property Management LLC. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $356,960. J&K Humboldt Station LP. Property Location: Hazle Twp. Lender: LaFayette Ambassador Bank. Amount: $14,363,382. Bradley S Shippe. Property Location: Hanover Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $341,750. Dominick Realty Inc. Property Location: Wyoming. Lender: Luzerne Bank. Amount. Jaymadi Two Realty LLC. Property Location: West Wyoming. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $520,000.

Jaymadi Two Realty LLC. Property Location: West Wyoming. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $520,000; West Wyoming. Jaymadi Two Realty LLC. Property Location: West Wyoming. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $520,000. George L Morrison. Property Location: Franklin Twp. Lender: Franklin Citizens Savings Bank. Amount: $256,738. Dennis M Molesevich. Property Location: Hazleton. Lender: Michael R Moyer. Amount: $275,000. Brandon ulitchney. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $341,600. Pitcavage Real Estate Holdings LLC. Property Location: Exeter. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Lender: $285,000. West Pittston Property LLC. Property Location: West Pittston. Lender: Manasquan Bank. Amount: $525,000. Michael Edward McPherson. Property Location: Huntington Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $276,000. James D McCune. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $355,000. Valley Center Complex LLC. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Lender: Silicia DeBellis. Amount: $325,000. Sami op. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $264,000. Alsbury Venture LP. Property Location: Hazleton. Lender: 661 North Church Street Properties LLC. Amount: $472,50. Brian J McDaniels. Property Location: Kingston Twp. Lender: NBT Bank. Amount: $272,000. Thomas W Paisley. Property Location: Black Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $346,085. nick LP. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $750,000. Michael P Augello. Property Location: Pittston. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $250,000. Michael P Augello. Property Location: Jenkins Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $250,000. Regina Tunney. Property Location: Fairmount Twp. Lender: First Columbia Bank & Trust Company. Amount: $258,750. William R Dibble. Property Location: Foster Twp. Lender: 1st Summit Bank. Amount: $320,000. Lawrence E Danko. Property Location: Plains Twp. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $390,000. Joseph M Shinko. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $265,771. Robert J Manfre. Property Location: Kingston Twp. Lender: Luzerne Bank. Amount: $325,000. Robert John Bruno. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $255,000. Change Academy. Property Location: Foster Twp. Lender: Lake of the Ozarks LLC from Commercial Bank, Amount: $44,167,000.

MonRoE CounTY

Louis Pellegrino. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: Residential Mortgage Services Inc. Amount: $320,000. Joseph Capobianco. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $304,000. George Karantzalis. Property Location: Price Twp. Lender: Platinum Mortgage Inc. Amount: $318,187. Maria Correa. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: Family First Funding LLC. Amount: $299,475. Jennifer and Michael McMahon. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr Cooper. Amount: $324,615. Jason Green. Property Location: Eldred Twp. Lender: Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Please see Record, Page 26

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FROM PAGE 25 Amount: $362,000 and $161,148. Stephanie and Ryan Amhurst. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA. Amount: $324,000. Jodiann and Aaron Gibson. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: Atlantic Home Loans Inc. Amount: $327,750. LTS Homes LLC. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: Beneficial Bank. Amount: $311,150. Misty Bolanos. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Amount: $310,636. Edison Bien-Aime. Property Location: Price Twp. Lender: Acre Mortgage & Financial Inc. Amount: $318,131. Meadow Lake Plaza LLC. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Lender: Peoples Security Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $600,000. 611 Partners LLC. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: Peoples Security Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $600,000. Abby Perich and Jason Glime. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: Santander Bank NA. Amount: $450,000. Ana Delacruz. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: 1st Constitution Bank. Amount: $301,500. Pandas Pub LLC. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community Bank. Amount: $250,000. JBRH Properties LLC. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $340,000. Michael and Susan Roselli. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Lender: Branch Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $780,000.

Aastha Real Estate Investments LLC. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: Evergreen Real Estate Investments LLC. Amount: $190,000 and $75,000. Denzil Walcott and Deandrea Martinez-Daley. Property Location: Price Twp. Lender: Paramount Residential Mortgage Group Inc. Amount: $319,495. Guencia Buteau. Property Location: Price Twp. Lender: Paramount Residential Mortgage Group Inc. Amount: $302,911. Saul Savinon. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Lender: Acre Mortgage & Financial Inc. Amount: $299,538. Dansbury Properties LLC. Property Location: East Stroudsburg. Lender: Marvin Papillion. Amount: $2,700,000. Dansbury Properties LLC. Property Location: East Stroudsburg. Lender: Walter Pula. Amount: $2,219,900. JP Homes Inc. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: Lima One Capital LLC. Amount: $229,650. Anthony Zuco and Efrain Cortez III. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: Bank of America NA. Amount: $350,000. Serge and Clarisse Mikendi. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Lender: American Financial Network Inc. Amount: $305,367. Belmont Pike Properties LLC. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $280,000. William and Frances Lauff. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Lender: PNC Bank NA. Amount: $585,000. Edgar Andrade. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Lender: US Bank NA. Amount: $299,475. Jeremy Cohen. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: Clearpath Lending. Amount: $321,097.

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LTS Homes LL. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Lender: Wayne Bank. Amount: $250,000. David Kungl and Faina Golub. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Amount: $460,000. Geotani Properties LLC. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank. Amount: $337,000. Forte Inc. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: PNC Bank NA. Amount: $300,000. Alex Munoz. Property Location: Polk Twp. Lender: Atlantic Home Loans Inc. Amount: $302,421. Adam and Erika Sheloski. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Lender: Freedom Mortgage Corp. Amount: $324,000. Andrew and Maegan Rigberg. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: Michael and Marilyn Umen. Amount: $425,000. Jasmine Homes LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Lender: Evergreen Real Estate Investments LLC. Amount: $250,000.

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Joseph Fisher. Property Location: Milford. Lender: MERS. Amount: $266,000. Joseph and Pamela R Scottlano. Property Location: Dingmans Ferry. Lender: MERS. Amount: $295,000. nikolaus and Josephine Schultz. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Lender; MERS. Amount: $253,360. Michael Mann. Property Location: Milford. Lender: MERS. Amount: $305,100. Martin and Regina Richter. Property Location: Milford. Lender: MERS. Amount: $257,744. Robert C and Melanie L Gehrens. Property Location

Lackawaxen. Lender: MERS. Amount: $350,600. Joan Gramazio. Property Location Shohola. Lender: Walden Savings Bank. Amount: $340,000. Joseph and Elizabeth Kuemerle. Property Location: Milford. Lender: MERS. Amount: $258,726. Kevin W and Carol Dietrich. Property Location: Palmyra. Lender: MERS. Amount: $1,192,000. Matthew C Edgell. Property Location: Dingman. Lender: Navy Federal Credit Unit. Amount: $260,000. Laurel Woods MHC LLC. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $402,500. Matthew Wayne and Charee Kinser. Property Location: Blooming Grove. Lender: MERS. Amount: $266,000. Jason and Jillian Feese. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $354,848. Timothy and Vicki Marie McCabe. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $287,233. Juan A and ursula Ruiz. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $301,246. Jesse Gerald and Denise K nawrocki. Property Location: Palmyra. Lender: JP Morgan Chase Bank. Amount: $347,200. Burton and Donna Levine. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Lender: Citizens Savings Bank. Amount: $484,350. Jennifer A Tague. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Lender: MERS. Amount: $281,439. Lake Adventure Community Assoc. Inc. Property Location: Dingman. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $7,620,000. Donald R and Donna M yost. Property Location: Shohola. Lender: MERS. Amount: $255,200. Mockernut Holdings LLC. Property Location: Westfall Twp. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $351,750. Please see Record, Page 27

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FOR THE RECORD FROM PAGE 26 William H Detweiler. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Lender: Wayne Bank. Maount: $460,000. Marie Sheard. Property Location: Palmyra. Lender: MERS. Amount: $272,000. Gary and Karen Owens Houck. Property Location: Palmyra. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $255,000. William D and Evelyn M Edwards. Property Location: Dingman. Lender: MERS. Amount: $289,821. Charles J and Rosa Kovalchik. Property Location: Palmyra. Lender: MERS. Amount: $321,158. Cynthia J and Richard T Wormser. Property Location: Dingman. Lender: JP Morgan Chase Bank. Amount: $256,328. Scott J Keener. Property Location: Milford. Lender: MERS. Amount: $450,000. Denis Shametov, Roksana Granovskaya. Property Location: Lackawaxen. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $257,200.

SCHuylKill COunTy

lehigh Valley Educators Credit union. Property Location: Lender: Tom and Lisa Bartasavage. Amount: $402,000. leonard and Merissa Brylewski. Property Location: Ryan Twp. Lender: Fleetwood Bank. Amount: $256,500. Brendan and Holly Zindel. Property Location: West Brunswick Twp. Lender: Citizens Bank, NA. Amount: $371,200. Orpat llC, PA ltd liability Co. Property Location: West Brunswick Twp. Lender: 2087 Market Street, LLC. Amount: $375,581.

WAynE COunTy

Eight two Five Realty Group llC. Property Location: Honesdale. Ice Lender Holdings LLC. Lender: Amount: $405,000. nicholas R and Heidi R Mosher. Property Location: Lake Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $267,500. Galina and Mikhail yusim. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Lender: JP Morgan Chase Bank. Amount: $324,000. David Allen and Marie Kristell Faraon Buchannan. Property Location: Berlin Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $484,350. Ryan D and Jennifer M Matthews. Property Location: S. Canaan Twp. Lender: Agchoice Farm Credit. Ramon l and Minerva Montijo Jr. Property Location: Canaan Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $256,000. JCG Seven Seven. Property Location: Preston Twp. Lender: Honesdale National bank. Amount: $300,000. Harold l and Marsha D Spangler. Property Location: Salem Twp. Lender: Police and Fire Federal Credit Union. Amount: $327,725. Mark and Janice Caplan. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $268,500. John and Georgene F Anderson. Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $282,520. Alfred and Roseanne Fontauria. Property Location: Clinton Twp. 1. Ender: MERS. Amount: $252,000. Timothy S and Shannon lynn Fuller. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant & Preston Twps. Lender: PNC Bank. Amount: $137,500 & $137,500. Alin and Sandy Mardale. Property Location: Cherry Ridge Twp. Lender: TVC Funding II. Amount: Sterling Twp. Heather Schreiner, Jeffrey Robinson. Property Location: Texas Twp. 1 &2. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $272,370. David and laura E Berry. Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $315,920. Edward and Anna Shinn. Property Location: Honesdale National Bank. Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $459,400.

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Brigette Baum. Property Location: Lake Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $450,000. Caleb Robert and Michelle Vogler. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $287,200. Anthony W and Carrie l Bourdow. Property Location: Citizens Bank. Amount: $628,000. Sharon Flederbach. Property Location: Bethany Boro. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $555,000. David J and Sharon E Flederbach. Property Location: Bethany Boro. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $555,000.

WyOMinG COunTy

Servion inc. Property Location: Tunkhannock. Lender: Matthew James and Megan M Walker. Amount: $320,336. Jeffrey C and Alison Ruddell. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Lender: NET Federal Credit Union. Amount: $315,000. Michael D Rhoads. Property Location: Tunkhannock. Lender: MERS. Amount: $577,087. Brett W Fowler. Property Location: Nicholson. Lender: 1st National Bank of PA. Amount: $346,750. Gerald J and Susan l Hildebrand. Property Location: Clinton Twp. Lender: Community Bank. Amount: $300,000. OBX Property Mgmt llC. Property Location: Tunkhannock. Lender: People Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $395,000. OBX Property Mgmt. LLC. Property Location: Nicholson & Falls Twps., Factoryvile. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $395,000. Slupe ilardi Properties llC. Property Location: Monroe Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $850,000. Timothy and Jennifer Susan Hayner. Property Location: Mehoopany. Lender: MERS. Amount $374,500.

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