3/18/2026

Redevelopment authority reviews funding process for closed Nanticoke bridge
mbuffer@citizensvoice.com

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WEST PITTSTON — During the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority meeting on Tuesday, officials reviewed and discussed the process of funding the project to rehabilitate or replace the closed Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge.
Under state legislation from 2022, the authority gets $3 million annually for 25 years from state gaming revenue, and those funds will repay a $55 million bond issue. The authority currently has $12.6 million in its bridge fund account and plans to receive bond proceeds next year when the county bridge project advances further, authority Chairman Scott Linde said.
Last month, county council voted to approve a $1 million contract with Modjeski and Masters Inc. to get design options to rehabilitate or replace the Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge, which the county owns and closed in March 2025.
Modjeski and Masters will complete preliminary design services within 24 months. The county went through PennDOT’s process to select the design firm, which allows the county to receive $10 million in federal project funding through the state Transportation Improvement Program.
The redevelopment authority voted Tuesday to continue to follow its established protocol of disbursing bridge funds after receiving invoices from the county, instead of disbursing $1 million to the county for the design contract.
The bridge, built in 1914, links Nanticoke City to the West Nanticoke section of Plymouth Twp. The distance between the West Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge and the next-closest bridge over the river, the Route 29 bridge connecting Hanover Twp. and Plymouth Twp., is more than one mile.
 

3/17/2026
Construction of Amazon warehouse at Hanover/Nanticoke border on rapid pace for completion
bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com

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HANOVER TWP. — Amazon is on the move in Hanover Twp.
Months after announcing an ambitious plan to build a massive $60 million distribution center, the e-commerce and technology giant Amazon is making its mark in the South Valley.
Significant work has been done in recent weeks at the site, located near the border of Hanover Twp. and the Hanover section of the City of Nanticoke.
“The only update is everything is still on schedule,” Hanover Twp. Manager Sam Guesto said. “They are moving massive amounts of earth to reclaim the coal-scarred land.”
Guesto said Amazon contractors have been using dynamite to blast the area to prepare the site and he is regularly in contact with Nanticoke officials about the work.
Amazon recently purchased more than 125 acres along the border of Nanticoke for $24.75 million to construct one of its “last-mile” facilities where individual orders are prepared for deliveries.
Amazon’s “last mile” facilities, or delivery stations, are described as the final stop in a package’s journey to a customer and different from fulfillment centers where mass inventory is stored for bulk distribution.
The Hanover Twp. delivery station is expected to serve a 50-mile radius in the region. The facility will be the hub for a fleet of up to 900 delivery vans to make daily trips.
Amazon plans to build a 275,000-square-foot warehouse and two smaller 6,500-square-foot buildings that the vans drive through each time they enter and exit the property.
The Amazon campus will be located along Dziak Drive adjacent to a Safelite Auto Glass warehouse on a currently wooded ridge of mine-scarred land behind the Hanover Recreation Park on Front Street, which is the border of Hanover Twp. and the densely residential Hanover section of Nanticoke.
Amazon purchased seven parcels of land surrounding and behind the recreation park and a self-storage facility from its developer Missouri-based NorthPoint Development. NorthPoint has constructed most of the warehouses and distribution facilities in the South Valley over the last several years.
Just weeks earlier, NorthPoint purchased the land for $4.87 million from the nonprofit group Earth Conservancy, which reclaims abandoned coal mine land in the Wyoming Valley to be utilized once again.
Terry Ostrowski, president and CEO of Earth Conservancy, has said NorthPoint agreed to reclaim the severely mind-scared land and then build the property for Amazon, which explains the vast difference in the sale prices.
 

3/15/2026
Greater Nanticoke Area school board gives superintendent contract extension
cdoyle@citizensvoice.com

NANTICOKE — The Trojans are staying the course with their school leadership.
The Greater Nanticoke Area Board of Education issued a new contract Thursday to Superintendent Ronald Grevera that extends his tenure as head of the district through the 2030-31 school year. The superintendent’s previous contract started in the 2024-25 school year and ran through 2028-29, meaning the new contract amounts to a two-year extension.
Grevera’s annual salary for the 2024-25 school year was $166,781, according to records from the state Department of Education. He said his salary for the current, 2025-26 school year was around $174,000. The new contract will give Grevera a once compounding 4% raise per year.
Grevera, whose superintendency began in July 2014, expressed gratitude to the school board after the meeting Thursday.
“I’m really proud of the things we’ve accomplished here since 2014,” Grevera said. “We’ve done a number of projects that I’m really proud of and our board is really proud of over the years.”
Greater Nanticoke Area Board of Education Vice President Wendy Graves said the school board was enthusiastic about keeping Grevera as its superintendent.
“Because we want to keep him here,” Graves said when asked about why the school board extended Grevera. “We all work very well together and we’ve gotten a lot of things accomplished throughout our time here.”
Before coming to Greater Nanticoke Area, Grevera worked as superintendent of the Northwest Area School District. He has also served as principal of Fairview Elementary School in the Crestwood School District, a middle school principal at Panther Valley, an assistant principal at North Schuylkill, and as a social-studies teacher at Columbia Montour Area Vocational Technical School.
“I’ve been in the business a long time,” Grevera said. “I’m a dinosaur.”
Significant changes have come to Greater Nanticoke Area during Grevera’s tenure, particularly involving facilities. In 2018, the district opened the Kennedy Early Childhood Center, which was created through an addition to the original Kennedy Elementary School that opened in 1964. The same year, the district closed the K.M. Smith Elementary School in Newport Twp. later approving a $400,000 sale of the vacant property in 2019 to a developer who converted it into an apartment building. The closures and additions worked to consolidate all Greater Nanticoke Area schools at its one, centralized campus on Kosciuszko Street. The consolidation was accompanied by a reorganization of what grades were assigned to which schools, something Grevera said helped improve the educational environment for students. The district has also renovated its high school, some parts of which Grevera described as being in a state of quasi-disrepair when he first arrived.
“We had a goal and a vision of putting all these schools on one campus and that has been accomplished,” Grevera said. “We gave (students) a place where they can feel comfortable, happy, and adjusted…there’s a really nice flow of kids when they move from one building to the next.”
Further facilities improvements came in 2022, when Greater Nanticoke Area launched a $3.1 million renovation project for its high school sports stadium. The project replaced its grass field with artificial turf, installed a drainage system, replaced a cinder track with a rubberized one, and relocated a stormwater pipe from the field.
Grevera also remarked how all Greater Area Nanticoke students now received free breakfast and lunch. He noted the district has capitalized on the federal Community Eligibility Provision, a reimbursement program which empowers school districts in high poverty areas to make all students eligible for free breakfast and lunch, without subjecting individual households to means testing.
“That was really a good thing,” Grevera said.
In addition to implementing universal free breakfast and lunch, Greater Nanticoke Area has also expanded mental-health services through adequacy funding – money the commonwealth distributes to poorer school districts pursuant to a Commonwealth Court ruling on student’s constitutional rights to fair education funding in 2023. Grevera said the General Assembly allocated Greater Nanticoke Area approximately $2.8 million for the 2025-26 school year.
“Adequacy money has been so critical and so important to our district,” Grevera said.
Asked about his priorities for the next five years, Grevera said he wanted to better Greater Nanticoke Area’s student achievement and test scores, which he described as “low overall,” but improving, citing statistics from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System.
“I’m proud of that (growth), but we’re not where we need to be,” Grevera said. “And so, I want to work on that over the next five years.”
Grevera said he was also interested in installing a new field house by the stadium, calling the existing field house, which he said was one of the oldest in the Wyoming Valley and in “bad shape.”
“That’s going to be a project on the horizon,”  Grevera said.
The next years of Grevera’s tenure will be defined by another project – the demolition of the former Lincoln Elementary School. The Greater Nanticoke Area school board first voted to demolish Lincoln in January 2025, with Grevera having called the building a potential hazard. Grevera said Thursday the demolition became a priority for the school board after a fire at the vacant, former Pulaski Junior High School in Glen Lyon.
After demolition, the school board could also use the vacancy to build new elementary facilities to accommodate what Grevera said was a growing Greater Nanticoke Area student population.
“That building has been an eyesore and the board and myself, we want that down,”  Grevera said of Lincoln. “And that will also provide some area for future growth for the district.”
Grevera said abatement work was underway at Lincoln and that Greater Nanticoke Area would begin soliciting bids in April for projects related to the Lincoln demolition and a potential field house project.
Reflecting on his tenure as superintendent thus far, Grevera said Greater Nanticoke Area had achieved much during the last 11 years and was excited to see the district’s continued growth over the next five.
“I think we’ve done a lot, I think our board here has done a lot over the years,” Grevera said, reflecting on his tenure. “They’ve had high expectations as to where we wanted to go.”

 

3/14/2026
GNA school board approves 5-year superintendent contract
sallabaugh@timesleader.com

Ronald Grevera will serve as superintendent of the Greater Nanticoke Area School District for another five years.
The school board approved his new five-year contract at a meeting on Thursday. The agreement runs until June 30, 2031, and replaces Grevera’s previous contract, which was set to expire in 2029.
Approving this contract extends his term by 2 years.
“It gives the district stability,” Grevera said. “The board wants that stability. The superintendent wants that stability.”
Grevera’s pay will continue to increase by 4% each year under his new contract. He estimated his salary is about $175,000.
Wendy Graves, board vice president, said the board approved the new contract because the group wants to keep him at the district longer.
“He’s a wonderful superintendent,” Graves said. “We all work very well together, and we’ve gotten a lot of things accomplished throughout our time here.”
Grevera has been Greater Nanticoke Area’s superintendent since 2014. Prior to that, he was the Northwest Area superintendent for two years, Fairview Elementary School principal for seven years, and Panther Valley Middle School principal for two years. He is also a former social studies teacher.
Grevera reflected on his accomplishments at Greater Nanticoke Area.
“I’m really proud of the things that we’ve accomplished here since 2014,” Grevera said. “We’ve done a number of projects that I’m really proud of and our board is really proud of.”
One of his proudest accomplishments was opening the Kennedy Early Childhood Center in 2018.
“We had a goal and vision of putting all these schools on one campus, and that has been accomplished.”
Grevera said he is also proud that the district offers more mental health services for students, including the addition of an in-house counselor from Northeast Counseling Services. He said the district received $2.8 million in adequacy funding last year to support mental health services.
“Adequacy money has been so critical and so important to our district to provide some of those additional services for our kids,” he said.
He said he is also proud of the stadium modernization project, renovations at the high school, grade configuration changes with smoother transitions, and the ability to offer all students free breakfast and lunch through the Community Eligibility Provision program.
Looking ahead, Grevera listed several goals.
“We’re really going to take a good look at student achievement,” he said. “Our scores have been low overall, but perpetually, our students are improving.”
The Lincoln Elementary School demolition project is also underway, with completion expected this summer. He said the property will provide a space for future projects or expansion.
The district is also looking into field house improvements, potentially filling the pool, and creating a locker room. The first step would be to construct a maintenance facility to store equipment from the field house.
Grevera is looking forward to the next five years.
“I like my board. I like the people I work with every day. We have a good school.”

 

2/24/2026
Council agenda: $1M contract to design plans for closed Nanticoke bridge, state of Luzerne County
The bridge that connects Nanticoke and the West Nanticoke section of Plymouth Twp. has been ordered closed immediately over public safety concerns.
mbuffer@citizensvoice.com 

 

Luzerne County Council plans to vote Tuesday to authorize a $1 million contract to get design options to rehabilitate or replace the closed Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge.
Tuesday’s agenda also includes votes to establish a new county division for community planning and economic development and to adopt a new public comment policy to stop reading submitted comments at meetings. The work session agenda includes a presentation on the state of the county from County Manager Romilda Crocamo.
The proposed bridge contract is with Modjeski and Masters Inc. PennDOT approved Modjeski and Masters as the design firm in August.
The county owns the closed Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge over the Susquehanna River and closed the bridge in March 2025. According to the proposed contract with Modjeski and Masters, the company would complete preliminary design services within 24 months, and the maximum amount paid would be $1 million.
The company would spend four months evaluating the purpose and needs of the bridge, 12 months determining if rehabilitation is the most practical and feasible alternative and eight months analyzing bridge-replacement alternatives.
The county went through PennDOT’s process to select a design firm, which allows the county to receive $10 million in federal project funding through the state Transportation Improvement Program. The county also has access to $55 million from an infrastructure loan funded by state gaming revenue.
On March 20, 2025, County Manager Romilda Crocamo closed the bridge after engineers conducting a scheduled routine bridge inspection determined that advanced deterioration and section loss of primary, load-carrying components were critical deficiencies.
The bridge, built in 1914, links Nanticoke City to the West Nanticoke section of Plymouth Twp. The distance between the West Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge and the next-closest bridge over the river, the Route 29 bridge connecting Hanover Twp. and Plymouth Twp., is more than one mile.
In 2024, the vehicular weight limit on the bridge was reduced to 5 tons. That decision allowed cars and most passenger vehicles to cross the bridge, but emergency vehicles such as fire trucks could not.
Tuesday’s meeting starts 5:45 p.m. at the courthouse meeting room in Wilkes-Barre with a public hearing on an ordinance to amend purchasing requirements.
 

2/13/2026
Greater Nanticoke Area school board approves four-year teachers’ contract
sallabaugh@timesleader.com

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The Greater Nanticoke Area school board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a new four-year contract with the Greater Nanticoke Area School District Education Association.
The agreement, which runs from Aug. 31, 2026, to Aug. 31, 2030, is pending review by the district’s solicitor.
Superintendent Ronald Grevera said the contract allows the district to retain teachers and be more competitive with neighboring districts.
“It’s a little bit more money for the starting salary coming into the district,” Grevera said.
He said the starting salary of about $46,000 will increase each year: by $4,000 in the first year, $3,000 in the second and third years, and $2,000 in the fourth year. 
With the yearly increases, the starting rate becomes comparable to surrounding districts, like Hanover Area School District.
“It’s an incentive for teachers to want to remain in the district,” Grevera said.
Aside from this, Grevera said few changes were made. Teachers will still pay 4% toward their health insurance.
Other updates
Grevera provided updates on the Lincoln Elementary School demolition project.

The board approved the execution of a $117,200 contract with Daton Products Inc., the lowest bidder, for asbestos abatement at the Lincoln school.
Grevera said the abatement phase will take the next few weeks. Then, cell towers will be moved from that area to behind the stadium.
At the end of February, the board will start accepting bids for the demolition of the school. The building should be demolished by late spring to early summer.
The board also:
• Approved the MOU between the district and AmeriCorps Seniors for 2026 to 2029 for the Luzerne and Wyoming Counties’ Foster Grandparents Program.
• Approved a $5,000 donation to the Mill Memorial Library.
• Approved the purchase of a $15,685.55 riser from Wegner for the auditorium.
• Approved the appointment of Riley Corbett as a high school math teacher
 

2/6/2026
Gerrity’s Ace Hardware store opening in Hanover Twp.; Goodwill relocating

A Gerrity’s Ace Hardware store will open in the Hanover Mall in Hanover Twp. in this location most recently occupied by Goodwill Industries, which is moving a few doors down.

(Bob Kalinowski / Staff Photographer)
bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com

 

HANOVER TWP. — An Ace Hardware store is returning to the Hanover Mall along the Sans Souci Parkway.
A Gerrity’s Ace Hardware franchise is moving into a location most recently occupied by a Goodwill Industries thrift store, which is moving to another spot in the plaza.
The hardware store is tentatively scheduled to open on April 6, the day after Easter, with a grand opening celebration planned for later in the month.
“My favorite part of opening a new store is when we do the ribbon cutting. We do it hardware store-style. We get a two-by-four, paint it red, and cut it with a chainsaw,” said Joe Fasula, owner of Gerrity’s Ace Hardware.
A Gerrity’s Ace Hardware store will open in the Hanover Mall in Hanover Twp. in April. (Bob Kalinowski / Staff Photographer)
The Gerrity’s Ace Hardware will be the seventh franchise opened in the region by the Fasula family, which also owns and operates Gerrity’s Supermarkets in the area, including one in the Hanover Mall a few storefronts down from the proposed hardware store. Other Gerrity’s hardware stores in the area are located in Carbondale, Clarks Summit, Peckville, Scranton, Shavertown and West Pittston.
Gerrity’s first opened a supermarket in Hanover Twp. in 1997 in the nearby Dundee plaza, where Tractor Supply is now located. The company moved to its current location, a former Kmart, in the Hanover Mall in 2006.
“Ace Hardware is committed to providing home maintenance solutions, neighborly advice, and quality products to Hanover Twp, Nanticoke, South Wilkes-Barre, and the surrounding areas,” Fasula said. “We’ve been helping our neighbors keep their pantries full since we opened our supermarket in Dundee in 1997 and we’re excited to now have the opportunity to help them with the rest of their home.”
The 16,000-square-foot store will sell leading brand products, including Stihl, Weber, Benjamin Moore, Scotts, Milwaukee, Craftsman, Traeger and Big Green Egg.
An R&H Ace Hardware store operated in the Hanover Mall for several years before closing in January 2013.
The Goodwill store has occupied the location for years and is relocating to a long vacant store front once occupied by Weis Markets.
Gerrity’s Ace Hardware hosted a job fair on January 24 and is still hiring from some positions. The store will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Fasula said he tries when possible to locate the family’s hardware stores near the company’s supermarkets. Employees get a discount at both businesses, he noted
“It tends to work. There are synergies,” Fasula said.  “We cross-pollinate our employee discount.”

 

1/27/2026
Nanticoke pierogi shop closes
cdoyle@citizensvoice.com

A beloved Nanticoke pierogi shop is shutting its doors, but has pledged to continue honoring the Polish culture of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
NEPA’rogi announced in a series of Facebook posts over the last several days that it was closing shop. In a livestream posted to Facebook on Thursday and a written post Saturday, NEPA’rogi founder and owner Lauren Gorney reflected on the business’s history, the bonds it had cooked up with its customers, and her plans moving forward.
“NEPA’rogi is officially closed,” the business’s written post said. “This was not an easy decision, but it was the right one for now.”
Gorney helped found NEPA’rogi with family in 2021 after she had been laid off from her fundraising job due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Within several months of opening, NEPA’rogi saw demand for its traditionally made pierogi soar. Gorney and her family and friends began working at the shop on a full-time schedule, selling to other local restaurants, filling out single orders for hundreds of pierogi at a time, and establishing their presence and local festivals with a food truck. In 2024, NEPA’rogi held a grand opening for its new location on Market Street, replete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony from Nanticoke city officials and a “Polka in the Park” celebration.
The shop also used their growing success to champion important causes, launching a fundraiser in 2023 with the Cancer Wellness Center of NEPA to sell “PINK’rogi.”
NEPA’rogi, in its Facebook message posted Saturday, said it was proud to support their traditions and serve the “Slavic food that got our families through hard years and good years.” The written post compiled hundreds of sorrowful comments and around 1,000 like, love, and sad Facebook reactions, while the livestream had received 23,000 views.
“What started as a little kitchen project during a wild time turned into something I will always be proud of,” the NEPA’rogi written post said. “Together, we kept a piece of our heritage alive.”
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The post left open a possible future for NEPA’rogi in some form. After a respite, NEPA’rogi may consider other opportunities in the area, online, or through travel, in order to help continuing foster celebrations of their culture. Fans of NEPA’rogi were urged to leave their name and email at the link https://tinyurl.com/2pcjxdjk to learn about any updates for the business. Attached to the Facebook post was a link to the Vera Lynn song “We’ll Meet Again.”
“The shop has closed, but the culture we shared is not going anywhere,” the post said. “With love and gratitude, Dziękuję.”
 

1/26/2026

NEPA’rogi announces closure after nearly 5 years in Nanticoke

sallabaugh@timesleader.com

 

NEPA’rogi, a pierogi shop at 164 S. Market St., Nanticoke, is officially closed after nearly five years in business.

Owner Lauren Gorney made the announcement Saturday on the business’ Facebook page.

“This was not an easy decision, but it was the right one for now,” Gorney said in the post.

NEPA’rogi started as an in-house operation, then moved to a food truck, and grew from there. It moved to the Nanticoke location in 2024 and recently had a successful holiday season.

“What started as a little kitchen project during a wild time turned into something I will always be proud of,” Gorney said.

The decision comes after a reflection on whether the business meets its mission.

The shop opened to preserve and celebrate Polish culture. The owner hopes to explore this through other avenues.

“I do not know exactly what comes next, but I know the story is not finished,” Gorney said, unsure if it will be in NEPA, online, or elsewhere. “The shop has closed, but the culture we shared is not going anywhere.”

Gorney provided opportunities to stay in touch on the NEPA’rogi Facebook page, followed by a message of gratitude.

“Thank you for every order, every holiday pickup, every story about your Babcia or Ciocia, and for letting us carry our food heritage forward for a little while.”

 

1/16/2026
Joe Shimko formally hired as Nanticoke Area football coach
jerzar@timesleader.com

Nanticoke Area filled another head football coaching void Thursday night, although it was more of a formality.
Joe Shimko, a former assistant, was selected to run the program by the school board. The agenda had the appointment backdated to Dec. 3, 2025.
Shimko was one of about a half dozen applicants, according the athletic director Ken Bartuska. He has been with the football program since last month. He replaces Damon Saxon, who held the position for one year but wasn’t on Saxon’s staff.
Shimko is a 2014 graduate of Nanticoke Area where he was a lineman on the football team. He is not a member of the faculty but does some substitute teaching. 
•    Joe Shimko has been appointed as Nanticoke Area's football coach, backdated to December 2025.
•    Nanticoke Area football faced challenges, finishing 0-10 last season amid coaching changes.
•    Shimko, a 2014 alumnus, is tasked with stabilizing a tumultuous football program.

Shimko served as an assistant coach under Ron Bruza, who was the head coach from 2010-2023. He is also an assistant coach for the school’s boys and girls volleyball teams.
Nanticoke Area finished 0-10 this past season and was last in points scored with 70 and points allowed with 497 in the 12-team Wyoming Valley Conference.
Improving the on-field product will be just one task ahead. The program is in need of stability after Bruza stepped down after the 2023 season and the school appointed Scott Dennis as coach. Dennis, a Nanticoke Area graduate, brought head coaching experience from Holy Redeemer and Central Columbia.
But three days before the 2024 opener, Dennis died unexpectedly. The coach staff ran the team before Bruza returned on an interim basis. Saxon, a former standout at King’s College, was hired for 2025, but had his position opened shortly after the season concluded.
Shimko will be the 12th full-time head coach in a Nanticoke Area program that dates back to 1967. Tex Dargiewicz also served as head coach for one game during a teachers strike in 1982.
Three WVC football vacancies have been filled since the end of this past season and one remains.
Tunkhannock hired RJ Haas in December and Wyoming Valley West selected Brydon Rukstalis on Wednesday. Lake-Lehman still has an opening after Jerry Gilsky resigned after 16 years.

 

 

1/16/2026
HS FOOTBALL: Shimko named head coach at Nanticoke Area
sbennett@citizensvoice.com

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NANTICOKE — The way Joe Shimko sees it, he’s not taking over as Nanticoke Area’s football coach with his eyes toward the future.
In his mind, the future starts now.
Actually, it may have begun back in December when he was selected as the new head football coach.
Shimko’s hiring was not made official until the school board met Thursday night. But since early December, Shimko has been running two weight room sessions. The first is for student-athletes just getting out of school, and the second is later in the day for those who participate in a winter sport.
“I’m the fourth coach in three years,” Shimko said. “There has been a lot of mix there. It’s just about caring for the future of the district and the kids here.”
Longtime Nanticoke Area coach Ron Bruza retired after the 2023 season. The school board then turned to Scott Dennis to take over. Dennis died the week of the team’s first game in 2024. After two weeks, Bruza came back to take over the program for the remainder of the season.
Following the 2024 season, Bruza returned to retirement and the board hired Damon Saxon. The program finished last season 0-10 and the position was then opened up.
Shimko, a 2014 graduate of Nanticoke Area who played football under Bruza and eventually coached in the program, has a solid understanding of the current players.
“I have had most of them since they were in seventh grade,” Shimko said. “We have good talent and we need a good offseason. We need a good weight room — that is where it all starts. We have many young kids showing up every day. It’s something to build toward the future. I would like to come in and turn it around on the first day.”
Shimko began coaching football the year after he graduated. Along with coaching junior high, he also has experience as a varsity assistant coach. He was not with the program last year.
He inherits a relatively-young team that has experience. The Trojans will enter the season with all but one projected starter on the offensive line, and will lose only seven players to graduation.
“I’m excited to get in there and be there for the kids,” Shimko said. “As long as they leave the program better people, that is a success.”
 

1/7/2026

Nanticoke garbage bills delayed

 

The City of Nanticoke announced Tuesday that 2026 garbage bills will be delayed due to the transition of billing and collections ot Berkheimer Associates.

Bills will be mailed to residents Feb. 1 with a due date of March 4 if paid in the full amount of $395.

If the bill is paid in two installments, $207.50 is due March 4 and $207.50 is due July 4.

Delinquent accounts will be $456.50 plus the cost of collections by Berkheimer & Associates.