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							                                Crews tend to Reading & Northern steam locomotive 425 at Jim Thorpe on Aug. 16, 2020. After taking a break for a couple years, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top is bringing back its steam train excursion to Jim Thorpe on July 9, 2022.                                 Roger DuPuis | Times Leader

Rotary Club of Mountain Top hosting steam train trip this summer

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MOUNTAIN TOP — A beloved local train trip will be back on track this summer.

							                                Jillian McLaughlin, D.O., took some time to speak with a reporter in the newest Pediatric Associates of Kingston office at 239 S. Mountain Blvd, Suite 600, in Mountain Top. ‘I mean, when your kid is sick, you don’t want to be driving 20, 30 minutes (to other PAK offices in Kingston or Pittson). It’s nice to have access right here in your community,’ McLaughlin said of the new office.                                 Ryan Evans | Mountain Peaks

PAK opens practice in Mountain Top

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MOUNTAIN TOP — Pediatric Associates of Kingston (PAK), established in 1967, hasn’t had an office in Mountain Top since 1982.

							                                Down the Yellow Brick Road went Dorothy (Erina Barno), the Scarecrow (Joseph Otero), the Tin Man (R.J. Williams) and the Cowardly Lion (Jessica Zimmermann) in Crestwood High School’s production of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ earlier this month.                                 Fred Adams | For Mountain Peaks

Wizard of Oz comes to Crestwood

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WRIGHT TWP. – Crestwood students took to the Yellow Brick Road earlier this month.

							                                Despite the weather, spirits were high at Crestwood’s Community Egg Hunt.                                 Mackenzie Gasper | Mountain Peaks

Crestwood football team hosts Food Truck Frenzy

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Crestwood High School was the place to be on April 9.

							                                Averie Ann Peruchetti, 10, performed a dance inspired by Aladdin at Luzerne County’s Got Talent last month at the the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre.

Averie Ann Peruchetti dances her way to LCGT finals

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WILKES-BARRE — Averie Ann Peruchetti was picked as a finalist for Luzerne County’s Got Talent even though she’s only 10 years old.

							                                Liam Pick of Rice Township with the bicycle he won at Rice Township egg hunt.

Rice Township holds Easter egg hunt

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Despite inclement weather, hundreds of youngsters turned out for the Rice Township Easter egg hunt held on April 9. The Easter Bunny was present to greet youngsters, pose for pictures and hand out treats. In addition to plenty of candy, a number of prizes were awarded including two bicycles.

							                                Many of the statues remain in St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in the Solomon’s Gap area of Mountain Top. The original stained-glass windows from Germany also remain.                                 Joe Sainclair | Special to Mountian Peaks

Preserving a Piece of the Past

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Judy Dotzel, of Mountain Top, always had a passion for religious art, so when she went looking for a new art studio for her business, Trinity Artisans, she found a spot that seemed almost too good to be true.

							                                Submitted photo                                Mountain Top native Capt. Patrick W. Hourigan took charge of Carrier Air Wing 1 in December.

Mountain Top native takes command of Carrier Air Wing in airborne...

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A Mountain Top native took charge of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 during an airborne change of command ceremony Dec. 15.

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Ziegler Memorial Scholarship established

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The Dr. William (Bill) Ziegler III Memorial Scholarship Fund has been started through the Luzerne Foundation. The scholarship will go to graduating tennis players from Crestwood going on to higher education who share Bill’s love of tennis, education, and zest for life. Ziegler’s mother, Sue Ziegler, was a longtime teacher and librarian in the Crestwood school district for over 40 years. In 1995, he started the Crestwood tennis program and the program has been going strong since that time under head coach Scott Lenio. Pictured making a donation to the scholarship is Bill’s good friend, Joey Falzone and his dad, Paul, of Falzone’s Towing. From left: Catherine, Hannah, Irene, and Benjamin Ziegler, Joey Falzone, Scott Lenio and Paul Falzone.

							                                Three MMI students placed at the state finals of PA School Press Association’s Student Journalism Competition. Pictured are: Ty McDermott, Jayden Bonham, Khristian Banks, and Jennifer Novotney, MMI English Department Chair and Activity Advisor.

MMI Students Place in PSPA State Journalism Competition

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Senior Jayden Bonham, Junior Khristian Banks, and Junior Ty McDermott represented MMI Preparatory School at the state finals of the Pennsylvania School Press Association’s Student Journalism Competition at the University Park Campus at Penn State.