WEST PITTSTON — Choosing a grand marshal for the West Pittston Cherry Blossom Festival sponsored by Big Top Rentals is never an easy task, but this year’s decision was very easy when the committee chose Sam and Mary Ann Polit.

Local business professionals traded their offices for classrooms Thursday morning as the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce marked its 30th annual Community Reading Day.

A project to eliminate an unpopular fencing barricade atop the Wyoming Valley Levee in Edwardsville has received a second grant needed to complete the work, officials said Wednesday.

Weather permitting, a $650,150 project to stop erosion creeping toward part of the Wyoming Valley Levee wall in Wilkes-Barre should begin in mid June, Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority officials said during Tuesday’s meeting.

WEST PITTSTON — Holy Redeemer’s Katie Genovese picked a good time to hit her first career home run.

Silvio Giardina had had three-hit and three-run games during his freshman season as an infielder on the Lehigh University baseball team.

With an extra meet early in the season, Nanticoke entered Wednesday with the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 girls track and field lead.

Pittston Area scored five times in the third inning, then six in the sixth Thursday to maintain its share of the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 baseball lead with a 13-5 victory at Berwick.

MONDAY, 4/20

WEST PITTSTON — Chances are Wyoming Area has never had a first inning in its long baseball history like the one on Monday.

WEST PITTSTON — Chances are Wyoming Area has never had a first inning in its long baseball history like the one on Monday.