After Luzerne County’s popular August free-and-clear tax sale last year, 25 properties went into the repository pool of unsold parcels because the bidders failed to pay.

LAFLIN — The annual celebration of the Feast of the Holy Spouses, hosted by the Congregation of the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary, will be held on Sunday, Jan. 23, at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Joseph, Rt. 315. Serving as principal celebrant and homilist will be Bishop-elect Jeffrey J. Walsh.

PITTSTON — The latest downtown Pittston landlord, Robert Bresnahan Jr., is young, enthusiastic, energized, and very much wants to be a part of the renaissance of the city. His mission statement for the success of his downtown properties: live, work, play and stay.

Luzerne County’s administration is working on a proposal to use some of the county’s $113 million American Rescue Plan allocation to provide funding to small businesses.