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The top  race in Luzerne County was for the Controller position between incumbent  Michelle Bednar (D) and former Controller Walter Griff...

The Bloggers and the Blogcon Squirrels Another great Blogfest was held at the River Grille in Plains. In addition to the political type...

Incumbent Democratic Luzerne County Controller had a nice gathering of supporters at Bentley's on Friday. It attracted a nice cro...

. The headline race in Luzerne County will be the contest for Controller. Incumbent Democrat Michelle Bednar is being challenged by forme...

"I never denied that I did something wrong and I paid my fine as well as served my probation, and resigned from the job that I loved do...

A photo from Griffiths campaign in 2009 To the surprise of no one former Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith has announced he w...

Former Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffirh will not go away He had to resign in a plea deal with the AG over the recording thing. He m...

Gort I am supporting Carolee for Controller. We need someone that understands our government and Michelle Bednar is a nice person but ...

Nice profiles in the TL. Bednar says she empathizes with taxpayers    M edico Olenginski says she’ll stand up to powerful   Walte...

 “The tradition is gone. It ended the minute computers came out,” board solicitor Mike Butera said of the courthouse gatherings. Jennifer...

A very big Thank You to the staff of The Red Mill for the outstanding service they provided to the 8th semiannual Blogfest. Our glasses were...

From the inbox: Walter L. Griffith, Jr. announces candidacy for a second term as Luzerne County Controller. Dear County-Wide Neig...

The Luzerne County 6th District Republican Committee has an end of the year party tomorrow. This should be the kickoff event of the 2013 loc...

The Luzerne County Council is kicking around the idea of giving raises to some non union employees that haven't had one in 5 years. Th...

5 seats on the Luzerne County Council and the Controller's spot are up for reelection next year. Democrats Elaine Madden Curry and Linda...

I was up late so I feel like the guy pictured above. The President was reelected and I have been reading some apocalyptic things on...

Luzerne County interim Election Director and Clerk of Courts Tom Pizano will retire on Monday. This is a big surprise especially since ...

A big thank you to Gene Rooney and staff for the outstanding service as usual. We walked by the pink bus with long lost blogger Zen to fin...

I started off blogging about Luzerne County government and politics but haven't written much about it lately. The Yonk   reminded me th...

Alex put together a great event last night to watch Mitt Romney accept the Republican Party nomination to be President. About 60 peo...