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Nolan's Week in Review 
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| Monday, August 28 |
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The first day back to school was marred in Schuylkill
County. Vandals left their mark at Minersville Area High School. Plaster was splattered
across the entrance, graffiti was left on the sidewalks, and two flags were stolen,
according to police. Police in Cass Township were looking for those vandals. |
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| Tuesday, August 29 |
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A brutal murder of an 18-year-old restaurant worker
Kristy Grega in Dunmore on Sunday continued to bring friends and family to the crime
scene. On Tuesday visitors placed flowers and an angel in front of the closed Wendy's
Restaurant on the O’Neil Highway. Later in the week, police would make an arrest in
the fatal attack on the student from Throop, who would have been a freshman at Marywood
University this year. |
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| Wednesday, August 30 |
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Drivers in Williamsport learned some good news: the aging
Market Street Bridge over the Susquehanna River will be replaced. PennDOT said it is
planning to build a new span right next to this one allowing direct access to Interstate
180. The work in Williamsport could start three years from now. |
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| Thursday, August 31 |
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Police Luzerne County want to know who would steal the
bleachers from a little league field. The aluminum seats were taken at the
Edwardsville/Larksville little league field off Church Street in Larksville. Scrap dealers
were contacted to be on the lookout for five sections of the bleacher seats |
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| Friday, September 1 |
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In Williamsport the heated YWCA pool was in danger of
closing down because no one was using it, and it was too expensive to keep open. Then
people started using it so they wouldn’t lose it: especially seniors. Friday the city
coughed up a grant of 80 thousand dollars to make the pool wheelchair accessible. |
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