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🌱 Will Ashley get more time for its $2 million sewer project?
And check out Trivia Night with DJ Tommy at Mohegan PA on the Ashley Patch calendar

Hello Ashley! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Will Ashley get more time for its $2 million sewer project?
Also on today's calendar: 🎶 Tunes in the Taproom with Jeremy Burke 🎶 and 3 more events.
Find out what's happening in Ashleyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Ashleyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Thursday: Areas of fog, freezing early, with a high of 44 and low of 40 degrees.
- Friday: Becoming windier with showers, temps: high: 52, low: 23.
- Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; colder, with a high of 36 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Luzerne County Council to vote on one-time bonuses for security officers (timesleader.com) — Ashley officials are asking Luzerne County Council for more time, until March 31, to finish the $2 million Solomon Creek Interceptor rehabilitation funded by American Rescue Plan dollars, a key infrastructure project for the borough. The same council meeting will also decide on $10,000 one-time bonuses for five county security officers and a new lease for the Edwardsville magisterial district court.
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📸 Around Ashley
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ashley
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★ Featured events ★
- Trivia Night with DJ Tommy at Mohegan PA
Mohegan Pennsylvania, 1280 PA-315, Wilkes-Barre
7:30 pm
Friday December 19
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Other local events
- 🎶 Tunes in the Taproom with Jeremy Burke 🎶
Breaker Brewing Company , 787 E Northampton St , Wilkes-Barre Township
4:00 pm - Piano Night with Lee Strubeck at Bean and Vine Cafe & Wine Bar
Mohegan Pennsylvania , 1280 PA-315 , Wilkes-Barre
7:00 pm - Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic - The Snowman in Concert
F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts , 71 Public Square , Wilkes-Barre
7:00 pm - Christmas Afternoon Tea
The Stegmaier , 156 S Franklin St , Wilkes-Barre
11:00 am - A Christmas Carol
Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre , 537 N Main St , Wilkes-Barre
3:00 pm
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
📣 Ashley Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Fresh Food Family Market Food Distribution
451 3rd Ave , Kingston
10:00 am - Fresh Food Family Market
451 3rd Ave , Kingston
3:00 pm - Beginner Pickleball Lessons
The Sidney and Pauline Friedman Jewish Community Center , 613 S.J. Strauss Ln , Kingston
6:00 pm - Free Tai Chi
Gather Community Space , 97 S Franklin St , Wilkes-Barre
6:00 pm - Friday Movie Matinee: It’s a Wonderful Life
Osterhout Free Library – Central Branch , 71 South Franklin Street , Wilkes-Barre
1:00 pm - The Nutcracker Ballet
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts , 239 S River St , Wilkes-Barre
7:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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🗞 Nearby News
Plymouth
- Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority to interview for new chief (citizensvoice.com)
Edwardsville
- Funeral Directors Association contributes to Fork Over Love (timesleader.com)
Kingston
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