Sacco assumes chair of Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners amid protests
Amid boos, shouts of protest by Commissioner Bill Gaughan’s supporters and occasional confusion, Brenda Sacco became the new chair of the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners on Monday.
Five days after her swearing-in and with her long-term future as a commissioner in doubt, Sacco, a Democrat, joined Commissioner Chris Chermak, a Republican, and voted to remove Gaughan as chairman.
Allied’s memory bears offer comfort to grieving families in Northeast Pennsylvania
Volunteers at Allied Services sew clothing into what they call Memory Bears. Allied’s hospice program offers the bears to families of patients who passed in hospice.
The program is in need of more volunteers.
