Drums NewsLocal news for Drums, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Area students collect 22,000 bags for recycling- April 29, 2008 "We're helping make our environment greener through recycling. This project raises environmental awareness and encourages more recycling" From staff reports Hazleton Area and Weatherly Area school students saved almost 22,000 grocery bags about 440 pounds of plastic from going to a landfill. via Standard Speakerhttp://www.topix.net/city/drums-pa/2008/04/area-students-collect-22-000-bags-for-recycling... McAdoo man killed in Butler crash- April 27, 2008 "I didn't know what it was, but once I walked out I saw the cars involved." By BOBBY MASO Staff Writer A McAdoo man was killed in a two-vehicle wreck on the Freeland-Drums Highway in Butler Township, about a mile west of Freeland, Thursday afternoon. via Standard Speakerhttp://www.topix.net/city/drums-pa/2008/04/mcadoo-man-killed-in-butler-crash?fromrss=1 Dem mix-up let woman run for job she can't have- April 25, 2008 So much for it being a man's job to serve as the 11th Congressional District's alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention.At least that's what the voters in Carbon and Monroe and other counties in the district said Tuesday.Democratic Party rules reserve the position for a man to keep gender balance, and the ballot reminded voters of that.But voters overwhelmingly chose a woman anyway.Maria Ciuferri-Wansacz of Old Forge, Lackawanna County, a Hillary Clinton backer, got 42,385...http://www.topix.net/city/drums-pa/2008/04/dem-mix-up-let-woman-run-for-job-she-cant-have?... |