Posts Tagged ‘Hazleton’

Joe Posnanski on Joe Maddon, Hazleton

Hazleton – Curiously Long Posts, Sports Illustrated
After spending all fall in State College working on a book at Joe Paterno and what he meant to the Penn State community at large (impeccable timing!) Sports Illustrated columnist Joe Posnanski traveled east along Interstate 80 for a little while to see Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon’s [...]

I thought Northeast Pa. liked NY teams: GO YANKEES on I-81 variable message sign

PennDOT: “Go Yankees” Sign Inappropriate for Interstate – WNEPA variable message sign along Interstate 81 near Pittson, Pa. (not far from the home of the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees) said “GO YANKEES.” The sign, typically used for traffic information, is owned by a contractor, Barletta Construction. I wonder if they are at all connected to Hazleton [...]

In which find a similiarity between New York and West Hazleton, Pa.

NEW YORK — When I was student at Penn State Hazleton, many of us often passed an intersection that had a “WAIT FOR GREEN” sign next to a traffic light in West Hazleton. Obviously, this from the Redundant Department of Redundancy Department, so we we made fun of the borough of West Hazleton/PennDot for posting [...]

Pitza: It’s not just from Hazleton anymore

WILDWOOD, N.J. — My wife noticed this sign on the boardwalk. Previously, we had been led to believe that pitza was a food stuff indiginous to Senape’s of Hazleton, Pa. Our friend Tom once had this to say about it:
To clarify, no one “likes” Senapes pitza. We consume it out of fear. Yes, fear. No [...]

Another Hazleton funny

Eye in the sky catches naughty image at Harman-Geist field – The Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Penna.Courtesy of Run Up the Score!, I have learned that the high school football field in my early “college town” was vandalized. Vandalism of high school football fields is not unusual except that this time it occurred when a satellite [...]

Passing through NEPA

Yesterday, I went skiing the Poconos with my friend Wiley. I’ll write about the skiing after I get photos from my disposable camera (I’m not taking a digital one on the slopes) developed.
On the ride up from Wiley’s in York, we drove up I-81 past the campus that we both started our college careers, [...]

Youz an illegial immigrant and sh-t like that?

A few of you let me know about 60 Minutes story on city of Hazleton’s illegal immigrant law. I spent two years at Penn State Hazleton ( though I lived in the borough of West Hazleton) hence the interest.
Here is the transcript. There also also three videos available:
Hazelton’s Immigration Battle
Kroft On Pa. Mayor’s Action
freeSpeech: Lou [...]

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