Kingston, Pennsylvania

Kingston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the Susquehanna River opposite Wilkes Barre. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,182.

History

Kingston was named after Kingston, Rhode Island, and incorporated as a borough in 1857. Kingston has adopted a home rule charter which became effective in January 1976.

Kingston has a rich history as a pivotal pioneer in American education. In 1775, a new school was erected on the site of one established in 1773, which is said to have been the first public school in Pennsylvania. The borough is also home to the Upper School campus of Wyoming Seminary, a prestigious college preparatory school founded in Kingston in 1844. The school was founded with a total of just 31 students—17 boys and 14 girls—enrolling in the first year. Today, Wyoming Seminary's historic campus hosts roughly 450 students and its Lower School grounds in Forty Fort host students from pre-K through eighth grade.

In June 1972, Kingston was devastated by the flooding of Hurricane Agnes. The hurricane, at the time the most significant natural disaster in American history, wreaked havoc on Kingston and neighboring Wilkes-Barre, causing a state of emergency. The natural disaster earned national attention and a visit from President Richard Nixon who recruited Wyoming Seminary graduate Frank Carlucci, Nixon's head of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, as a point man to oversee flood recovery efforts.

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Gayle Lynn “Ed””Murph” Edwards

The Citizens' Voice 21 Mar 2025
Gayle Lynn Ed Murph Edwards (formerly R.E ... 11, 2025 in Decatur. Born Feb. 22, 1937 in Kingston, PA to Arthur and Ethel Kile, he graduated from Kingston HS and Wyoming Valley Tech.

Richard Linden Evans

The Citizens' Voice 21 Mar 2025
Richard Linden Evans of Nanticoke, Pa, passed away on March 18, 2025. Rick was born in Kingston, a son of the late Peggy F. Evans and Edward B. Evans ... In his youth, Rick coached swimming at the Catholic Youth Center and Rally Aquatics Club ... Col.

Elizabeth G. Warner

The Citizens' Voice 20 Mar 2025
(Dickson) Warner, 103, of Duryea, passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025, in the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, PA. Elizabeth was born in Kingston, PA, to the late William and Eunice (Geiger) Dickson.

Marianne Husted

The Citizens' Voice 19 Mar 2025
She was a daughter of the late Cyril and Helen Bogdan, originally from Plymouth, PA ... Her family relocated to Kingston, PA, where she was a 1975 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School.

Clyde Miller, III

The Citizens' Voice 18 Mar 2025
Clyde was born in Kingston, PA on April 2, 1959, son of Freda Evans Miller and the late Clyde Miller, Jr ... He was employed as a contractor at Karibe, Inc ... Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, PA.

Joseph T. Steinberg

The Citizens' Voice 13 Mar 2025
Steinberg (90) of Kingston passed away at home surrounded by his loved ones on Monday, March 10, 2025 ... Ignatius Loyola Church in Kingston, PA on Friday with a viewing from 9 to 10 AM directly followed by a Mass of Christian Burial.

Section 9 boys lacrosse scores, schedule for the 2025 season

recordonline.com 13 Mar 2025
Wallkill-Kingston, at Miller Middle, 4.30 p.m ... Kingston at Delaware Valley PA, 5 p.m.Saturday, March 29, 2025 ... Kingston at Minisink Valley, 4 p.m ... Newburgh-Kingston, at Dietz Stadium, 4 p.m ... Kingston at Monroe-Woodbury, 5 p.m.

James L. Coulter

The Citizens' Voice 12 Mar 2025
Coulter, 60, of Kingston, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, after a long ...

Margaret Marie Piskorik

The Citizens' Voice 11 Mar 2025
Margaret Marie Piskorik of Pringle, PA passed away on March 5, 2025, at the home of her beloved son David Piskorik, Greencastle PA ... Mary Pokrova Byzantine Catholic Church, 321 Chestnut Ave., Kingston, PA 18704, where Rev.

Robert A. ‘Rob’ Anders

The Citizens' Voice 11 Mar 2025
‘Rob’ Anders, 36, a resident of Kingston, passed into eternal life unexpectedly and much too soon, on Wednesday evening, March 5, 2025, at his home as a result of injuries sustained in a fall ... Maple Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704.

Barbara A. Neary

The Citizens' Voice 09 Mar 2025
Neary formerly of Kingston died peacefully Friday afternoon Feb ... 4, 1952, in the Kingston Presbyterian Church ... In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Church of Christ Uniting, 190 south Sprague Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704.

Margaret Ann Kuchta

The Citizens' Voice 08 Mar 2025
Margaret Ann Kuchta, 86, of Kingston, passed away ... In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Medical Oncology Associates Prescription Assistance Fund, 382 Pierce Street, Kingston, PA 18704.

Florence Gelso

The Citizens' Voice 05 Mar 2025
Florence Gelso, 102, formerly of Pittston, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2025 in Woburn, Massachusetts ... In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Medical Oncology Associates Prescription Fund, 382 Pierce St., Kingston, PA 18704.

Tune-Yards Announce New Album Better Dreaming: Hear “Limelight”

Stereogum 04 Mar 2025
Tune-Yards are back ... The groovy anthem “Limelight” is out now ... “But it kept coming back as people kept responding positively to it, in particular our own kid ... 05/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s. 05/09 – Kingston, NY @ Assembly ... .

Luzerne County Court Notes

Standard-Speaker 28 Feb 2025
... Kingston Juan Soto to John Bonilla, $259,000; Hazleton Equity Ventures PA LLC to 30-30 Assets LLC, $358,225; Lehman Twp.
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