TRR photo by Lisa Cutroni Elida, Stephen and Stephen Dominick Tomasulo sit in the kitchen of Judy Fitzpatrick, Stephen’s mother. Marine Corporal Tomasulo returned home November 16 to spend the holiday with his family before returning to Iraq. This is Tomasulo’s first visit with his six-month-old son.

Local marine returns from Iraq, meets son

After a year in Fallujah, Iraq Marine Corporal Stephen Tomasulo spends Thanksgiving with family

By LISA CUTRONI

MONTICELLO, NY—Six-month-old Stephen Tomasulo didn’t know his father because Marine Corporal Stephen Tomasulo, a resident of Monticello, has been stationed in Fallujah, Iraq, for the past six months.

That all changed on November 16.

Among welcome home banners and helium balloons, Stephen embraced his three-year-old son, Salko, then was introduced to his newborn son by his wife, Elida.

“Hey, I’m your daddy,” Stephen told his young son.

His 31-hour flight home started in Kuwait and ended in the lobby of Stewart International Airport in Newburgh. The return was anything but smooth.

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Big bears in PA

Population continues to climb despite large harvest

By MICHEL LEGRAND

SHOHOLA, PA—An hour after the weigh station opened on the first day of bear hunting season, 25 bears had been weighed and recorded into the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) field computers, situated in a large garage off Route 6, on the edge of the state game lands.

“We had quite a start,” said bear check station attendant Jay Sporer, of Honesdale. “When we opened up at noon, we had already quite a backlog and the first bear weighed in at 553 pounds.”

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Forbes decries weak will in legislature

Property tax still the main way to fund schools

By TOM KANE

MILFORD, PA—Pike County Commissioner Harry Forbes is annoyed with the Pennsylvania Assembly.

Forbes, who watched the Assembly’s final session on television November 21 before it broke for Thanksgiving holiday, bemoaned that the legislators did not adopt new legislation that would reform the way schools are financed. And he made his views known at the end of the weekly commissioners’ meeting on November 22.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Going up against the big box stores
• Vote on property tax measures postponed
• Eldred answers Congress
• Berlin supervisor resigns
• Eldred Central students get buff with new weights
• New supervisor set to keep Forestburgh the same
• The Home Depot draws large number of applicants
• Fifth-grader provides inspiration at Duggan
• Wayne business park leans toward the future

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