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Term length. 4 years. Inaugural holder. Ira M. Kirkendall. Formation. June 1871. Website. https://www.wilkes-barre.city/mayors-office. This is a list of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania .
Thomas Leighton is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the mayor of the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [1] from 2004 to 2016. Mayor Leighton was the first mayor under the city's Home Rule Charter to be popularly elected to three consecutive terms.
List of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; L. Thomas M. Leighton; M. Tom McGroarty This page was last edited on 22 November 2023, at 18:04 (UTC). Text is ...
April 30, 2024 at 9:16 PM. Apr. 30—WILKES-BARRE — As we look at Downtown Wilkes-Barre and see marked improvements and more events, we asked Mayor George Brown where he feels the Diamond City ...
As Wilkes-Barre Township gets ready to celebrate it's 250th anniversary in 2024, Mayor Kuren was sworn in to a history-making seventh consecutive term as the municipality's highest ranking ...
Bill O Boyle, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. April 20, 2024 at 9:18 PM. ... Mayor George Brown, City of Wilkes-Barre; Alan K. Stout, Visit Luzerne County and 105 The River; Jody Busch ...
Wilkes-Barre (/ ˈ w ɪ l k s b ɛər / WILKS-bair or /-b ɛər i /-bair-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census.
Wilkes-Barre Township is a township with home rule status in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Wilkes-Barre . The population of the township was 3,219 at the 2020 census.
Thomas McGroarty is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the mayor of the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from 1996 to January 5, 2004. Political career [ edit ] In 1983, McGroarty was elected to Wilkes-Barre City Council and served for twelve years before his election as mayor.
The executive branch consists of a mayor and a full-time municipal administrator. The legislative function is vested in a seven-member council. Executive. The current mayor is Jeffrey R. Coslett; he assumed office in 2022. His predecessor was Paul J. Roberts (who served from 2018 until 2022).