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Voted Best Day Spa 6 Years in a row.

Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, A sincere thank you to all our loyal guests.

THE W OODHOUSE DAY SPA® nothing compares

The Premier Luxury Day Spa in NEPA READERS’CHOICE AWARDS

Established in 2003, The Woodhouse has been the only true dedicated Day Spa in NEPA for over 15 years. Located in a beautiful 4,500 square foot Tudor home built in 1911 on Wyoming Avenue in Kingston, while locally owned and operated by Maurita and Bob Elias, the spa is part of a national, award winning spa READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ franchise with over 65 locations across the country.

The Woodhouse is a peaceful haven dedicated to a sense of personal well-being and regeneration of mind, body and spirit. The spa has over 40 different services including therapeutic massages, soothing facials, relaxing manicures, pedicures and body treatments.

The Woodhouse is open Monday through Thursday, 9 am - 8 pm, and Friday and Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm. Gift cards are available for purchase in the spa or online at Kingston.WoodhouseSpas.com. Saturday, March 30, 2019 Kingston.Woodhousespas.com 387 Wyoming Ave, Kingston • (570) 763-0063 80921987 4 H6 H7 7 BEST DAY SPA: WOODHOUSE DAY SPA

Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, Woodhouse offers a plethora of services, products READERS’CHOICE AWARDS

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Building lots available in the Back Mountain, Saddle Ridge, Stonebridge, Woodridge, Harveys Lake. Times Leader readers have picked Woodhouse Day Spa the best day spa six years in a row. By Marcella Kester | For Times Leader Part of a national franchise, said of the recognition. treatments and waxing to suit every the Woodhouse opened its doors As a former franchise owner with need. While many local spas feature ou could say the Wood- in Kingston in 2003 and actually 10 years of marketing experience, additional beauty services such as hair Voted Best of the Back Mountain became the company’s first franchi- Elias said she decided to open the and makeup, Elias says the Wood- house Day Spa in Kingston see. Today, the spa operate with 22 spa as a way to help the community. house is unique to the area because of For Six Consecutive Years is at the top of its game. employees to provide clientele with “We opened because we wanted its dedication to just body wellness. Saturday, March 30, 2019 Y more than 40 different spa therapies to give back to the community and “We are different from other spas That’s because for the sixth 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 and more. educate it about the benefits of spa in that we are the only true dedi- year the spa has been named as “It is truly an honor to be named therapies and health and wellness,” cated day spa in Northeastern Penn- the winner in the category of Best she said. the best day spa by area resi- sylvania,” she explained. “All of our Day Spa in the Times leader Read- The Woodhouse Day Spa provides therapies are rooted in holism and summitpointebuilders.com dents in the Times Leader Read- ers’ Choice Awards six years in a a plethora of services and products, See SPA | 10 80922919 ers’ Choice Awards. row,” spa co-owner Maurita Elias including facials, hand, foot and body 6 H8 H9 9 Best Square Pizza Thanks Thank You Thank You Thank You for your voTes! Thank You Thank You Thank You

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Thank you to everyone who PLAINS MEAT MARKET Thank you voted for us! AWARD for voting WINNING New location in us Best KIELBASA! Party Platters Butcher!

Hazleton coming soon! for All Occasions READERS’CHOICE AWARDS From all of us at Plains Meat Market, Our own homemade salads 400 Middle Road Bdg C, Nanticoke, PA, 18634 thank you for your support! The Northeast PA community has chosen their Now taking orders for Easter! (570) 285-5282 5 Hudson Road • Plains, PA 18705 • 570-824-8376 80923474 favorite Jewelry Store & Engagement Ring 80924032 destination from readers of 4 local publications. Lark Mountain Market Place Thank you The Area’s First Antique & Collectible Mall for voting Driscoll’s Home Center the

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ 8,000 sq. ft. of : Thanks For Your Votes! Antiques • Coins Voted Best Jewelry Store Trains • Jewelry Platinum Winner Collectibles • Shabby Chic • Jugs & Pottery BEST LOCAL HOME Furniture • Primitives IMPROVEMENT STORE Crystals & Minerals And the awards go to ... Vintage Clothing Award Winner Major Credit Cards Lay-A-Way Military Accepted Available Much More! 306 Wilkes-Barre Twp. Blvd., OW JEW 2019! Wilkes-Barre Twp., PA 18702 B EL Driscoll’s Home Center is truly honored to serve the community. 570-822-8855

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Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, Quality chocolate a family tradition

By Alicia Belch [email protected]

ANOVER TWP. – Chocolate makes a wonderful treat for many different rea- Hsons. For some, it’s the flavor or the texture, and for others, it’s the childlike wonderment that delighting in candy brings. For those at Michael READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Mootz Candies, tradition is what gives their chocolate its sweetness. Michael Mootz Candies, located off of the Sans Souci Parkway, has been serving quality chocolate to the com- munity over the past 40 years with the help of 100-year-old recipes. The recent

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ pass down of ownership from Michael Mootz to son Jason brought welcomed change, but what remains the same are the recipes, processes and work ethic passed down through generations of professional chocolatiering. “Being a fourth-generation choco- late maker is something I take a lot of pride in,” said Jason Mootz. “Although I know our recipes and the stories passed down, I did not know my great-grandmother. What I do know first-hand is how hard my father and mother worked to build our family tradition into the substantial business it is today. It’s a pretty unique thing these days to see a business that carries this far. Although retired, my parents are still very much involved.” That family tradition is one of the Saturday, March 30, 2019 reasons Times Leader readers picked Michael Mootz as Best Chocolate in Northeastern Pennsylvania. One of the most impressive aspects of Michael Mootz Candies is the Photos courtesy of Michael Mootz Candies 80923784 See CHOCOLATE | 16 Customers can browse a large selection of chocolate at Michael Mootz Candies in Hanover Township. 12 H14 H15 15 We are grateful to those who voted us Best Library and proud to achieve this honor. Congratulations Step inside and see what others have found as you access the world! Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, to our 2019 We are having a Vacation Giveaway to Walt Disney World. Times Leader Tickets will be available soon. Readers’ Choice Awards Tickets will be sold up to the library’s continued celebration of our 90th anniversary at Keeley’s Alehouse & Platinum Winners Grill on August 10 when the Best Appliance Store Best Eyecare Center Best Jewelry Store drawing will take place. Voitek TV & Appliance Inc. Eye Care Specialists Rainbow Jewelers You get 2 chances to win for $20. Best Beer Distributor Best Firearms Dealer Best Lasik Surgery Wyoming Valley Beverage Advanced Arms Bucci Laser Vision All travel arrangements are made by READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Best Carpet Store Best Garden Center Best Library Boscov’s Travel Wilkes-Barre. The value Giant Floor Edward’s Garden Center Hoyt Library of the trip is $5000.00 Best Casino Best Grocery Store Best Lighting Store The trip is sponsored by Berkshire Asset Management. Mohegan Sun Pocono Gerrity’s Supermarkets Friedman Electric Supply Best Chiropractor Best Hearing Aid Center Best Night Club Cohen & Haydu Chiropractic Family Hearing Center The Woodlands Inn READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Photo taken by John Sedor from Earl & Sedor Photo & Video Studios Clinic, PC Best Heavy Equipment Best Rehab Center The Hoyt Library Best Coffee Shop Company Allied Services Home Health 284 Wyoming Avenue Dunkin’ Donuts Medico Industries, Inc Best Self Storage Kingston, PA 18704 Best Community College Best Home Builder Close 2U Storage Luzerne County Community Summit Pointe Builders Best Steak (570) 287-2013 College Best Hospital Ruth’s Chris Steak House/ Mon. & Thurs.: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. Best Convenience Store Geisinger Wyoming Valley Metz Culinary Tues., Wed., & Fri.: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Turkey Hill Medical Center Best Tire Store Sat: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday: Closed Best Day Spa Best Italian Food Jack Williams Tire & Auto The Woodhouse Day Spa Café Italia Service Center Hoytlibrary.org Saturday, March 30, 2019 Visit us on

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80922500 H17 80923246 East Carey St., Plains •570.270.3107 Thank You T Cohen &Haydu Chiropractic Clinic, PC, won for best chiropractic clinic. For Votingus THANK YOUFOR YOUR VOTES! (Next to University ofScranton) to University (Next 1201 Mulberry St.1201 Mulberry 570-703-0728 Scranton, PA Home Furnishings Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Area! PlainsAntiques.com Antiques & Largest Antique MallIn B esT o Times Leader r (Across from BeerSuper, Wilkes-Barre, PA near Dunkin’ Donuts) 570-821-8989 239 Spring St. anninG 741 Scranton Carbondale Hwy. sa Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Siniawa PlazaII (Across from Sheetz) 570-347-5995 L Scranton, PA on eaders 2019!

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Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, (570)654-4220 • 1(800)648-4650 www.northeastwindow.com Thank You Call for your free estimate today! to Times Leader readers for voting Cork: GOLD We would like to thank everyone who voted for us Best Bartender – Carolyn Saporito

Best Chef – Rawn Henderson READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Best Remodeler & Best Window Company. Best Server – Luanne Stach 32 YEARS IN BUSINESS • 9000+ HOMES ALL OVER NEPA Best Martinis Best Place for a First Date Best Italian Food READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ SILVER Best Seafood

Smith & Miller Roofing Locally owned and operated, Cork serves an extensive selection of appetizers, steaks, seafood Spring Is In the Air, Call Us Today To and mouthwatering pasta dishes, in addition to a sandwich menu. Cork is located in a quaint Schedule A Free Estimate at 570-655-6710 neighborhood in the north end of Wilkes-Barre and is a place where customers become friends. To complement our cuisine, Cork also features an extensive selection of premium wines. Our spacious, multi-level floor plan features a classy, yet contemporary decor and a relaxed Your Choice for Best Roofer in 2019 cosmopolitan ambiance perfect for dining or entertaining. Visit Cork Bar & Restaurant in

We want to thank all of our customers for their Wilkes-Barre today for Hospitality at its Finest! Saturday, March 30, 2019 continued support and business over the last 43 years. We couldn’t do it without you! Open Monday - Saturday

Founded in 1976 by Bob Smith www.smithmillerroofing.com 80923591 463 Madison St. Wilkes-Barre | 570.270.3818 | www.corkdining.com | [email protected] 80923534 18 H20 H21 21 BEST APPLIANCE STORE: VOITEK TV AND APPLIANCE Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, READERS’CHOICE AWARDS

Fred Adams photos | Times Leader Dave Voitek Jr., along with his brother Ed, oversee operations at Voitek TV and Appliances’ Exeter store. READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Commitment to customers a priority By Geri Gibbons | For Times Leader

INGSTON – Voitek TV and Appliances offers the latest in home upgrade options from home theater setups to Kwasher and dryers to high tech coffee systems. The business, however, had simple Leader readers selected Voitek as the beginnings, having been started 50 area’s best appliance store. years ago by a couple of coal miners, David Voitek Jr., a co-owner of the who pursued their dream after a long business, was quick to leave his desk

day in the mines, in the basement of a on a recent morning and assist a Saturday, March 30, 2019 home. potential customer with identifying the With locations in Kingston and perfect washer and dryer for their large Exeter, the business is well known, family. not just for the quality and scope of He took time to help the customer the products it offers, but for its com- compare two models, pointing out the mitment to the needs of its customers.

That is just one of the reasons Times See APPLIANCE | 24 Some of the appliances for sale in Voitek TV and Appliances’ Exeter store. 80921568 20 H22 H23 23 Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday,

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22 80923556 H24 H25 25 coffee station or a home Voitek Sr. to his children. about helping custom- “My father and his residents of Wilkes-Barre BEST JEWELRY STORE: RAINBOW JEWELERS Appliance theater set-up, Voitek Voitek passed away ers make their home a (late) brother Mark and the West Side. The Jr. knows the “ins and last year, but the busi- haven, with both basic started by fixing televi- Exeter location is a hot From page 20 outs” of how TVs and ness, Voitek Jr said, still products and amenities sions in 1958 at night,” spot for Greater Pittston appliances work, how reflects his sense of com- that encourage friends he said. “The business residents. different “feel” of the agi- they would be installed mitment to community and family to gather. soon moved to its Kings- The owners of the tator and accompanying and what customer needs and to quality. In showing off a high- ton location.” business look forward to Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, warranty. they would fill. Voitek Jr. and his end grill, for example, About 20 years ago, the the future, always willing “This one has a seven- Voitek said the busi- brother Ed oversee oper- Voitek Jr said it was business added its Exeter to respond to customer year warranty,” he said, ness isn’t driven by the ations at the business’ worth every penny, pro- location, originally fill- requests and new trends. laughing. “So, you won’t bottom line, but by a Exeter site, with their viding opportunities for ing a need for additional “My son David Voitek have to worry about it sense of family camara- sister Nancy at the helm large holiday gatherings warehouse space. III has also come on for seven years.” derie passed down by the of the Kingston location. or a back yard meal on a The Kingston location board, adding a third gen- Whether it’s a high-end business’ founder David All are enthusiastic hot summer night. provides easy access for eration,” said Voitek Jr.​ Proud to serve the community for 77 years Voted Best Dry Cleaner thank you to all of our loyal customers.

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Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, Bakery Delite Best Chocolate Best Ambulance Service Best Butcher Michael Mootz Candies Best Dog Groomer Best Filmmaker Trans-Med Best Bank Plains Meat Market Wags To Riches Jon YonKondy Ambulance Services Luzerne Bank Best Clothing Best Cable Company Store Showroom56 Best Dog Kennel Best Fitness Facility Best Antique Store Best Bar Service Electric Maxwell’s House Pet Resort The Barn Nutrition Plains Antiques Crabby’s Seafood Grill Cable TV Inc. Best College & Fitness and Home Furnishings Wilkes University Best Dry Cleaner Best Bartender Best Caterer Master Garment Cleaners Best Fitness Instructor Best Architect Carolyn Saporito, The Cafe Best Computer Brad Hontz, Borton-Lawson Cork Bar & Restaurant Repair Shop Best Electrician The Barn Nutrition The Computer Shop Dave Monk Electric, Inc. & Fitness Best Cheesesteak Best Attorney Best Bazaar Brother Joe’s Hoagie Shop Vinsko & Associates, PC Pittston Tomato Festival Best Consignment Shop Best Employer with Best Florist ReRuns Over 50 Employees Floral Designs Best Chef Consignment Shop Gerrity’s Supermarket Best Auto Dealer Best BBQ Rawn Henderson, Performance Kia Bulldog BBQ Best Fresh Food Market Cork Bar & Restaurant Best Credit Union Best Employer with Under 50 Wegmans UFCW Community Credit Union Best Auto Parts Best Beer Selection Employees

Best Childcare Place READERS’CHOICE AWARDS A&A Auto Stores, Inc. Sabatini’s Pizza Performance Kia Best Funeral Home Cookie Corner Best Dance Studio Corcoran Funeral Child Care Center Joan Harris Centre Best Entertainment Venue Home, Inc. Best Auto Repair Best Bridal Shop Aimee Dilger | Times Leader F.M. Kirby Center for the Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Forty Fort Lube & Service Inc. Gerri Bridal Shop See GOLD | 27 Zavada & Associates won for best accounting firm Performing Arts See GOLD | 28 Fred Benson of Performance Kia was voted best auto sales person.

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Dr. Paul J.Witt, MD Thank you Times Leader Readers for voting me Best Family Doctor! Dr. Mark and Maureen Stair and staff of the I truly appreciate this honor! Trucksville Dog and Cat Hospital are honored and THANK YOU grateful to the pet parents who voted for us. Appointments can be made at for Voting Us As a Fear Free Certified practice, Best Lighting Store! we pledge our continuing mission to provide (570) 823-7643 compassionate and affordable veterinary care and Lighting from floor to ceiling and everywhere in between. boarding services for all your pets, and yes, we are Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM accepting new patients. Saturday, March 30, 2019 Shop Our Showroom - ONLINE! TRUCKSVILLE DOG AND CAT HOSPITAL Visit our virtual showroom to access thousands of MARK STAIR, V.M.D. Medicare and most insurance plans accepted. A Sonepar Company lighting options to transform your house into a home. 1070 S. Memorial Hwy., Shavertown, PA 18708 33 Hill Street, Wilkes-Barre FriedmanElectricLDC.com 59 East Carey Street • Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705 MON - FRI 8am-5pm (570) 696-1146 80922425 800-545-5517 80922921 80923737 Trucksvilledogandcathospital.com 26 H28 H29 29 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS GOLD WINNERS

Best Home Healthcare Gold BAYADA Home Health Care

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Service Electric Cable TV Inc. READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Best Heating Oil Company Button Oil Co. Inc. Best Kitchen Design Store Cabinetry & Stone Depot Aimee Dilger | Times Leader See GOLD | 31 Times Leader readers selected BAYADA Home Health Care as best home healthcare company. 80922353 80923601

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READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Voted to our loyal clients! “Best Hair Salon” “Best Bank” We have recently opened two new branch locations to better serve you. Please stop by and meet the staff! 285 South Main Street 1320 Wyoming Ave

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Best Law Firm Vinsko & Associates, PC

Best Martinis Cork Bar & Restaurant

Best Mattress Store Two Mattress Men Sleep Center

Best Mexican Restaurant La Tolteca Mexican Restaurant

Best Micro Brewery Susquehanna Brewing Company

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Best News Anchor Candice Kelly, WBRE TV Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Mom & Pop’s Pierogies won for best pierogies. Golden Photo Studio won for best photographer. Best Nonprofit Organization Best Place for Family Fun Best Seafood Best Tailor Best Vape Shop Puck Cancer Revolution Ice Centre Crabby’s Seafood Grill Alterations By Liza Vape Dragons

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Best Nursing & Retirement Best Place for Outdoor Dining Best Server Best Tanning Salon Best Veterinarian Home The Beaumont Inn Luanne Stach, Tanfastic Tan Center Dr. Stair Meadows Nursing & Cork Bar & Restaurant Trucksville Dog & Cat Hospital Rehabilitation Center Best Pool Place Best Tax Preparer Olympic Pools Best Shoe Store Zavada & Associates Best Warehouse Operation Best Orthodontist Gino’s Shoe Store Valley Plastics Inc. Dr. Brian D. Miller, DMD Best Radio Personality Best Theatre Venue Jeff Walker - WKRZ FM Best Sign Printing Cinemark 20 & XD Best Wedding Planner Best Overhead Door Company Mozip Sign Co. Rachel Tollett-Sand Springs All Door Sales, Inc. Best Real Estate Agency Best Towing Service Country Club Lewith & Freeman Real Estate Best Ski Shop Falzone’s Towing Service Best Pediatrician Top of the Slope Ski Shop Inc. Best Wedding Venue Dr. Jeffery R. Kile, MD Best Realtor Best Truck Dealer monk Larissa Cleary - City Brokers LLC Best Sports Bar Ken Pollock Ford Best Pharmacy Brews Brothers Best Window Company Cook’s Pharmacy Best Remodeler Best Trucking Firm Northeast Window Inc. Northeast Window Inc. Best Square CDS Transportation Best Photographer Pizza Pizza Perfect Best Window Treatment Store Golden Photo Studio Best Restaurant for Breakfast Best T-Shirt Printing Sew Fine Draperies The Avenue Restaurant & Best Sub Shop Sign & T-Shirt Kings & Interiors Inc. Saturday, March 30, 2019 Best Pierogi Catering Brother Joe’s Hoagie Shop Mom & Pop’s Pierogies Best TV Personality Best Winery Best Roofer Best Summer Camp Joe Snedeker, WNEP Nimble Hill Winery & Brewing Best Place for a First Date Smith & Miller Roofing Wilkes Barre Family YMCA Company Cork Bar & Restaurant Best Used Auto Dealer Best Round Pizza Best Japanese Restaurant Performance Kia Best Wings

80923105 Gerry’s Pizzeria Mirakuya Japanese Restaurant R Bar and Grill 30 H32 H33 33 Thank Since 1945 Family Hearing Solutions for all Ages and all Stages Perfect for any occasion... PErsONALIzEd IcE Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, crEAM cAkEs Serving Generations of Greater Pittston MAdE WITh Our You! Residents For Over 70 Years OWN BLuE rIBBON IcE crEAM • Soft Serve Ice Cream & Yogurt • Ice Cream Cakes, Sandwiches and Half Gallons • Hand Packed Pints & Quarts, No Sugar Added & Regular Plus...Shakes, Floats, Sundaes, Blitzes & More! Our claim to fame is an original old-fashioned ice cream parlor atmosphere. We have table service and an extensive menu of all your favorite ice cream treats. Thank You We are honored and For Voting Us

grateful to be voted Best Ice Cream! READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Best Clothing Store 827 Exeter Avenue • West Pittston 570-655-5579 • OPEN ‘TIL 10PM Front Row: Jill Knecht, Au.D., Robert Asby, M.S. UNITED PENN PLAZA, KINGSTON • 570-714-1551 80923273 80922147 Back Row: James Zeigler, Au.D., Judith Johnston, Au.D. Thank you for selecTing us for The READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Reader’s Choice Award Dr. Jeffery Kile and Dr. Alvaro Reymunde FOR SIX YEARS IN A ROW - Gold and Silver Award Winners -

...Hearing test, aids and protection for the entire family

52 Years of Care! Saturday, March 30, 2019

Hearing tests, aids and protection for the entire family 80922961 570-763-4276 Dallas & Kingston www.afamilyhearingcenter.com 80922968 32 H34 H35 35 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS GOLD WINNERS Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, THE BEST PLACE FOR FAMILY FUN

· Public Skating · In-house League · Birthday Parties · Travel Ice Hockey · Learn to Skate · Junior Ice Hockey · Intro to Ice Hockey · Adult Leagues

· Freestyle Figure Skating · Pro Shop READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Revolution Ice Centre 12 Old Boston Road, Pittston, PA 18640

570-883-1100 • www.revolutionicecentre.com 80922920 Thank you Luzerne County for voting us Revelation Lifestyle & Mobility won for best mobility retail store. Candice Kelly of WBRE-TV was selected best news anchor. Readers selected Jeff Walker best radio personality. gold for: READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ • BEST SEAFOOD • BEST BAR After being in business for only 2 years, we are grateful and proud for the silver award for: • BEST BuRgERS • BEST PlAcE FOR OuTDOOR Dining • BEST SERvER - AnnE MARiE RuShinSki • BEST STEAk • BEST WingS Saturday, March 30, 2019 • BEST chEF - JOhn gOTShAll • BEST PlAcE FOR A FiRST DATE Aimee Dilger photos | Times Leader Cork Bar & Restaurant was honored for having the region’s best martini. The Beaumont Inn was selected the best place for outdoor dining.

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Towing, Truck and Trailer Repair, Tire Service, Accident Clean Up, Heavy Haul, Trailers and Lowboys READERS’CHOICE AWARDS 271 N. Sherman St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 (570) 823-2100 www.falzonestowing.com 80923361 80922918

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Thank You all for being the best clients and friends anyone could ask for. We welcome Spring as we start our 42nd Year of Service in the Great Northeast! Fred Adams | Times Leader Peter Steve is owner and CCO of Ideaworks. By Geri Gibbons | For Times Leader Whether it’s assisting “We adapted to digital mar- existing brands hoping to “We adapted to digital keting and social media,” said YOMING – Ideaworks Marketing is grow their business, support- marketing and social Hansbury. “It’s more digital a strategic marketing agency founded ing manufacturers trying to media. It’s more digital and less traditional.” Thank you for voting us expand their service area or and less traditional.” Chelsey Tupper, director of more than 20 years ago by Peter and creating strategic marketing Donna Hansbury operations and client develop- Gold Winner for Best Judy Steve on the principles of drive, plans for companies focused Ideaworks President and CEO ment, said although digital Draperies & Interiors on overall growth, the agency marketing has provided great Saturday, March 30, 2019 Wdetermination and focus. opportunity to “quickly get team helps clients achieve 4 Marion St. Luzerne, PA selves on thinking outside the Window Treatment Store! The business was originally located in Plym- their goals by carefully plan- the word out,” it has also cre- 570-288-8013 • sewfine.com outh and moved to Wyoming in 2015. Its clients, ning and then implementing box. ated digital “clutter.” “It’s even more important creative strategies. President and CEO Donna however, are from all over the country. It has to do it properly,” she said in Agency employees, self- Hansbury said much has regard to marketing in gen- been picked by Times Leader readers as the best described as an “unconven- changed and much has stayed 80922924 See AGENCY | 42 38 ad agency. tional family,” pride them- the same in the last 20 years. H40 H41 41 THANKS FOR VOTING US BEST SKI SHOP Platinum Winner Thank We, at Medico Industries, Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, you! say thank you to the faithful readers at the Thank you for voting us BEST local chocolate. Times Leader and to everyone who voted for TOP OF THE SLOPE We love our customers! the 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. Ski Snowboard Specialty Shop Best Coffee Shop

80922038A 100 S. Main Street, Downtown Wilkes Barre (570)822-6627 80922067A It is a great honor to be chosen Dr. Sara McGarry and Staff Thanks to all our Friends & Patrons who voted us as the as a Platinum winner and we of Shoemaker Avenue Animal Hospital Best Sports Bar Thanks for your support and for Huge Beer Selection appreciate your support! voting us as one of the Best! New Dinner Menu Weekly Best Veterinarian! Wednesday- Clam Night We are truly grateful and we promise to Thursday - Lobster Night continue to do our best to care for you and More Catering Available and your pets! 1246 Sans Souci Pkwy. Hanover Twp. PA 18706 READERS’CHOICE AWARDS www.MichaelMootzCandies.com 570-823-8272 SARA McGARRY, DVM BREWS BROTHERS 692 Shoemaker Avenue, West Wyoming Sports Bar & Grill phone: 570-693-3196 · fax: 570-693-3411 80923860

email: [email protected] · shoemakervet.com 1705 River Road, Pittston • Open 7 Days • 570-883-0444 80923160 80922359

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Thank You for selecting us as the Best Wedding venue! Saturday, March 30, 2019 80922829 The Barn at Glistening Pond 421 Pine Hill Road, Falls, PA · 570-575-5666 · www.glisteningpond.com 80922418 40 H42 H43 43 Agency From page 39 Thank you eral. “It’s important to for voTing us make sure you stand

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For three generations, Sanitary Bakery has been providing customers with breads, rolls, cakes, and pastries baked fresh and Best Tax Preparer daily. Being recognized as one of the oldest family bakeries in Certified Public Accountants Pennsylvania of nearly 100 years, the Kowalski family contributes their success to quality products and customer loyalty. Saturday, March 30, 2019 Thank you Times Leader Readers for Voting for Us! Phone: 570-288-3201

Hours: 126 E. Ridge Street Closed Monday 1089 Wyoming Avenue Fax: 570-288-3203 Tuesday thru Friday 6am to 7pm Nanticoke, PA Chelsey Tupper, director of marketing communications for Ideaworks, poses inside the company’s Saturday 6:30am to 6pm Wyoming offices. Ideaworks was selected by Times Leader readers as the area’s best advertising Sunday 6:30am to 3pm 570-735-6630 agency. Forty Fort, PA 18704-4002 Email: [email protected] 80922809 80923275 42 H44 H45 45 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS SILVER WINNERS Best Accounting Firm Snyder & Clemente

Best Ad Agency Spark New Business Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, Gerry’s Best Ambulance Service Commonwealth Health IA Emergency Medical Services ZER Best Antique Store PIZ Lark Mountain Marketplace Best Appliance Store Rebennack’s Appliance

Best Architect Thanks to all our loyal Richard Malcolm-C Allen Mullins Architect customers, voters and Best Attorney future customers who MacDonald Law Offices PC Best Auto Dealer made this possible. Bonner Chevrolet READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Best Auto Parts Gerry and Brian Kelly Auto Parts 80923810 80923809 Best Auto Repair Jack Williams Tire & Auto Service Centers

Best Auto Sales Person Joshua Salvaterra, Motorworld Honda Aimee Dilger | Times Leader READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Lark Mountain Marketplace won the silver award for best antique store. Best Bakery Sanitary Bakery Best Bridal Shop Dress Best Cheesesteak Bridal & Prom Boutique Philly’s Phinest Best Bank PNC Bank Best Buffet Best Chef Voted Best Dentist Harvest Buffet John Gotshall - Crabby’s Best Bar Seafood Grill Best Employer Under 50 Employees Senunas’ Bar & Grill Best Burger Crabby’s Seafood Grill Best Childcare Place Best Bartender The Schoolhouse General and Cosmetic Dentistry Olivia Dalbo, Viva Farms Best Butcher Jerry & Son Market Best Chiropractor Same-Day Denture Service Best Bazaar Conway Clinic Dr. Malcom St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Best Cable Conway Xfinity Store by Comcast Dental Implants • Veneers • Family Dentistry Best BBQ Best Chocolate B3Q Smokehouse Best Carpet Store Gertrude Hawk Chocolates Carpet Clearance Outlet, Inc. Melanie Loren J. Grossman D.M.D., F.A.G.D 375 Pierce Street Best Beer Saturday, March 30, 2019 Kingston, PA 18704 Distributor Beer Super Best Casino Best ClothingStore Steven Hippeli D.M.D Mount Airy Casino Resort buka Best Beer Selection 570-283-1130 Beer Super Best Caterer Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Just Fred Custom Catering WELCoMinG nEW PAtiEntS DrLorenGrossman.com Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Services won the silver award for 80922093 best ambulance service. See SILVER | 48 44 H46 H47 47 Thanks for Your Votes! Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday,

American Family Style Restaurant Lenten Menu Available Fridays during Lent.

Serving the Wyoming Valley for 20 Years. All meals are READERS’CHOICE AWARDS freshly cooked to order. 235 S. River St. Plains, PA 18705

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80924035 80922628 46 48 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS Saturday, March 30, 2019 From page45 Silver Henry J.Zielinski Jr. DDS,MAGD Best Employer with Under 50 Best Employer with Over 50 Mohegan Sun Arena atCasey Back Mountain Dance Studio Best EntertainmentBest Venue Gateway One HourCleaners Best Community College Valley Federal Credit Union Best Consignment Shop Best Credit Union Cross GeisingerWyoming Valley Lolliposh Clothing &Gifts J. Madison Wellness Spa Best Computer Repair Dr. Loren J. Grossman Lackawanna College Best Dance Studio Best Dog Groomer Halliday ElectricInc Grateful Roast Cafe Best Convenience and Coffee Roaster Best Coffee Shop Best DryCleaner Best Electrician Computer Planet Medical Center Best Day Spa Day Best King’s College Best College Best Dentist The Beer Deli Store Sheetz Employees Employees Best Deli Paw Spa Plaza shop. Grateful Roast Cafe andCoffee Roaster won thesilver award for best coffee Joey’s Landcare won thesilver award for best coffee landscaper. READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS SILVER WINNERS Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Aimee Dilger | Times Leader H48 Computer Planet won thesilver award for best computer repair. Danko’sFitness AllAmerican Northeastern Eye Institute Kyle McGlynn, Experience Best Ethnic Restaurant Best Fitness Instructor Dr. Patrick C. Kilduff, DO Best Firearms Dealer Best Eyecare Center Best Fitness Facility Best Family Doctor Piestrak’s GunShop CK’s Cantina&Grill Best Filmmaker Robert May Fitness Hugh P. Boyle &Son Funeral Best Fresh Food Market Blue Ridge Trail GolfClub Gerrity’s Supermarket Best Furniture Store Noble Furniture Store Best Garden Center Mattern Flower Shop Best Funeral Home Best Golf Course Dundee Gardens Best Gift Shop Vape Dragon Best Florist Home, Inc. Aimee Dilger | Times Leader See See Silver | 53 Real Estate Inc. 570-501-7575 Best Self Storage Self Best 3 Years inaRow! Reserve online:close2Ustorage.com Call/Text. 570-714-4444 Swoyersville -BerwickWilkesBarrePittston Locations: Thank you for voting us [email protected] Looking toBuy orSe LL, CaMike! present clientsforvoting for me! I wanttothankallmypastand CONTROLLED STORAGE I greatlyappreciateit! CLIMATE I amheretohelp! Call meforallyour Real Estateneeds. Always remember, 80922540 H49 Thank youfor Vo Best s hoe s 570-899-3865 tore! Mike Pinko Call T ing us

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Best Truck Dealer! From Pittston to Tamaqua to the Poconos and everywhere in between, Button Oil and Propane has been providing top quality service and attention only found in a family owned business.

122 S. Main Road READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Mountaintop, PA 18707 249 MARKET STREET,KINGSTON 1-800-474-2645 80922347 80923418 80923752 80922223 Celebrating 570.288.4501 Thank You for Voting READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ A&A Auto the Best Auto Parts Store!

Your Hometown Auto Parts Store Since 1958 Redeem this Coupon In-store • With 18 locations, we have the LARGEST inventory of Aftermarket Accessories, Hard Parts, Chemicals, Wheels and Tires in the region! • Our 5 service locations feature Wheel & Tire Alignments as well as Your Hometown Auto Parts Store $ Since 1958 installations of accessories like Nerf Bars, Performance Exhaust 10 OFF Systems, Cold-Air Intakes, Lift Kits, Tonneau Covers and so much Saturday, March 30, 2019 Your order of $50 or more more! Limit one coupon per invoice. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Offer only good at all • Call today to schedule your next oil change or tire rotation at our A&A Auto locations. Copyright ©2019. All rights reserved. Offer Expires 12/31/2019 Exeter, Moosic, Mt. Bethel, Muncy or Carlisle locations.

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Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, We appreciate Best Granite Store Kennels in Luzerne County! Castillo’s Granite Marble your business Best Grocery Store Schiel’s Family Market and support! Best Hair Salon New Look Salon · Doggie Day Care Best Health Insurance Provider · Training Blue Cross of Northeastern PA

· Grooming Best Hearing Aid Center · Pick-up and Drop Off Service The Hearing Center Best Heating Oil Company Newell Fuel

Best Heavy Equipment READERS’CHOICE AWARDS Company Cleveland Brothers-Wilkes Barre

1325 N River St, Plains, PA 18702 I (570)235-1901 Best Home Builder

80923811 Frank Carey Construction pawsitivepupkennels.com 80922219 Best Home Healthcare Independent Life Home Care & “Wherever you choose to be... choose Independent Life to be with you” Concierge Solutions Aimee Dilger | Times Leader Home is where our heart is... at Best Home Improvement New Look Salon took home the silver award for best hair salon. READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Independent Life Home Care Mitchell’s Lumber INDEPENDENT LIFE we are with you to help you stay Best Italian Food Best Martinis & Concierge Solutions Best Hospital Cork Bar & Restaurant Bistro on the Ave in your home comfortable, safe and independent. Commonwealth Health Wilkes Barre General Hospital Best Jewelry Store Best Mattress Store It is an honor and pleasure to Dunay Jewelers Ashley Furniture serve our clients everyday. Best Hotel RN, LPN, Certified Nursing Assistants, Home Best Western Plus Genetti Hotel Best Kitchen Design Store Best Mexican Restaurant Top Value Kitchens Margarita Azul Health Aides & Companion Support Available. Thank You for Voting for Us. & Conference Center Best HVAC Business Best Landscaper Best Micro Brewery • In Home Care - Private Duty at • Same day surgery support Monk Heating & Air- Joey’s Landcare Breakers Brewing Company Conditioning home, hospital or facility. Best Lasik Surgery Best Mobility Manufacturer • Transitional Support Best Ice Cream Eye Care Specialists Golden Technologies Blue Ribbon Farm Dairy • Personal Care Best Law Firm Best Mobility Retail Store • Skilled Nursing Best Industrial Park Dougherty Leventhal & Price, Flexible Mobility Inc. Center Point LLP

• Transportation Services Best News Anchor Saturday, March 30, 2019 • End of Life Care Best Insurance Provider Best Library Jon Meyer, WNEP Joyce Insurance Group Osterhout Free Library • Concierge Solutions Best Night Club • Disease Specific Support Courtney Price, Gerri Vickers and Best Internet Provider Best Lighting Store River Street Jazz Cafe The Factory 80923459 Mary Thomas Xfinity Store by Comcast Aimee Dilger | Times Leader See Silver | 57 486 S. Mountain Blvd. Mountain Top, PA 18707 | Phone 570-904-8822 | Fax 570-904-8823 | www.independentLifeNEPA.com Frank Carey Construction won the silver award for best home builder. 52 H54 H55 55 Thank You! Thank you To everyone who To all of our loyal patrons that took the time out of their busy schedules to vote for us as voTed us as BesT remodeler!

Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, Best Auto Repair Shop, we are truely humbled. The growth we have experienced over the years is because of customers like you who have faithfully supported our business.

Voted Gold 4 Years In a Row

THANK YOU to our customers and READERS’CHOICE AWARDS everyone who voted. We appreciate your business and your support! 80922864

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All of us at Forty Fort Lube & Service wish to express our sincere appreciation to all of our customers

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ for your loyalty and confidence in our services over the years. We pledge to you our continued very best personal service and truly appreciate your patronage. Forty Fort Lube & Service prides ourselves on the relationships we have built with all of you over the years. We look forward to serving you in the future. Greg Barrouk Larissa Cleary Steve Barrouk Voted Best Auto Repair Shop 1097 Wyoming Avenue Forty Fort Location Only 300 Pierce Street Courtney Brenner Lori Tommaselli Jaime Daney Full Service Gas Hours Gold – Best REALTOR Silver – Best Real Estate Office

Forty Fort • (570) 718-1501 Kingston • (570) 283-1504 Saturday, March 30, 2019 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM Mon. - Fri. 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM “Thank you for your support and voting 33 South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard Saturday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Saturday 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM me Best REALTOR. Looking forward to Wilkes -Barre continuing to serve you.” 570-550-0477 ~ Larissa Cleary Like Us on FaceBook www.fortyfortlube.com 80921835 80923460 54 56 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS Saturday, March 30, 2019 the best treatment and service inNEPA.the besttreatment andservice for votingfor usBestChiropractors 6years inarow! We are proud tocontinue tooffer you Your confidence inourabilitiesisthe highest compliment you give us. can Call UsToday! www.CohenHayduChiro.com 417 Market St., Kingston,PA 283-1011 THANK YOU A sincere H56 Dr. Santina Morreale Dr. RichardCohen, Dr. Aaron Haydu,

80922247 Best Overhead Door Company Best Restaurant for Breakfast Best Place for Outdoor Dining United Methodist Homes Wesley From page53 Silver Chacko’s Family Bowling Center Nahas &Donahue Orthodontics Village CampusBetsy Vannatta Best Nonprofit Organization Best Nursing &Retirement Best Place for aFirst Date Dr. Alvaro G. Reymunde, MD Best Place for Family Fun Rachael Card Photography Best Real Estate Agency Candy’s Place - A Cancer Best Radio Personality Michael Pinko, Lewith & Crabby’s Seafood Grill Crabby’s Seafood Grill Skovish Pools & Spas Best Pool Company Rocky &Lissa, WKRZ Best Photographer Lynn Overhead Door Best Rehab Center Best Orthodontist Gilroy Construction Best Pediatrician Best Remodeler City Brokers LLC BK Construction Wellness Center Just RPierogies Conway Clinic Best Realtor Best Pierogi Best Roofer Michael’s Freeman Home Among other awards, Crabby’s Seafood andGrilltook homethesilver award for best outdoor dining. Fernbrook Self Storage Cork Bar &Restaurant Best Self Storage Best Round Pizza Sabatini’s Pizza READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS SILVER WINNERS Best Seafood Ann MarieRushinski, Crabby’s Sign & T-Shirt Kings Best SignPrinting Penn Lee Footwear Best Shoe Store Seafood Grill Best Server H57 night club. award for best home thesilver Jazz Cafe took The River Street Shogun Japanese Steakhouse,Shogun Japanese Seafood, Hibachi &SushiBar Crabby’s Seafood Grill AImee Dilger photos | Times Leader Best SummerCamp Best TanningSalon Siani’s Dry Cleaning Best Square Pizza Camp Orchard Hill Best Sports Bar Best SubShop Best SkiShop The SkiShack Best Steak Colarusso’s Best Sushi Best Tailor Vino’s Deli III Guys Nicholas Trucking Company, Inc. BestWindow TreatmentStore Budget Blindsof The Wyoming Bartolai Winery &Distribution Best WarehouseOperation Valley Distributing &Storage Shoemaker Avenue Animal Window Worldof Wyoming Pat &Dan’s Delbalso Ford Best WindowCompany Best Used Auto Dealer F.M. Kirby Center for the KostService& Auto Tire Best WeddingPlanner Best T-ShirtPrinting Every Little Thing, LLC Crabby’s Seafood Grill Frank Marcum Motors BestWedding Venue Best TowingService BestPersonality TV Best Theatre Venue Ayers TowingService Best TruckingFirm All-In Custom VapesAll-In Westmoreland Club RyanLeckey, WNEP Best TruckDealer Best TaxPreparer Best Veterinarian Best VapeShop BestStore Tire Performing Arts Mozip SignCo. Best Winery Sun TanCity Best Wings H&R Block

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Orthodontic Specialist Waterfront orthodontics 672 N. River St | Suite 213 Thank You Plains, PA 18705 Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, (570) 825-7583 Thank you for your votes. Best Tailor. For Your Votes!

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Orthodontist READERS’CHOICE AWARDS 2019 Times Leader Readers’ Choice 1120 Highway 315, Plains Township 80923600 570-821-5900 | [email protected] www.waterfrontorthodontics.com VV Cafe315.com 80923722 80923692 B VotEd Thank you To our BEst BEER READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ loyal cusTomers! distRiButoR 6 YEARs in A Row!

Everyone at The Meadows Campus wishes to thank the readers who voted us BEST NURSING / RETIREMENT HOME 12 YEARS IN A ROW!! For 73 years. Family owned We are dedicated to serving our community!

. Skilled Nursing . Independent Living Saturday, March 30, 2019 large selecTion . . oF 6 packs Short Term Rehabilitation Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy and cases. . Personal Care . Respite Stays 63 South Wyoming Ave, Edwardsville Monday - Saturday 9 am - 9 pm The Meadows Manor Meadows Nursing & Rehab Center

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80922886 200 Lake Street, Dallas (570) 675-9336 80922938 58 BEVERAGEB 4 E. Center Hill Rd, Dallas . (570) 675-8600 H60 H61 61 BEST BAKERY: BAKERY DELITE Advanced arms, llc

Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, A Wyoming Valley staple since 1980 By Geri Gibbons | For Times Leader THANK YOU for choosing us as best LAINS firearms dealer six years in a row TWP. – Bakery Since 2005, Advanced Arms, LLC, has provided the area’s best customer experience, service, and out-the-door pricing! Delite Phas been a staple Serving as experienced advisors, we utilize a consultative approach to help our customers find the right firearm on South River and accessories. Sharing knowledge, safe handling, operation, maintenance, and breakdown Street since 1980, are just a few aspects of our award winning approach. offering area resi- dents everything With plenty free onsite parking and a beautiful first floor ADA accessible showroom,

from intricately we invite you to come visit the Advanced Arms difference. READERS’CHOICE AWARDS designed birthday cakes to holiday- themed cookies to ethnic favorites. Entering the front door of the business, customers are inundated with wonderful sights and smells that has them READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ making their way among display cases, trying to decide between a host of homemade baked goods, a delight for both the eye and the palate. Those treats are one of the Fred Adams photos | For Times Leader George Blom, co-owner of Bakery Delite, puts a tray of cookies on a rack. reasons Times Leader readers selected Bakery Delite as the area’s best bakery. George Blom has co- owned the business with Annette and Andrew Kosmach for 39 years. Blom’s father success- fully operated a bakery for 17 years in Philadel- Tues – Friday 11am to 8pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm 570-655-GUNS (4867) phia before coming back Saturday, March 30, 2019 to the Wyoming Valley. 755 S. Township Blvd. Unit 2A, Pittston, PA 18640 www.AdvancedArms.com The bakery was built and opened in the same location as it is today, with several additions Above, racks of cookies at Bakery Delite in Plains Township. At left, the mixing equipment at Bakery Delite in Plains Township. See bakery | 63 80923592 60 H62 H63 63 Thank you for voting us one of the Best Heating Oil Companies ... and Best Self Storage Facilities! Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, newell Fuel Service DALLAS & We carry non- ethanol Gas at FERNBROOK our Convenient Store in Shavertown. SELF STORAGE Family Owned and operated for making storage easy! READERS’CHOICE AWARDS over 57 years • Heating Oil Kerosene Retail and wholesale deliveries • Gasoline-Diesel • Automatic Delivery 1355 Memorial Highway NEW UNITS • Payment Plans shavertown, Pa 18708 Fred Adams | For Times Leader • 24 Hour Emergency Service 570-696-3838 Customers buy fresh baked goods as more are rolled out and placed at Bakery Delite in Plains Township. READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ NOW AVAILABLE offered king cakes, a goods available. VARIOUS SIZES TO FIT ALL YOUR STORAGE NEEDS Bakery round confection deco- Blom, himself, comes rated with purple, green in “late,” at 5 a.m., but From page 60 and yellow sugar topped then often works more with strands of sweet than 12 hours. and improvements. icing. And even though the And although much A favorite during any work is hard and the Keep was the same in the holiday season, Blom hours are long, many CALL TODAY new bakery, the bakery said, are the nut and employees have been adapted and continues to poppy seed rolls, with with the business for FOR GREAT LOW RATES adapt to the needs of its many customers coming decades. Cool customers. back year after year to Sharon Naylor, for “The Italian and Polish pick up the treat to grace example, has been with All Summer Route 309 Dallas community has many tra- their holiday tables. the business for 30 years, ditional favorites around When it comes to and on a recent morning, across from Frontier the holiday,” he said. cakes, the bakery offers still seemed to be thor- GO DUCTLESS! The bakery kicked its customers the choice oughly enjoying piping Ductless Heatpump / Air Conditioning Split System (570) 675-8833 off the current Easter of colors, themes, and of decorations onto a cake. no DuCt Work! no Problem! season, for example, course, height. Blom said the bakery Saturday, March 30, 2019 with pączki, a traditional “We once made a is one of the last family- 1 DAy InStAllAtIon 18 Trout Brook Rd. Dallas Polish favorite and fast- 12-foot cake for a local owned bakeries in the nacht, a diamond-shaped business,” said Blom, Sharon Naylor uses her 30 years of experience to decorate a birthday cake at Bakery Delite in Plains region – one which plans 755 RUTTER AVE. KingsTon off of Lower Demunds Rd. German version of fried indicating that several Township. to continue to respond to ewco 570.696.3831 (570) 675-8833 dough with Pennsylvania bakers and decorators The bakery business, and effort. the doors open in the the needs of its custom- Dutch origins. worked on the cake, he said, requires a great Bakers work through morning, there is an ers and to always provide 570.283.5950 The bakery also HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 80922928 including himself. investment of both time the night so that when ample supply of baked service with a smile. 62 H64 H65 65 Thank you for voting us one of the Thank You Best Places for Family Fun! Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, For Voting Me

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the way to earning www.Facebook.com/Riveroils 80923694 that title. For move information, or The Times Leader has www.etsy.com/shop/Riveroils recognized the widely to shop our products now! known firm as Best Mobility Manufacturer as part of the newspa- per’s Best of TL Readers’ for voting Choice Awards. us as READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ Thank You The company that spe- cializes in power wheel- chairs, mobility scooters one of the Best! and life recliners has four Gerri U.S. regional distribution centers in Tampa, Fla., Bridal Shoppe 570.654.9732 Las Vegas, Pontotoc, Miss., and right here in Memories in Bridal Appointments Preferred Northeastern Pennsyl- 48 South Main Street • Pittston Aimee Dilger | Times Leader vania. Submitted photo the making 80922909 Wyoming Valley Beverage won the plantinum award as best beer distributor. Pride has deep roots Pride Mobility was selected as the best mobility manufacturer by Times Leader readers. in the community, but its new additions could be is lighter weight, more meetings, research and The toughest challenge “We are connected. reach expands globally. ready as soon as 2020. aesthetically pleasing, development. he faces is not falling We’re a family,” said Joseph O’Brien, senior Currently, the local site and more functional than “We use feedback,” into complacency. Truesdale of the com- for decades or longer; Pride also offers engi- vice president of Quan- supports about 700 work- ever before. O’Brien said. “Complacency allows pany’s clients. “We know Thank You Mobility Truesdale herself has neering programs that tum Operations, said ers, but the Pride family He has worked for the competition to catch their first name. We for voting us the been with Pride more have become popular than 16 years. with students from Wil- in the next two years, is ever-expanding. ‘Know their first name’ Pride Mobility for 20 us and results in us let- know their situation. From page 66 the Silver Winner for “Employees should kes University, King’s Pride plans on expand- O’Brien also talked One of the biggest fac- years. For him, the most ting down the users,” They trust us.” From company picnics, never forget how much College, and other sur- Saturday, March 30, 2019 ing its main local plant about the newest prod- tors that goes into mak- rewarding part is “seeing said O’Brien. According to Trues- Best Grocery Store! birthdays, to Christmas by 100,000 square feet. uct from the company ing a superior product users come through the Denise Truesdale, dale, what sets Pride they are appreciated,” rounding schools. The in July events, the com- she said. company offers multiple This addition will feature coming this year, the is consumer advocacy, plant on tours and seeing vice president of Human Mobility apart from its www.schielsmarkets.com pany strives to make a new distribution center Edge 320 Stretto. The according to O’Brien. smiles on their faces.” Resources, says custom- competitors is its pas- In the future, Pride is opportunities for these work pleasant for its hoping to hire craft work- types of internships in plus renovating the pres- company is also intro- As an intricate part of He also notes the good ers frequently thank sion to serve not only its 7 GEORGE AVE. (PARSONS SECTION) staff. WILKES-BARRE • 570-270-3976 ers to breathe new life hopes of helping shape ent site to create the feel ducing a state-of-the-art the company’s success, work environment only Pride for helping restore users, but its employees. Many employees have of a campus. complex rehab seating consumer advocates are increases his satisfaction their mobility and giving into skill sets becoming students into full-time 704 SOUTH MAIN ST., WILKES-BARRE been with the company almost extinct. employees. See MOBILITY | 67 570-970-4460 80923807 66 O’Brien predicts the system. This new system incorporated into plant in doing his job. them a new lease on life. H68 H69 69 Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday,

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So many thanks to everyone who voted us as one of the BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT! Offering the Best Prices, Best Quality, and Best Service! Saturday, March 30, 2019 3rd Generation - In Business for over 93 years 80922084 Mitchell’s Lumber and Fuel Oil 17 Gravity Street, Pittston 570-654-4684 80923348 80923372 68 H70 H71 71 BEST STEAK: RUTH’S CHRIS

Saturday, March 30, 2019 30, March Saturday, Prime food and stellar service By Marcella Kester | For Times Leader The entrance to Ruth’s Chris Steak House was selected LAINS TWP. – If prime food and stellar for the sixth year in service tops your checklist when it comes a row has the best Pto fine dining, then you’ve probably expe- place to get a steak. rienced all that is Ruth’s Chris. The nationally renowned Wyoming Valley would steak house, owned locally by acquire such a delectable din- Metz Culinary Management, ing destination, Massetti said has once again topped the list the decision was simple to in the Times Leader’s Read- make. ers’ Choice Awards. “When the casino “The Metz family along announced it would be com- with our entire staff takes ing to the area over 10 years

pride in being the recipient of ago, the Metz Family knew READERS’CHOICE AWARDS the Platinum Award again this they wanted to be involved year!,” said Ruth’s Chris gen- and be able to offer such an eral manager Mark Massetti amazing restaurant to the of the honor. community,” he explained. Speaking as to how the See STEAK | 71 Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader

Residential Custom Commercial Land Construction Remodeling Projects Development Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader Thank You For Voting Us The dining area at Ruth’s Chris Steak House is complimented by wine cases and a fire place.

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS READERS’ tive chef John Gorrick also be viewed from the Best Ethnic Food! Steak and executive sous chef establishment seven Katrina Bankes bring nights a week. THANK YOU From page 70 decades of expertise All of these factors together to create a FOR YOUR VOTE! “Metz’s community are stellar alone, but involvement, franchisee truly unforgettable over- when combined bring a all experience. experience and food ser- unique – and unforget- vice expertise made this It’s top-notch service carries over onto its table – dining experi- venture the perfect addi- ence that keep bringing tion for the casino.” menu, as well. customers back, Mas- The venue employs From expertly cooked steaks to an unmatched setti noted. Building Lots Now Available! more than 90 individu- als as hosts, bartenders, wine selection, the res- “Our excellent quality Danica Hills In Jenkins Township chefs and servers. All taurant also provides of food and our atten- 1/3 acre to 1 acre lots. Construction to be tentatively completed by end of summer 2019 Lot financing is available employees have earned variety on the menu tion to detail service Authentic Mexican Food Ruth’s Chris training for its patrons through is what people have 63 A Gerald Ave., Dallas, PA 18612 certifications and con- seasonal menu’s like to come to expect and rank tinue to complete quar- the Ruth’s Classic and appreciate from us,” he happy hour specials. Saturday, March 30, 2019 F Where High Quality terly certifications. said. “We continue to Is The Standard Perhaps equally as The venue also plays Eat-In / Take Out arey evolve our dining expe- important as the food hosts to private dining C Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader rience, including a full Open 7 days a week 11am - 9pm itself, a restaurant’s ser- for up to 150 guests, onstruction, Inc. Jennifer Kresge, of Cunningham, pours a blue martini at Ruth’s Chris in Plains Township. renovation and addition All Items on our Menu are Made Fresh to vice can easily make or off-site catering and C For instance, Mas- knowledge and has led him, certified Somme- 2 years ago to accom- Order and May Take a Little Extra Time. break a patron’s experi- special events. 570-655-2374 setti carries more than the establishment for lier and beverage man- modate our expanding 80922081 Thank You For Your Patience. ence – and Ruth’s Chris If that wasn’t enough, www.frankcareyconstruction.com 80923773

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