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The primary election dispute over votes cast in Carbon and Schuylkill counties in the race for nominations for the Hazleton Area School District board of school directors will not be heard in either county.

Judges in Schuylkill and Carbon have signed orders transferring the matter to Luzerne County. Schuylkill President Judge William E. Baldwin and Carbon Judge Joseph J. Matika have both signed orders transferring the matter.

A nineteenth century watch has fetched $2.25 million at an auction in New York.

That was the astonishing price the Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication watch sold for at the Important Watches sale held last week at Christie's Auction House, NY.

A gold open-face minute repeating perpetual calendar of split seconds chronograph clock watch, with grande and petite sonnerie and moon phases, the Patek Phillippe Grand Complication No. 97912 was the most expensive watch Christie's has ever sold, and the highest-priced watch at auction this year.

A Weissport resident asked members of council to explain the town's burning ordinance.

"I don't want to be a bad neighbor," said Lynette Moyer. "But my neighbor just put in an outdoor burning area right outside my living room window."

Moyer was told by Gene Kershner, council president, that a person cannot burn in Weissport unless they have 25 feet from a neighboring property line. And then it must have a cover over the flames to prevent flying debris.

Kershner referred Moyer to contact the police officer.

"The first time they burn, I will," she said.

Relay participants and volunteers will be celebrating 20 years during this weekend's Tamaqua and surrounding communities Relay For Life. The 24 hour event will start at 2 p.m. Friday and end 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Lansford stadium.

The first Tamaqua Relay started at the Mahoning Valley Farmer's Market in 1993, and since then has raised over $1 million.

This year's relay theme is "Color a Cure." Teams are encouraged to decorate their tent sites with colors and information that corresponds to their chosen type of cancer. Members are also asked to dress in colored costumes.