Area codes 570 and 272 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northeast quadrant of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the cities or towns of Scranton,Wilkes-Barre,Williamsport,Stroudsburg,East Stroudsburg,Pittston,Carbondale,Hazleton,Clarks Summit,Towanda,Bloomsburg,Sayre,Tunkhannock,Berwick,Milford,Montrose,Honesdale,Pocono Pines,Nanticoke,Tamaqua,Shavertown,Dallas,Mahanoy City,Sunbury,Jim Thorpe,and as far south as Pottsville and as far west as Lock Haven.
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest,commonly referred to as Lehigh Valley Hospital,is a hospital located at 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown,Pennsylvania. It is the largest hospital in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania,and the third-largest hospital in the state after UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
David Max Baer was an American judge who served as a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from the time of his election in 2003 until his death in 2022. He was elevated to the court's most senior position,chief justice,in 2021.
Debra McCloskey Todd is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Prior to her election to the Supreme Court in 2007,she served as a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 2000 through 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Mauree A. Gingrich is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 101st District.
Statewide primary elections for various state offices were held in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on May 15,2007. Pennsylvania's general elections were then held statewide on November 6,2007.
Pennsylvania held statewide municipal elections on November 3,2009,to fill a number of judicial positions and to allow judicial retention votes. The necessary primary elections were held on May 19,2009.
Susan Peikes Gantman was a senior judge and president judge emeritus of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. She has been described by historians as "a tireless advocate on behalf of children and other victims of abuse."
Jeanette F. Reibman was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district from 1969 to 1994. She also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Northampton County district from 1955 to 1966.
Frederick H. Hobbs is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,serving as a Republican from 1967 to 1976.
Helen D. Gillette was a small business executive who became a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She represented Pennsylvania's 31st district for six terms from 1969 to 1978.
Correale F. Stevens is an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from June 2013 to January 2016.
The 1992 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 3,1992. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arlen Specter narrowly won re-election to a third term,garnering just forty-nine percent of the vote in what was described by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a "massive turnout for Bill Clinton."
Doris A. Smith-Ribner is a former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.
Sallie Updyke Mundy is a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and a former judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
Cheryl Lynn Allen became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. A Pittsburgh native and former Pittsburgh public school teacher,Judge Allen is a graduate of Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 3,2015,to fill judicial positions,to fill a vacancy in the Pennsylvania State Senate,to allow judicial retention votes,and to fill numerous county,local and municipal offices.
Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 7,2017,to fill judicial positions on the Supreme Court,Superior Court,and the Commonwealth Court,to allow judicial retention votes,and to fill numerous county,local and municipal offices.
Susie Monroe was a teacher,dressmaker and beauty salon owner who was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1948.
Tarah Dorothea Probst is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 189th District since 2023.
