West Pittston Police Department

PARKING RESTRICTIONS DUE TO SNOWSTORM: This is a message from West Pittston Borough. Due to the impending snowstorm, there will be parking restrictions borough wide. The parking restrictions go in effect, today, January 31, 2021, at 8:00 pm, and ending on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at 6:00 am. The following restrictions will be in effect. No parking on Wyoming Avenue. Parking will be prohibited throughout the borough on all streets on the odd side of the street on January... 31 and February 1, and no parking on the even side on February 2. The odd and even side is determined from the numeric numbers of the addresses. Also, all recycling will be suspended this week and will resume to regular schedule next week. We are asking all residents to please utilize your driveways so the West Pittston DPW can properly remove the snow. Please refrain from throwing or placing any snow back in the roadway as it is a violation of a borough ordinance. Any questions please feel free to messages us. Thank you and please stay safe.

We would like to thank Fidelity Bank for their lunch donation to the police department today. We appreciate the kind thoughts and support from them and everyone!

Great job to the Pittston City Police Department, the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Luzerne County Detectives Division and all the local, state and federal agencies who worked diligently to apprehend Folweiler. Most importantly, great job to the two Pittston City Police Officers who made it home safe to their families.

https://www.citizensvoice.com//article_8c4fed06-3dc1-569c- This incident remains under further investigation and additional charges may be forthcoming pending the result of the investigation.

UPDATE: Susquehanna River Flood Event The Susquehanna River crested at 25.5 feet as of approximately 11:00 am. Susquehanna Avenue is still closed but will be opening within the next hour. We will post once all roads are open. ... We would like to thank the Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency, West Pittston EMA along with Jim Brozena for working around the clock and updating us as they receive the information. Our main priority was to keep our residents safe and to keep them up to date on the level of the river. Thank you and please stay safe!

Susquehanna Avenue is open to all traffic. Thank you!

This is a message from the West Pittston Police Department. Susquehanna Avenue from Second Street to Luzerne Avenue is closed to all traffic at this time, and will remain closed until further notice. Updates pertaining to the road closure will be posted on the West Pittston Police Facebook page. Please use an alternate route. Thank you and stay safe.

UPDATE: December 25, 2020 @ 17:45 hours. Susquehanna River Flood Event: This is a message from West Pittston Emergency Management Agency. This is an update to the Susquehanna River Flood event. The current prediction from the National Weather Service, as of 5:00 pm today, is for the Susquehanna River to crest at 30.4 feet, in Wilkes Barre, early Saturday morning around 6:00 am, December 26. At the predicted water level, properties on Susquehanna Avenue from York Avenue to E...rie Street may be affected. Please check the West Pittston Borough website for details or follow the West Pittston Police Facebook page for further details and the possibility of road closures. Also, you can find a copy of the links to web pages pertaining to the Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency on both pages. We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Thank you and please stay safe. See more

Susquehanna River Flood Event Update: We are expecting a Susquehanna River Flood event to affect the West Pittston Borough today. The current prediction from the National Weather Service is for the Susquehanna River to crest at 30.4 feet in Wilkes Barre early Saturday morning around 6:00 am. At the predicted water level properties on Susquehanna Ave from York Ave to Erie Street may be affected. Please go to https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/inundation/index.php ... where you can click on the hydrograph to see the time and level of the predicted river levels and the inundation mapping where you can see what properties will be effected. You can also check the West Pittston Borough Website for details. Other links: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/inundation/index.php https://www.luzernecounty.org/191/Emergency-Management Thank you and please stay safe!

The members of the West Pittston Police Department would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas today. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday today!