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Residents call for halt to Kirby Park encampment sweeps after short notice removal
Summary
Speakers criticized a recent sweep of a homeless encampment in Kirby Park as inhumane and urged the city to pause sweeps and disclose contractor spending; council offered no immediate reversal but heard multiple pleas.
Speakers at Wilkes‑Barre City Council’s public discussion urged a pause on homeless encampment sweeps after city contractors cleared an encampment in Kirby Park earlier the same day.
Anthony Farah and April Fowler told council members that the sweep provided only short notice and left residents of the encampment with insufficient time and support to secure belongings or find alternatives. Farah said the people affected were given just two or three days’ notice for a sweep that had earlier been postponed because…
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