Beyond the city limits
BILL O ’ BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com

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Lou Barletta will begin serving his third term as mayor of Hazleton in January after winning re-election Nov. 6 with 89 percent of the vote.
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HAZLETON – A postcard that hangs in the mayor’s office shows a team of German shepherds watching as a brave little kitten strides by. The caption recites Psalm 23: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.â€