Luzerne County Head Start held a ceremony to dedicate its Beekman Street Center in Wilkes-Barre to longtime executive director Lynn Evans Biga.

Biga retired last month after 46 years of service to LCHS, with 35 spent as executive director. Under her leadership in 1994, LCHS purchased the Beekman Street Center, making it the first program in Region III to buy its own building. So, it was only fitting to the LCHS Board of Directors that in honor of Lynn’s legacy, the building would bear her name.

Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski presented Biga with a citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Head Start children decorated the covering for the new sign with their handprints and sang for the crowd. Leadership Northeast donated a tree in recognition of Biga’s career, which will be planted outside of the center.

By Brooke Williams, Community Advocate