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Hardscrabble Hazleton, Pa., plays unique role in Cubs' World Series push

HAZLETON, Pa. - A sliding door inside Cusat's Café separates the restaurant from the bar, where smoking is allowed, pizza is "pitz" and a can of cold Yuengling is $1. The mayor, who had to give up ownership of the place once he took office, lives upstairs. He grew up there and lived in three other spots around the block before returning for good. "I moved four times," Jeff Cusat said, "and the view out my front window never changed."

On Wednesday night shortly before 8 p.m., start time of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers, Ann Marie Kaschak sat at one end of the bar.