SCRANTON — The only medical marijuana dispensary in Lackawanna County is among the first in Pennsylvania set to sell the drug in dry leaf form.

Starting Wednesday, 16 dispensaries across the state are cleared to begin selling it, including Columbia Care along North Keyser Avenue in Scranton.

Patients may not smoke it. Instead, they are only permitted to use a vaporizer.

Twelve more dispensaries, including Justice Grown Pennsylvania in Edwardsville, are to have the medication on Aug. 8.

Dry leaf is cheaper than other products such as oils and pills, and state officials cleared it for medical use to help lower patient costs.

— JON O’CONNELL

SCRANTON — The state prison sentence handed down to a former Factoryville man for threatening to kill his estranged wife and her parents will stand.

Lackawanna County President Judge Michael J. Barrasse on Monday refused to change the sentence of seven years, nine months, to 16 years of incarceration plus 33 years of probation he imposed on Joshua John Skivington on June 26, denying a petition for reconsideration after a brief hearing.

Skivington, 28, was arrested in September 2016 after investigators say he stole a minivan from family members at gunpoint in Wyoming County after hours of heavy drinking and told them he planned to murder his estranged wife, Kristen, and her parents.

Skivington’s family alerted authorities, who apprehended him not far from his wife’s workplace in Dickson City. Police found a loaded .38-caliber revolver and .22-caliber rifle along with additional ammunition for both weapons inside the van.

On March 21, Skivington pleaded guilty to terroristic threats, carrying a firearm without a license, recklessly endangering another person, fleeing police, burglary and simple assault. Prosecutors dropped several other charges, including multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder.

A contrite Skivington told Barrasse he could hardly find the words to express how remorseful he is for his actions. He also knows he cannot take back what happened, he said.

“I can assure you nothing like this will ever happen again,” he said, telling the judge he now understands he must address his mental health issues if he wants to remain sober.

He asked Barrasse to consider a lesser sentence to allow him to be a father to his son, a son to his parents and to give back to the people who have been there for him.

“I’m sure I’ll never make it up, but I’ll do my best,” Skivington said.

In denying the petition, Barrasse cited the escalating violence in Skivington’s behavior and said the sentence imposed last month was appropriate to protect society.

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SCRANTON — The state Department of Environmental Protection plans to spray for mosquitoes this week in parts of Moosic and Scranton.

Truck mounted spray equipment will work Wednesday spraying the pesticide Duet at a rate of 1 ounce per acre, according to the DEP. The pesticide is designed to effectively control adult mosquito populations. Work is to begin late in the evening. A rain date is scheduled Thursday.

Certain mosquito species carry West Nile virus, a disease that leads to encephalitis, or brain inflammation. People can slow mosquito breeding by removing standing water, where mosquitoes lay their eggs, from around their homes and businesses.

— JON O’CONNELL

SCRANTON — With finances in better shape today than at any other time since 1992, the city is on track for a successful exit from state Act 47 oversight within two years, the recovery coordinator told council today.

Still, challenges remain — notably some pending, big-ticket lawsuits that could blow big holes in budgets and require tax increases down the road, said Pennsylvania Economy League Executive Director Gerald Cross.

But these lawsuits filed by residents seem far from resolutions and won’t preclude a successful exit from Act 47 “sooner rather than later,” Cross said.

The city has turned the corner from its fiscal-cliff crisis of 2012, when the city had payless paydays and teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, he said. Mayor Bill Courtright and the current and immediate-past councils have implemented a complete reversal in the city’s financial condition, Cross said.

“The (annual budget) gap is not as big as it was. The gap is manageable. The gap is in the realm of normal city operations for Pennsylvania,” Cross said.

The exit plan is silent on pending big-ticket lawsuits because they “don’t have an impact just yet,” he said.

A lawsuit claiming the city annually violates a state cap on Act 511 taxes by many millions “strikes at the heart of city revenues,” Cross said.

Another suit claims sewer-sale proceeds were improperly disbursed. A third lawsuit claims the annual $300 trash fee is arbitrary and excessive. Any of these cases resulting in a big budget hole would mean the city likely would have to cut expenditures or raise taxes, most likely property taxes, Cross said.

Other areas of concern include:

n Lackawanna County’s outdated reassessments subject the city to levy real estate taxes under an “outdated and inequitable” system. PEL urges the city to continue pushing for the county to do a reassessment.

n The city still must create a stormwater management system and impose a fee to pay for it. A stormwater study is underway.

n Legacy costs will continue to rise. But it’s not realistic to expect that costs won’t ever rise. Managing increases is the key, and PEL has faith in the city to do so.

“Being on council as long as I have, this is by far the most positive report financially that we’ve received from PEL,” council President Pat Rogan said. “I’m grateful for the amount of progress that we’ve made. I’m sure others and the newspaper will probably harp on the areas of concern. But, all in all, the city has made tremendous progress over the last number of years.”

Looking ahead, the city will continue to work on replacing the punitive, much-despised business privilege/mercantile taxes with a broader based payroll tax. This tax swap, a tool allowed under Act 47, must be completed before the city sheds the distress designation, or it no longer becomes an option for the city.

“It’s a matter of taking advantage of your opportunities where you find them now. It’s not a ‘ship is sinking’ exercise. It’s not a ‘plugging the dike’ exercise,” Cross said. “It’s really an opportunity now to take advantage of the status of Act 47.”

After exiting Act 47, the city also may continue imposing a tripled Local Services Tax of $156 a year on most anyone who works in the city, so long as the pension system remains financially distressed, he said. The city won’t need court approval each year for the $152 LST after an Act 47 exit, Cross said.

The PEL exit plan, adopted by the city in June 2017, aimed to have the city successfully erase the distressed label within three years. The exit plan says that while Scranton made significant recovery progress in the prior three years, the city still needs continued PEL oversight, “to moderate the impact of the city’s legacy costs on its annual operating budget and improve the city’s ability to achieve long-term financial sustainability.”

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A 27-year-old Lackawanna County Prison inmate found dead at the facility Friday afternoon committed suicide, county coroner Tim Rowland said in an email tonight.

Ryan Lynady, 27, of Taylor, was found hanging in his cell at about 3 p.m. Friday, Rowland said. Emergency medical personnel responded to the prison to try to resuscitate an unresponsive Lynady. Medical personnel took him to Geisinger Community Medical Center, where he died in the emergency room at 3:55 p.m.

Scranton police and the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.

Check back for updates.

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President Donald Trump will arrive Thursday in Wilkes-Barre Twp. at a critical time for U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta’s Senate campaign.

The only independent polls so far have shown Barletta, the Hazleton Republican, trailing Sen. Bob Casey, the Scranton Democrat, by double digits. Barletta’s campaign lags badly in the crucial campaign money race, he shuffled its top staff recently and none of the major congressional race rating services give him much of a chance.

Barletta could use a jolt, and Trump’s fifth visit to Northeast Pennsylvania in a bit more than two years could provide one. It follows Vice President Mike Pence stumping and raising money for Barletta last Monday in Philadelphia.

“The polls have not been looking good,” said E. Fletcher McClellan, a political science professor at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County. “He’s way underfunded compared to the war chest that Sen. Casey has and he’s tied himself very closely to Trump. As much as Trump can be loyal to anybody, Barletta was an early supporter, and I think he wants to give him a boost.”

The president’s rally is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, ironically, a venue named partly after Bob Casey’s father, the late Gov. Robert P. Casey, who provided half the state funding to build it. Trump spoke at two raucous rallies there during the 2016 presidential campaign, but he might especially relish backing Barletta and perhaps needling Casey in a building named after the senator’s father.

“I think he clearly sees an opportunity (for a Barletta victory) in Pennsylvania so that’s why he’s coming,” said David Jackson, a spokesman for Barletta’s campaign. “I think this is a great opportunity for us to set the stage for us going into the fall.”

It is.

A sitting president campaigning for a Senate candidate of his party is hardly unusual, but it hasn’t happened much in Northeast Pennsylvania — at least not lately. President Barack Obama never campaigned locally for House or Senate candidates. Neither did President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, or President Bill Clinton, who stumped for Joe Sestak’s 2010 Senate campaign at Scranton High School not long after he left office.

They didn’t really need to come. Northeast Pennsylvania and the state long had entrenched House members — the late Rep. Joe McDade and Rep. Paul Kanjorski, for example — and Senate members — Sen. Arlen Specter and Sen. John Heinz, both now deceased — who, election after election, faced only token opposition in uncompetitive races.

The last sitting president who campaigned in Northeast Pennsylvania for a congressional candidate was President George W. Bush, who showed up at Keystone College in October 2006, to support incumbent Republican Rep. Don Sherwood. Amid a personal scandal, Sherwood faced a tough test from Democratic political science professor Chris Carney.

Sherwood lost; Carney won.

It wasn’t a presidential visit, but Vice President Joe Biden stumped in 2010, in Dickson City for Carney, who faced a stiff test against Republican former U.S. Attorney Tom Marino.

Carney lost, Marino won.

Big guns showing up don’t always translate into victory.

Nonetheless, Barletta can use the help. The independent polls so far — one each by Franklin & Marshall College, The Morning Call/Muhlenberg College and Suffolk University — had Barletta trailing by 15 to 17 percentage points. That’s certainly a key reason the major trackers of congressional races give him little chance. The Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rate the race as “likely Democratic,” while Sabato’s Crystal Ball calls it a “safe Democratic” seat.

Last week, Barletta shook up his campaign a bit. He brought in a veteran hand who consulted on his 2010 congressional campaign, Vince Galko, as a general consultant and Rick Santorum presidential campaign staffer Matt Beynon as communications director. He also announced his former congressional office press secretary and 2016 congressional campaign manager, Jon Anzur, as campaign manager. Galko and Beynon grew up in Lackawanna County.

Trump shook up his campaign a couple of times.

“It’s not unusual,” McClellan said. “It’s not ideal, but there’s a history of successful candidates who have rebooted and gotten a new message or a new strategy.”

Trump’s visit could also signal to potential donors that he’s all in on Barletta, who really needs more money.

“Absolutely. He thinks that his support is like a magic charm,” McClellan said. “It will energize the faithful and get some money and get some urgency back into the campaign.”

Casey’s campaign had $9.88 million in cash left at the end of June to Barletta’s $1.55 million, according to their latest quarterly campaign finance report, levels virtually identical to their previous reports filed in late April.

Trump also feels loyalty toward Barletta, who has acted nothing if not loyal to the president. They grew close after Barletta became one of the first congressmen to endorse Trump. Barletta stumped for him relentlessly and advised his campaign in Pennsylvania, which Trump won, the first time a Republican won the state since the first President Bush in 1988.

Trump even interviewed Barletta for a Cabinet post — Barletta said the president offered secretary of labor. When Barletta didn’t jump, Trump moved on, but the president called him personally and encouraged his Senate bid.

Barletta has staunchly supported Trump’s policies, including defending the president’s highly controversial policy of separating parents and children seeking to enter the United States from Mexico.

“Barletta is hoping to take advantage of the enthusiasm that Trump generated during the 2016 campaign,” said Thomas J. Baldino, a political science professor at Wilkes University, who expects another Trump visit this fall. “Barletta’s big challenge will be to have the voters who came out for Trump come out for him.”

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SCRANTON — A plug last week for a Scranton fundraiser in their weekly Jewish newspaper caught Vestal, New York, couple Jeff and Ruth Shapiro’s attention.

Word of the Jewish Discovery Center’s annual Jewish Food Festival this week at Nay Aug Park in Scranton appeared near the top of the front page of The Reporter, the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton’s weekly paper, Jeff Shapiro said, sounding surprised.

With empty plates between them, the two sat with Ruth Shapiro’s sister and her husband, Mania and David DeLeon, who live in Susquehanna near the New York border.

The foursome traveled about an hour to share a little bit of everything — the stuffed cabbage roll, the falafel, the sweet noodle kugel. They had potato knish, a Moroccan burger and apple strudel.

“We tried it all,” Mania DeLeon said.

It’s the festival’s first year back at Nay Aug after four years under tents outside PNC Field in Moosic.

Rabbi Benny Rapoport, the Discovery Center’s director, said relocating gives them more room to spread out, a pavilion to work under and easy access to electricity.

“Nay Aug is a beautiful treasure for Scranton, and I think more people should know about it,” he said as he swapped out a full trash bag for an empty one. Meanwhile, volunteers filled orders under the pavilion for a steady stream of customers.listed 100

Nay Aug also gives them more time. The food festival runs for five days, its longest ever.

“Rabbi has a habit of stepping up at each affair,” David DeLeon said, chuckling. “He’s got to go always a little bit higher, a little bit bigger.”

He and Mania DeLeon got to know Rapoport when his mother was a patient at Allied Services but wanted to keep kosher. They discovered the Discovery Center in Waverly Twp., which sells kosher meals throughout the week. The DeLeons have come to the festival every year since.

Up in the bandstand, a punk rock cover band chugged out the last few chords of a song by Blink 182, not music you’d expect at a Jewish festival, at least not at this one. The Nay Aug summer concert series happened the same day.

“I don’t mind,” Rapoport said, grinning as he shook loose a fresh garbage bag and started on the next trash can. He saw where colliding cultures shared common ground. “It brings people together.”

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If you go

The Jewish Food Festival continues for lunch and dinner today through Thursday.

Times: Lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; dinner, 4 to 7 p.m.

Where: Nay Aug Park, 500 Arthur Ave., Scranton

Details: visit jewishfoodfest.com.

July 31, 1918

Ex-Minooka man takes over wires

David J. Lewis, a former Minooka resident, was picked to be the new director of operations of the nation’s telephone and telegraph system. The new position came about as part of the federal government takeover of the communication system because of the war.

Lewis settled in Minooka at the age of 11 after running away from home following the death of his mother. He would find work as a breaker boy. By 16, he was a contract miner locally. Four years later, he began working at a fireclay mine in Maryland.

In Maryland, he became a labor delegate and studied law. After serving in the Maryland state Senate, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1910.

Police issue

warning for loafers

Public Safety Director Arthur Davis issued an order to the Scranton Police Department that another roundup of loafers would be taking place soon. The new order gave the police the authority to arrest chronic idlers on sight.

Mayor Alex Connell said of the new order, “There will be no warning, no time allowed for looking around for work, because there is so much work to be done and so many places where work is open that men who sincerely want work do not have to spend any time looking for it.”

City doctor cited

for gallantry

Dr. Daniel Berney of Spruce Street, Scranton, was awarded the British Military Cross for gallantry in the battlefield. Berney rescued wounded soldiers during fighting between March 21 and 26. In the process, Berney was shot in the thigh and foot, and another bullet grazed his knee.

He was recovering from his injuries at Prince of Wales Hospital in London.

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SCRANTON ­— High schooler Mollie Helstrom was looking for something to do this summer, so she decided to help fix a stranger’s home.

The 14-year-old from Reading stood on the porch of Joan Holmes’ Scranton home on Monday, mixing white paint for the upstairs walls.

Helstrom is among approximately 120 volunteers from around the state repairing Lackawanna County homes as part of NeighborWorks Week.

Hosted by nonprofit NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania, the five-day annual event provides 20 modest-income homeowners with free home repairs, including interior and exterior painting, porch repairs and wheelchair ramp construction.

NeighborWorks partners with Group Cares, a mission trip organizer, to gather volunteers for the week. The volunteers pay fees for their trips, which, along with state grants, fund the project. Homeowners, selected by application or referral, are primarily elderly individuals with incomes that fall at or below 80 percent of Lackawanna County’s median household income, according to Todd Pousley, NeighborWorks’ community revitalization manager.

Holmes, 86, said that if it weren’t for this program, she would most likely need to move out. Volunteers at her house are painting, and installing a security light, a shower grab bar and railings on the staircases.

“The greatest benefit for me is that I can stay here. They’re making it safer for me,” Holmes said, noting the peeling paint in the kitchen and on the porch.

Pousley said the goal of this week is for Holmes and the other homeowners to worry less about home repairs and live more comfortably, safely and independently.

Holmes is grateful for the time the volunteers dedicate to repairing her home, but Mollie and her fellow volunteers are grateful for such a humbling opportunity.

“It’s a good feeling to help a stranger,” Mollie said. “This shows us that we’re really lucky that we can do this for those who can’t.”

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SCRANTON — A city man is accused of assaulting a woman with a baseball bat Saturday night.

Officers arrested Michael Midgley, 46, 321 Christ Court, after responding there for a report of an assault. A witness told police Midgley hit Amanda Mitschele in the head and thigh with a baseball bat and struck her with his hands, police said. Mitschele had bruises on her hands and face and scratches on her neck, police said.

Police charged Midgley with attacking another woman with a baseball bat in 2012. He was sentenced to state prison related to those charges, court documents indicate.

Midgley is charged with aggravated assault and related counts and held in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $115,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.

— CLAYTON OVER

SCRANTON — The biggest gripe among the city’s “hidden population” sounds a lot like what the rest complain about.

They loathe the cracked and busted roads.

A research team who surveyed Scranton’s Spanish-speaking citizens as part of a targeted community health needs assessment found when it comes to transportation needs, most have harsh words for road conditions.

The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine kicked off ongoing research on the social, economic and health needs of people who don’t typically respond to surveys. Transportation is often a barrier to getting health care.

The government requires health institutions, particularly hospitals, to run community health assessments, but those tend to be broad and can’t dig deep when pockets of the population don’t respond, said Ida Castro, the school’s chief diversity officer.

Last year, the medical school was awarded $3.4 million in federal grants through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Center of Excellence award program, which funded the research.

“Our ability as a school of medicine, our ability as a center of excellence, our ability to engage our own students and do a deep dive to better understand the health care needs of a particular community … will enable us to really look at our commitment of service, at our commitment as professionals, on how to develop strategies that will turn those concerns ... around,” Castro said. “That’s probably the most important thing we can do.”

Spanish speakers, out of fear of scrutiny on their citizenship status or because of the language barrier, seldom respond when approached for a survey, hence the “hidden population” label and their underrepresented needs in data collection.

To start, the team, which includes undergraduates, first-year medical students and high school students, many of them who speak Spanish, set up a booth at the South Side Farmers Market.

A large segment of the city’s Spanish speakers live in South Scranton, but after two weeks, the students found they weren’t going deep enough.

“We actually noticed that the population there wasn’t our targeted population,” said Erik Gamarra, 25, of North Arlington, New Jersey, a first-year medical student. Vendors at the farmers market sold specialty goods at higher prices geared more toward affluence. Few catered specifically to Latinos, they said.

The group spent a month designing identical surveys in English and Spanish and relied on a number of translators to ensure both produced consistent data. Still, the same questions curiously summoned different answers depending on language.

For example, one question asked: “Do you think people in your community need help getting healthy food like fresh fruit and vegetables?”

More than 80 percent of those who answered in English answered “yes,” while less than half, 48 percent, of those who answered in Spanish said “no.”

Just how the same question in two languages produced two vastly different responses remains unclear.

Brian Piper, Ph.D., a neuroscientist who is helping lead the project, suggested some communities may have better access to healthy foods. Another explanation might be that some communities are less aware of what food is healthy for them.

United Neighborhood Centers, a social services organization with offices in South Scranton that offers citizenship and English language coaching classes, helped them get even deeper when they allowed research students to sit in on classes and pitch their surveys afterward.

“They need to feel safe, otherwise they are not going to open arms to you ... they will try to avoid you,” said first year medical student Fedor Cabrera, 34. He’s from South Florida, and a native Spanish speaker.

After the farmers market, they took to the streets, he said, visiting businesses and even approaching some people sitting on their front porches.

“If you saw someone on the street that looked Latino,” the group would ask them to participate, he said.

Using those techniques, they found, was more representative of the group they wanted to study, Gamarra said.

The team is still breaking down data culled from 60 people who responded, and, now that they have a strategy, they hope to build on the survey and answer new questions. They want their research to inform public health policy in Northeast Pennsylvania and beyond.

“We’re very excited by the beginnings of this project,” Castro said. “Our intention is to be locally relevant, but also have a national impact.”

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

■ Paul Wilson Dunbar, Attica, N.Y., and Susan Roberts Reilly, Covington Twp.

■ Nicole Marie Marzani and Kevin Chester Lewis, both of Clarks Summit.

■ Amy Elizabeth Yarros and Anthony B. Matuska, both of Dunmore.

■ Joshua Christopher Heffner, Northumberland, and Abigail Marie Mappes, Clarks Summit.

■ Dustin Patrick Carney and Spring Lee Conklin, Carbondale.

■ Mallorie Nowakowski and Jeremy Matthew Pryal, both of Throop.

■ Britani Michele Barletta and Joshua James Padden, both of Scranton.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

■ Allen M. and Joyce Cornell Papp, Clarks Summit, to Lindelou Strain, Clarks Summit; a property at 1402 Summit Pointe, Scranton, for $75,000.

■ William Wayne Love, also known as Wayne Love, administrator of the estate of Dave Love, also known as David S. Love, Park Ridge, N.J., to Lewis B. Sare, trustee of the Lewis B. Sare Revocable Trust, Delray Beach, Fla.; a property at 204 Debbie Drive, Scranton, for $92,500.

■ Rushmore Loan Management Services, attorney-in-fact for U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, Calif., to Vladimir Prots, Scranton; a property at 405 Harrison Ave., Scranton, for $32,500.

■ David and Karla Fleury, Luzerne County, to Susan Glinsky, Throop; two parcels at 500 Short St., Throop, for $122,450.

■ Frank S. and Stacie Hutchinson to Michael J. Nardella; a property at 109 Sunset Road, Roaring Brook Twp., for $125,000.

■ Lucille Toole, Pittston Twp., to Kerie G. Mecca, Old Forge; a property at 131 S. Keyser Ave., Taylor, for $90,000.

■ Lindelou Strain, Clarks Summit, to Alan D. and Beth L. Roby, San Diego; two parcels on Haven Lane, Clarks Summit, for $199,550.

■ Merrie and Richard J. Ruane, Roaring Brook Twp., and Leah Levin, New York, to Alfred Jr. and Grete M. Silvi; a property at 736 Theodore St., Scranton, for $66,000.

■ Edward M. and Christine A. Kane, Abington Twp., to Gurkaramjit Khaira and Amandeep Kaur, Olean, N.Y.; a property at 104 Morningside Drive, Waverly Twp., for $635,000.

■ Jerome Liuzzo and Jill A. Ball-Liuzzo, Pennsylvania, to Igor Georgievsky, Pennsylvania; a property in Jermyn for $410,000.

■ Brian J. and Jaime M. Litts, Clarks Green, to Arthur J. Jordan III and Alysha L. Marzani, Scranton; a property at 281 Short Hill Ave., Clarks Green, for $175,000.

■ Lauren R. Brostoski to Caitlyn Rae and Daniel Rivero; a property at 198 Coppernick St., Throop, for $181,500.

■ John Kretch, Scranton, and Elizabeth Bowen, West Hempstead, N.Y., to Laureen Helen Sheypuk, Beavercreek, Ohio; a property at 1729 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, for $252,500.

■ Edward R. and Karen K. O’Hara, Olyphant, to Mark E. and Nicole Yazinski, Throop; a property at W. Palm St., Olyphant, for $214,000.

■ Nicholas and Audra Gillette, Dunmore, to Throop Holdings LLC, Dunmore; a property at 1202 Marshwood Road, Throop, for $100,000.

■ Jennifer Pappas to Mary Elizabeth Kramer; a property at 19 Court Road, Jefferson Twp., for $280,000.

■ Patricia Valunas, Scranton, to Christine Ann Gabello and Nadyne Marie Gabello, Spring Brook Twp., as joint tenants with rights of survivorship; a property at 1026 Froude Ave., Scranton, for $55,000.

■ Joseph P. Bennett, individually and as executor of the estate of Thomas V. Bennett, Throop, to Kimberly May Csezmadia, Scranton; two parcels in Throop for $40,000.

■ Timothy J. and Mary Harrison to Carissa A. Crews and Nichole M. Nye, joint tenants; a property at 214 S. Main St., Archbald, for $83,000.

■ RECA Property Holdings LLC, Lackawanna County, to Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; a property at Wyoming Avenue and New York Street, Scranton, for $875,000.

DIVORCES SOUGHT

■ Joshua Edward Kohut, Carbondale, v. Tracy Elizabeth Kohut, Sumter, S.C.; married Oct. 12, 2012, in Sumter County, S.C.; John T. O’Malley, attorney.

■ Wendy Kamosky, Scott Twp., v. Joseph Kamosky, Equinunk; married June 30, 2012, in Wayne County; Ryan P. Campbell, attorney.

■ Mahmoud Mansour, Carbondale, v. Noor Alkrad, Carbondale; married Nov. 25, 2015, in Tunkhannock; John T. O’Malley, attorney.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS

■ Sports Page Great Haircuts LLC, 135 Welles St., Forty Fort; $3,055.97.

■ Louise A. Viola, P.O. Box 243, Dunmore; $52,091.20.

ESTATES FILED

■ Olga R. Gulla, 950 Morgan Highway, South Abington Twp., letters testamentary to Harriet Fike, also known as Harriet G. Fike, 73 Parkland Drive, Clarks Summit.

■ Leonard J. Goonan, 8 D. Morel St., Scranton, letters testamentary to James Goonan, 100 Cambridge Lane, Lewisburg.

■ Robert L. Weston, 1160 New St., Jessup, letters testamentary to Diana M. Weston, same address.

■ Martha M. Augustine, also known as Martha Mary Augustine, 423 Loftus St., Throop, letters of administration to Andrew M. Augustine, same address, and Gregory P. Augustine, 124 Keene St., Moscow.

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SCRANTON — City council voted 3-2 on Monday to approve a new labor counsel contract for attorney Edwin “Ned” Abrahamsen.

Councilmen Bill Gaughan and Kyle Donahue voted against the rehiring, saying council should not have had to demand that Abrahamsen provide complete and accurate information in the proposal he submitted for the position.

But council President Pat Rogan and Councilmen Wayne Evans and Tim Perry were satisfied with Abrahamsen’s additional information and voted in favor of retaining him.

The contract arose on council’s agenda July 9, when Gaughan noted Abrahamsen’s proposal disclosed he gave campaign contributions to Mayor Bill Courtright, Rogan and Perry but failed to include dates and amounts as required by the city.

Gaughan also took issue with the city rehiring Abrahamsen and his firm, Abrahamsen, Conaboy & Abrahamsen of Scranton, because last year it filed a precursor of a defamation lawsuit against Gaughan after he questioned legal bills. The firm withdrew that court action last year, but Gaughan questioned whether it could be refiled.

In voting to introduce the contract resolution July 9, council agreed to ask Abrahamsen to provide the missing details, to seek answers from the administration to Gaughan’s questions about the process and rationale underlying the selection of the firm, and require Abrahamsen to completely withdraw the defamation action.

By the July 16 council meeting, Abrahamsen and city solicitor Jessica Eskra provided additional information, and he said the defamation case was dead. But council still found the responses lacking and voted to table the contract until it received more detailed and satisfactory answers. Gaughan noted city rules required the firm to disclose all of its campaign contributions statewide since 2011.

On July 20, Abrahamsen provided a supplemental submission with all campaign contributions and a court filing completely withdrawing the defamation case.

At Monday’s meeting, Gaughan cited discrepancies in the submittals and called them “extremely sloppy.” He again asked why council would support rehiring a firm that threatened to sue a councilman who questioned legal bills. He also questioned whether language in the city’s request for proposals requiring an “understanding of the unique culture of Scranton’s labor unions” gave Abrahamsen’s firm a leg up. The request of four years ago did not have that language and seven firms responded, but this year only two firms responded, he said.

Gaughan urged council to reject the contract and make the administration do it all over again. Donahue agreed. The other three disagreed.

“We did get everything we needed to hear,” Perry said.

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Lackawanna County

Library benefit: SweetFrog charity evening benefiting the Abington Community Library, today, 5 to 9 p.m., Dickson City store, 1152 Commerce Blvd.; organization will receive 50 percent of all sales that take place during the benefit.

Blood drive: Leaders Save Lives blood drive in memory of Jamie Kotula, Thursday, 1-6 p.m., Holy Cross High School, 501 E. Drinker St., Dunmore, all donors receive a ticket to Dorney Park; Kelsey Conlon, 570-445-8860.

Moosic

Bible school: Vacation Bible School, Aug. 13-17, 6-8 p.m., Hope Church, PCA, 4951 Birney Ave. Registration and details: 570-451-7460 or email secretary@hopenepa.org.

Regional

Outreach hours: Rep. Karen Boback, R-117, Harveys Lake, announcing outreach events and satellite hours, with a member of Boback’s staff available: Wednesday, Dalton Borough Building, 105 W. Main St., Dalton, 10 a.m.-noon; Tuesday, Aug. 7, Mehoopany Twp. Municipal Building, 237 Schoolhouse Road, Mehoopany, 8 a.m.-10 a.m., and Meshoppen Borough Building, Canal Street and Route 267, Meshoppen, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 9, Factoryville Borough Building, 161 College Ave., Factoryville, 10 a.m.-noon; Tuesday, Aug. 21, Benton Twp. Community Center, 16043 Route 407, Fleetville, 10 a.m.-noon; Wednesday, Aug. 15, Falls Senior Center, 2813 Sullivan’s Trail, Falls, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 28, Laceyville Borough Building, 342 Church St., Laceyville, 3-5 p.m.

West Scranton

Senior picnic: Jackson Street Seniors annual picnic, Thursday, noon, McDade Park; bring a covered dish, beverage and place setting.

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DREHER TWP. — The passenger on an all-terrain vehicle whose driver died in a crash over the weekend remained in fair condition Monday at Geisinger Community Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The passenger, Eduardo Dacruz, 43, of Roaring Brook Twp., and the driver, Gary Volpe, 59, of Dreher Twp., were thrown off as the ATV flipped over just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday on Hemlock Lane near Volpe’s home.

Volpe was driving too fast when he turned left and crashed, according a state police news release. He died at the scene.

— BORYS KRAWCZENIUK

SCRANTON — The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections incarcerates more than 47,000 people each year on average, of which 90 percent will eventually return to society.

Jeff James and his staff at the department’s Community Corrections Center in Scranton are doing their part to reduce the chance those offenders return to prison.

The center at 240 Adams Ave. opened in the mid-1970s and is a key component of the DOC’s efforts to reintegrate inmates into society through its Bureau of Community Corrections, which this month marks its 50th year in existence.

Often referred to as a halfway house, the residential program provides offenders, known as “re-entrants,” a structured environment to live in while they work to find employment and housing and re-connect with their families.

“A lot of time when guys are released from prison ... they don’t have anywhere to go,” said James, the center’s acting director. “While they’re here it gives them a chance to get their feet back on the ground, save a little money and get back to society.”

The center is among 12 residential re-entry facilities the DOC operates statewide. It also contracts with private companies to operate other facilities. That number fluctuates based on need but is generally around 30, said Amy Worden, press secretary for the DOC.

James on Monday took several members of the media on a tour of the Scranton center, which houses up to 36 men at a time in six dormitory-style rooms. There is also a kitchen and two community areas for them to socialize, which are decorated with motivational posters.

“Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past,” read one of the posters.

The residents pay no rent but are responsible to provide for all their care, including food and clothing. They must also cook for themselves and do their own laundry, James said.

Most residents stay about 90 days, but can be there longer if they cannot find stable employment or living arrangements, James said.

“While this is a good, safe, clean facility, they don’t want to be here,” James said. “They want to do what they have to do to get out of here, gain employment and get a home plan.”

The center employs counselors who assist residents in finding work, furthering their education or obtaining other social services they need.

“The first couple of weeks they get here are the toughest because they just came from the institution,” said Kenny Jordan, one of the counselors. “That’s where we come in to encourage them to keep focused and keep doing what they are doing and stay positive.”

The center is open to inmates who have served at least nine months in state prison, regardless of the offenses for which they were incarcerated, as long as they complied with prison rules and have no major misconduct incidents.

The residents are free to leave the facility for up to 14 hours a day if they are working or up to 12 hours a day if they are seeking employment. Their actions are strictly monitored by staff and employees with the state Department of Probation and Parole.

Only two residents were at the facility during the tour, including a 36-year-old Jessup man who had just completed a roughly two-year sentence for resisting arrest and harassment.

The man, who asked not to be identified to protect his family’s privacy, said he’s thankful for the opportunity the center is providing him.

“Transferring from jail to live back on the street again is kind of tough,” he said. “I have a roof over my head while I try to reintegrate back into the community.”

Contact the writer:

tbesecker@timesshamrock.com;

570-348-9137;

@tmbeseckerTT on Twitter

SCRANTON — The only medical marijuana dispensary in Lackawanna County is among the first in Pennsylvania set to sell the drug in dry leaf form.

Starting Wednesday, 16 dispensaries across the state are cleared to begin selling it, including Columbia Care on North Keyser Avenue in Scranton.

Patients may not smoke it. Instead, they are only permitted to use a vaporizer.

Twelve more dispensaries, including Justice Grown Pennsylvania in Edwardsville, are to have the medication Aug. 8.

Dry leaf is cheaper than other products such as oils and pills, and state officials cleared it for medical use to help lower patient costs.

— JON O’CONNELL

SCRANTON — The state Department of Environmental Protection plans to spray for mosquitoes this week in parts of Moosic and Scranton.

Truck-mounted spray equipment will work Wednesday spraying the pesticide Duet at a rate of 1 ounce per acre, according to the DEP. The pesticide is designed to effectively control adult mosquito populations. Work is to begin late in the evening. A rain date is scheduled Thursday.

Certain mosquito species carry West Nile virus, a disease that leads to encephalitis, or brain inflammation. People can slow mosquito breeding by removing standing water, where mosquitoes lay their eggs, from around their homes and businesses.

— JON O’CONNELL

FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT

THE WHITE HOUSE

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20500

Twitter: @whitehouse

Email via website: whitehouse.gov

Phone Numbers:

Comments: 202-456-1111

Switchboard: 202-456-1414

TTY/TTD

Comments: 202-456-6213

Visitor’s Office: 202-456-2121

U.S. SENATE

Robert P. Casey Jr.-D

393 Russell Office Building,

Washington, D.C. 20510

Twitter: @senbobcasey

202-224-6324

Toll free: 866-802-2833

Fax: 202-228-0604

417 Lackawanna Ave.,

Suite 303

Scranton, PA 18503

570-941-0930

Fax: 570-941-0937

Email via website:

http://casey.senate.gov

Pat Toomey-R

248 Russell Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

Twitter: @sentoomey

202-224-4254

Fax: 202-228-0284

7 North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard

Suite 406

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

570-941-3540

Fax: 570-941-3544

Email via website:

http://toomey.senate.gov

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rep. Tom Marino-R

District: Pennsylvania - 10

marino.house.gov

@RepTomMarino

2242 Rayburn House

Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515

202-225-3731

Fax: 202-225-9594

Hamlin

543 Easton Turnpike, Suite 101

Lake Ariel, PA 18436

570-689-6024

Fax: 570-689-6028

Rep. Lou Barletta-R

District: Pennsylvania - 11

barletta.house.gov

@RepLouBarletta

Washington, D.C.

2049 Rayburn House office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515

202-225-6511

Fax: 202-226-6250

Toll-free: 855-241-5144

Luzerne County

1 S. Church St.

Suite 100

Hazleton, PA 18201

570-751-0050

Fax: 570-751-0054

Rep. Matthew Cartwright-D

District: Pennsylvania - 17

cartwright.house.gov

@RepCartwright

Washington, D.C.

1034 Longworth House

Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515

202-225-5546

Fax: 202-226-0996

Scranton District Office

226 Wyoming Ave.

Scranton, PA 18503

570-341-1050

Fax: 570-341-1055

Wilkes-Barre District Office

20 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Suite 201

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

570-371-0317

U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING

Washington, D.C. 20515

Capitol Switchboard:

202-224-3121

TTY: 202-225-1904

House of Representatives

Mailing Address:

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

Directory of representatives:

www.house.gov/representatives/

Senate Mailing Address

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Directory of senators:

www.senate.gov/senators/contact/

STATE

GOVERNMENT

GOVERNOR

Gov. Tom Wolf-D

Northeast Regional Office

2 N. Main St.

Pittston, PA 18640

Twitter: @governortomwolf

570-614-2090

Fax: 570-614-2094

STATE SENATOR

John Blake, D-22

Senate Box 203022

Harrisburg, PA 17120-3022

717-787-6481

Fax: 717-783-5198

Oppenheim Building

409 Lackawanna Ave.,

Suite 210

Scranton, PA 18503-2059

570-207-2881

Toll free: 877-346-5721

Fax: 570-207-2897

Email: senatorblake@pasenate.com

Find your legislator:

www.legis.state.pa.us

STATE REPRESENTATIVES

MUNICIPALITY

Representative

ARCHBALD BOROUGH

Kevin Haggerty (D)

BENTON TWP.

Karen Boback (R)

BLAKELY BOROUGH

Kevin Haggerty (D)

CARBONDALE CITY

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

CARBONDALE TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

CLARKS GREEN BOROUGH

Marty Flynn (D)

CLARKS SUMMIT BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

CLIFTON TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

COVINGTON TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

DALTON BOROUGH

Karen Boback (D)

DICKSON CITY BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich(D)

DUNMORE BOROUGH

Kevin Haggerty (D)

ELMHURST TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

FELL TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

GLENBURN TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

GREENFIELD TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

JEFFERSON TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

JERMYN BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

JESSUP BOROUGH

Kevin Haggerty (D)

LA PLUME TWP.

Karen Boback (R)

MADISON TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

MAYFIELD BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

MOOSIC BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

MOSCOW BOROUGH

Mike Carroll (D)

NEWTON TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

NORTH ABINGTON TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

OLD FORGE BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

OLYPHANT BOROUGH

Kevin Haggerty (D)

RANSOM TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

ROARING BROOK TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

SCOTT TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

SCRANTON CITY 112

Kevin Haggerty (D)

SCRANTON CITY 113

Marty Flynn (D)

SOUTH ABINGTON TWP.

Marty Flynn (D)

SPRING BROOK TWP.

Mike Carroll (D)

TAYLOR BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

THORNHURST TWP.

Mike Carroll(D)

THROOP BOROUGH

Kevin Haggerty (D)

VANDLING BOROUGH

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

WAVERLY TWP.

Sid Michaels Kavulich (D)

WEST ABINGTON TWP.

Karen Boback (R)

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE

Kevin Haggerty

District 112

Democrat, serving Lackawanna

County (part)

State Rep. Kevin Haggerty

1414 Monroe Ave.

Dunmore, PA 18509

570-342-2710

Fax: 570-342-2845

307 Betty St.

Suite 4

Eynon, PA 18403

570-876-1111

Fax: 570-876-5304

Capitol

103B East Wing

PO Box 202112

Harrisburg, PA 17120-2112

717-783-5043

Fax: 717-787-1231

Marty Flynn

District 113

Democrat, serving

Lackawanna County (part)

State Rep. Marty Flynn

Jay’s Commons

409 N. Main Ave.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-342-4349

Fax: 570-342-4353

www.pahouse.com/Flynn/

Capitol

G-05 Irvis Office Building

PO Box 202113

Harrisburg, PA 17120-2113

717-787-8981

Fax: 717-705-1958

Sid Michaels Kavulich

District 114

Democrat, serving Lackawanna

County (part)

State Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich

802 S. Main St.

Taylor, PA 18517

570-562-2350

877-295-4937 Toll free

Fax: 570-562-2353

16 Salem Ave., Suite 2

Carbondale, PA 18407

570-282-1335

Fax: 570-282-1339

Capitol

103 Irvis Building

PO Box 202114

Harrisburg, PA 17120-2114

717-783-4874

Fax: 717-772-2008

www.pahouse.com/kavulich

COUNTY

GOVERNMENT

Commissioners:

Patrick M. O’Malley (D)

570-963-6800

Jerry Notarianni (D)

570-963-6800

Laureen A. Cummings (R)

570-963-6800

www.lackawannacounty.org

Coroner

Tim Rowland (D)

570-963-6100

Treasurer

Edward Karpovich (D)

570-963-6731

Controller

Gary DiBileo (D)

570-963-6726

Clerk of Judicial Records

Mauri Kelly (D)

570-963-6723

Recorder of Deeds

Evie Rafalko McNulty (D)

570-963-6775

Register of Wills

Frances Kovaleski (D)

570-963-6702

Sheriff

Mark McAndrew (D)

570-963-6719

District Attorney

Mark Powell (D)

570-963-6717

Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau

99 Glenmaura National Blvd.

Moosic, PA 18507

Susan Estler, 570-496-1701

www.visitnepa.org

JUDGES:

Common Pleas Judges

Michael Barrasse, President Judge

570-963-6452

Thomas Munley

570-963-6765

Trish Corbett

570-963-6531

Terrence R. Nealon

570-963-6889

Andrew Jarbola

570-963-6300

Vito Geroulo

570-963-6597

Margaret Moyle

570-963-6374

James Gibbons

570-963-6575

Carmen Minora, Senior Judge

570-963-6345

Robert Mazzoni, Senior Judge

570-963-6512

Chester T. Harhut, Senior Judge

570-963-6306

Magisterial District Judges:

Theodore Giglio, 45-1-01

1 Maxson Drive, Old Forge 18518

570-457-3320

Moosic, Old Forge, Taylor

Alyce Hailstone Farrell, 45-1-02

135 Jefferson Ave.

Scranton 18503

570-963-6518

Scranton Wards 9, 10, 16, 17

Joanne P. Corbett, 45-1-03

1629 Pittston Ave.

Scranton 18505

570-963-6516

Scranton Wards 11, 12, 19, 20, 24

Terrence Gallagher, 45-1-05

1600 Farr St.

Scranton 18504

570-963-6504

Scranton Wards 4, 5, 6, 14, 15,

18, 21, 22

Paul J. Ware, 45-1-06

2012 W. Pine St.

Dunmore 18512

570-963-6521

Scranton Wards 1, 2, 3, 7, 13,

23, Dunmore

John P. Pesota, 45-1-08

Lackawanna county Public Services Building

901 Enterprise St., second floor

Dickson city PA 18519

570-383-0421

Dickson City, Olyphant, Throop

Paul Keeler, 45-3-01

104 Shady Lane Road,

P.O. Box 427

Chinchilla 18410

570-587-1909

Clarks Green, Clarks Summit,

Dalton, Glenburn, LaPlume,

Newton, North Abington, Ransom,

South Abington, Waverly,

West Abington

John Mercuri, 45-3-02

119 N. Main St.

Moscow 18444

570-842-2111

Clifton, Covington, Elmhurst,

Jefferson, Madison Township, Moscow,

Roaring Brook, Springbrook,

Thornhurst

Sean McGraw, 45-3-03

38 N. Main St.

Carbondale 18407

570-282-3181

Benton, Carbondale, Carbondale Twp, Fell, Greenfield,

Vandling, Simpson, Scott Township

Laura Turlip, 45-3-04

400 Church St. 2nd floor

Archbald 18403

570-876-0570

Archbald, Blakely, Jermyn, Jessup, Mayfield

LACKAWANNA COUNTY PHONE DIRECTORY

Adult Probation 570-963-6876

Airport 570-602-2000

Area Agency

on Aging 570-963-6707

Arts & Culture 570-963-6590

Assessor’s 570-963-6728

Buildings

& Grounds 570-963-6763

Central Court. 570-963-6436

Chief of Staff 570-963-6800

Child Care Information

Services 570-963-6644

Children & Youth

Services 570-963-6781

Clerk of Judicial Records

-Civil 570-963-6723

Clerk of Judicial Records

-Criminal 570-963-6759

Clerk of Judicial Records

-Family Court 570-963-5695

Collector of Taxes/Single Tax Office 570-963-6756

COLTS 570-346-2061

Communications. 570-963-6750

Community

Relations 570-963-6743

Conservation

District 570-382-3086

Controller 570-963-6726

Coordinated

Transportation 570-963-6795

Coroner 570-963-6100

County

Commissioners. 570-963-6800

Court

Administrator 570-963-6773

Court Collections 570-963-6359

Court Mediation 570-963-6538

Credit Union 570-963-6871

Lackawanna County

Credit Union Branch

District Attorney 570-963-6717

Domestic

Relations 570-963-6721

Automated Phone System

Drug & Alcohol 570-963-6820

Commission on Drug

and Alcohol Abuse

Drug Court 570-496-1736

Treatment Court

Economic & Community

Development 570-963-6830

Planning and Economic

Development

Elections 570-963-6737

Department of Elections

Emergency

Management 570-307-7304

Center for Public

Safety Emergency

Services 570-307-7301

Environmental

Sustainability 570-963-2017

Environmental Office

Hotel Property

Tax 570-963-6734

Housing

Authority 570-342-7629

Human

Resources 570-963-6771

Human Services 570-963-6790

Industrial

Development 570-963-6830

Information

Technology 570-963-6743

Juvenile Detention

Center 570-963-6506

Juvenile

Probation 570-963-6887

Lackawanna

Coal Mine Tour 570-963-6463

Lackawanna Heritage

Valley Authority 570-963-6730

Law Library 570-963-6712

Marriage License

Bureau 570-963-6708

Mental Health/Mental

Retardation 570-346-5741

Orphans Court 570-963-6702

Parks and

Recreation 570-963-6764

Payroll

Penn State Co-op

Extension 570-963-6842

570-963-6822

Pension Office 570-963-6771

Planning

Commission 570-963-6400

Prison 570-963-6639

Public Defender 570-963-6761

Public

Information 570-963-6711

Public Works 570-348-4180

Purchasing 570-963-6767

Rail Authority 570-963-6676

Recorder

of Deeds 570-963-6775

Register of Wills 570-963-6702

Revenue

& Finance 570-963-6822

Roads & Bridges 570-496-7733

Scr/Lacka Human Development

Agency. 570-963-6836

Sheriff 570-963-6719

Solicitor 570-963-6800

SWB RailRiders/

PNC Field. 570-969-2255

Tax Claim Bureau 570-963-6734

Treasurer 570-963-6731

Trolley Museum 570-963-6590

Veterans Affairs 570-963-6778

Visitor/Convention

Bureau. 570-963-6363

Visitors Center. 570-496-1701

Voter Registration 570-963-6737

Women’s

Commission 570-963-6800

Work Release

Center 570-963-6330

LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS

CITY OF SCRANTON

Mailing Address:

340 N. Washington Ave.

Scranton, PA 18503

Office Hours:

Monday through Friday

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

570-348-4100

Fax: 570-348-4251

Website: scrantonpa.gov

Council meeting:

Every Monday, caucus 5:15 p.m., meeting, 6:00 p.m. City Hall (typically recesses in August)

Planning commission meeting:

Fourth Wednesday, 6 p.m.,

City Hall

Zoning board meeting:

Second Wednesday, 6 p.m.,

City Hall

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Police Protection:

Scranton Police Department

non-emergency: 570-348-4134

Fire Coverage:

Scranton Fire Department

non-emergency: 570-348-4132

Ambulance Coverage:

Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Services; and

Pennsylvania Ambulance

Pothole Hotline

570-348-4178

General Information

570-348-4100

Business Administration

570-348-4118

Fax: 570-348-4225

City Controller

570-348-4125

Fax: 570-348-4133

City Council

570-348-4113

Fax: 570-348-4207

Department of Public Works

570-348-4180

Fax: 570-348-0197

Fire Department

570-348-4132

Fax: 570-348-4119

Human Resources

570-348-4246

Fax: 570-348-4294

Information Technology

570-969-6658

Fax: 570-348-4148

Law Department

570-348-4105

Fax: 570-348-4263

Licensing, Inspections & Permits

570-348-4193

Fax: 570-348-4171

Mayor’s Office

570-348-4101

Fax: 570-348-4251

Office of Economic &

Community Development

570-348-4216

Fax: 570-348-4123

Parks & Recreation

570-348-4186

Fax: 570-348-0270

Police Department

570-348-4141

Fax: 570-348-4228

Treasury Department

570-348-4107

Fax: 570-348-4199

ARCHBALD BOROUGH (EYNON)

Archbald Borough

400 Church St.

Archbald, PA 18403

570-876-1800

Website: archbaldboroughpa.gov

Fax: 570-876-5518

Hours: 8 a.m. -4:00 p.m. weekdays

Email: archbaldboro@comcast.net

Borough council work session:

First Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

Council meeting:

Second Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

Planning Commission meeting:

First Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Archbald Borough Police

Chief: Tim Trently

Non-emergency number:

570-876-0426

Fire Coverage:

Chief: Robert Harvey

570-840-9058

Archbald Hose Company 1

570-876-5751

Black Diamond Hose Co.

926 Rock St.

Eynon Hose Company 3.

441 Thomas St.

East Side Hose Company 4:

458 Salem Rd.

Ambulance Coverage:

Archbald Community Ambulance:

Non emergency: 570-876-4231

BENTON TWP.

PO Box 29

Fleetville, PA 18420

570-563-2661

Fax: 570-563-2664

Website: bentontwp.com

Office hours:

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

or by appointment

Municipal meeting:

First Wednesday 7:00 p.m.,

Benton Community Center

Planning commission meeting:

Fourth Monday, 7 p.m.

Benton Community Center

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

State police at Dunmore

570-963-3156

Fire protection:

Fleetville Volunteer Fire Company

P.O. Box 6 Fleetville, PA 18420

Non emergency: 570-945-3139

Website: fleetvillefire.com

Scott Twp. Fire & Ambulance Company

Non emergency: 570-254-6666

Factoryville Volunteer Ambulance

Non emergency: 570-945-5769

BLAKELY BOROUGH (PECKVILLE)

1439 Main St.

Peckville, PA 18452

570-383-3340

Fax: 570-383-3353

Hours:

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays

Email: blakelyborought@blakelyborough.org

Website: blakelyborough.com

Borough council meetings

Third Monday, 6 p.m.

Borough Building

Planning Commission meeting

First Monday, 6 p.m.

Borough Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Blakely Borough Police

Chief: Guy Salerno

Non-emergency number:

570-383-3346

Fire Protection:

Blakely Hose Company 2

Non-emergency: 570-383-2238

Wilson Fire Company

Non-emergency: 570-383-2286

Ambulance Coverage:

Blakely Ambulance

Non-emergency: 570-307-1279

CITY OF CARBONDALE

1 N. Main St.

Carbondale, PA 18407

570-282-4633

Fax: 570-282-2131

Hours:

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays

Email: mbannon@icontech.com or mayorjt@icontech.com

City council meeting:

Third Monday, 6 p.m., City Hall

Planning Commission meeting:

Second Monday, 6 p.m., City Hall

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Carbondale Police Department

Non-emergency: 570-342-9111

Fire Coverage:

Carbondale Fire Department

Fire Chief: Chris Pezak

All departments operate through

the paid department.

Non-emergency: 570-282-3340

Columbia Hose Company 5

8-10 6th Ave.

Cottage Hose Company 2

2 Greenfield Road

Mitchell Hose Company 1

1 John St.

Ambulance Coverage:

Cottage Hose

Company Ambulance

2 Greenfield Road

Carbondale, PA 18407

Non-emergency: 570-282-4649

CARBONDALE TWP./CHILDS

P.O. Box 234, 103 School St.

Childs, PA 18407

570-282-5112

Office Hours: Monday-Friday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

First Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Meredith Hose Company

Planning commission meeting:

As needed

Whites Crossing Hose Company

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection

Carbondale Township Police

Chief: Richard Russian

Fire Coverage

Meredith Hose Company

Whites Crossing Hose Company

Ambulance Coverage

Call 911

CLARKS GREEN BOROUGH

104 North Abington Road

Clarks Green, PA 18411

570-586-4446

Fax: 570-586-6896

Email: contact@clarksgreen.info

Website: clarksgreen.info

Office Hours:

Weekdays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Work session on first Wednesday

Council meeting on third Wednesday

7 p.m., Municipal Building

Planning committee meeting:

At the call of the chairman

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Clarks Summit Borough Police

Chief: Chris Yarns

Fire Coverage: Clarks Summit

Ambulance Coverage:

Clarks Summit Volunteer Ambulance

CLARKS SUMMIT BOROUGH

304 S. State St.

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-586-9316

Fax: 570-586-3024

Email:

clarkssummitmanager@gmail.com

Website: clarkssummitboro.org

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Council meeting

First Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

Planning committee meeting:

Third Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Clarks Summit Borough Police

Chief: Chris Yarns

Fire Coverage:

Clarks Summit Vol. Fire Co.

Ambulance Coverage:

Clarks Summit Vol. Ambulance

CLIFTON TWP.

361 Route 435

Clifton Twp., PA 18424

570-842-4272

Fax: 570-842-2608

Email: clftwp@ptd.net

Website: cliftontownship.org

Office hours:

Weekdays, except Wednesdays,

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Second Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building.

Planning committee meeting:

As needed, fourth Wednesday

7 p.m., Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police protection:

Pennsylvania State Police at Dunmore

Non-emergency number:

570-963-3156

Fire protection:

Gouldsboro Volunteer Fire Co.

Non-emergency number:

570-842-2663

Thornhurst Volunteer Fire Co.

Non-emergency number:

570-842-2335

Ambulance service:

Gouldsboro Volunteer Fire Co.

Non-emergency number:

570-842-2663

Thornhurst Volunteer Fire Co.

Non-emergency number:

570-842-2335

COVINGTON TWP.

Mailing address:

20 Moffat Drive

Covington Twp., PA 18444

570-842-8336

Fax: 570-842-2144

Email: covtwpbusoffice@aol.com

Office hours:

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

First Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building, Moffat Estate

Work session, last Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Planning commission meeting:

Third Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building, Moffat Estate

Work session, first Wednesday

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Non-emergency: 570-842-6400

Covington Twp. Police

Chief: Bernard Klocko

Fire coverage:

Non-emergency: 570-842-4130

Covington Independent Fire Company

Chief: Brad Jones

Ambulance Coverage:

Covington Volunteer Ambulance

DALTON BOROUGH

P.O. Box 95

105 W. Main St.

Dalton, PA 18414

570-563-1800

Fax: 570-563-2219

Email: daltonboro@comcast.net

Website: www.daltonboro.com

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Second Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning committee meeting:

Fourth Monday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Dalton Borough Police

Fire Coverage:

Dalton Volunteer Fire Company

Non-emergency number

570-563-1313

Ambulance Coverage:

Dalton Volunteer Ambulance

DICKSON CITY

901 Enterprise Drive

Dickson City, PA 18519

570-489-4758

Fax: 570-383-7302

Email:dicksoncityborough@yahoo.com

Website: dicksoncityborough.org

Office hours:

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Second Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

Planning commission:

Last Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Call 911

Police Protection:

(non emergency)

570-489-8621

Dickson City Borough Police

Chief: Michael Resetar

Fire coverage:

(non emergency)

570-383-0923

Eagle Hose Company 1

Chief: Mathew J. Horvath

Ambulance coverage:

(non emergency)

570-383-1399

Dickson City Community Ambulance

DUNMORE BOROUGH

400 S. Blakely St.

Dunmore PA 18512

570-343-7611

Fax: 570-343-8107

Office hours:

Monday through Friday

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Website: dunmorepa.gov

Municipal meeting:

Second and fourth Monday, 7 p.m.

Community Center

Planning commission meeting:

First Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police protection:

Dunmore Police Department

non-emergency number:

570-343-0851

Dunmore Borough Police

Chief: Salvatore Marchese

Fire Coverage:

Dunmore Fire Department

non-emergency number:

570-348-1730

Chief: Chris DeNaples

Ambulance Coverage:

Pennsylvania Ambulance

ELMHURST TWP.

112 Municipal Lane

Elmhurst Twp., PA 18444

Office hours:

Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

570-842-9999

Fax: 570-842-9124

Email:

elmhursttownship@comcast.net

Municipal meeting:

First Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

Planning commission meeting:

Fourth Monday (as needed),

7:30 p.m.

Municipal Buillding

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Roaring Brook Twp.

Chief Donald Hickey

non-emergency number

570-342-9111

Fire Coverage:

Elmhurst-Roaring Brook

Volunteer Fire Company

non-emergency number

570-842-8309

Ambulance Coverage:

Moscow EMS

non-emergency number

570-342-9111

FACTORYVILLE BOROUGH

P.O. Box 277

Factoryville, PA 18419

Physical Address:

161 College Ave.

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday

and Thursday, and by appointment

570-945-7484

Fax: 570-945-7286

Email: manager@factoryville.org

Website: factoryville.org

Municipal meeting:

Council meetings:

First Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

(as needed)

Borough hall

Planning commission meeting:

First Wednesday, 6 p.m.

Borough hall

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Dalton Borough Police

non-emergency, call Wyoming

County Communication Center,

570-836-6161

Fire Coverage:

Factoryville Fire Company

non-emergency

570-945-5769

Ambulance Coverage:

Factoryville Fire Company

non-emergency

570-945-5769

FELL TWP.

1 Veterans Road

Simpson, PA 18407

Office hours:

By appointment only

570-282-0321

Fax: 570-282-0321

Municipal meeting:

First Monday, 7 p.m.

Township building

Planning commission meeting:

Last Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Township building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Carbondale Police Department

Non-emergency: 570-342-9111

Fire Coverage:

Grattan-Singer Hose Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Cottage Hose Company

Ambulance

non-emergency number

570-282-4649

Forest City Area Ambulance

non-emergency number

570-785-5025

GLENBURN TWP.

PO Box 694

54 Waterford Road

Dalton, PA 18414

570-563-1177

Fax: 570-563-2250

Email: glenburntwp@comcast.net

Office hours:

Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon

Municipal meeting:

Third Monday, 7:30 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

First Wednesday, 7 p.m., as needed.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Waverly Twp. Police

Chief: Kenny James

Non-emergency number

570-342-9111

Fire Coverage:

Clarks Summit Volunteer Fire Co.

Non-emergency number

570-586-9656

Dalton Volunteer Fire Company

Non-emergency number

570-563-1313

Ambulance Coverage:

Clarks Summit Volunteer Ambulance

Dalton Volunteer Ambulance

GREENFIELD TWP.

424 Route 106

Greenfield Twp., PA 18407

Office Hours:

By appointment only

570-282-7000

Fax: 570-282-7013

Email:

supervisor@greenfieldtownship.org

Municipal meeting:

First Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

First Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Non-emergency number

Police Protection:

Greenfield Twp. Police

Non-emergency number

570-282-7000

Fire Coverage:

Greenfield Volunteer Fire Co.

Non-emergency number

570-282-4981

Ambulance Coverage:

Greenfield Volunteer Ambulance,

Non-emergency number

570-282-4981

JEFFERSON TWP.

487 Cortez Road

Jefferson Twp., PA 18436

570-689-7028

Fax: 570-689-7863

Email:

jeffersontownship@yahoo.com

Office hours:

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Website: jeffersontownshippa.com

Municipal meeting:

Second Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

First Monday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Jefferson Twp. Police

Fire Coverage:

Jefferson Twp. Vol. Fire Co.

Non-emergency number

570-689-2829

E-Mail: jtvfc2529@echoes.net

Ambulance Coverage:

Jefferson Twp. Vol. Ambulance

JERMYN BOROUGH

440 Jefferson Ave.

Jermyn, PA 18433

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

570-876-0610

Fax: 570-876-0204

Web site: www.jermynpa.com

Municipal meeting:

First amd Third Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

Fourth Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Jermyn Borough Police

Non-emergency number

570-876-1330

Fire Coverage:

Artisan Hose Company

Crystal Hose Company

JESSUP BOROUGH

395 Lane St.

Jessup, PA 18434

Monday through Friday

8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

570-489-0411

Fax: 570-489-6899

Website: Jessupborough.com

Email: jessupborough@comcast.net

Municipal meeting:

First Monday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission:

Third Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Jessup Borough Police

Fire services

Jessup Hose Company 1

Jessup Hose Company 2

Ambulance services

Jessup Hose Company 2

LA PLUME TOWNSHIP

2080 Hickory Ridge Road

Factoryville, PA 18419

Phone: 570-945-5438

E-mail: laplumetwp@yahoo.com

Office hours: By appointment

Municipal Meeting:

Second Thursday, 6 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning Commission Meeting:

Third Thursday as needed,

7:30 p.m., Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

State Police at Dunmore

Non-emergency number

570-963-3156

Fire Protection

Dalton Fire Company

Factoryville Volunteer Fire Company

Ambulance service

Dalton Volunteer Ambulance

Factoryville Volunteer Ambulance

MADISON TWP.

3200 Madisonville Road

Madison Twp., PA 18444

570-842-3088

Fax: 570-842-9280

Email: madisontwppa.org

Office hours: Monday, 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Friday, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Municipal meeting

First Monday, 8 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

Second Monday, 8 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

State Police at Dunmore

non-emergency:

570-963-3156

Fire Coverage:

Madisonville Volunteer Fire Co.

Ambulance Coverage:

Moscow Volunteer Ambulance

MAYFIELD BOROUGH

739 Penn Ave.

Mayfield, PA 18433

Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. - noon

570-876-4391

Fax: 570-876-4391

Email: mayfieldboro@echoes.net

Municipal meeting:

Second Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

First Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Mayfield Borough Police

570-489-4767

Fire Coverage: Mayfield Hose

Company 1; Whitmore Hose

Company; William Walker Hose

Company.

Ambulance Coverage:

William Walker Volunteer Ambulance

MOOSIC BOROUGH

715 Main St.

Moosic, PA 18507

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

570-457-5480

Fax: 570-457-0762

E-mail: moosic94

@moosicborough.comcastbiz.net

Website: moosicborough.com

Municipal meeting:

Second Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning committee meeting:

Fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Police Protection:

Moosic Borough Police

Chief: Richard Janesko

Fire Coverage:

Greenwood Hose Company 1

Chief: Charles Molinaro

Ambulance Coverage:

Lackawanna County Ambulance

Emergency phone number: 911

Non-emergency number:

570-342-9111

MOSCOW BOROUGH

123 Van Brunt St.

Moscow, PA 18444

570-842-1699

Fax: 570-842-0499

Email: office@moscowboro.com

Website: moscowboro.com

Office Hours:

Monday- Thursday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

First and third Monday, 7 p.m.

Municipal Building

First Monday only, June, July

and August

Planning commission meeting:

Last Monday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Call 911

Police Protection:

Moscow Borough Police

Chief Ivy Brenzel

Non-emergency number

570-842-2061

Fire Coverage:

Moscow Volunteer Fire Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Moscow Volunteer Ambulance

NEWTON TWP.

1528 Newton-Ransom Blvd.

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

570-587-1520

Fax: 570-587-1674

Website:www.newton-township.com

Email: newtontwp@epix.net

Municipal meeting:

Second Monday, 6:30 p.m.

Municipal Building

Planning commission meeting:

Last Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

South Abington Township Police

Chief: Robert Gerrity

Fire Coverage:

Newton-Ransom Volunteer

Fire Co.

Chief: Jeff LaCo, John Stemphoski and Eugene Mancuso

Ambulance Coverage:

Newton-Ransom

Volunteer Ambulance

NORTH ABINGTON TWP.

P.O. Box 462

North Abington Township, PA 18414

Office hours: By appointment

570-563-2385, 570-881-0166

Fax: 570-563-2385

Email: info@northabingtontownship.org

Website: northabingtontownship.org

Municipal meeting:

First Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Township Building 1720

Abington Rd.

Planning committee meeting:

Fourth Monday as needed

7:30 p.m.

Township Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Waverly Twp. Police

Chief: Kenneth James

Fire Coverage:

Justus Volunteer Fire Company

Scott Volunteer Fire Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Justus & Scott Volunteer Ambulance

OLD FORGE BOROUGH

310 S. Main St.

Old Forge, PA 18518

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

570-457-8852

Fax: 570-451-7089

E-mail: oldforgeborough@oldforgeborough.com

Website: oldforgeborough.com

Municipal meeting:

Third Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

First Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Old Forge Police

Chief Jason Dubernas

Fire Coverage:

Old Forge Hose and Engine

Eagle McClure Hose Company

Lawrence Hose

Chief: Mark Tagliaterra

Ambulance Coverage:

Pennsylvania Ambulance

Non-emergency number:

570-342-9111

OLYPHANT BOROUGH

113 Willow Ave.

Olyphant, PA 18447

570-489-2135

Fax: 570-383-7818

Email: olyphantclerks@comcast.net

Website: Olyphantborough.com

Office hours:

Monday through Friday

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

First Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission:

Last Monday, 6:30 p.m.

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Olyphant Borough Police

Non-emergency number

570-383-1820

Fire Coverage

Excelsior Hose Company 1

Olyphant Hose Company 2

Eureka Hose Company 4

Liberty Hose Company 6

Queen City Hose Company 8

Ambulance Coverage:

Olyphant Community Ambulance

Non-emergency number

570-489-5054

RANSOM TWP.

2435 Hickory Lane

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

Office Hours: Monday to Friday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday by appointment

570-586-7250

Fax: 570-587-7021

Email: ransom2435@epix.net

Website: ransomtownship.com

Municipal meeting:

First Monday, 6 p.m.

Municipal Building

Planning commission meeting:

Third Monday, 6:30 p.m.

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

South Abington Twp.

Non-emergency calls

570-586-2111

State Police at Dunmore and South Abington Township Police Department

Non-emergency calls

570-963-3156/ 570-586-2111

Fire Coverage:

Newton-Ransom Volunteer Fire Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Newton-Ransom Volunteer Ambulance

ROARING BROOK TWP.

430 Blue Shutters Road

Roaring Brook Twp., PA 18444

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

570-842-6080

Fax: 570-842-7680

Email: roaringbrooktwp@comcast.net

Municipal meeting:

First Thursday, 8 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

Fourth Thursday, 7 p.m.

November/December Third Monday

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Roaring Brook Twp.

Police Department

Non-emergency number:

570-842-6080

Fire Coverage:

Elmhurst Volunteer Fire Company

Non-emergency number:

570-842-8309

Ambulance Coverage:

Moscow EMS

Non-emergency number:

570-342-9111

SCOTT TWP.

1038 Montdale Road

Scott Twp., PA 18447

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

570-319-1296

Fax: 570-319-1321

Email: cferraro@scotttownship.org

Website: scotttownship.org

Municipal meeting:

Third Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Planning commission meeting:

First Tuesday, 7 p.m.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Scott Twp. Police:

Non-emergency number:

570-319-1296, ext. 5

Fire Coverage:

Justus Volunteer Fire Company

Non-emergency number:

570-587-4545

Scott Twp. Hose Company.

Non-emergency number:

570-254-6666

Ambulance Coverage:

Justus Volunteer Ambulance

Non-emergency number:

570-587-4545

Scott Volunteer Ambulance

Non-emergency number:

570-254-6666

SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP

PO Box 259

104 Shady Lane Road

Chinchilla, PA 18410

570-586-2111

Fax: 570-586-5448

Email: doneill@southabingtonpa.gov

Website: southabingtonpa.gov

Office hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., weekdays

Municipal meeting:

Second Monday

7 p.m., Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

Fourth Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

South Abington Twp. Police

Chief Robert Gerrity

Non-emergency number:

570-587-8715

Fire Coverage:

Chinchilla Hose Company

Chief Sean Connolly

Non-emergency number:

570-586-5726

Ambulance protection:

Chinchilla Hose Company

Non-emergency number:

570-586-5726

SPRING BROOK TWP.

966 Route 307

Spring Brook Twp., PA 18444

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m on

meeting days

570-842-7028

Fax: 570-842-0633

Website: springbrooktownship.org

Municipal meeting:

May-October: Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

All other months: Second

Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Work sessions

May-October: First Tuesday,

6:30 p.m.

All other months: First Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Planning commission meeting:

First Wednesday, 7 p.m.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

State Police at Dunmore

Non-emergency number:

570-963-3156

Fire Coverage:

Spring Brook Volunteer Fire Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Moscow Ambulance

TAYLOR BOROUGH

122 Union St.

Taylor, PA 18517

570-562-1400

Fax: 570-562-1415

E-mail: dzeleniak@taylorborough.com

Website: taylorborough.com

Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Second Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.,

Municipal building

Planning commission meeting:

First Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Taylor Borough Police

Chief: Stephen Derenick

Fire Coverage:

Chief Joseph Crosby

Taylor Hose Company 1/Taylor Fire and Rescue

Ambulance Coverage:

Pennsylvania Ambulance

Non-emergency number:

570-342-9111

THORNHURST TWP.

356 Old River Road

Thornhurst, PA 18424-9313

570-842-4273

Fax: 570-842-6757

E-mail: thornhurst4@gmail.com

Office Hours: Mon.- Friday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment

Township meeting:

Second Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Municipal building

Planning Commission:

First Tuesday, 7 p.m. (March, May, September and November only; additional meetings

as needed)

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

State Police Dunmore

Non-emergency number

570-963-3156

Fire Coverage:

Thornhurst Volunteer

Fire & Rescue

Non-emergency number

570-842-2335

Ambulance Coverage:

Thornhurst Volunteer

Fire & Rescue

Non-emergency number

570-842-2335

THROOP BOROUGH

436 Sanderson St.

Throop, PA 18512

570-489-8311

Fax: 570-383-7122

Email: Throopboro@comcast.net

Website: throopboro.com

Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Municipal meetings:

Second and Last Monday

follows 6:30 p.m. work session

Municipal building

Planning Commission: First Monday, 6:30 P.M

Municipal Building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection

Throop Borough Police

Non-emergency number:

570-489-0211

Fire Coverage:

Throop Hose Company 1

Non-emergency number:

570-489-5251

Throop Hose Company 2

Non-emergency number:

570-489-6431

Throop Hose Company 3:

Non-emergency number:

570-489-5761

Ambulance Coverage

Dickson City Community

Ambulance

VANDLING BOROUGH

P.O. Box 74

449 Hillside Drive

Vandling, PA 18421

Office Hours: By appointment

570-785-5070

Email: vandling449@yahoo.com

Municipal meeting:

Third Monday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building,

449 Hillside St.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Forest City Borough Police

Non-emergency number:

570-785-3453

Fire Coverage:

Browndale Fire Company 1

Non-emergency number:

570-785-5300

Ambulance Coverage:

Forest City Area Ambulance

WAVERLY TOWNSHIP

P.O. Box 8

Lake Henry Drive

Waverly, PA 18471

570-586-0111

Fax: 570-586-0701

Email: waverlytownship@comcast.net

Website: waverlytwp.org

Office Hours: Monday-Friday,

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Municipal meeting:

Second and Last Mondays

6:30 p.m., Municipal building

(Variations in January, May and December)

Planning commission meeting:

Second Thursday, 7 p.m.

Municipal building

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Waverly Twp. Police

Chief: Kenny James

Fire Coverage: Clarks Summit

Volunteer Fire Company

Dalton Fire Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Clarks Summit Volunteer

Ambulance,

Dalton Volunteer Ambulance

WEST ABINGTON TOWNSHIP

2545 Bald Mountain Road

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

Office Hours: By appointment

570-586-6489

Fax: 570-587-1674

Email: WATSEC@frontier.com

Municipal meeting:

First Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Dalton Fire Hall

Planning commission meeting:

As needed

EMERGENCY SERVICES

CALL 911

Police Protection:

Dalton Borough Police

Chief: Chris Tolson

PA State Police

Non-emergency number:

570-963-3156

Fire Coverage:

Dalton Volunteer Fire Company

Ambulance Coverage:

Dalton Volunteer Ambulance

LICENSES AND PERMITS

Amusements, Code Enforcement,

Contractors, Construction, Dumpsters, Renovation, Signs, Etc.

CITY OF SCRANTON

Office of Licensing and Permits

340 N. Washington Ave.

Fourth Floor

Scranton 18503

Office hours:

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

570-348-4193

ARCHBALD

Archbald Borough Building

400 Church St.

Archbald 18403

570-876-1800

www.archbaldboroughpa.gov

AVOCA

Avoca Borough Building

752 Main St.

Avoca, PA 18641

570-457-4947

Fax: 570-451-1750

BLAKELY

Blakely Borough Building

1439 Main St.

P.O. Box 146

Peckville, PA 18452

570-383-3340

www.blakelyborough.com

CARBONDALE

City of Carbondale

Building Permits, Zoning

Information

1 N. Main St.

Carbondale, PA 18407

570-282-4633

CLARKS GREEN

Clarks Green Borough Building

104 N. Abington Road

Clarks Green, PA 18411

570-586-4446

Fax: 586-6896

www.clarksgreen.info

CLARKS SUMMIT

Clarks Summit Borough Building

304 S. State St.

Clarks Summit, PA 18411-1592

570-586-9316

www.clarkssummitboro.org

DALTON

Borough of Dalton

105 W. Main St.

Dalton, PA 18414

570-563-1800

Fax: 570-563-2219

www.daltonboro.com

DICKSON CITY

Dickson City Borough Building

901 Enterprise Drive

Dickson City, PA 18519

570-489-4758

www.dicksoncityborough.org

DUNMORE

Dunmore Borough Building

400 S. Blakely St.

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-343-7611

www.dunmorepa.gov

DURYEA

Duryea Borough Building

315 Main St.

Duryea, PA 18642

570-655-2829

Fax: 570-457-4792

www.duryeaborough.com

JERMYN

Jermyn Borough Building

440 Jefferson Ave.

Jermyn, PA 18433

570-876-0610

Fax: 570-876-0204

jermynpa.com

JESSUP

Jessup Borough Building

395 Lane St.

Jessup, PA 18434

570-489-0411

Fax:570-489-6899

www.jessupborough.com

MAYFIELD

Mayfield Municipal Building

739 Penn Ave.

Mayfield, PA 18433

570-876-4391

www.mayfieldborough.org

MOOSIC

Moosic Borough Building

715 Main St.

Moosic, PA 18507

570-457-5480

Fax: (570) 457-0762

moosicborough.com

OLD FORGE

Old Forge Borough Building

310 S. Main St.

Old Forge, PA 18518

Phone: 570-457-8852

Fax: 570-451-7089

OLYPHANT

Olyphant Borough Building

113 Willow Ave.

Olyphant, PA 18447

570-489-2135

www.olyphantborough.com

PECKVILLE

Blakely Borough Building

1439 Main St.

P.O. Box 146

Peckville, PA 18452

570-383-3340

www.blakelyborough.com

PITTSTON

City of Pittston

35 Broad St.

Pittston, PA 18640

570-644-0513

www.pittstoncity.org

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP

Pittston Twp. Municipal Building

421 Broad St.

Pittston, PA 18640

570-654-0161,

Fax: 570-655-4488

pittstontownship.org

SCOTT TOWNSHIP

Scott Township Municipal Office

1038 Montdale Road

Scott Twp., PA 18447

570-319-1296

www.scotttownship.org

TAYLOR

Taylor Borough Building

122 Union St.

Taylor, PA 18517

570-562-1400, Fax: 562-1415

taylorborough.com

WAVERLY

Waverly Township

Municipal Office

P.O. Box 8, Lake Henry Drive

Waverly, PA 18471-0008

570-586-0111

www.waverlytwp.com

DOG LICENSES:

City of Scranton

Office of Licensing and Permits

340 N. Washington Ave.

Fourth Floor

Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503

Office hours:

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

570-348-4193

Lackawanna County

Treasurer’s Office

135 Jefferson Ave.

Scranton, PA 18503

570-963-6731

www.lackawannacounty.org

uploads/Forms/dog_license_

application.pdf

DRIVER’S LICENSES:

Dunmore PennDOT

Photo & Exam Center

81 Keystone Industrial Park

Dunmore PA 18512

570-963-4246

pa-license.com/eastern-pa/

dunmore/

FISHING & HUNTING LICENSES:

Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

Northeast Region Office

5566 Main Road

Sweet Valley, PA 18656

570-477-5717

www.fish.state.pa.us/

Pennsylvania Game Commission

3917 Memorial Highway

Dallas Twp., PA 18612

570-675-1143

www.pgc.state.pa.us

Lackawanna County

Treasurer’s Office

135 Jefferson Ave.

Scranton, PA 18503

570-963-6731

www.lackawannacounty.org

Lackawanna County

Issuing Agents:

Bills Sporting Goods

1907 N. Main Ave.

Scranton, PA 18508

570-343-7682

Bill’s Ace Hardware Inc.

921 Drinker Turnpike

Covington Township, PA 18444

570-842-7645

Dick’s Sporting Goods

440 Viewmont Mall

Dickson City, PA 18519

570-483-3442

One Stop

628 Luzerne St.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-346-3474

Schultzville Deli

1309 Winola Road

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-587-1867

T R Matthews Hardware

103 N. Main St.

Moscow, PA 18444

570-842-9288

WalMart 1884

900 Commerce Blvd

Dickson City, PA 18519

570-383-2354

Wal-Mart Supercenter 4276

1325 Main St.

Taylor, PA 18517

570-309-3510

MARRIAGE LICENSES:

Lackawanna County Marriage

License Bureau

The Scranton Electric Building

Suite 400

507 Linden St.

Scranton, PA 18503

570-963-6702

Hours for marriage license

application

are 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

(Except Holidays)

www.lackawannacounty.org

SCHOOLS:

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Clarks Summit University

538 Venard Road

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-586-2400 800-451-7664

Fax: 570-585-9226

https://www.clarkssummitu.edu/

Johnson College

3427 N. Main Ave.

Scranton, PA 18508

Phone: 570-342-6404

1-800-2WE-WORK

www.johnson.edu

Keystone College

1 College Green

P.O. Box 50

La Plume, PA 18440-0200

1-800-824-2764

570-945-8000

www.keystone.edu

Lackawanna College

501 Vine St.

Scranton, PA 18509

877-346-3552

www.lackawanna.edu

Marywood University

2300 Adams Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-348-6211

1-TO-MARYWOOD

www.marywood.edu

Penn State Scranton

120 Ridge View Drive

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-963-2500

https://scranton.psu.edu/admission

The Commonwealth Medical College

Medical Sciences Building

525 Pine St.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-504-7000

Fax: 570-504-9660

https://www.geisinger.edu/

University of Scranton

800 Linden St.

Scranton, PA 18510

570-941-7400

1-888-SCRANTON

www.scranton.edu

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Abington Heights School District

ahsd.org

Abington Heights High School

222 Noble Road

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-585-5300

Abington Heights Middle School

1555 Newton Ransom Blvd.

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-585-4300

Clarks Summit Elementary School

401 West Grove St.

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-585-7300

Newton-Ransom Elementary

1549 Newton-Ransom Blvd.

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-585-8300

South Abington Elementary

640 Northern Blvd.

Chinchilla, PA 18410

570-585-2100

Waverly Elementary School

103 Waverly Road

Waverly, PA 18471

570-585-6300

Carbondale Area School District

www.carbondalearea.org/

Carbondale Area High School

101 Brooklyn St.

Carbondale, PA 18407

844-330-2273

Carbondale Area Elementary

Business Route 6

103 Brooklyn St.

Carbondale, PA 18407

844-330-2273

Dunmore School District

www.dunmoreschooldistrict.net

Dunmore High School

300 W. Warren St.

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-346-2043

Dunmore Middle School

300 W. Warren St.

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-346-2043

Dunmore Elementary Center

300 W. Warren St.

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-347-6794

Forest City Regional School District

www.fcrsd.org

100 Susquehanna St.

Forest City, PA 18421

Elementary school

570-785-2483

High school

570-785-2400

Lackawanna Trail School District

www.ltsd.org/

Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School

179 College Ave.

Factoryville, PA 18419

570-945-5181

Lackawanna Trail Elementary

P.O. Box 85

Factoryville, PA 18419

570-945-5153

Lakeland School District

www.lakelandsd.org/

Lakeland Junior-Senior High School

1355 Lakeland Drive

Scott Twp., PA 18433

570-254-9485

Lakeland Elementary

1333 Lakeland Drive

Scott Twp., PA 18433

570-254-9484

Mayfield Elementary

501 Linden St.

Mayfield, PA 18433

570-876-2950

Mid Valley School District

www.mvsd.us

Mid Valley Secondary Center

52 Underwood Road

Throop, PA 18512

570-307-2180

Mid Valley Elementary Center

50 Underwood Road

Throop, PA 18512

570-307-3241

North Pocono School District

www.npsd.org

North Pocono High School

97 Bochicchio Blvd.

Covington Twp., PA 18444

570-842-7606

North Pocono Middle School

701 Church St.

Moscow, PA 18444

570-842-4588

North Pocono

Intermediate School

701 Church St.

Moscow, PA 18444

570-842-7676

Moscow Elementary Center

851 Church St.

Moscow, PA 18444

570-842-8464

Jefferson Elementary Center

825 Lions Road

Jefferson Twp., PA 18436

570-689-2656

Old Forge School District

www.ofsd.cc

Old Forge High School

Old Forge Elementary School

300 Marion St.

Old Forge, PA 18518

570-457-6721

Riverside School District

www.riversidesd.com

Riverside Junior-Senior

High School

310 Davis St.

Taylor, PA 18517

East Elementary

School and Kreig streets

Moosic, PA 18507

West Elementary

308 Davis St.

Taylor, PA 18517

570-562-2121

Scranton School District

www.scrsd.org

Scranton High School

63 Munchak Way

Scranton, PA 18508

570-348-3481

West Scranton High School

1201 Luzerne St.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-348-3616

Northeast Intermediate School

721 Adams Ave.

Scranton, PA 18510

570-348-3651

South Scranton Intermediate

355 Maple St.

Scranton, PA 18505

570-348-3631

West Scranton Intermediate

1401 Fellows St.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-348-3475

John Adams Elementary

827 Capouse Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-348-3655

Armstrong Elementary

1500 N Lincoln Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-348-3661

Bancroft Elementary

1002 Albright Ave.

Scranton, PA 18508

570-348-3667

Isaac Tripp Elementary

1000 N. Everett Ave.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-348-3677

Kennedy Elementary

2200 Prospect Ave.

Scranton, PA 18505

570-558-8970

McNichols Plaza Elementary

1111 S. Irving Ave.

Scranton, PA 18505

570-348-3685

Morris Elementary

1824 Boulevard Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-348-3681

Prescott Elementary

840 Prescott Ave.

Scranton, PA 18510

570-348-3683

Sumner Elementary

372 N. Sumner Ave.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-348-3688

Whittier Elementary

700 Orchard St.

Scranton, PA 18505

570x-348-3690

Willard Elementary

1100 Eynon St.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-348-3692

Valley View School District

www.valleyviewsd.org

Valley View High School

1 Columbus Drive

Archbald, PA 18403

570-876-4110

Valley View Middle School

1 Columbus Drive

Archbald, PA 18403

570-876-6461

Valley View Intermediate School

3 Columbus Drive

Archbald, PA 18403

570-876-2263

Valley View Elementary Center

901 Main St.

Peckville, PA 18452

570-489-7579

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Fell Charter Elementary School

fellcharter.com

777 Main St.

Simpson, PA 18407

570-282-5199

Howard Gardner MI Charter School

howardgardnerschool.com

1615 E. Elm St.

Scranton, PA 18505

570-941-4100

The Scranton School for Deaf

and Hard-of-Hearing Children

www.thescrantonschool.org

537 Venard Road

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

570-585-1000 V/VP

PUBLIC/VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLS

Career Technology Center of

Lackawanna County

www.ctclc.edu

Henry J. Dende Campus

3201 Rockwell Ave.

Scranton, PA 18508-1491

570-346-8471

DIOCESAN SCHOOLS

Holy Cross High School

501 E. Drinker St.

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-346-7541

Our Lady of Peace elementary

410 North Abington Road

Clarks Green, PA 18411

570-587-4152

St. Mary of Mount Carmel

325 Chestnut St.

Dunmore, PA 18512

570-346-4429

LaSalle Academy

309 First Ave.

Jessup, PA 18434

570-489-2010

All Saints Academy

1425 Jackson St.

Scranton, PA 18504

570-343-8114

St. Clare/St. Paul Elementary

2215 N. Washington Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-343-2790

and

1527 Penn Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-343-7880

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Abington Christian Academy

United Methodist Church of Chinchilla

413 Layton Rd.

South Abington Township, PA 18411

570-586-5270

Bais Yaakov of Scranton

1025 Vine St.

Scranton, PA 18510

570-347-5003

DePaul School for Dyslexia

475 Morgan Highway

Scranton, PA 18508

570-341-4398

depaul@allied-services.org

Lutheran Academy

1546 Monsey Ave.

Scranton, PA 18509

570-507-9108 or 570-343-9828

Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School

930 Hickory St.

Scranton, PA 18505

570-346-1747

NHS Autism School

316 William St.

Scranton, PA 18508

570-496-4300

Revival Baptist Christian School

2020 N. Main Ave.

Scranton, PA 18508

570-963-9449

Scranton Hebrew Day School

540 Monroe Ave.

Scranton, PA 18510

570-346-1576

Scranton Preparatory School

1000 Wyoming Avenue

Scranton, PA 18509

570-941-7737

St. Stanislaus Elementary

529 E. Locust St

Scranton, PA 18505

570-342-2224

Summit Christian Academy

660 Griffin Pond Road

South Abington Twp., PA 18411

570-587-1545

Triboro Christian Academy

100 S. Main St.

Old Forge, PA 18518

570-457-5392

LIBRARIES

lclshome.org

Abington Community Library

570-587-3440

Carbondale Public Library

570-282-4281

Children’s Library – Scranton

570-348-3000, ext. 3015

Dalton Community Library

570-563-2014

Nancy Kay Holmes Branch

570-207-0764

North Pocono Public Library

570-842-4700

Scranton Public Library

570-348-3000

Taylor Community Library

570-562-1234

Valley Community Library

570-489-1765

Waverly Memorial Library

570-586-8191