Commonwealth Health Physician Network has expanded its Wyoming County operations.

On June 3, the medical provider opened a clinic at 417 Main St. in Laceyville.

“As part of a growing healthcare organization, Commonwealth Health Physician Network is investing to make medical care easily accessible in Wyoming County,” said Commonwealth spokeswoman Annmarie Poslock. “We are excited to meet the needs of our patients in a comfortable, convenient location.”

With Laceyville falling on the more rural spectrum of the county, Commonwealth Health hoped to provide a convenient health care setting for its residents with the new clinic.

The closest Commonwealth Health facility prior to the clinic was Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock.

“Access and convenience are important factors patients consider when looking for health care,” Poslock said. “Commonwealth Health Physician Network is proud to offer highly educated and well-trained professionals to provide high-quality care in Wyoming County.”

Dr. Michael Brown, Mallory Racoski (PA-C) and their staff are providing primary medical care at the Laceyville clinic in addition to the fourth floor of Tyler Memorial Hospital.

Joe Lech, who owns Lech’s Pharmacy in Laceyville, said Laceyville has always had a doctor in town, which is really all that’s needed with its small population.

Another doctor has been necessary in this area since Dr. Jill Sharer left PhysicianCare, he said, as it was difficult to find a replacement.

“The people had to travel further to get to a doctor, so having someone in the local community is certainly a convenience,” Lech said. “People would have to travel to Tunkhannock, Wyalusing or Towanda.”

Having a physician in town also makes getting prescriptions filled more convenient for people.

“I think every community of every size ought to have a physician and pharmacy to go to and not have to travel far,” he said.

Brown’s primary care office at Tyler, which is accepting new patients, still offers walk-ins Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The clinic accepts most major health insurances, including the Geisinger Health Plan, and is by appointment only.

New or established patients can schedule an appointment by calling 570-869-0120 or visiting cwhphysiciannetwork.net. The clinic is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“(It) has received a very positive response from the community,” Poslock said.

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FOREST CITY — A Scranton School District teacher and her son were arrested Wednesday and face child endangerment and drug charges.

Carla Stackhouse, 51, is listed as a third-grade teacher at John Adams Elementary School on the Scranton School District website.

Carla and Mickey Stackhouse, 29, her son, both of Forest City, were charged with child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

Mickey Stackhouse was arraigned Friday in front of Magisterial District Judge Suzanne Brainard. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 9 at 2 p.m. and Carla Stackhouse’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 30 at 1:30 p.m., both in front of Brainard.

Carla Stackhouse’s status with the district and details about what led to the arrests were not available Saturday.

— KATHLEEN BOLUS

CARBONDALE — Hours before deadline, Carbondale Area School Board members furloughed five teachers and cut two administrative positions in order to pass their $25.9 million 2019-20 budget.

The board held its June meeting Sunday, the last day before the new school year begins and the final deadline for passing a budget.

Board members faced an ominous $2.2 million deficit projection and had agreed to furlough seven teachers when they approved a preliminary budget in May.

In a 5-3 vote, the board furloughed elementary teachers Tami Gallo, Summer Klikus and Makenzie Lynn. High school history teacher Sean Mangan and high school language arts teacher Alyssa Mayne are also out of a job.

Directors Joseph Caviston, Paul Kaczmarcik and Joseph Totsky voted against the furlough.

Lynnette Lepre-Van Deusen was absent.

The budget includes a tax increase of 4.41 mills, to 130.67 mills, the maximum allowed by state rules. A mill is a $1 tax on every $1,000 of assessed property value.

Board members seemed unified in their bitterness toward Harrisburg and the rules around school funding, which don’t account for economic disparities between poor and wealthy districts.

“We asked them for their guidance and assistance and they returned with advice that leaves me baffled: The issues that we face are our own,” Kaczmarcik said emphatically.

More than 61 percent of Carbondale Area’s students come from economically disadvantaged households, according to the Times-Tribune’s Grading our Schools analysis of state data. It ranks 64th out of the state’s 500 districts for the greatest share of poor students.

In other cost-saving measures, the board voted not to renew a contract with temporary professional employee Kristyn McDonald and passed an early-retirement agreement with curriculum coordinator Jeanne Nakonechi. Her duties will be filled by Superintendent Robert Mehalick and principals at the high school and elementary school.

The board also accepted athletic director and trainer Erik Larson’s resignation.

Earlier in the meeting, which lasted more than four hours, roughly 250 people in the high school auditorium expected the board to cut Larson’s position and fire him.

After an outpouring of support from the audience, the board surprised the room by voting 6-2 against cutting the position.

Their vote was met by hoots and applause, then a sobering discussion as board members imagined aloud how the state education secretary would react when they sent in an unbalanced budget, which violates state rules.

Then Larson approached the dais. He and board President Gary Smedley slipped backstage.

Shortly after they emerged, Larson took the microphone and said he’s made plans to move on and verbally offered his resignation.

“I have an opportunity in front of me that I think will be best overall for my family and myself,” he said before thanking the board and community for their support. “Boy, did you throw me a curveball today.”

The board is reviewing proposals from health systems Geisinger and Coordinated Health to provide trainer services at a savings of about $50,000 annually compared to Larson’s salary.

They’re seeking volunteers among faculty to fill his athletic director duties.

Larry Gabriel, president of the Carbondale Area Education Association, challenged the board on whether teachers could adequately educate when they’re already stretched thin. Five faculty members retired at the end of this past school year and won’t be replaced, he said. Combined with the furloughs, he said that amounts to one-tenth of the faculty gone.

“I do not see how the remaining staff, faculty and administration can realistically achieve the mission set forth by the Carbondale Area School District,” he said, before accusing the board of not taking the union’s cost-saving recommendations seriously, including pay-to-play for athletics and fees for class trips, among other things, that would save an estimated $230,000.

After the meeting, Smedley countered that the district had tried to negotiate with union officials, asking them to accept a $200 monthly contribution for health care and a pay freeze for this school year.

“They essentially would have saved all the people who are gone today. Don’t forget that,” he said.

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A Lancaster-based developer is looking to build 146 high-end senior apartments in downtown Jessup.

Blackford Development LTD will go before borough council tonight to request a 10-year tax abatement term for its proposed apartment complex, which will be in the large, undeveloped lot in the middle of Constitution Avenue, Delaware Street, Hill Street and Church Street.

The development would be composed of two three-story buildings, one with 56 one-bedroom and 15 two-bedroom apartments, and the other with 30 one-bedroom and 45 two-bedroom apartments, said borough Solicitor Christopher Szewczyk. The apartments are geared toward individuals who are 55 and older, he said.

The project will also include site developments like a walking trail, Szewczyk said.

The developer is looking for a Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance designation to ease development costs, he said. LERTAs exempt property owners from paying some or all taxes on improvements done to a property.

Under the proposed LERTA, the developer would pay 10% of property taxes in the first year, with that number increasing by 10% each year until it pays 100% of its property taxes in year 10.

The borough is in the midst of developing a new comprehensive plan to create a road map for the town’s future needs and land uses, and one of its goals is to expand residential areas in town, specifically those for seniors, said Councilman Gregg Betti, who is also the chairman of the 12-person comprehensive plan committee.

The comprehensive plan committee polled residents on what they wanted to see more of in the town, and the top request was parks, recreation and trails, so the proposed walking trail and development is a welcome addition, Betti said. Senior housing was also in the top five, he said.

Blackford’s property will be nearly 12 acres, and it will still leave some woodlands in the area, Betti said.

The proposed site is former industrial land that has been vacant for decades, he said.

“It’s an empty piece of land right in the middle of town,” he said, which means it will give seniors easy access to local businesses within walking distance. “Hopefully it might spur a little more downtown development for businesses.”

Calling it a great opportunity to convert industrial land to residential, council President Gerald Crinella emphasized the importance of more residential development in the town.

Council will hold a public hearing tonight at 7 in the Jessup Borough Building, 395 Lane St., regarding the LERTA designation before it votes on the tax abatement. If council passes the LERTA ordinance, the Valley View School District and Lackawanna County also have to agree to the terms.

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Keith Mancia enjoys the convenience of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s toll-by-plate system at two Lacka-wanna County plazas.

With toll-by-plate, Mancia, 36, can roll through the Keyser Avenue and Clarks Summit interchanges without stopping on the way to his Jessup home from his job as a project manager for American Asphalt Co. near Dallas.

High-speed plaza cameras snap a picture of his license plate and the turnpike bills him for the tolls later.

“It’s convenient but they charge you more to use toll-by-plate (than E-ZPass),” Mancia said.

Toll-by-plate is the same as paying with cash. E-ZPass, the turnpike’s other form of electronic tolling, comes with large discounts.

Regardless, turnpike officials say, the agency’s experiment with tolling by license plate at existing cash rates in Taylor, Clarks Summit and elsewhere has gone smoothly and enhanced the trend toward cashless tolling that started with E-ZPass.

By October 2022, turnpike officials expect electronic tolling to entirely replace human toll collection across the turnpike’s 552-mile system.

“Eventually, we will tear down the toll booths,” turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo said.

The turnpike added toll-by-plate to E-ZPass at Keyser Avenue and Clarks Summit in the spring of last year. No longer can someone pay cash at either or at two plazas near Pittsburgh and one near Philadelphia.

Toll-by-plate works like this. Once cameras snap electronic pictures of passing license plates, registration records provide vehicle owners’ addresses so the turnpike’s collection agent, Professional Account Management, can send bills. E-ZPass requires a device that drivers must get. That allows other electronic equipment at plazas to track where a vehicle enters and exits and calculate a toll that’s automatically deducted from a driver’s E-ZPass credit balance.

Turnpike officials plan to encourage more drivers to choose E-ZPass before the conversion to all-cashless tolling because it costs less and its toll collection rate is 100 percent.

A driver with E-ZPass who enters the turnpike’s northeast extension on Route 115 in Wilkes-Barre and exits at the Wyoming Valley interchange in Dupont pays 40 percent less than a cash customer. Between Keyser Avenue and Clarks Summit, E-ZPass costs 55 percent less than toll-by-plate.

The turnpike does not break down the number of toll-by-plate customers by plaza, DeFebo said.

At the five interchanges where drivers can pay only with E-ZPass or toll-by-plate, about six of seven drivers, or 83.2% of all drivers, use E-ZPass with toll-by-plate charging the rest. On average, the turnpike collected tolls from about five of every nine toll-by-plate drivers, or 9.4% of all drivers. About one of the other four — 4.6 percent of all drivers — hasn’t paid because the billing cycle hasn’t triggered a bill yet. The other three have unidentifiable license plates or faulty vehicle registration addresses or live out of state.

That means about 3 percent of drivers — for now — don’t pay at all.

“We’re right on target,” DeFebo said.

Though human toll collection is virtually 100 percent and immediate, drivers clearly prefer eliminating stops to pay cash, he said.

“Our customers are already telling us that they’re preferring electronic payments by far,” DeFebo said.

Still, that means the turnpike will have to work harder to collect the unpaid tolls.

“One of the things that’s critical to the success of cashless tolling is a high E-ZPass penetration,” DeFebo said. “It (toll-by-plate results so far) says that we’ve got some work to do regarding transitioning customers to E-ZPass.”

E-ZPass grew from 33% of all toll collections in 2003, to more than 85% this year, according to turnpike figures.

A 3-year-old law that allows for suspension of driver’s licenses for persistent scofflaws should improve collections, DeFebo said. The state General Assembly passed the law after learning some large trucking companies piled up tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid tolls. In some cases, county district attorneys have prosecuted scofflaws for theft of services; none have been prosecuted in Lackawanna or Luzerne counties.

The state is also developing reciprocal agreements with neighboring states to collect from out-of-state scofflaw drivers.

On the northeast extension, which runs from Mid-County to Clarks Summit, DeFebo said cashless tolling will smooth the transition to the Scranton Beltway, expected to open in the 2020s. The bypass is expected to shift mainly truck traffic from increasingly congested Interstate 81 to the turnpike between its Wyoming Valley and Clarks Summit interchanges. Few would use the beltway without electronic tolling, DeFebo said.

The turnpike expects to save $1 billion over the next 40 years by avoiding new plaza construction and relying on electronic tolling gantries.

“We have to keep in mind what the objective is here,” DeFebo said. “And the objective is safety of our motorists, the capacity of our system and our ability to develop new connections.”

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The Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail is a pretty sweet deal.

Travelers can visit creameries and dairies sprinkled across the state and, after enough stops, get a T-shirt and ice cream bowl. Local residents won’t have to go far to visit participating locations: Five stops on the tasty trail are located within Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wayne counties.

“If you’re an ice cream lover, this is a fun thing to do,” said Jean Manning, who co-owns and operates Manning Farm Dairy with her husband, Paul.

The trail is a partnership between the state Department of Agriculture, the Center for Dairy Excellence, PA Preferred — a state-run program that encourages people to buy local agricultural products — and visitpa.com, Pennsylvania’s official tourism website. The trail debuted last year with a dozen stops in the southeastern part of the state. The idea behind the trail is to showcase creameries across the state that produce ice cream on premises with their own milk or with milk from local farmers while providing a glimpse of farm life and how the products are made for tourists, said Carrie Lepore, deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

“We know that current trends in tourism show that people are looking for unconventional, hands-on, experiential activities,” Lepore said. “Agriculture lends itself well to that.”

This year, more than 30 creameries spread across three regional trails are taking part, Lepore said. The program works like this: People can download and print a “passport” for one of the three trails at visitpa.com or pick up one at a participating creamery. Ice cream aficionados take the passports with them as they travel and get them marked at the creameries as they visit them. Visit five and get a T-shirt, or visit all the stops on one of the regional legs for a T-shirt and ice cream bowl, Lepore said.

Local creameries are part of the Eastern PA Ice Cream Trail.

Other area locations participating are Creamworks Creamery in Waymart; Milkhouse Creamery in West Hazleton; and the Lands at Hillside Farms in Shavertown.

“Obviously, we love the whole idea of people eating local,” Hillside Executive Director Chet Mozloom said. “That’s what we’re all about: places like that surviving, and people focusing their patronage there.”

Manning Farm Dairy, RR 1 Manning Road, Dalton, and Keating’s Ice Cream, 1642 Archbald Mountain Road, Jefferson Twp., are the two Lackawanna County stops on the trail.

Staff at both noticed an uptick in visitors from both farther afield and locally since this year’s trail kicked off June 1. A group of out-of-town patrons wielding ice cream trail passports told Manning the Dalton farm was their fourth stop on the trail the day they were in, she said. To get a passport stamped, trail travelers must visit the Dalton farm, not a satellite store.

Rachel Saxton, an ice cream scooper at Manning’s, estimated she’s encountered at least 100 people with passports trying the multitude of flavors available there, such as “Charlie Brownie,” a popular chocolate ice cream loaded with brownie chunks and almonds.

“It brings people from all over,” Saxton said. “We get people from Lancaster County coming up just to get our ice cream.”

At Keating’s Ice Cream, guests can choose from about 40 flavors, ranging from popular standards to exotic varieties such as French toast and bacon, and “Cajun Cocoa,” a chocolate and chipotle pepper flavor, owner Karen Keating said. She likes that the trail not only highlights dairies and creameries like hers, but also offers a glimpse of where the food people eat comes from.

“It gives people more exposure and knowledge of farm life,” Keating said. “They can go down and see the cows.”

The Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail runs through Labor Day. To receive T-shirts and bowls, people must mail passports to the Center for Dairy Excellence, 2301 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg.

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The Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail:

Other stops on the Eastern PA Ice Cream Trail:

Chester Springs Creamery at Milky Way Farm, Chester Springs, Chester County

Crystal Spring Farm, Schnecksville, Lehigh County

Freddy Hill Farm, Lansdale, Montgomery County

Merrymead Farm, Lansdale, Montgomery County

Klein Farms Dairy and Creamery, Easton, Northampton County

Western PA Ice Cream Trail

Betsy’s Ice Cream, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County

Widnoon Soft Serve, Templeton, Armstrong County

Windy Ridge Dairy, Fombell, Beaver County

Ritchey’s Dairy, Martinsburg, Blair County

Stock’s Dairy Delight, Blair County

Vale Wood Farms, Loretto, Cambria County

Penn State Berkey Creamery, University Park, Centre County

Jackson Farms Dairy, New Salem, Fayette County

Kerber’s Dairy, North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County

South Central PA Ice Cream Trail:

Way-Har Farms, Bernville, Berks County

The Nesting Box Farm Market & Creamery, Kempton, Berks County

The Sugar Shack of Boiling Springs, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County

Sweet Treats & More, Elizabethville, Dauphin County

Urban Churn, Harrisburg, Dauphin County

Windy Knoll Farm Market & Creamery, Chambersburg, Franklin County

Lapp Valley Farm, New Holland, Lancaster County

Hall’s Ice Cream, Millerstown, Lancaster County

Pine View Dairy, Lancaster, Lancaster County

Fox Meadows Creamery, Ephrata, Lancaster County

The Milkhouse at Oregon Dairy, Lititz, Lancaster County

Patches Family Creamery, Lebanon, Lebanon County

Perrydell Farm and Dairy, York, York County

MOSES TAYLOR

COBB: A son, June 20, to Jeremy and Callie Wydeen Cobb, Nicholson.

COLON: A daughter, June 21, to Decarlos Colon and Taylor Krisler, Scranton.

DAVIS: A daughter, June 20, to Dustin Davis and Katherine Szymanski, Honesdale.

GILBERT: A daughter, June 21, to Jason and Kasey Gilbert, Scranton.

HOPKINS: A daughter, June 21, to Michael Hopkins and Mollie McGinley, Kingston.

HUDAK: A daughter, June 24, to David and Alisha Marmo Hudak, Old Forge.

HUSOSKY: A son, June 22, to John and Cassandra Husosky, South Abington Twp.

KOCHMER: A daughter, June 21, to Joseph Kochmer and Brittany Hollister, Montrose.

MACHIESKY: A daughter, June 25, to Jonathan Machiesky and Summer Klikus, Mayfield.

MANUEL: A son, June 24, to Russell Manuel and Ashley Daniels, Carbondale.

MAZALESKI: A daughter, June 23, to Leonard and Kassandra Quinn Mazaleski, Clarks Summit.

MUSGRAVE: A daughter, June 20, to Richard and Erica Muller Musgrave, Newfoundland.

RYON: A son, June 21, to Benjamin and Kathryn Vail Ryon, Factorvyille.

SCHOOLEY: A daughter, June 24, to Adam Schooley and Lesley Casella, Scranton.

SEDLAK: A son, June 24, to Michael and Amanda Sabia Sedlak, Dunmore.

SMITH: A daughter, June 25, to Christopher Lee Smith and Latroya Crystal Knight, Scranton.

WILLIAMS: A son, June 19, to Bayard and Jennifer Heckman Williams, Scranton.

WOODYATT: A son, June 21, to Ralph and Brittney Schneider Woodyatt, Scranton.

July 1, 1919

Socialist Robling attacked at hearing

Edward Robling, head of the local Socialist party, found himself battered, bruised and in police detention following his attempt to defend four men during a police court hearing at Scranton City Hall.

Robling was at the hearing of four men — Joseph Judelis, Joseph Warpus, Anthony Minkel and John Kreviskas — who were arrested during a raid on a June 30 gathering at Lincoln Hall in North Scranton, where Bolshevik beliefs were discussed. The four were charged under antisedition laws.

After the magistrate held Judelis without bail, Robling spoke up and said, “I protest against this man being sent to jail without a chance to give bail. I protest against these high-handed police court methods and demand that this man be given justice.”

The magistrate told him to sit down.

The other three men were brought before the judge and Robling offered to represent them. The magistrate again told him to sit down. The three were also held without bail.

Robling got up to leave the courtroom when an off-duty Scranton police officer yelled that Robling should be ashamed of himself for defending socialists and said “get out of here with that stuff.”

Robling exited the courtroom and found the hallway filled with people, and they heard the exchange with the officer. The mob then attacked Robling.

Robling’s back was up against the wall and someone yelled, “Out with him! Kill him!”

The mob got some punches in on Robling but he finally made it to the front door of City Hall and ran outside. The mob followed and someone knocked Robling to the ground.

Members of the Scranton police, including Patrolman Big Bill Morgan and Detective Ben Gilbert, got Robling away from the mob. The officers then locked up Robling in a cell in the police station.

Robling was later taken back to the same courtroom where he stood up for the four men and was charged with disorderly conduct. Robling did receive bail.

The following day, the charges against Robling were dismissed.

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Lackawanna County

Community event: Electric City Trolley Museum Fourth of July weekend celebration, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 300 Cliff St., Scranton, live musical performances by the Dixieland All-Stars on Thursday and Friday and Vince LoRusso Oompah Band on Saturday, honoring all active military/veterans and their immediate family (proof of service required) with discounted prices for our trolley excursion and museum, $8/adults and $7/4-17.

Old Forge

Planning meeting: Old Forge High School class of 1964 55th reunion planning meeting, July 11, 6 p.m., Arcaro and Genell, Old Forge.

South Scranton

Seniors meet: South Side Friendly Seniors meeting Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., St. Paul of the Cross Parish Center, Prospect Avenue.

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Emergency crews Sunday afternoon pulled an injured man from Nay Aug Gorge.

The Lackawanna County Communication Center reported at 12:45 p.m. a 38-year-old man with a dislocated shoulder was on a sandbar in Roaring Brook some distance downstream from the gorge falls. Several fire and rescue units responded and used a Stokes basket to get the victim to a trail above the gorge.

Crews had the man out of the water and on a trail shortly before 1:30. He was carried to an area near the University of Scranton tennis courts before being transported for treatment.

An attempt to contact Scranton police for information was unsuccessful.

— STAFF REPORT

An 18-year-old Old Forge man broke into the borough’s high school early Sunday morning, spray painted swastikas on the walls and defecated on the floor, borough police said.

Joshua Rex Rohland, 414 Sussex St., was caught on the building’s video surveillance system and found later that morning on Edith Street, three blocks from the school, according to a criminal complaint filed by Officers Eric Williams and Matthew Brown.

Rohland admitted to everything because he is a “sovereign citizen and no laws can hold him,” police wrote in an affidavit. Sovereign citizens hold antigovernment beliefs and feel certain laws do not apply to them.

Laughing, Rohland told the officers that he always wanted to deface the school because he hates the borough and school and is angry the government made him go to school, according to the complaint. He originally planned to spray paint the exterior of the school but needed to use the bathroom, so he decided to go inside. He picked up a brick and smashed a window to enter.

Superintendent Erin Keating, Ed.D., said the district is cleaning up the damage.

“It’s absolutely being remedied,” Keating said. “Children don’t have to be exposed to anything lewd or vulgar.”

She credited Rohland’s quick capture to the “textbook perfect” response of the alarm system, the police and the school principal, Christopher Gatto.

At about 12:30 a.m., a burglar alarm went off at the Marion Street school in the boy’s locker room, according to the complaint. Gatto also arrived and let in the officers.

Police found more than 40 images and messages spray painted in red on the walls, including several swastikas, male genitalia and swear words. Officers also found human feces on the floor outside the locker room.

Police reviewed the surveillance footage where the man faced the camera and raised both his middle fingers at it.

As they were reviewing the footage, another call came in through the 911 system for a man nearby smashing car windows. There, they found Rohland.

He had red paint on his shorts, which he told police was from painting the school, according to the complaint.

Officers found a can of red spray paint and 25 pills of clonazepam in his backpack. Clonazepam is an anti-epileptic drug used to treat seizures and certain types of anxiety disorders.

Rohland is charged with institutional vandalism, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, burglary and possession of a controlled substance.

Rohland is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail set by Magisterial District Judge Paul Keeler. He is required to undergo a mental health evaluation and will be entered into pretrial services, according to court records.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Monday in Central Court.

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SCRANTON — Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright informed City Council that he will resign today at 4 p.m.

Courtright notified City Council in a letter today that he will resign.

“As of 4:00 p.m. today, I hereby resign from my position as Mayor of the City of Scranton,” Courtright said in the letter to council.

Efforts to contact Courtright and his attorney, Paul Walker, were unsuccessful.

FBI agents raided Courtright’s home and City Hall on Jan. 9. Soon after, Walker issued a statement saying the mayor “has fully cooperated in the investigation and has answered the questions posed by the federal authorities.”

“The mayor vehemently denies any wrongdoing and is confident that when the investigation is complete he will be exonerated,” Walker said at that time.

U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Dawn Clark said the office cannot comment on an ongoing investigation.

Check back for updates.

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A Scranton man accused of hitting cars and smashing a window early Saturday morning reached for an officer’s gun when they came to investigate, police wrote in a criminal complaint.

Rashaud Roseway, 22, 1916 Washburn St., is charged with aggravated assault, disarming a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and related charges stemming from an incident on the 1900 block of Washburn Street.

City police responded there about 4:20 a.m. and talked to witnesses, who told police the man responsible for shattering the car window was likely inside 1916 Washburn St., as there was a lot of yelling and screaming coming from the house.

Officers approached the home when windows began to smash from inside the building. Police knocked on the door and heard a man inside scream “I’m not afraid of no police,” according to court documents.

A man, later identified as Roseway, then rushed out of the door and lunged at a police officer, according to court documents. A struggle ensued and police took Roseway to the ground as he tried to strike officers, police said.

A man inside the building, Javier Babb, told police Roseway was intoxicated and destroying the building.

While officers talked to Babb, Roseway repeatedly tried to attack police, according to court documents. He grabbed an officer’s pistol and tried to take it from its holster as police walked him to a vehicle. Officers again put him on the ground and restrained him, according to court documents.

Roseway remains in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $175,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.

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FELL TWP. — At a packed meeting Monday night, residents aired concerns about an experimental mine reclamation project as township supervisors voted to hire a law firm to help make a decision on how officials will proceed.

The Simpson Stone Quarry on Route 171, owned by Laflin-based Pioneer Aggregates, began a project last month to use what’s called re-crete, a mixture of Portland cement and construction and demolition waste, to reclaim 2.5 acres of mine land. Called “C&D fines,” the material is essentially leftover debris from construction and demolition projects. The project has raised concerns from township supervisors and residents alike, ranging from possible environmental issues to effects on property values.

Township officials also believe the project violates the quarry’s zoning, in that putting the re-crete in the mine land essentially turns the property into a landfill, and issued a zoning violation to the company. However, Pioneer Aggregates believes the project falls under state mining laws for reclamation and the process is safe and beneficial.

On Monday night, township solicitor Joe McGraw said he wanted an attorney with experience in mining law to provide advice on what approach the township should take.

“If their position is correct, and I’m not saying it is, but if a judge agrees with them and we went up there and shut that down prematurely, we could be liable for every day’s lost revenue,” McGraw said. “I can’t advise the township to take action like that when there could be such sweeping repercussions.”

McGraw said he’s been in contact with Myers, Brier & Kelly LLP, a Scranton-based law firm, about a quote for services. He expects one by Wednesday. Supervisors voted to meet in an executive session Wednesday evening to discuss and vote on hiring a firm.

Some township residents in attendance — and one township supervisor — don’t think officials are moving fast enough to put an end to activities there.

The effects the project could have on the environment are especially concerning because of the site’s proximity to water, township resident Jennifer Carachilo said. The project site is 500 yards from Wilson Creek, a tributary to the Lackawanna River. Because the project is the first like it in Pennsylvania, any effects it has on the environment are unknown, she added. She thinks the township should step up immediately and put an end to the trucks carrying re-crete to the quarry.

Others are concerned about what the increased truck traffic carrying re-crete will do to the township’s infrastructure, including roads they travel on and utility lines that run underneath them. Township resident John Scott said that over the last few days, he’s seen hundreds of trucks traveling on Route 171.

“These are all issues that need to be addressed,” Scott said.

Pioneer Aggregates appealed the zoning violation and will go before the zoning hearing board Aug. 7 at the Fell Twp. Municipal Building, 1 Veterans Drive.

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SCRANTON

City Hall will be closed Thursday in observance of Independence Day.

There won’t be any garbage collection in Scranton on Thursday, as the Department of Public Works will be off. Garbage and blue recycling will fall a day behind.

Lackawanna County offices, including the courthouse, also will be closed Thursday.

Meanwhile, Scranton City Council changed its weekly meetings for July from Monday nights to Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m., preceded by a caucus at noon.

— JIM LOCKWOOD

A Dunmore bank hit a visibility milestone Monday when global index and analytics company FTSE Russell added it to its all-cap index.

FNCB Bank is now listed on the Russell 3000 Index, a perk that comes as the bank’s market capitalization, $157.5 million as of Monday, meets the index’s recently revised lower threshold of $152.3 million.

“This is something strategically we’ve been working on for several years,” said Chief Financial Officer James Bone. “We started down a path … we wanted to increase the marketability and liquidity of the bank’s stock.”

Last year, FNCB leveled up when it started trading on the Nasdaq exchange.

Joining the Russell 3000 Index means FNCB stock gets even more exposure to a broader range of investors, including institutional investors and mutual funds, Bone said.

“We believe that’s good for both the company and the shareholders in general,” he said.

The all-cap Index combines the company’s large-cap Russell 1000, which includes publicly traded companies with a market cap between $3.6 billion and $974.2 billion, and the small-cap Russell 2000, for companies with a market cap between $152.3 million and $3.6 billion.

Market cap represents a company’s outstanding shares multiplied by its stock price.

During its annual reconstitution earlier this year, FTSE Russell widened the range for the Russell 3000, which opened the door for FNCB to jump in, as well as into the Russell 2000, when changes went into effect at the end of trading Friday.

The new status also comes as fund managers and financial consultants steer more investment toward diversified, passive index funds instead of active trading.

Buying into an index, rather than individual stocks, gives investors stability because they own a broader range of securities.

Joining the Russell 3000 “offers a platform to increase our visibility and exposure to leading institutional investors,” FNCB President Gerard A. Champi said in a statement. “It’s reflective of our continued growth, strong financial performance and shareholder value.”

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High notes

Doctor Michael Ratchford from the Scranton District Dental Society presented the consumers and staff of the Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania with a check for $500 during a thank- you pizza party hosted by the society.

The donation was the first of three to support the Arc for its continued dedication to assisting the SDDS with National Children’s Dental Health Month.

The society has partnered with the Arc for the past 17 years to prepare dental health bags for National Children’s Dental Health Month each February.

“Arc’s consumers are doing an amazing job filling approximately 8,000 educational bags with children’s coloring pages,

crayons, toothbrushes, McDonald’s coupons and toothpaste,” said Ratchford, SDDS board member.

The society is an education- and service-based organization of approximately 150 local member dentists, according to the organization. It is a constituency of the American Dental Association and the Pennsylvania Dental Association. The group oversees activities, including Children’s Dental Health Month, public education, school visitations and continuing education for dentists.

For details, visit www.scran

tondental.org.

Super students

Incoming members of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s MD class of 2023, Jude Polit-Moran of West Pittston and Kristen Richards of Pittston, have been named Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation scholars.

The scholarship significantly reduces their tuition burden. Both Jude and Kristen were selected for their academic excellence and a desire to serve the communities of Northeast Pennsylvania. This is the fifth year that two incoming medical students were selected as Northeastern PA Health Care Foundation Scholars.

Jude was born and raised in West Pittston and graduated from Wyoming Area Secondary Center and the University of Rochester.

Jude, a dedicated volunteer, found a passion for his volunteer work while assisting for the local Meals on Wheels program and a Care and Concern clinic during college breaks.

“The rich experiences I have had in health care and through hometown volunteer work helped to reaffirm my goal to one day practice medicine in Northeastern Pennsylvania,” he said.

Jude is interested in primary care, emergency medicine and radiology with aspirations to practice in Luzerne County, according to the medical school.

Kristen was born and raised in Pittston and graduated from Pittston Area High School and the University of Pittsburgh, where she majored in biological sciences with minors in chemistry and Spanish.

During school breaks, Kristen volunteered at the Care and Concern Free Health Clinic in Pittston and at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.

“I am most interested in surgical specialties but look forward to experiencing all the opportunities available to me during my education at GCSOM before making my final decision,” she said, adding she hopes to practice medicine in the Northeast Pennsylvania community.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

■ Tony Robert Shy and Jessica Lynn Belanger, both of Gouldsboro.

■ Christopher Lesnefsky, Archbald, and Michele Ann Wall, Scranton.

■ Lional Albert Edwards and Alyssa Marie Potter, both of Scranton.

■ Timothy E. Bryant and Jameisha R. Campbell, both of Scranton.

■ Kelsey Murphy, Scranton, and John C. McKenna, Netcong, N.J.

■ Jeffrey John Piazza and Ashley Marie Cesare, both of Old Forge.

■ Brandon Keith Foster and Giovanna Nicole Maiolo, both of Milford, Conn.

■ Leon William Wood and Nicole Lynn Speck, both of Old Forge.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

■ Bridgette D. Gawrys and Ethan Cannella, Clarks Summit, to Juan P. Narvaez, Scranton; a property at 301-303 Aswell Court, Scranton, for $65,720.

■ Annette M. Rice, Waverly Twp., to William Scott and Anna Casey Lynett, Shavertown; a property at 110 Overlook Road, Waverly Twp., for $342,000.

■ Glenn R. Koch, Lackawanna County, to Shawn and Krystal Rowell, Lackawanna County; a property at 211 Dudley St., Dunmore, for $128,800.

■ Fricchione Family Partners LP to Volos Properties IV LLC; a property at 751 Enterprise Road, Throop, for $1,750,000.

■ A. Robert Saracino, executor of the estate of Regina Ann Saracino, to Craig Landri; a property at 318 S. Main St., Old Forge, for $120,443.

■ Mari Hoban Emmi, also known as Mariann H. Emmi, executrix of the estate of Mary F. Hannick, also known as Mary Hannick, Scranton, to Duane D. and Sharon Telep, Scranton; a property at 1723 Winona St., Scranton, for $146,280.

■ Cheryl Geklinsky, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Frank H. Geklinsky, Sugar Notch, to Cedar Ave. Rentals LLC; a property at 1149 Sloan St., Scranton, for $53,000.

■ Sean R. and Tiffany C. Dinkel, Taylor, to Deysi Fuentes Cruz, Scranton; a property at 318 W. Taylor St., Taylor, for $128,750.

■ Ryan C. and Chyann E. Phillips, Jermyn, to James Nonnenberg, Archbald; a property at 531 Lincoln Ave., Jermyn, for $116,000.

ESTATES FILED

■ John S. Zielinski, 1148 Franklin St., Old Forge, letters testamentary to Lorraine Ziemba, also known as Lorraine Horton, 713½ W. Oak St., Old Forge.

■ Eleanor Mecca, also known as Eleanor G. Mecca, 47½ Line St., Throop, letters testamentary to Maria T. Rozaieski, same address.

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SCRANTON

The eighth annual Scrantastic Spectacular celebration, set for Wednesday, will affect traffic downtown as setup begins for the event.

The event on Courthouse Square features music, food, a fireworks display and more. It is set to begin at 4 p.m., though setup starts at 7 a.m., when street and parking closures will begin at Mulberry Street and North Washington Avenue and then around Courthouse Square.

One lane of Adams Avenue will remain open and the public will have access to the parking garage on Linden Street between Wyoming and North Washington avenues. Parking will also be available on Wyoming and Adams avenues.

— CLAYTON OVER

A list of Scranton High School’s Class of 2019, included in a special section published Saturday, excluded several names. The complete list follows.

Daniel Acosta, Aless Jellan Mendoza Agojo, Daniel Aguilar, Erika Aguilar, Dilyara Ilkhamovna Akhmedova, Ameer Mohammed Bunyan Al Fanooni, Fatimah Mohammed Bunyan Al Fanooni, Adrianna Allegrucci, Karla Almonte Rodriguez, Morgan Ambrosecchia, Michael Ambrosia, Nicholas Ambrosia, Jovita Angelyn, Selvi Anggoni, David Anguisaca, Dashyra Aquino Rosario, Jason Ardan, Justin Arthur, Sean Bagasevich, Demetrius Baldoni, Kadin Baldoni, Kiera Baltrusaitis, Jordan Banks, Alexander Baress, Miabella Basile, Marcus Allen Bauman, Skyler Beacham, Tyler Joseph Belles, Jennifer Bello Cardoso, Jeffrey Bello, Olivia Bennington, Ariana Marquis Berazate, Ananda Blount, Selina Bolella, Ferdinand Manuel Borges Diaz, David Borgia, Jacey Joel Boria, Angelina Brink, Evan Bryce Brink, Cecelia Brown, Damian Brown, Jerrod F. Brown, Quanai Yalonda Bullock, Isabella Burcheri, Crystal Summer Burkland, Zanobia Burns, Chris Calixto, Damaris Calixto, Neyse Callejas, Jacob Campbell, Nathan Campbell, James Fidencio Canales, Jasmine Lyn Nicole Carmella, Jason Carpenter, Zoe Castillo, John Chalus Glover, Megan Chance, Fabien Charles Keith, Gabriel Charles Keith, Crystal Cholula, Cameron Christy, Dante Clark, Emily Renee Clark, William Cobley, Javanah Joi Cole, Celia Condon, Sarah Elizabeth Connor, Yarisel Cordero Cintron, Alissa Cordovez, Christian Correa, Abigail Cosgrove, James Coursen, Grace Crowley, Brandon Crusen, Alyssa Cummings, Rudy Adan Cuxum Cahuec, Hayden Matthias Murphy D’Angelo, Noah D’Annunzio, Kailey Davis, Sydney Elia Decker, Rayne Dehart, Megan Dejesus-Senesouk, Leudy Bienvenido DeLa Cruz Noboa, Rafael Deleon, Nahomy DeLosSantos, Birendra Dhungel, Heide Yessenia Diaz Batres, Dakota Walker Dicks, Aimee Danyell Dixon, Jay-Vaughn Curtis Kotey Djanie, Ryan Dolan, Kaitlyn Dolphin, Asuncion Dominguez, Brisa Dominguez, Daisy Dominguez, Aidan Drouse, Heritier Dunia, Claire Dunleavy, Abigail Eckenrode, George Quadez Devonne Sydeeq Ellis, Braneitha English, Shawn English, Jessica Escalante, Brisa Mychelt Espino Camacho, Luis Angel Estrella Diaz, Abigail Farrell, Leonel Edel Figueroa Morales, Karelis Figueroa, Jade Fitzgerald, Juan Alejandro Flores Caraballo, Luis Flores, Jonathan Fonseca, Victoria Grace Fotia, Sydney Morgan Frazier, Leanna Lynn Fuller, Michelle Fuller, Abigail Gaffney, Diana Gaglione, Ciara Gagner, Bimal Gajmer, Kieara Gamez White, Archi Hemant Gandhi, Evan Garan, Christian Garay, Aimee Jocelyn Garcia, Aletia Patricia Garcia, Andres Garcia, Byannca Gilbride, Sheila Marie Giles, Sulmary Gomez, Danielle Marie Gonzalez, Jazmyn Gonzalez, Nicholas Gonzalez, Hayley Grabowski, Justin Grier, Alexandria Grippi, Samuel Gromelski, Emilie Gronski, Destiny Susan Gudaitis, Marco Alexander Guerrero-Alvanez, Joseph Guido, Alisha Gutierrez-Habrahamshon, Kelly Gutierrez, My Gia Ha, Arielle Jasmine Haggerty, Samara Haigler, Elizabeth Haikes, Abir Khader Hammad, Destiny Hamman, Ariana Harris, Tehya Harris, Kristin Hart, Hannelore Hartmann, Mynia Alexus Haynes, Kelsey Hein, Corey Henehan, Star Henning, Leslie Anne Hessmiller, Gianna Hildebrand, Victoria Hill, Nicholas Derick Hinson McNeil, Jake Patrick Howells, John Howells, Kaleigh Alyssa Hubshman, Abigail Huegel, Joseph Hull, Megan Hunter, Abbie Mae Hutchins, Asia Jalil, Yerfry Jiminian, Abbigail Jones, Aidan Jones, Austin Xavier Jones, Haley Jones, Tahg Nasheed Jones, Gianna Joplin, Eric Clarence Jordan, Paul Allen Jordan, Emily Josselyn, Taylor Judge, Tika Maya Kadariya, Sunita Kaldan, Brandon Karp, Dilano Timore Kearney, Lamia Alianna Kearney, Nautis Nicole Kenderdine, Zoey Kathryn Kermidas, GraceAnne Patricia Kerr, Miracle Gabrielle Keys, Caroline King, Lindel Kirton, Ethan Kleha, Mykaela Kline, Kenneth Kretsch, Nyah Kubilus, Tyler Kucharski, Alyssa Kurey, Angela Kwiatkowski, Sara Labar, Daisy Guadalupe Lainez Avila, Grayson Lavelle, Annalise Lazo, Kayla Arie Lazo, Isaiah Emmanuel Lee, Anastasia Louise Sakevich Lepka, Cole Lewis, Jeremy Michael Liptai, Austin Robert Lockard, Robert Michael Lolli, Jose Orlando Luciano, James Lucke, Thomas Luddy, Sophia Angela Luongo, Kaylee Ann Lyons, Jenna Catherine Mackiw, Jordan Mailler, Mackenzie Mangan, Jaelynn Manson, Kiomara Marbelt Vargas, Marcos Marengo, Guadalupe Marin, Daniel Marmolejo, Anita Marquez, Izayah Armani Keairah Marsh, Leslie Martinez, Mia Matheson, Christofer Manuel Matta Cruz, Albina Mavlyudova, Brett McCloe, Kenneth McCormick, Kaecya Monae McCullough, Michaela Mabel McDonald, Adrianna McGuire, Marqie McLean, Brennan McIntyre, Miranda McNally, Aden Lea Meeker, Dania Vanessa Mejia Perez, Humphrey Mende, Lesley Mendoza, Yaa Achiaa Mensah, Joshua Mitchell, Zachary Molloy, Marisol Monacelli, Anjana Monger, Genesis Monroig Rivera, Katarina Montoro, Destiny Moore, Willie Patrick Moore, Jorge Spencer Morales Roman, Jovanny Alberto Morales, Jawaan Ahmad Morgan-Kingwood, Jasmine Morgan, Jozsef Moyer, Zakiyyah Muhammad, Connor Mullen, Eljhune Mundia, Shealyn Murphy, Atembo Musafiri, Esther Nambu, Sean Patrick Needham, Beyonka Nicole Nelson, Najir Nelson, Shania Nelson, Madison Noll, Jeffrey Norton, Jeremiah Oakes, Alex Opshinsky, Olivia Vincentina Opshinsky, Camryn Orzello, Dayivette Pacheco Oyola, Eric Paranich, Shyheim Parker, Eryk Pasko, Steven Paszek, Ansh Patel, Drashti Patel, Harsh Amit Patel, Harsh Snehalkumar Patel, Hima Akshaykumar Patel, Janvee Upendrakumar Patel, Jenis Ashish Rajnikant Patel, Keshiben Mukeshkumar Patel, Krina Patel, Kunj Patel, Maulin Patel, Mit Dharmeshkumar Patel, Neelkanthkumar Patel, Pankti Patel, Pratik Maheshbhai Patel, Pujan Patel, Siddharth Amitkumar Patel, Tirth Patel, Viraj Patel, Christian Pavon Vivas, Dynasty Dayja Perez, Jacob Peterson, Jordan Taylor Aisha Phillips, Kyler Simone Pitt, Claudia Pitts, Isabella Piva, Juna Pokhrel, Vanessa Polkowski, Mariah Abigail Portillo, Brenda Sarai Posadas Salazar, Shamir Pradhan, Amanda Priorielli, Zachary Pyeron, Mario Quinones Baquero, Nabin Rai, Sajan Rai, Josue Ramirez, Noble Ramirez, Abdiel Ramos Miranda, John Randazzo, Hemil Bhupendrabhai Ray, Connor Reap, Jamie Reap, Julia Marie Reed, Kayla Reed, Kirsten Reim, Mia Rios, Nicole Rivera, Anisha Robbins, Alberto Rodriguez, Omar Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez, Mireya Rojas, Nakia Romano, Diego Renato Romero Lazo, Sheylla Celine Romero Rodriguez, Monica Julliany Rosario, Earl Ross, Priya Ruparelia, Maricon Lerias Saba, Tiara Sanchez, Angelyvette Santana Rosado, Aviance Santiago, Christopher Santiago, Thayra Santos, Molly Schaefer, Zachary Schmalzle, Robert Schreck, Daniel Scott, Norma Iris Scott, Gwyneth Serowinski, Lauren Severe, Gaurav Shah, Brianna Shea, Kyla Sheerer, Kaleb David Sherman, Nicholas Daniel Silverman, Brandon Slugg, Angilay Iyonna Tishania Smith, Anthony Smith, Brianna Lee Soltan, Felicia Sompel Welk, Olivia Spory, Alycia Stevens, Devon Demetrius Stewart, Alyvia Svetovich, Christopher Swavola, Kevin Tapia, Jessica Tassey, Gesileny Taveras, Nakazi Akir Terry, Brooke Thomas, Demitri Thomas, Angel Tomczyk, Khaliyah Nichelle Tonic, Marc Anthony Torres, Dylan Townsend, Julia Ann Tucker, Joshua Tugend, Brayan J. Tzuban Quito, Jocelyn Uribe, Zachary Vanchure, Raul Andres Vega Gonzalez, Kallie Lea Velazquez, James Frederick Vieira, Jahwon Shon Wainwright, Zoye Lee Wallen, Kayla Walsh, Kyle Wargo, Makayla Weaver, Jacob Wesolowski, Alan White, Austin White, Derome De’Juan White, Jonathan Michael Wilga, Darnell Williams, Stone Wirth, Juanita Wolak, Elizabeth Norah Yatko, Alex Jonathon Young, Jonathan Yudhistira, Thomas Zaltauskas, Sierra M. Zilla and Jacob Zymblosky.