Throop won't seek additional landfill reports
Throop won't seek reports on landfillCouncil OK with DEP study plan THROOP - The borough will not seek additional reports on the activity of the Keystone Sanitary Landfill from the Department of...
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A bridge spanning railroad tracks on Sunset Road in La Plume that was closed in 2011 after a hole opened on the roadway has been narrowed to one lane, restricted to 13 tons and reopened.
View ArticleAll charges but attempted murder held for accused rapist
A Scranton man will stand trial on charges he raped, choked and stabbed his friend in Moosic in December, but not on the attempted homicide charge levied against him, a preliminary hearing determined...
View ArticleLocal unemployment up; still highest rate in state
Unemployment rose slightly in December, as gains in sales jobs were offset by reductions in the service sector.The jobless rate in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro area was 9.5 percent, up one-tenth of...
View ArticleWintry mix causes slippery roads, crashes
A mix of snow, rain and sleet glazed area roads and sidewalks on Monday, making it treacherous to travel on four tires or two feet. Two men were injured while walking in Carbondale at 11 a.m. when a...
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Blue Ridge hosts major band festival The area's finest musicians came together last week at Blue Ridge High School.The three-day Pennsylvania Music Educators Association event culminated Friday with a...
View ArticleCourt decision says Associates at Chapman Lake can charge user fee
More than five years after the Associates at Chapman Lake purchased the Scott Twp. lake, a Lackawanna County Court decision says the organization can charge fees and make rules governing who can use...
View ArticleArguments over Pike County district's drug-testing policy delayed
Action delayed on drug policyMILFORD - Oral arguments scheduled for Monday on whether Delaware Valley School District's controversial student drug- testing policy should be permanently banned by...
View ArticleBars, clubs prep for emergency after night club tragedy
After more than 230 people were killed in a Brazilian nightclub fire over the weekend, bars, clubs and entertainment venues throughout Northeast Pennsylvania are reviewing their safety precautions and...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 1-29-2013
POlice BlotterScrantonFriday, Jan. 25n Residential burglary - forced entry: 100 block of Morris Avenue, 1:25 a.m.n Criminal mischief to automobiles: 3000 block of Colliery Avenue, 2:58 a.m.n Fraud:...
View ArticleRegional Briefs
REGIONAL BRIEFSState police plan DUI checkpointDUNMORE - State police at Dunmore announced troopers will set up DUI checkpoints this weekend.There will be roving patrols and sobriety checkpoints...
View ArticleLocal state police troopers, corporal promoted
Four promoted by state policeDUNMORE - Three state police troopers and one state police corporal from Lackawanna County received promotions to corporal and sergeant, respectively, the agency announced...
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ARBOCHUS, JOHN, Scranton, and resident of Allied Services Developmental Services Division, private. Interment, private, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Twp. Condolences: millerbeanfh.com....
View ArticleClarks Summit secures grant for truck scales
CLARKS SUMMIT - Borough police officers will soon have the resources necessary to enforce commercial vehicle traffic.At a Clarks Summit borough council meeting Tuesday, officials announced they...
View Article$10 million Keyser Avenue project kicks off
Officials from gas, cable and electrical companies swarmed a section of Keyser Avenue and reduced traffic to a single lane on Tuesday as work began on a $10.4 million project meant to improve road...
View ArticleBoard decides on bank loans
Board decides on bank loansSOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Board members Tuesday determined how they will pay for the rest of the estimated $34 million project to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant.At an...
View ArticleDeNaples banking ban vacated; court blasts regulators
Louis A. DeNaples may be free to rejoin the board of directors of the First National Community Bank after a federal court vacated a lifetime ban from banking imposed by regulators. The decision...
View ArticleMan who threatened magistrate judge gets sentenced to time served
TUNKHANNOCK - A man who admitted he threatened a Wyoming County judge with bodily harm last summer asked the court for leniency Tuesday because he wanted to get home to be with his father, who has...
View ArticleDragster Amato sees potential in downtown W-B
WILKES-BARRE - Former champion drag racer and developer Joe Amato sees great potential in the University Corners buildings in downtown Wilkes-Barre.Mr. Amato said he is finalizing the purchase of the...
View ArticleBob Bolus sues Scranton for $50,000 in dispute over land near his home
Bolus sues city in property dispute A lawsuit against Scranton by resident and businessman Bob Bolus claims the city made "misrepresentations" to him about ownership of a section of land next to his...
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