Firm's trash renews Marjol site discussion, may contain lead
THROOP - A trash disposal request at Monday's borough council meeting rekindled talk of the Marjol battery site. Council reviewed a request from Exide Technologies of Reading to dispose of residual...
View ArticleHearing continued for Prep student accused of Twitter threat
Hearing delayed in online threat SCRANTON - A preliminary hearing for the Scranton Prep senior accused of posting a Twitter threat to "blow up" two schools was continued Monday. Lackawanna County...
View ArticleSuspended Old Forge chief wants separate trial on sex assault
Suspended Old Forge Police Chief Larry Semenza and Capt. Jamie Krenitsky should not be put on trial together on charges they sexually assaulted an underage teenage girl several years ago, the chief's...
View ArticleA little less green for lettuce
A recent run-up in lettuce prices seems to be retreating. Costs of romaine, leaf, iceberg and other lettuce varieties shot up this month after a round of freezing temperatures and heavy rains in...
View ArticleCorrection
Incorrect figureA brief on D1 in Saturday's editions of The Times-Tribune incorrectly stated assets of Fidelity D&D Bancorp as $602 billion. The bank's assets at the end of last year were $602...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 2/12/13
CLIPBOARDCarbondaleAnniversary dinner: Monsignor William Farrell Division, Ancient Order of Hibernians, 40th anniversary Communion dinner, Feb. 23, following 4 p.m. Mass at St. Rose of Lima Church, St....
View ArticleFuneral Notices 2/13/2013
AMES, FRANCES HERRON, Sunday, 3 p.m., Rockledge United Methodist Church. Visitation, one hour before service. Contributions: Rockledge United Methodist Church. BOZAN, JOHN F., East Norristown, Mass,...
View ArticleContractors will fund repairs to Ransom township's damaged roads
Power line firm to fix road damage RANSOM TWP. - Contractors put to rest supervisors' concerns Monday, as they agreed to fund repairs to township roads affected by a project to bring a high-voltage...
View ArticleDunmore council members spar over website upgrades
DUNMORE - Borough council members may agree that the borough's website needs improvements, but they disagree on committing more than $12,000 to it this year. Councilman Michael Hayes calls the website...
View ArticleLackawanna County detectives use stun gun to arrest alleged heroin dealer
Alleged heroin dealer arrested SCRANTON - Lackawanna County detectives used a stun gun to arrest a man who ran from them after selling heroin outside Lackawanna College, police said. Jamaal Vandorn,...
View ArticleRiverside appoints coaches, makes cuts in cafeteria
Riverside has coaches, needs director TAYLOR - Riverside School District will have all its bases covered with coaches next school year but are now on the hunt for an athletic director after Monday...
View ArticleGetting there: It's not freezing or snowing
It will be a little warmer and a little drier today. Temperatures are already above freezing and will stay around 35 most of the day. It will be mostly cloudy. A west wind of 11 to 15 mph may have...
View ArticleRailRiders announce season of promotions, giveaways
In their first five seasons from 2007 through 2011, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees implemented a marketing plan that largely focused on promoting baseball. Over that span, attendance plummeted 51.3...
View ArticlePennDOT officials: Funding will focus on maintenance, not construction
PITTSTON TWP. - The majority of the $300 million that would be injected into state road and bridge projects in the first year of Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed transportation plan likely would go toward...
View ArticleHonor roll, 2/13/2013
WAYNE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLGRADE 8High honor roll: Austin Adams, Ashley Atcavage, Paige Bidwell, Nicole Billard, Mckenzie Blair, Christina Canfield, Emily DeCrotie, Elizabeth Freshour, Taylor Frisch,...
View ArticleHearing board judge lets Dimock water appeal continue
A state Environmental Hearing Board judge has denied a natural gas drilling company's motion to throw out a recently reinstated appeal by two Dimock Twp. families who object to the state's remedy for...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 2/13/13
CLIPBOARDArchbaldCoat collection: State Rep. Frank Farina, D-115, Jessup, collecting clean/wearable coats for shelters/nonprofit agencies, drop off: 423 Main St. office, Mondays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.;...
View ArticleStudents' mock trial presentation appeals to judge
In a rare moment, U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas I. Vanaski openly praised attorneys arguing a case in his courtroom. After jurors left Tuesday evening to deliberate the fate of a questionable Philadelphia...
View ArticleLackawanna County children's lawyer indicted for tax evasion
A federal grand jury indicted Lackawanna County Family Court's sole-appointed and paid guardian ad litem on charges of tax evasion and filing two false federal income tax returns stemming from her...
View ArticleWest Scranton man sent to state prison for child porn
A West Scranton man will spend up to six years in state prison for downloading thousands of sexually explicit videos and photos of children onto his computer. On Tuesday, Lackawanna County Judge...
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