Some worry liberal arts degree might make job hunt harder
Tough economic times have some in educational fields gun-shy of advising future undergraduates to pursue their dreams with a liberal arts degree. A liberal arts education has been criticized by some...
View ArticleInvestors eye future
The stock market over the last five years wasn't as much of a roller coaster ride as it was a single plunge, then a slow climb. Since the market lost more than one third of its value in 2008, it has...
View ArticleWatching your credit score
How timely you pay your bills, and how you handle credit, go into calculating your credit score. Your credit score is used to determine your ability to handle financing, like a mortgage or car loan....
View ArticleRegion's GDP up slightly
The region's economy expanded by just $24 million in value in 2011, reflecting much slower growth than the preceding year. Gross domestic product in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro area grew by 0.1...
View ArticleLocal History: Mystery man sentenced to death for murder
He sat in the Wyoming County prison in Tunkhannock, reading Shakespeare and awaiting his execution. He refused to provide any defense for his killing of J.M. Sickler. And he refused to positively...
View ArticleTailor worked for american dream one stitch at a time
Pete Sabato remembers the long evenings spent at a tailor shop in Scranton, patiently learning the trade that would eventually lead him into business for himself, that would help him buy a home, put...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/18/13
AvocaEgg hunt: West Side Social Club Easter egg hunt, Saturday, 1 p.m., 711 McAlpine St.; ages 12 and under.DunmoreLiving stations: Catholic High School Youth Group of Dunmore, living stations, Sunday,...
View ArticleGreater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick hold 99th annual dinner
PITTSTON - Looking out across the ballroom, Col. Frank Noonan didn't see an audience. He saw friends. The guest speaker at the 99th annual Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner said it...
View ArticleLackawanna County bars cited for violations
THROOP - Four Lackawanna County bars were cited by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for liquor law violations. Boulevard Memorial VFW Post 7251, 179 Boulevard Ave., Throop, was cited Sept. 6,...
View ArticleMusic therapy conference coming to Scranton
Music therapy is "50 years new," but Cheryl Jones Ellsworth, 50, said the program is still gaining recognition in Northeast Pennsylvania. The clinical supervisor at Marywood University and contracted...
View ArticleDetails emerge on suspect in death of corrections officer
Jessie Con-ui started drinking at 12 and killing at 25. The inmate accused of the brutal murder of a correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan three weeks ago executed a gang rival...
View ArticleLocals graduate from State Police Academy
HARRISBURG - A handful of area natives were among the 73 men and women who recently graduated from the 135th class of the State Police Academy in Hershey and have been assigned to barracks to begin...
View ArticleClarks Summit to place ads on police vehicles
The Clarks Summit police fleet is getting some new colors. Starting this spring, officials will place two 8-by-16-inch advertisements on each of the borough's three marked police vehicles, borough...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/18/2013
Funeral Notices BENFIELD, SISTER MARGAÂRET, I.H.M., today, Mass, 11 a.m., Our Lady of Peace ResiÂdence, 2300 Adams Ave., ScranÂton. Interment, St. Catherine's CemÂetery, Moscow. ContribuÂtions:...
View ArticleAging baby boomers face discouraging financial future
Evidence presents a discouraging case against a financially secure retirement for thousands of Lackawanna County residents. An analysis by Decision Data Resources, a business intelligence firm in...
View ArticleCarbondale celebrates St. Patrick
Emulating the days when Irish bagpipers would travel the countryside playing at parties for landowners, Leo Schott pumped the uilleann pipes with his elbow, the instrument emitting an upbeat rhythm...
View ArticleN.J. man arrested on drug charges in Duryea
DURYEA - A New Jersey man was arrested early Sunday after a traffic stop revealed marijuana in his pickup truck, police said. Willie Jamaal McCoy, 29, of Newark, was arrested just after 1 a.m. after...
View ArticleAnother winter storm coming our way
Another winter storm is heading our way. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for a snowy and icy Monday afternoon in NEPA. Several inches of snow with freezing rain,...
View ArticleFormer pastor sentenced to life in prison without parole for wife's murder
After emotional testimony this morning from relatives of Betty Jean Schirmer, the man who killed her in 2008, Arthur Schirmer, was sentenced to life in prison without parole. The sentence comes just...
View ArticleNo ruling after hearing in Penn State suit
BELLEFONTE — A judge says it might be late April before he rules on Penn State's request to dismiss a whistleblower and defamation lawsuit filed by former assistant football coach Mike McQueary. Judge...
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