Surgeons and physicians area's top average wage earners
A truck driver from Wilkes-Barre might earn just $670 less than someone doing the same job in Philadelphia, but less money goes a lot further here where the cost of living is significantly lower....
View ArticleRain doesn’t chase crowd from annual Cherry Blossom festkicks off
The 46th annual West Pittston Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off with a parade Saturday. The day started at noon with the parade winding through Exeter and Wyoming Avenues and ending at the...
View ArticleJermyn approves "lite" version of International Property Maintenance Code
JERMYN — After adopting the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) to give the borough more enforcement power in tackling blight issues last year, council voted Thursday to adopt a revised,...
View ArticleLocal luminaries grilled in history trivia game
Artifacts providing a glimpse into the storied history of Northeast Pennsylvania popped up on a screen Saturday. Next to it, local government officials, judges, state representatives, school...
View ArticleVeterans 5/7/2017
Sen. Baker sets veterans outreach State Sen. Lisa Baker veterans outreach with VFW service officer, May 15, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 2512 Route 6, Hawley, lower level, rear, of the Lake Wallenpaupack...
View ArticleCHRIS KELLY: The man who won’t be ‘czar’
Tom Marino just said no to being Donald Trump’s top general in the eternal “War on Drugs.” The Republican congressman claimed his 83-year-old mother’s poor health made it impossible for him to accept...
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Then and Now
1953: This photo shows the DL&W tracks and train shed adjacent to the railroad’s grand passenger station on Lackawanna Avenue. At the height of the railroad’s usage, 12 passenger trains left the...
View ArticleHonor Rolls 5/7/2017
MOUNTAIN VIEW JR.-SR. HIGH SCHOOL GRADE 12 Cailin Burney, Audrey Cameron, Jessica Fanelli, Cara Farnham, Zebin Feduchak, Israel Ficarro, Jesse Gerfin, Joshua Johnson, Jordan Kochmer, Matthew Lavin,...
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Tuesday:Commonwealth Health’s Heart & Vascular Institute’s “Vascular Disease: The Basics of What I Need to Know,” 6 p.m. McGowan Conference Center in the General Services Building at Regional...
View ArticleNEPA’s Most Wanted Fugitives, 5/7/2017
Matthew Drogan Wanted by: Scranton office, state Board of Probation and Parole. Fugitive since: April 3. Wanted for: Theft by deception (two counts), receiving stolen property, bad checks, possession...
View ArticlePolice: Missing Montrose woman found safe
A Susquehanna County woman who went missing Friday after telling her family she had crashed into an embankment is safe, state police confirmed Sunday. Beth Ann Decker, 48, of Montrose, told her...
View ArticleCentrist Macron wins France presidential runoff
PARIS — France's prime minister says that centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election. Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement minutes after the last polls closed that...
View ArticleVolunteer group looking for a few baby boomers
A newly launched Scranton wing of a national charity is looking for volunteers ages 50 and older to use their expertise to help others. Attorney Teddy Michel, 40, officially opened the Northeastern...
View ArticleBrass Celebration Clinic brightens Marywood
In a darkened, empty theater, Joseph Lovinsky strutted back and forth on the illuminated stage. A dozen musicians with glistening horns on their laps listened as the world-class French horn player...
View ArticleGeisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine confers degrees
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine conferred 87 doctor of medicine and 69 master of biomedical sciences degrees on students who composed GCSM’s graduating class of 2017. Commencement...
View ArticleHistoric federal courthouse building in Scranton being renovated
Visitors to downtown Scranton may have to grow accustomed to the sight of the scaffolding rising up around the William J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse. It will be there for a while....
View ArticleMonday Update: Revived United Neighborhood Centers camping program filling up
The resident camp for girls has long been Camp Kelly’s most popular program. It is proving that again in 2017. With the start of the camping season still two months away, United Neighborhood...
View ArticleSUV rolls over on Interstate 81
MOOSIC — An SUV heading north on Interstate 81 crashed and rolled over on the median Sunday afternoon. It was unclear whether anyone was injured in the crash, which happened about 3:40 p.m. near the...
View ArticleFrozen breakfast foods recalled
SCRANTON — The company that makes Aunt Jemima and Hungry-Man frozen foods has recalled 19 of its products because of a potential listeria contamination. Pinnacle Foods Inc. has recalled flavors of...
View ArticlePolice seek gunman who fired at motorist
HANOVER TWP. — Police are seeking a gunman who opened fire on a vehicle on the South Cross Valley Expressway over the weekend. The victim, who was not identified, reported driving north on state Route...
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