Police try and track thief by releasing surveillance still
Dickson cops seek credit card thief DICKSON CITY - Borough police are asking for help identifying a man believed to have stolen several credit cards from a Dickson City man's truck late last month,...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/27/13
CLIPBOARDArchbaldRecycling change: Borough Good Friday recycling will be collected Monday.ChinchillaPizza sale: Chinchilla Hose Company red and white broccoli pizza sale Friday, noon-7 p.m., firehouse,...
View ArticleExtra cops in Valley View School District to cost $13G
ARCHBALD - Adding two part-time police officers in Valley View School District for the rest of this school year will cost $13,000, and the money will come from the district's general fund,...
View ArticleEagle Scout: Ryan Kristopher Burdick
Ryan Kristopher Burdick Ryan Kristopher Burdick of Taylor has attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Family: Son of Ken and Kelly Burdick. School/community: Senior honor student at Scranton Preparatory...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 3/27/2013
LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage licenses n Youan Park and Guohong Xu, both of Carbondale. n Michael Paul Bender and Leanne Marie Frey, both of Dickson City. n Keith Hallock and Kimberly Loyek,...
View ArticleHome heating assistance program extended
Winter weather may be breaking soon, but those eligible for home heating assistance in Pennsylvania will have until April 26 to apply for the federally funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance...
View ArticleMid Valley School District could add another resource officer
THROOP - Officials from the three boroughs that send students to Mid Valley School District will soon find out how much it will cost them to add an officer to a district school. At a school board...
View ArticleFidelity restates fourth quarter earnings
Fidelity restates Q4 earnings DUNMORE - Fidelity D&D Bancorp Inc. restated its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings after underfunding its loan loss reserve. The Dunmore-based bank's updated...
View ArticleBus crash sends students to hospital with minor injuries
TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - Five Tunkhannock Area school students were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries after their school bus and a car collided on Route 307 on Tuesday morning, Tunkhannock police...
View ArticleTwo Lackawanna County bars cited for violations 3/27/2013
Area bars cited for violations SCRANTON - The state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement has cited two Lackawanna County bars for violations. The former Martini Grill and Lounge, 414 Spruce St. was...
View ArticleFriends of the Poor Easter food basket distribution continues to grow
Malikah Smith has plans for the eggs she received Tuesday afternoon at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Human Services Building. First, she plans on painting them and having her family find them. Then...
View ArticleCrash in Covington Twp. injures Spring Brook man
COVINGTON TWP. - A Spring Brook Twp. man was injured Tuesday morning when his car hit a patch of ice on a sharp turn, township police Chief Bernie Klocko said. Robert Haas, 80, was driving along the...
View ArticleLocal charter school founder indicted for tax evasion
Charter school founder indicted for tax evasion A federal grand jury in Scranton on Tuesday indicted the founder of Pocono Mountain Charter School and pastor of Shawnee Tabernacle Church in Tobyhanna...
View ArticleBill pushes utilities to extend natural gas service
Bills would use gas locallyUtilities to file plan with PUC HARRISBURG - Legislation introduced by two key senators Tuesday would give state government a role in directing utilities to extend natural...
View ArticleWith deal in principle, Montage Mountain makes return
An investment group appears poised to purchase Snö Mountain and extend new life to the bankrupt Scranton recreation complex. "We have a deal in principle," said Charles Jefferson, a Montgomery County...
View ArticleSupporters of marriage equality stand together in Scranton
Christine Cohen has been engaged to her fianceé for four years. But as the law stands now, she and her future wife cannot marry in Pennsylvania because they are a same-sex couple. "To get married we...
View ArticleReport: Medical claims costs to jump 32 percent with health overhaul
WASHINGTON — Medical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans’ individual policies under President Barack Obama’s overhaul,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/28/2013
COOPER, HILDA M., Scranton, Tuesday, Green Ridge Assembly of God Church, Scranton, by the Rev. David Twiss, son-in-law. Pallbearers: Thomas Twiss, grandson; Cory, Ron and Kyle Kroptavich, James Timony...
View ArticleTwo arrested on drug charges in Scranton wanted in NY
Parole violators arrested Two men wanted for parole violations in New York were arrested by U.S. Marshals and Lackawanna County detectives in Scranton on Tuesday after a drug investigation. Police...
View ArticleLegislators share realities with businesses
Barletta addresses budget at C of C event Says common sense lacking in Washington TUNKHANNOCK - Washington needs to get its "fiscal house in order" and congressmen shouldn't get paid if they can't...
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