Community events list, 3/29/13
CLIPBOARD Abington Heights Swim classes: Abington Heights Learn-to-Swim spring program beginners/advanced beginners/intermediate/advanced swimmers, Session I, April 8-May 2; Session II, May 6-31; high...
View ArticlePlymouth man charged with threatening to kill officer
PLYMOUTH - A borough man who police say was shooting a gun by the Susquehanna River on Wednesday night is charged with threatening to kill a police officer who arrived on the scene.
View ArticleCity, county offices closed today
SCRANTON - City Hall and the Lackawanna County Courthouse and other county buildings will be closed today for Good Friday.
View ArticleWoman sentenced for W-B hit-run
WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County Judge David Lupas on Thursday sentenced Danielle Castrignano, of Kingston, to at least one year in state prison for a hit-and-run crash last summer in Wilkes-Barre that...
View ArticleBricks restored at PNC Field
MOOSIC - Season ticket sales are always important to minor league baseball franchises. They were never as important as they were back when John McNulty bought his first.
View ArticleNamedropper, 3/29/13
U of S students learning to teach Forty-eight University of Scranton education majors are student teaching during for the spring semester at 31 area schools in 15 school districts, including, Abington...
View ArticleSusquehanna man charged for assaulting four children
A 28-year-old Susquehanna County man was arraigned Wednesday on sexual assault charges involving four children.
View ArticleAbington Heights to handle Lakeland finances
The finances of one area school district will be managed by another. Without a business manager, Lakeland will pay Abington Heights $55 per hour for services through at least June, with a more...
View ArticleSusquehanna County Court Notes 3/29/2013
Susquehanna County Court notes appear Fridays in The Times-Tribune. MARRIAGE LICENSES n Daniel Dooley and Rosanne Kowalewski, both of Hallstead. n Alan Hall and Angelia Houghton, both of Hallstead. n...
View ArticleElizabeth Smart headlines Healthy Woman kickoff program
She was soft-spoken and poised as she recalled waking up in her childhood bedroom more than a decade ago with a knife to her neck and the unfamiliar voice of a stranger threatening her to get out of bed.
View ArticleLocal calls must dial 570 starting in September
Dialing local numbers will require entering the 570 area code starting Sept. 21. The state Public Utility Commission announced Thursday that the "permissive dialing period" has begun, meaning people...
View ArticleScranton man charged with sending nude photo to teen
CARBONDALE - A Scranton man was charged with sending a nude photo of himself to a minor, Carbondale police said.
View ArticleScranton man uses shotgun to scare off police impersonators
SCRANTON - City police said a man scared off two men who identified themselves as police officers when he pulled out his shotgun Wednesday night.
View ArticleTimes-Tribune photographer takes poop prank to Burbank for 'Tonight Show'
A Times-Tribune photographer traveled west to show his poop prank video under the bright lights of late-night television. Jason Farmer, whose video "Pudding Surprise" went viral in mid-March, appeared...
View ArticleUnsupervised children in heatless home with python on loose, police say
HANOVER TWP. - Police responding to a report of seven unsupervised children arrived at a First Street home to find filthy conditions and a sleeping 12-year-old boy in charge of watching a 1-year-old baby.
View ArticleMajor NEPA-New York drug rings busted
Through a November 2012 text message to an associate, John Romagnolo unwittingly introduced himself to law enforcement. "Dam right i call the shots," the text message to Robert Carhart read. "im the...
View ArticleComing Sunday: PNC Field special section
A year ago, they were a team without a home. Today, after rebranding and a $43 million renovation to their stadium, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders - the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees...
View ArticleDean's lists 3/30/2013
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Lackawanna County Kara Byrne, Clarks Summit; Daniel Callen, Clarks Summit; Kaitlyn Cardone, Dunmore; Julia Castanzo, Scranton; Antonino Cimino, Throop; Tiffany Coles, Clarks...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/30/2013
BARRIGAR, EARL J., Dunmore, Monday, Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church, Chestnut Street, Dunmore. Interment, Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Calling hours, 8:30 a.m. until...
View ArticleLackawanna County Sentencings 3/30/2013
The following were recently sentenced in Lackawanna County Court by Judges Michael J. Barrasse and Vito P. Geroulo: n Nicole M. Revesz, 37, 1079 Spring St., Old Forge, 90 days' house arrest and 21...
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