Lackawanna County Court Notes 4/11/2013
Marriage licenses -âTroy Anthony Chalmers and Lindsey Margaret Stevens, both of Scranton. -âDavid James Greenhagen and Minxian Yu, both of Avoca. -âJacob Edwin Kuperstock, Westminster, Md., and...
View ArticleJoint law enforcement investigation yields drugs valued at $7,000
Two people are facing drug charges following an investigation of a suspected drug house in Scranton. The Scranton Police Special Investigation Division and the Lackawanna County Drug Task Force...
View ArticleCovington Twp. restaurant heavily damaged in three-alarm fire
A landmark restaurant is likely destroyed after a fire at the Covington Twp. eatery Wednesday morning. Firefighters spent about five hours at Jaque's Place, 1082 Drinker Turnpike, starting at 1:30...
View ArticlePostal Service backs down on cutting Saturday mail
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says it will delay plans to cut Saturday mail delivery because Congress isn't allowing the change. The Postal Service said in February that it planned to cut...
View ArticlePolice looking for man who did not return to halfway house
SCRANTON - State police at Dunmore are looking for a man who failed to return to a halfway house as ordered. Ryan Harold Groover, 31, of Susquehanna County, did not return to Scranton Community...
View ArticleLackawanna Ave. fire deemed accidental
Cause of city fire ruled accidental SCRANTON - The fire that severely damaged a building on the 500 block of Lackawanna Ave. started accidentally, investigators ruled. Fire Chief Tom Davis said the...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for pilfering taxpayer money in Wayne County
A former employee of the Wayne County Tax Claim Bureau will spend as long as a year and a half behind bars for stealing more than $11,000 in tax payments. Jeannie Marie Brooks, 37, of Prompton,...
View ArticleCarbondale Area school board candidates discuss finances
With two races shaping up for seats on the Carbondale Area School Board, potential directors agree that finances and education will be key issues in the coming term. Sitting board member Joseph Petak,...
View ArticleSusquehanna County Court Notes 4/12/2013
Susquehanna County Court notes appear Fridays in The Times-Tribune. Marriage licenses -âJohn Wilcko, McAdoo, and Robyn Stewart, Binghamton, N.Y. -âCharles Groover and Bobby Jo Heath, both of...
View ArticleScranton surrounded by road construction
Seemingly at every turn, Scranton is inundated with road construction. Many of the city's main routes - the Central Scranton Expressway, the McDade Expressway, Interstate 81, Keyser Avenue - and...
View ArticleTwo candidates seek Dickson City mayor post
The two candidates for mayor of Dickson City sound fairly similar on the main issues facing the borough. "We need leadership," said Stanley Prushinski, a two-term councilman who is seeking the...
View ArticleCat leashes? Dalton mulls feral-cat problem
DALTON - Borough council is looking to reduce the feral cat colonies that have swarmed Dalton neighborhoods by enacting an ordinance to address the problem. Sparked by residents' complaints, Dalton...
View ArticleAging expert: Longer lives present opportunities, challenges
It is a simple question, one that Linda Fried, M.D., poses not only to her undergraduate students at Columbia University but also to her own children: "What would you do with 30 more years of life?"...
View ArticleSpring Brook Twp. officials mulling decision to tear down vacant house
SPRING BROOK TWP. - The township board of supervisors may opt to tear down a dilapidated home on state Route 690 that neighbors and officials described as a longtime nuisance and safety hazard during...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN 2013
-âJoe Wechsler, a Democratic candidate for Scranton City Council, will have a meeting of his campaign's volunteers Monday at 7 p.m. at the Waldorf Park Social Club, 13 Waldorf Lane, Scranton.
View ArticleScranton police look for burglar
Burglar makes off with coins, laptop SCRANTON - Police are looking for a burglar who stole money and a computer from a city home Wednesday. City police Capt. Glen Thomas said that sometime between 9...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 4/12/2013
ACKROYD, NANCY, Scranton, Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Howard J. Snowdon Funeral Home, 1810 Sanderson Ave., Scranton. Mass, 10 a.m., St. Paul's Church, 1510 Penn Ave., Scranton. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery,...
View ArticleScranton couple faces heroin charges
Authorities arrested a couple on drug charges Wednesday afternoon after a two-week investigation yielded more than 330 bags of heroin, Lackawanna County detectives said. Detectives observed both Mark...
View ArticleWyoming County Gas expo targets job seekers
Josh Stevens has been in Montana doing oil and gas work in the Bakken formation for the past two years but wants to come home. Chris Warfle has worked on the family farm and feels he is ready to take...
View ArticleCow deaths under investigation
The discovery of six dead cows in a Susquehanna County farm pond is under investigation by the state Department of Agriculture. The cows reportedly wandered onto the ice-covered pond in Bridgewater...
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