Hope Church to celebrate 20 years
MOOSIC - Among the cluster of warehouses in Cee Kay's One Million Auto Parts plaza, the retrofitted industrial building where Hope Church has made its home for nearly two decades is likely the only...
View ArticleWilkes-Barre movie studio gave Paramount its earliest silent comedies
On a bright early summer day in 1917, people stopped to stare as a big man ran pell-mell along a busy street in downtown Wilkes-Barre. It wasn't the man they were staring at - it was the camera crew...
View ArticleATV crash sends two to hospital
OLYPHANT - An ATV crash at a culm bank sent two people to the hospital Saturday after the driver lost control of the vehicle, drove over an embankment and landed in a creek, borough Fire Chief Dave...
View ArticleMan accused of Scranton shooting pleads
HOLLIDAYSBURG - A central Pennsylvania man charged in two shootings more than 150 miles apart in the commonwealth four years ago has been sentenced to seven to 14 years in one of the cases. Joseph...
View ArticleMarywood program targets sexual violence
More than a decade after Marywood University held its first "Release the Light" sexual assault awareness program, social work professor Karen Rich, Ph.D., detailed the reasons the event is still...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 4/18/13
CLIPBOARDAbingtonsPasta dinner: Rotary Club of the Abingtons pasta dinner, April 28, 2-6 p.m., Abington Heights High School; takeouts available, $8/adults, $4/under 12, benefits Allied Services...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 4/18/2013
AXLER, DAVID A., Gouldsboro, today, 10 a.m., Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael Sacks Suburban North, 310 Second St., Pike, Southampton. Interment, King David Memorial Park. Donations: scholarship fund...
View ArticleThe Times-Tribune named best newspaper; reporters earn honors
You're still reading Pennsylvania's Best Overall Newspaper. The Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists announced Wednesday the newspaper successfully defended its title as...
View ArticleEarnings slide at Peoples
Earnings slide at Peoples HALLSTEAD - Earnings at Peoples Financial Services Corp., parent company of Peoples Neighborhood Bank, slipped 5.8 percent in first quarter 2013 to $1.2 million. That equates...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 4/18/2013
Marriage licenses - Michael James Smith, Taylor, and Alexandra Herron, Old Forge. - Shane David Buckler and Emily Christine Malakin, both of Scranton. - Caleb Thomas Abernathy, Scranton, and...
View ArticleScranton business and Fell Twp. business cited for liquor law violations
Businesses cited for violations SCRANTON - The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited two Lackawanna County businesses for liquor law violations. Jones 1902 Realty, 1902 Lafferty St., Scranton,...
View ArticleScranton runners to honor Boston
Four days after explosions rocked the world's most prestigious marathon, area runners will don Boston apparel tonight to honor the city. "We want the victims, the runners and the city to know that we...
View ArticleOld Forge does not renew contract with business manager
OLD FORGE - The Old Forge School Board voted Wednesday to issue a non-renewal of contract letter to business manager Anthony Spadoni, though board members in favor of the action did not elaborate on...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 4/18/2013
South Side Watch schedules events SCRANTON - The South Side Scranton Neighborhood Watch is encouraging residents to participate in the Great South Side Cleanup Saturday, in an effort to upkeep...
View ArticleSenate approves school safety bill
HARRISBURG - A bill to expand the scope of state school safety grants won unanimous approval Wednesday in the state Senate. The measure, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati,...
View ArticleFunding sought to help financially distressed cities
HARRISBURG - Democratic senators called for spending $50 million to help implement an initiative to assist financially distressed cities as part of a final state budget. This funding would implement a...
View ArticleLackawanna College closes after threat made
College closes after threat SCRANTON - Lackawanna College and its four satellite centers closed at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, following a threat. Officials did not disclose the nature of the threat. The...
View ArticleNamedropper, 4/18/13
Adding variety to local sceneMary Marrara has a new idea for NEPA. The chairwoman of the "Name Your Charity Event," Mary introduced the idea of a fundraiser that includes two events and allows...
View ArticleCurry Donuts sued
Owners of a popular local doughnut shop franchise reneged on a deal giving franchise rights to a company owned by a Kingston man, according to a lawsuit filed in Luzerne County Court. AAL Investments,...
View ArticleLakeland student brought airsoft gun on school bus
SCOTT TWP. - Lakeland school officials are weighing disciplinary action for an elementary school student who had an airsoft gun on the bus ride home Monday. Lakeland Superintendent Margaret...
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