Forum explores the challenges of inmates re-entering society
Re-Entry: One who made it talks about life after prison Jamie Castanaro's past haunted her every time she applied for a job. "It follows me everywhere I go," Ms. Castanaro, a convicted felon who spent...
View ArticleCarbondale school board debates how to settle teachers' contract
CARBONDALE - The school board is willing to wait to address the Carbondale Area Education Association's contract, but not much longer. A negotiating committee was disbanded when the board decided to...
View ArticleFormer Abington Heights coach gets prison time for asking 12-year-old girl...
Despite pleas from his father, a former Abington Heights assistant baseball coach will spend three to 18 months in Lackawanna County Prison for asking a 12-year-old girl for her underwear and other...
View ArticleNorth Pocono teachers walking picket lines in front of district schools
COVINGTON TWP. - North Pocono teachers are walking picket lines in front of district schools this morning. Their strike which began today is the first in the district's history. District classes are...
View ArticleRiverside settles with former employee
A Taylor resident who claimed he was fired from his position as supervisor of buildings and grounds for the Riverside School District for political reasons, including where he lived, has settled a...
View ArticleAirport clears way for $50m I-81 project
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport board on Thursday cleared the way for development of a multimillion-dollar access road project. The board, including the commissioners of Lackawanna and...
View ArticleMedical students honor those who gave bodies to science
Margaret Turner loved playing cards, making friends laugh and giving time and help to anyone in need. To the students at the Commonwealth Medical College, she gave herself. For 11 months, Mrs. Turner...
View ArticleCandidates for Pittston magisterial district judge introduce themselves to...
YATESVILLE - They had about two minutes to introduce themselves and make their case to be elected magisterial district judge. Describing their Pittston area roots and credentials to serve, the eight...
View ArticleMan to serve up to five years for pedestrian deaths
MONTROSE - A Susquehanna County man who admitted his driving at excessive speed killed two pedestrians in New Milford more than a year ago will serve up to five years in prison. Brett Bennett, 41, of...
View ArticleScholastic Superstar: Dylan Kilbride Brown
Meet ... Dylan Kilbride Brown School: Delaware Valley High School Parents: Carla Barnett Brown and Robert Brown Plans: To attend the Air Force Academy to major in aeronautical engineering. Dylan...
View ArticleDickson City files against blighted property
Dickson City officials filed a lawsuit against the owner of a blighted property Thursday, asking for up to $1,000 for each violation of property code. Sunita Arora's property at 1037-39 Main St. was...
View ArticlePrimary registration deadline Monday
SCRANTON - Monday is the last day to register to vote in the May 21 municipal primary election, Lackawanna County Director of Elections Marion Medalis said. Voter registration forms will be available...
View ArticleRound table talk planned at University of Scranton, Marshall McLuhan revisited
Roundtable talk on media planned SCRANTON - Is the medium still the message in the 21st century? The University of Scranton's Schemel Forum will examine writer and educator Marshall McLuhan's...
View ArticleConstruction on more than 30 Scott township roads slated to kick off within...
SCOTT TWP. - Long-anticipated repairs to 33 township roads either deteriorating with age or torn up from a massive sewer project should start within two weeks, officials said. Scott Twp. supervisors...
View ArticleLackawanna College reopens after threat
College reopens day after threat SCRANTON - Lackawanna College reopened and operated on a normal schedule Thursday after it closed Wednesday when a threat to an unnamed faculty member was discovered...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 4/19/2013
Police: Beware of scam callers SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Township police are cautioning residents to be on the lookout for callers scamming people out of money. A South Abington Twp. man got a call...
View ArticleCampaign Notes 4/19/2013
- Tom Schuster, candidate for Scranton school director, will hold a rally and fundraiser today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Farr Street Tavern, 1601 Farr St., Scranton. Admission is a $10 donation. - Friends...
View ArticleSouth Scranton shootings unnerve residents
Scranton police have not made any arrests in a pair of shootings earlier this week in South Side, but on Thursday another car was seized in connection with the incidents, acting Police Chief Carl...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 4/19/2013
Marriage licenses -âJason Schwartztrauber and Katherine Elizabeth McGovern, both of Dunmore. -âTyler James Moore and Stacey Marie Schield, both of Old Forge. -âJames Michael Cotterick and Amy Jo...
View ArticleMohegan holds hotel topping off ceremony; announces spa
PLAINS TWP. - A crowd outside Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Thursday counted down as a spruce pine tree was hoisted more than 80 feet to the top of a $50 million hotel and convention center being...
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