Two roommates charged after fight in Scranton
Two roommates charged in fight SCRANTON - Two roommates face assault charges after fighting with baseball bats Tuesday, city police said. Kyle Walsh, 20, was charged with aggravated assault, simple...
View ArticleState legislators talk about attracting business, creating jobs
WILKES-BARRE - Local state legislators said the government can encourage economic development by investing in the state's infrastructure and education. Six lawmakers spoke at the Greater Wilkes-Barre...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 4/20/2013
Marriage licenses - Micah Adam Lovell and Amber Leanne Monroe, both of Scranton. - James Michael Ardo Jr., and Tera Lee Yamelski, both of Old Forge. - Ronald Michael Zadarosni and Leslie Anne...
View ArticleRed Cross officer assisting in Boston
American Red Cross official Adrian Grieve's latest deployment is unlike any other mass-casualty incident he has responded to during his more than 20-year career. Mr. Grieve, regional emergency...
View ArticleDistracted Driving Awareness event Monday at University of Scranton
Driver awareness fair set Monday SCRANTON - An Awareness Fair for Distracted and Impaired Driving will be hosted by the Panuska College at the University of Scranton on Monday. Students can take the...
View ArticleCandidate profiles: Four seek Democratic nod for register of wills
The four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Lackawanna County register of wills and clerk of orphans' court are running with the knowledge the position might not exist after the May 21...
View ArticleIN THIS CORNER: GM gets it right the second time around
In April 2010, General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre announced that GM would pay back $8.1 billion in government loans. It was greeted by cheers from employees and no doubt from U.S. Treasury officers as...
View ArticleState police nab bank robbery suspect
State police nab robbery suspect NEWFOUNDLAND - A getaway from a bank robbery was short-lived for a Clifton Twp. man. Dennis J. McGuire, 45, was stopped by police shortly after he took $5,534 in cash...
View ArticleLocal History: The glory days of America's oldest railroad
It's been called the oldest surviving transportation company in America. The Delaware & Hudson Railroad had its start right here in Lackawanna County. The company goes back to an earlier mode of...
View ArticleGroups mark upcoming Earth Day with festivals, cleanups
For much of its three decades, Everything Natural in Clarks Summit had been an outpost of earthly idealism and wholesome eating. At the second annual Clarks Summit Earth Day Celebration on Saturday,...
View ArticleStakes high in North Pocono contract negotiations
Some experts and local officials say the outcome of the ongoing labor dispute between North Pocono School District officials and its teachers could have significant implications for other negotiations...
View ArticleJob Talk 4/21/2013
Dear J.T. & Dale: I have 14 years' experience in sales and marketing. Most recently, I was with an event-management company. I'd completed several successful projects and then suddenly was let go....
View ArticlePeople on the Move, April 21, 2013
Abington Financial GroupSheryl "Sherry" Moore has joined the Clarks Summit company as a financial adviser. She holds registrations Series 7, 63, 65, 24 and life insurance. Ms. Moore lives in Waverly....
View ArticleWeekly News Quiz 4/21/2013
1. What was removed from Covenant Presbyterian Church last week? A. The main altar. B. The pipe organ. C. What might be part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. D. More than 100 crows that had settled in the...
View ArticleNamedropper, 4/21/13
UNICO inaugural pig roast fun timeFiorelli's in Blakely provided the setting as the Keystone Chapter of UNICO National celebrated its first anniversary with an inaugural charity pig roast.Peter Noto,...
View ArticleFirefighters douse small blaze at Scranton pizza shop
Pizza shop fire quickly doused SCRANTON - City firefighters quickly handled a small fire at a pizza shop late Saturday. The call for the activated fire alarm at Pizza Plus, 1675 N. Keyser Ave., came...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 4/21/2013
ARDOLINE, MICHAEL J. JR., Pittston, Monday, 9 a.m., Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William St., Pittston. Mass, 9:30, St. Joseph Parish, 237 William St., Pittston. Interment, Mount Olivet...
View ArticleCounty deeds office moves e-recording session to Radisson
Deeds session moved to hotel SCRANTON - Monday's kickoff meeting for the Lackawanna County recorder of deeds office's new electronic land- document recording system has been moved to the Radisson at...
View ArticleLuzerne police train for school shooter
WYOMING - It was an incongruous scene at Tenth Street Elementary School on Saturday. Next to students' drawings and painting for an upcoming art show, teams of police moved in formation down a...
View ArticleTwo polling places changing for primary
Two county polling places changing SCRANTON - Voters in two Lackawanna County districts will have new polling places for the May 21 primary, Director of Elections Marion Medalis said. Fell Twp....
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