Business Buzz, April 21, 2013
Cleaning device purchasedThe Wilkes-Barre Veterans Affairs Medical Center has invested in purchasing intelligent room sterilization. This piece of equipment is a mobile system encased with ultraviolet...
View ArticleMillions of dollars being invested in Scranton's three hospitals
The infusion of millions of dollars at Scranton's three hospitals has fueled technological advances, improved facilities and enhanced patient care, hospital executives agree. As part of its July 2011...
View ArticleScholastic Superstars: Meet Brent Christy
Meet Brent Christy School: Tunkhannock Area High School Parents: Theodore and Ellen Christy Plans: To attend Northeastern University and pursue a degree in electrical engineering Brent Christy could...
View ArticlePolice searching for missing fisherman at Lake Wallenpaupack
Police search for missing fisherman PAUPACK TWP. - A search party for a missing fisherman will resume today, state police at Honesdale said. Jeffrey Carl Kochis, 33, Jefferson Twp., was fishing alone...
View ArticleSearch continues at Lake Wallenpaupack for missing fisherman
PAUPACK TWP. - The search for a missing Jefferson Twp. man thought to be lost on Lake Wallenpaupak will continue today, said James J. Sledzinski, deputy chief of the Ledgedale Volunteer Fire...
View ArticleStretch on I-81 north will be single lane at night
Night lane closure due on I-81 north SCRANTON - A stretch of Interstate 81 north will be reduced to a single lane at night this week, a state Department of Transportation release said. PennDOT said...
View ArticleSenior graduation projects likely to end
To graduate from high school, students often organize fundraisers, park cleanups or volunteer projects for the elderly. Those projects have raised thousands of dollars for causes and have made a...
View ArticleElectric City Brew Fest enthusiasts call for another round
More than 60 brewers poured samples of their finest for about 2,000 attendees as the Electric City Craft Brew Fest served up a successful second session on Sunday. The region's premier beer festival...
View ArticleDog wardens will be canvassing in area
Dog wardens plan area canvasses SCRANTON - Dog wardens will canvass neighborhoods in the Tunkhannock area of Wyoming County this week, and homes in the Archbald area of Lackawanna County during the...
View ArticleJobless join for support
WILKES-BARRE - Eighteen months ago, Frank Pasquini was hard at work at a full-time, well-paying job.Today, Mr. Pasquini is one of 4 million Americans in an unfortunate category of the "long-time...
View ArticleA winter's worth of garbage in one bag
WILKES-BARRE - In March, Dave Wasilewski and his wife, Karen Fisher, set a personal record for garbage. For 16 straight weeks, the Luzerne County couple fit all their garbage into a single 39-gallon...
View ArticleDowntown developer buys building that housed former Banshee
An investment group headed by downtown Scranton developer Art Russo purchased two buildings on Penn Avenue, hoping to bring life - and more downtown dwellers - to what has become a quiet part of town....
View ArticleMotorist scofflaws are revenue target
HARRISBURG - Running a red light or speeding would be far more costly if a transportation funding bill introduced last week by Republican senators becomes law. Law-breaking motorists would fork over...
View ArticleBail jumpers find it hard to elude her posse
WILKES-BARRE - While other young girls grew up playing with dolls, Courtney Smith had handcuffs and shackles as toys. She spent a lot of time inside prison sally ports as well, waiting for her dad to...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 4/22/2013
ARDOLINE, MICHAEL J. JR., Pittston, today, 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 ArticleCommunity events list, 4/22/13
DuryeaTire collection: Borough tire collection, residential properties only, May 1; place at curb with rims removed.ExeterClass meeting: Exeter High School, class of 1963, meeting, April 30, 7 p.m.,...
View ArticleMoosic-based Church celebrates 20-year anniversary
MOOSIC - Less than a year after he co-founded Hope Church, the Rev. Glen Riexinger presided over services held in a cramped room with basketball hoops, pink walls and a buzzing heater that drowned out...
View ArticleSt. Matthew's hosts organists guild's 'Pedals, Pipes and Pizza'
The pipe organ may seem like a bygone instrument, but not for the group gathered at St. Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Scranton on Sunday afternoon. The so-called "King of...
View ArticleMoscow's Academy Street School project in question
A Moscow developer is weighing an offer from the Moscow Sewer Authority that borough officials hope will keep plans to convert the former Academy Street School into an apartment complex on track....
View ArticleLeaders striving to teach others about environmental consciousness
Today we dwell on energy efficiency, flood and drought, carbon emissions, local food, collapsing colonies of bees and bats and the need to do things differently. Local educators who guide people...
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