Project to replace Dunmore water mains
DUNMORE - Beginning this week, Pennsylvania American Water will begin a $1 million project to repair more than 6,000 feet of water main along Throop Street, Reeve Street, Marjorie Drive and Sherwood...
View ArticleMan sentenced for stealing sports memorabilia
A Wilkes-Barre man who stole autographed memorabilia from a former bar and restaurant in Scranton while posing as a buyer will enter a rehabilitative program designed to target his drug addiction,...
View ArticleProgram allows residents to ‘Discover Malaysia’
Sponsored by University’s Asian Studies concentration and hosted by its Office of International Programs and Services, the event featured presentations from Malaysian students and staff, as well as...
View ArticleDunmore roads closed because of water main break
DUNMORE - A stretch of road in the borough is closed to drivers after a water main break was reported tonight.A Dunmore police officer said the area near the 1100 block of Quincy Avenue and Poplar...
View ArticleMid Valley school board questions CTC budget and adding officer in elementary
THROOP - The Mid Valley School Board will eventually pay the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County, but a proposed budget was not approved at a meeting Wednesday. The district's contribution...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 4/25/2013
Man sentenced in federal court WILKES-BARRE - A Pittston man has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison on federal cocaine distribution charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Richard...
View ArticleDespite cuts, state legislative surplus at $140M
Lawmakers' surplus $140M HARRISBURG - Despite widespread state spending cuts, the General Assembly ended fiscal 2011-12 with an uncommitted surplus of $140 million, according to an audit report...
View ArticleNewborn dies after car crash in Scranton
A newborn is dead after complications following a car crash that injured her pregnant mother and sent two others to the hospital April 17. The Montour County coroner's office alerted Scranton police...
View ArticlePrison OT stands at $478,000 so far in '13
Overtime at the Lackawanna County Prison is approaching $500,000 already this year partly because of an increase in the inmate population, Warden Robert McMillan said Wednesday. The warden told the...
View ArticleDPW worker pleads guilty in bomb threat incident
A Scranton DPW worker who phoned in a fake bomb threat March 8 pleaded guilty to a summary offense at a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola said Mark Jakes,...
View ArticleScholastic Superstars: Meet Lindsey Rae Evans
Meet Lindsey Rae Evans ... School: Mid Valley High School Parents: Theodore R. Evans and Denise L. Evans Plans: Attend Penn State to major in aerospace engineering and possibly minor in political...
View ArticleInmate floods cell at Wayne prison
Inmate floods cell at Wayne prison TEXAS TWP. - A prison inmate faces charges after state police at Honesdale said he used his toilet to flood his cell Monday night. After he flooded the cell with...
View ArticleKingston Post Office to become Penn Security Bank
KINGSTON - A post office will remain in Kingston, but it is about to move into a smaller space. Scranton-based Penn Security Bank and Trust is close to completing the purchase of the Kingston Post...
View ArticleScranton Sewer Authority selects firm for valuation study
The Scranton Sewer Authority selected a firm to conduct a market valuation to determine what the authority would be worth in a potential sale, SSA Executive Director Gene Barrett said Wednesday. The...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN 2013
- Nicholas DeSando, a Democratic candidate for Lackawanna County Sheriff, will have a free meet-the-candidate event tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Coach Bar & Restaurant, 129 Pike St., Carbondale.
View ArticleLocal lawyer, former school director dies
As a Scranton school director, Mark Walsh fought for building a new high school. As a football player for Scranton Central High School, he helped lead the team to an Eastern Conference championship....
View ArticleLawyers in MEM case to argue whether theft was felony or misdemeanor
Two Lackawanna County businessmen given state prison terms for stealing from Bethlehem Twp. taxpayers through a failed streetlight deal could be entitled to be sentenced on a misdemeanor, and not a...
View ArticleFormer Lackawanna College student sent to state prison for pair of robberies
A former Lackawanna College student could spend up to four years in state prison for two strong-arm robberies in Scranton. Lackawanna County Judge Vito P. Geroulo sentenced Jihadd Linney, 18, to two...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 4/25/13
CLIPBOARDFactoryvilleRummage sale: First Baptist Church rummage sale, Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 10 Church St., $2 bag sale, 2 p.m.HonesdaleFundraising dinner: Mexican dinner fundraiser, Sunday, 5-7...
View ArticleConnor's financial dealings at Maine paper questioned
Three days after taking over a Maine newspaper chain, former Times Leader editor and publisher Richard L. Connor doled out a sizable chunk of company cash to buy a sport utility vehicle for his son,...
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