Former PNC Bank investment broker pleads guilty to bank fraud
WILKES-BARRE - A former PNC Bank investment broker pleaded guilty to bilking more than $500,000 from customers, all of whom were at least 65 years old. Appearing before Senior U.S. District Judge A....
View ArticleHolocaust survivor speaks at Penn State campus
DUNMORE - It started with little things. She and other Jews were barred from the pool she loved. Then she wasn't allowed in the park where she grew up playing. After nine years in school, she was told...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 10/18/12
CLIPBOARDArchbaldPasta dinner: Hricak-McAndrew American Legion Post 869 annual pasta dinner and basket raffle, Sunday, noon-4 p.m., post home, 161 S. Main St., $10, takeouts available; legion,...
View ArticleLockheed gets $34M Air Force order
Lockheed gets $34M USAF order ARCHBALD - The U.S. Air Force has issued a $34.1 million order to Lockheed Martin on a precision munitions contract, the company reported. The extension is part of a $475...
View ArticleLocal congregation donates more than 3,600 pounds of food to pantry
A food pantry in Scranton reopened its doors Wednesday after receiving a large donation that helped to restock its bare cupboards. For the past two weeks, officials at Angel's Attic, the food pantry...
View ArticleNew casino general manager has big shoes to fill
PLAINS TWP. - Mike Bean has big shoes to fill in running Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Mr. Bean will officially become president and general manager of the casino on Monday, replacing Bobby Soper, who...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Sentencings 10/18/2012
LACKAWANNA COUNTY sentencings The following defendants were sentenced recently in LackaÂwanna County Court by Judge Michael Barrasse: - Joseph Wayne Myers, 26, of Carbondale, to 18 months to three...
View ArticleMid Valley board questions elementary project costs
THROOP - An ice maker and an elevator operator raised eyebrows at a Mid Valley School Board special meeting Wednesday. The board approved an additional $3,149 in change orders for the elementary...
View ArticleDistrict superintendent, union president trade barbs over PVAAS
Abington, union spar on PVAAS CLARKS SUMMIT - Superintendent Michael Mahon, Ph.D., argued with the head of the teachers union over the effectiveness of a statewide assessment system that showed...
View ArticleWest Scranton residents concerned over fire station brownouts
West Scranton residents put Fire Chief Tom Davis on the hot seat Wednesday by pressing him to explain why the West Side's firehouse has been closed 82 percent of the time during July, August and...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 10/18/2012
REGIONAL BRIEFS Toohil responds to Web smear HAZLETON - An anonymous group has posted photographs in an attack on state Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-116, that even her opponents said "hit below the belt." A...
View ArticleCommissioners: Reassessment 'doesn't make sense'
CLARKS SUMMIT - Any taxpayer-funded reassessment of real estate in Lackawanna County would appear to be far off in the future. The prospects for completion of a countywide reassessment - or the lack...
View ArticleUnited Way still fundraising as deadline looms
In an area with a lot of people out of work, an organization trying to raise money to help those in need finds itself struggling more than it would like. The United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 10/18/2012
BARRETT, JAMES F. SR., West Scranton, Mass, Wednesday, St. Patrick's Church, Scranton. Pallbearers: Lackawanna County Commissioner Patrick O'Malley, Matthew O'Malley, Ken Czyzyk, Daniel Donovan, Kevin...
View ArticlePlanning commission of Wayne County town quits over sign law
The entire Texas Twp. planning commission quit this week after sparring with supervisors over the creation of a new sign ordinance in the Wayne County municipality. In a stunning move, planning...
View ArticleThousands turn out to job fair
Geisinger Community Medical Center officials came to Wednesday's Great Northeast Job Fair with pages of printouts listing job openings. "There's a significant shortage of medical technologists,"...
View ArticleScranton Parking Authority to creditors: If you want to get paid, you should...
The beleaguered Scranton Parking Authority, which has no funds and cannot pay former employees' back pay, will be notifying them that their only recourse to getting paid may be to sue. The...
View ArticleBoy Scouts of America "perversion files" makes mention of NEPA
Fifteen cases tied to NEPA Of the 1,200-plus secret files released Thursday detailing sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts of America, 15 are connected to troops in Northeast Pennsylvania. A search of...
View ArticleCTC injunction hearing scheduled
SCRANTON - A hearing for a preliminary injunction has been set in the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County's case against Riverside School District. Riverside sued to leave the nine-district...
View ArticleChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveils plans for historic site...
Morman site to be rebuilt Property once home to founder OAKLAND TWP. - A plot of land in Susquehanna County that was once home to Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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