Kelly: NEPA candidates are masters at stating a position on an issue without...
Ask a head coach what his football team must do to win on any given Sunday, and he'll spit out an answer that could have been uttered at any time since the first pigskin was snapped: "We need to focus...
View ArticleBusiness Week in Review, May 12, 2013
Incubator opensThe Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce opened its Jessup business startup incubator, TekRidge Center, at a cost of $8.3 million. The 45,349-square-foot building can be divided and...
View ArticleBusiness Briefcase: May 12, 2013
Monday: Management Development Certificate Series, Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Top of the 80's, Hazleton. Cost is $155 for members and...
View ArticleLocal History: Scranton man's defection heated up Cold War
May 4, 1963. Army Capt. Alfred Svenson was assigned to the 2nd Medium Tank Battalion, 1st Cavalry, of the 3rd Armored Division, northwest of Frankfurt. He donned his full dress uniform, got into an...
View ArticleWayne County Sentences 5/12/2013
The following were sentenced in Wayne County Court by PresiÂÂdent Judge Raymond L. Hamill: - Christopher M. Castellano, 22, Hawley, 3-6 months' county jail, $1,500 fine, $11,597.24 in restitution,...
View ArticlePolice seek Jeep stolen from park-and-ride
CARBONDALE TWP. - State police are looking for a green 1995 Jeep Cherokee that was stolen from the park-and-ride lot at Exit 6 of the Casey Highway on Saturday. The Jeep, owned by Linda Buchanan, 56,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 5/12/2013
ARONSON, MORTON BARRY, Towanda, today, 3 p.m., Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda. Interment, Oak Hill Cemetery, Towanda. Contributions: Memorial Hospital, 91 Hospital Drive, Towanda,...
View ArticleScholastic Superstar: Meet David Yatsonsky
Meet David Yatsonsky... School: North Pocono High School Parents: Dr. David and Linda Yatsonsky Plans: To attend the University of Scranton to major in biochemistry and molecular biology, and someday...
View ArticleOutdoor concert season begins with roots music, rain
Music fans were grateful for the peaked white tent at Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Saturday as the inaugural Old Farmers Ball started the venue's summer concert season with bands of rain....
View ArticleIllegal pension deal costs Dunmore millions - and counting
Dunmore taxpayers have paid more than $3.8 million toward the borough's police pension fund since 2005 to cover exorbitant debt incurred partly from a sweetheart deal that provided illegal benefits to...
View ArticleVeterans News 5/12/2013
VFW Post 5937 to meet today Dickson City VFW Post 5937 meeting, today, 3 p.m., American Legion Post 665, 901 Main St.; distribution of Buddy Poppies, Memorial Day cemetery services, parade and...
View ArticleFund manager: Don't get caught up in Asia numbers
BOSTON - Investors are worried about the slow pace of U.S. economic growth, but we're just one player in the international arena. To assess the global outlook, two numbers are critical: China's gross...
View ArticleTechnology, customer service key to growing small business, expert says
Using technology to its maximum capacity, along with old-fashioned, mom-and-pop customer service, is what business has to do to grow in 2013 and beyond, a business consultant says. When Dale...
View ArticleDunmore banking on $5 million loan to fix pension mess
Faced with skyrocketing pension fund debt and few options to pay it off, Dunmore council took out a $5 million loan in December, hoping it would help nurture the borough's three pension plans back to...
View ArticleFood trucks, controversial in Scranton, heading to Wilkes-Barre
A food truck welcomed by customers and not welcomed by some restaurants in the Scranton area is coming to Wilkes-Barre. Mario Bevilacqua, 25, who owns What the Fork food truck with Katie Grazioski,...
View ArticleHonor Rolls 5/13/2013
LACKAWANNA TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADE 6 Samantha Baltrusaitis, Rachael Beemer, Alyvia Cobb, Noah Coleman, Kaleb Cook, Zachary Cost, Eric Craig-Peysson, Catherine Cramer, Carter Crook, Robert Davis,...
View ArticleMarywood University confers more than 850 degrees at 95th annual commencement
Graduate Tim Kropa, 23, had two things on his mind Sunday: his mother and his future. The Clarks Summit native said the first person he wanted to hug when he walked off stage at the Marywood University...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 5/13/13
ARDITI, PHYLLIS TAGGART, Collegeville, today, Fairview Village Church of the Nazarene, 3060 Germantown Pike, Fairview Village. Visitation, 10 a.m., service follows. Contributions: Fairview Village...
View ArticleFirefighters, employees extinguish blaze at Cascade Tissue Group
RANSOM TWP. - Paper dust ignited in a machine at Cascade Tissue Group on Sunday, but workers and firefighters managed to keep the blaze contained.
View ArticleArea students to fix up community during UW Day of Caring
SCRANTON - Nearly 250 students from several local schools will be involved with various volunteer projects in the community on Tuesday morning.
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