Local candidates offer solutions to shore up Medicare, Social Security
Part of a series on issues in local congressional races. The six candidates for local congressional seats say they want to ensure the future of Medicare and Social Security and offer different ways of...
View ArticleNamedropper 10/21/2012
Alliance honors depot with award The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance recognized the Army's century of service at Tobyhanna when Jeffrey Box, Alliance president and CEO, presented the annual...
View ArticleComposting facility up and running in Dupont
The Pittston-area composting facility is up and running with six area communities as partners and another as an occasional user. Thousands of pounds of yard waste have been processed since the...
View ArticleWith open seat, political newcomers compete to represent 115th district
No matter who wins the election to represent the 115th District in the state House of Representatives on Nov. 6, he or she will be only the third person holding the seat in 44 years. If history is an...
View ArticleAround the Towns 10/21/2012
Archbald Community organizations are banding together to provide the children of Archbald with a safe Halloween. VFW Post 7963, American Legion 624, the Eynon Fire Department, the Ambrose Revels...
View ArticleLuzerne County's tentative 2013 budget calls for job reductions, no tax increase
Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton debuted an annual budget Saturday, nearly a week after its deadline, submitting a plan to spend $122.2 million, maintain the current tax rate next year and reduce...
View ArticleOfficials step up to keep suds in Keystone State
HARRISBURG - It's enough to drive Pennsylvania economic development officials to drink.The thought of D.G. Yuengling & Son, America's oldest brewery and a quintessential Pennsylvania brand,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 10/21/2012
BERNOSKY, ROBERT D., Dickson City, Saturday, Frank T. Mazur Funeral Home Inc., Dickson City. Mass, St. Patrick's Church, Olyphant, by the Rev. Jeffrey Paulish. Pallbearers: Bill Hapersberger, Bruce...
View ArticleBusiness Briefcase: Oct. 21, 2012
Wednesday: The Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association HR roundtable from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Top of the 80s, Hazleton. The roundtable will discuss the benefits of hiring...
View ArticleMen allegedly stole scrap metal from Dunmore property
Men charged with scrap metal theft DUNMORE - Two Scranton men were charged with theft, trespass and related counts after Dunmore police responding to reports of stolen scrap metal stopped their truck...
View ArticleRising numbers of students from Saudi Arabia studying at local universities
When Ebrahim Brnawi pushed open the door to the dormitory bathroom five years ago and saw a naked man walking around, the student fresh off the plane from Saudi Arabia panicked and ran back to his...
View ArticleAppleseed: Plenty of reasons to be cautious
BOSTON - The Appleseed Fund is unusual, and not just because of its strict socially responsible investing mandate.Just as noteworthy is Appleseed's atypical record. The mutual fund has been one of the...
View ArticleWeekly News Quiz 10/21/2012
1. Why did Lackawanna County commissioners visit parts of the county last week? A. They toured crumbling bridges and roads. B. They presented the tentative 2013 budget. C. They settled a bet over...
View ArticleWayne County Sentencings 10/21/2012
The following defendants were sentenced in Wayne County Court by PresiÂdent Judge Raymond L. Hamill: -âDaniel Robert Brinkworth, 24, Newfoundland, 18 months to five years in state prison and pay...
View ArticlePeople on the Move, Oct. 21, 2012
Anzalone Law Offices Attorney William F. Anzalone spoke at the 11th annual Northeastern U.S. Conference on Disability sponsored by the University of Scranton. The conference focused on the subject of...
View ArticleSudoku competition benefits local nonprofit group
What started as a relaxed gathering of people with a shared interest turned into an adrenaline-filled competition of three finalists showcasing their sudoku skills in front of a crowd. Fifteen fans of...
View ArticleCops: N.J. mom, grandma attacked 4th-grade bullies
TOMS RIVER, N.J. - A New Jersey mother and grandmother have been arrested on charges they attacked two fourth-grade boys they claim were bullying a 9-year-old girl.Twenty-eight-year-old Rebecca...
View ArticleAuditor general candidate highlights auditing background
Auditor general candidate boasts CPA experience If you learn anything after meeting Republican auditor general candidate John Maher it's that he's a certified public accountant. Mr. Maher pounded that...
View ArticleKane: PA must be more business-friendly
Making Pennsylvania more attractive to businesses will be a top priority of Theresa Kane should she be elected state representative for the 115th District in next month's election. "We are a state...
View ArticleChinchilla Post Office officials not budging on request to revamp property
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Chinchilla Post Office officials aren't budging on the township's request to bring the property into compliance with an ordinance, so supervisors are calling on the land owner to...
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