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Dickson City man's bail set at $500,000 in drug death case

SCRANTON — A Dickson City man charged this week with supplying the drugs that killed a woman in 2018 is held on $500,000 bail while awaiting his preliminary hearing on the charges. Nicholas Martin...

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Valley View School District seeking school board applications

ARCHBALD — The Valley View School Board is accepting applications for an open seat after the recent death of longtime board member and educator, Ellen Nielsen. The appointment runs until Dec. 4. A...

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Scranton man arrested in heroin deal

SCRANTON — Lackawanna County detectives and the drug task force arrested a Scranton man earlier this week for drug crimes after a heroin sale led them back to dozens of bags of dope in his apartment,...

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Source of Legionnaires' at Jewish Home in Scranton still uncertain

Initial test results suggest the water system at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania is probably not the source of the Legionnaires’ disease that sickened a resident this month, the facility’s...

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Insurance company seeks to deny coverage in hazing death

An insurance company contends it is not responsible to defend or pay any damages in a lawsuit filed against several Lackawanna County men in connection with the 2017 hazing death of a Pennsylvania...

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Man charged in Wyoming County homicide now facing child pornography counts

The Wyoming County man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend last December and throwing her body into the Susquehanna River now faces child pornography charges. Phillip Donald Walters, 32, Mill...

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Handling snow like a pro

Our plane landed in Denver just past midnight. It was April and blizzard season wasn’t done yet. Snow fell thick and heavy. My wife, my daughter and I packed our gear into a new 2019 Volvo V60 station...

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Toyota Camry seemsto swallow credit card

Q: I own a 2016 Toyota Camry. Yesterday, on my way to the gas station, I pulled out my credit card and set it on the center console. When I pulled up to the pump, I reached for my card, and it dropped...

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Beach Lake Evening prayer: Worship on the lakeshore, Saturday evening prayer service, Saturday, June 29, 7 p.m., Beach Lake United Methodist Church, 7 Milanville Road, across from the fire hall; bring...

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Honor rolls, June 15, 2019

HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL GRADE 12 Distinguished honors: Elizabeth Arbie, Mary Arcuri, Denys Arkhypenko, Heather Bailey, Olivia Bloskey, Gianna Calciano, Annabelle Callis, Taylor Callis, Hannah Carr,...

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Lackawanna County Court Notes - June 15, 2019

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Elizabeth Allen and Christopher Edward Swinesburg, both of Mountain Top. ■ Luis Alberto Pina-Castillo and Maricela Sanchez-Vargas, both of Scranton. ■ Michael Edward Wombacker,...

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50 Years Ago - Family finds home in Scranton after some hardship

June 15, 1969 Family of nine finally finds home Edward Bryant and his wife, Janet, and their seven children — ages 9 months to 18 years — arrived in Scranton after leaving Wolcott, New York, for a new...

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Poconos entertainment village fueling contentious bill to change statewide...

A high-profile tourism project underway in the Poconos is driving an effort to change how bars and restaurants trade liquor licenses. If House Bill 1524, which advanced to the state Senate on Tuesday,...

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Deans lists, June 15, 2019

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Joseph Arbie, Scranton; and Mara M. Walsh, Dunmore. BELMONT UNIVERSITY Gianna Emiliani, Moosic. CEDAR CREST COLLEGE Danielle Krispin, Tunkhannock. COLUMBIA COLLEGE Joshua...

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Casey visits Gerrity's to discuss loopholes in the WIC program

MOOSIC — Sen. Bob Casey heard firsthand from Scranton resident Sarah Cooper about the power of the Women, Infants and Children program while in the produce section of Gerrity’s Supermarket on Friday....

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Trisha Yearwood concert Nov. 23

WILKES-BARRE Country music star and Food Network host Trisha Yearwood will visit the F.M. Kirby Center Saturday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. The Kirby Center and Mohegan Sun Arena are teaming up to present the...

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New Bancroft garden to provide produce, lessons

SCRANTON — Kristen Novak pointed to the small yellow flowers on the plant, as her students held their garden trowels steady. “This will become a tomato,” she told the George Bancroft Elementary School...

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Scranton may garnish rents of biggest landlord scofflaws

SCRANTON — In a new approach to crack down on the city’s worst scofflaw landlords, Scranton plans to hit them where it hurts — in the wallet. Scranton may start seizing tenants’ rent from landlords...

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Kosierowski breaks ranks, favors new abortion limit

State Rep. Bridget Kosierowski’s vote to ban abortions if the sole reason is a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis stunned an abortion-rights group who thought she opposed further abortion limits....

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