Community events list, 10/23/12
CLIPBOARDDunmoreSpaghetti supper: SS. Anthony and Rocco Church, spaghetti supper, Wednesday-Thursday, 5-8 p.m., takeouts begin, 4 p.m., St. Rocco's Hall, Kurtz Street. HonesdaleRetirees meet:...
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BBC&S honors service at dinnerFaculty, staff, administrators and trustees were celebrated for their years of service when Baptist Bible College and Seminary conducted its annual trustees dinner.Jim...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 10/23/2012
ANELLI, LINO, Peckville, today, James M. Margotta Funeral Home, 1019 Main St., Peckville. Mass, 9 a.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Peckville. Interment, St. John's Cemetery. Condolences: margotta...
View ArticleState to pull inmates from Lackawanna County Prison
A state plan to stop housing state inmates at county prisons threatens to blow a $1.75 million hole in Lackawanna County's budget next year and raises the possibility of an even larger real-estate tax...
View ArticleLakeland superintendent search under way
The search for the person who will lead the Lakeland School District into the next school year has begun. The district began advertising for the superintendent position Monday after the board...
View ArticleToomey sees Senate race as toss-up
Toomey sees Senate race as toss-up HARRISBURG - Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey rates the Casey-Smith race for Pennsylvania's other Senate seat as a toss-up. "It looks like it's basically a tied race...
View ArticleValley View debates honoring coaches
ARCHBALD - A motion to approve a plaque honoring a longtime coach caused a heated discussion at a Valley View School Board meeting Monday. The board approved the placement of a plaque for Tom...
View ArticleCasey makes the case for re-election
Pointing to his "independent voice" in Washington and leadership role on issues that affect the state and country, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey made a case for his re-election on Monday. The Scranton Democrat...
View ArticleFormer scrap-yard employee charged with $125,000 burglary
A Scranton man accused of stealing $120,000 in March from his former employer to support his drug habit waived his preliminary hearing on Monday. City police charged Stanley Eskra, 38, earlier this...
View ArticleDefense: Musto too ill for trial
WILKES-BARRE - Citing opinions from medical experts for the defense and prosecution that former state Sen. Raphael J. Musto is too ill to stand trial, Mr. Musto's attorneys asked a federal judge...
View ArticleFuel prices fall, expected to continue falling
Gasoline prices are finally falling, and the trend is expected to continue. According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, the average price of gasoline in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area is $3.76 per gallon, down 11...
View ArticleHarvard economist praises idea of cities
A leading urban economist sang the praises of cities Monday during a presentation at the University of Scranton. "Cities are mankind's greatest invention," Edward Glaeser, Ph.D., a Harvard economist,...
View ArticleGetting there: In the clouds before the rain
There's a good chance it will rain later today. A warm front stalling over central New York will turn the mostly cloudy morning into a rainy afternoon. After a start in the 40s, the high will rise to...
View ArticleDunmore woman charged with scratching boyfriend
DUNMORE - A borough woman who grabbed her boyfriend by the face and scratched him during an argument Thursday then refused to put her hands behind her back when police tried to arrest her now faces...
View ArticlePolice: Vacant Scranton bar burglarized
SCRANTON - A South Side bar closed since summer 2011 was found burglarized Sunday morning. Acting Scranton police Capt. Glen Thomas said a realtor at Finn McCool's, 1608 Cedar Ave., which was closed...
View ArticleCar fire in Scott Twp. ruled arson
SCOTT TWP. - State police fire investigators determined that an early Saturday morning car fire on Paul Street was intentionally set. The Scott Twp. Fire Department responded to 11 Paul St. at about 5...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night...
View ArticleCartwright promises to fight threats to the middle class
Democratic congressional candidate Matt Cartwright promised to fight, if elected, "powerful forces ... that want to stamp out the middle class." The powerful forces are "multi-multi-billionaires" like...
View ArticleFederal judge vacates $15,000 jury award for ex-cop
Judge vacates $15G jury award SCRANTON - A federal judge has vacated a $15,000 jury award to a former Susquehanna Depot police sergeant who claimed she was fired in retaliation for testifying against...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 10/24/2012
ANELLI, LINO, Peckville, Tuesday, James M. Margotta Funeral Home, Peckville. Mass, Sacred Heart Church, Peckville, by Monsignor Peter P. Madus, pastor. Pallbearers: Peter, Albert, Mark, Gregory and...
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