Preliminary 2020 Scranton School District budget calls for 6.7% tax hike
Scranton property owners could see their school taxes increase by 6.7% next year. Even with the tax hike, the Scranton School District faces a $1.7 million deficit for 2020. As school directors...
View ArticleKeystone landfill again tries to change Dunmore zoning ordinance
After pulling an identical proposal months ago, Keystone Sanitary Landfill is again trying to change Dunmore’s zoning ordinance to say landfills are not structures. Attorneys for the landfill in...
View ArticleLackawanna County projects get $4.5 million in state grants
SCRANTON — Four entities in Lackawanna County received $4.5 million in state grants for redevelopment, health, business and school projects, local legislators announced today. The funds come from the...
View ArticleScranton man charged after police said he used stolen credit card, fled from...
HAZLETON — A Scranton man faces charges after police said he used a stolen credit card to buy beer and cigarettes in Hazleton then fled when police spotted him Wednesday night. A woman came to the...
View ArticlePolice: New Jersey man hid 35 grams of suspected opioids in his rectum
A New Jersey man concealed about 35 grams of suspected opioids in his rectum after police arrested him in a Dunmore drug bust Wednesday afternoon, officers said. Authorities arrested Daniel Marte Jr.,...
View ArticlePolice: Pittston man entered Exeter home, terrorized resident
EXETER Police arrested a Pittston man today after learning the suspect unlawfully entered a home in Exeter and held an elderly woman captive for three hours with duct tape, according to a post on the...
View ArticlePolice: Scranton man fled during search
SCRANTON — A city man faces charges after police said he fled during a search and threw something over the Linden Street bridge today. Police responded to a call at 4:33 p.m. about a man nodding off...
View ArticleLackawanna Trail hires company to recoup owed student lunch fees
Lackawanna Trail School District hired a collection service to cope with its growing student lunch debt. School district officials first raised the idea in the fall. Since then, lunch debt has grown...
View ArticleScranton School District recovery committee concerned about workload, tasks...
SCRANTON — By the end of 2019, the Scranton School District director of special education must finish her recovery plan to-do list. It includes: - Evaluating the use of classroom space and staffing. -...
View ArticleEx-state AG Kathleen Kane released from jail
EAGLEVILLE, Pa. — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who was convicted of leaking grand jury material and lying about it is out of jail, walking free Wednesday after serving eight months behind...
View ArticleScranton to host national toy train convention in 2021
Model railroad fans and toy train aficionados from across the region have something to look forward to in 2021 — the 51st annual Lionel Collectors Club of America Convention and Train Show in...
View Article97 Years Ago - Alexander Graham Bell dead at 75
Aug. 2, 1922 Telephone inventor dead at age 75 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, died at his summer home in Camp Breton, Nova Scotia. He was 75. While working as a professor of vocal...
View ArticleWyoming County Court Notes 8/2/2019
PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS ■ Patricia A. Kreidler, Patricia A. Kreidler Kopp and Raymond Stanley Kopp, to Paul B. Lawrence and Jessica N. Lawrence, property in Factoryville for $160,000. ■ Eleanor Kasper,...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 8/2/2019
MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Aziz Abdul, Dallas, Texas, and April Lilly, Scranton. ■ Frederick Kindt Toy and Lisa Marie Ritterbeck, both of Moscow. ■ Asif Mehmood Malik, Dallas, Texas, and Naiesha Aliyah...
View ArticleNEPTA: New name for transportation authority
WILKES-BARRE The local transportation authority unveiled its new name and new website at its future new home Thursday. The entity known as Luzerne County Transportation Authority for the past 45 years...
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Fleetville Fall fair: Fleetville Volunteer Fire Company of Benton Twp. will host its inaugural Fleetville fall fair Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fleetville Volunteer Fire Company of Benton Twp....
View ArticlePolice: Man sent nude images of ex-girlfriend
WILKES-BARRE A Western Pennsylvania man has been charged with sending revenge porn after investigators said he sent nude images of a Luzerne County woman to two other men. Roy John Yanvary, 44, of...
View ArticleEddie Munster actor still embraces the kitsch
KINGSTON — Actor Butch Patrick says he has a new catchphrase: “I put smiles on people’s faces.” That certainly was true when the man who played Eddie Munster on TV visited Strange and Unusual in...
View ArticleKeystone again trying to change Dunmore zoning ordinance to say landfills are...
After withdrawing an identical proposal months ago, Keystone Sanitary Landfill is again trying to change Dunmore’s zoning ordinance to say landfills are not structures. Attorneys for the landfill in...
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