Lackawanna County Court Notes
MARRIAGE LICENSES • Brian Michael Tomasovitch and Sara Jean Talarico, both of South Abington Twp. • Kristina VanWhy and Jason Kresge Sr., both of Throop. • Kathryn Lynne Granville, Carbondale, and...
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East Scranton Neighbors meet: Hill Neighborhood Association meeting, Nov. 20, 6 p.m., lower level of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, membership renewals are due. Lackawanna County Chapter meeting:...
View ArticleWhoops, that’s not weed!
UPPER MAKEFIELD — People see the serrated leaves and the fuzzy buds from afar, but it’s the familiar smell wafting over the field that seals the deal. They pack a not-so-brilliant idea into their...
View ArticleNew, improved WiFi coming to arena
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A new and greatly improved WiFi system is coming to Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. At its Wednesday meeting, the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority approved a contract with...
View Article85 Years Ago - The city of Scranton mourns the deaths of hotel owner PJ Casey...
Nov. 14, 1934 Casey, Jermyn dead The city of Scranton lost two people that left their mark on the Electric City — former Mayor Edmund B. Jermyn and businessman and hotel owner P.J. Casey. Edmund B....
View ArticleWrite-in votes pick supervisors, council members
Write-in votes produced the election of township supervisors in Elmhurst, La Plume and West Abington and two new Mayfield council members, according to an official count released Wednesday. Well-known...
View ArticleCitizens Bank branch closing on Market Street Square in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE — Changes are coming to the historic Market Street Square. The Citizens Bank branch there will close in February. Elsewhere in the complex, Dunkin’ Donuts with a drive-thru is being...
View ArticleEx-Obama chief of staff warns of job dislocation
SCRANTON — Expect — and prepare for — job dislocation from automation and technological advances in an increasingly digital economy, the former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama...
View ArticleCarbondale man sentenced for assault
SCRANTON — A Carbondale man who admitted assaulting a woman in 2018 will spend 12 to 24 months behind bars. Todd A. Mowery, 51, was sentenced Wednesday by Lackawanna County President Judge Michael J....
View ArticleThree Taylor residents arrested on drug charges
TAYLOR Three borough residents face charges after county detectives found 30 grams of suspected crack cocaine in their home Wednesday, police said. Sherry Ann Krueger, 53, Randy Lovelace, 39, and Paul...
View ArticleScranton farmers market to reopen Friday after closing for cold weather...
SCRANTON The Co-Op Farmers Market will be open Friday at noon as usual after closing Wednesday because of the cold weather. The temperature at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport dropped...
View ArticleLow temperature records fall amid deep freeze
PITTSTON TWP. — The deep freeze that settled over Northeast Pennsylvania this week is a record-breaker. The temperature at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport dipped to 19 degrees on...
View ArticleSt. Fleur files campaign finance report
SCRANTON — Former Scranton mayor candidate Gary St. Fleur finally filed his campaign finance report last Friday and paid a $160 fine for filing late, Lackawanna County Director of Elections Marion...
View ArticleElectronics recycling event set for Saturday
SCRANTON — Lackawanna County residents can unload unwanted electronics Saturday at a free e-recycling event running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Viewmont Mall. Electronics...
View ArticlePolice: Cocaine found in hidden compartment after stop in Dunmore
A Paterson, New Jersey, man faces charges after investigators discovered $100,000 worth of cocaine in a hidden compartment in his SUV, state police said. Ruben Padilla, 41, was held in the Lackawanna...
View ArticleScranton Fringe drag star heads to impeachment hearings
Veteran Scranton Fringe Festival performer Pissi Myles is a familiar face on stages here and in New York City, but she took her bigger-than-life persona to a new spot today — the public impeachment...
View ArticleNew Milford convenience store robbed at gunpoint
NEW MILFORD — State police are looking for three masked men who robbed a Susquehanna County convenience store at gunpoint early today. The three entered the Pump N Pantry, 493 Main St., New Milford,...
View ArticleNPR host Terry Gross to speak at Wilkes University
Wilkes University will welcome National Pulic Radio host Terry Gross for the Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities this spring. The co-executive producer of “Fresh Air,” Gross will participate in a...
View ArticleConstable charged with molesting young girl in Luzerne County
NEWPORT TWP. — A state constable has been charged with raping a young girl for years beginning when she was 5. Ronald Ebert Jr., 52, of 52 Newport St., is accused of bribing and pressuring the girl to...
View ArticleAfter decades as Scranton controller, Roseann Novembrino resigns
Roseann Novembrino, Scranton’s controller for more than 30 years, submitted her resignation this week, roughly two months before she was slated to finish her final term. Novembrino, 82, officially...
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