New 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 Thursday. The three entered the Pump N Pantry, 493 Main St., New Milford,...
View ArticlePorch fire quickly extinguished in West Scranton
SCRANTON City firefighters made short work of a porch fire Thursday in West Scranton. Crews responded to 602 S. Main Ave. around 11 a.m. and quickly extinguished a fire on a second-floor porch at the...
View ArticleLuzerne County man shot in I-81 road rage attack
HAZLE TWP. — A Wilkes-Barre man opened fire on another driver and shot him in the ankle during a road rage attack during rush hour Thursday evening, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Kenneth...
View ArticleState police find 15 pounds of marijuana in Wayne County
DAMASCUS TWP. State police on Thursday seized 15 pounds of marijuana in Wayne County and arrested a 55-year-old woman, troopers said Friday. Dianna Mullins, of California, is in the Wayne County Prison...
View ArticleScranton 2020 budget may scrap trash fee and fold it into property tax
SCRANTON — Mayor Wayne Evans’ proposed a 2020 city budget that would scrap the $300 annual trash fee, but fold it into the property tax. The $116 million budget, released today, contemplates a major...
View ArticleScranton pension board approves pension for former controller
Scranton’s nonuniform pension board on Friday approved former controller Roseann Novembrino’s request to make her pension effective a month earlier than she initially planned. Novembrino, 82, resigned...
View ArticleChild protection services workers to challenge endangerment charges
Attorneys for two Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services caseworkers charged in connection with a neglect case said they plan to vigorously challenge the charges. Preliminary hearings...
View ArticleScranton fire chief turns in self-audit of gas card use
SCRANTON — Scranton Fire Chief Patrick DeSarno determined he owes taxpayers $559.19 for gas used for personal travel over the last 5½ years, Mayor Wayne Evans said. City officials, however, declined...
View ArticleState Supreme Court denies request to take jurisdiction of sex abuse lawsuits
The state Supreme Court denied a motion filed by the Diocese of Scranton that asked it to take jurisdiction over five lawsuits filed by men who claim they were sexually abused by a priest. In...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 11/15/2019
MARRIAGE LICENSES • Shannon Marie Maskal and Deborah Jean Galade, both of Scranton. • Kevin Edward O’Dell and Kerri Lynne Frail, both of Dupont. • Scott Christopher Cleveland, Clarks Summit, and Haley...
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Abington Heights Band benefit: Abington Heights Marching Comets sponsoring a Royal Brunch to benefit the band and its December performance trip to Hershey Park, Nov. 30, 10 a.m., Posh, 404 N....
View ArticleGrant funds help Blakely undergo nearly $750,000 sidewalk renovations
BLAKELY — Sidewalks along one of the busiest sections of Main Street are cracked, crumbling and even missing in spots. But not for much longer. The borough will replace about half a mile of sidewalks...
View ArticleRODERICK RANDOM: Democrats’ narrow margins mean broad problems
OK, so the Democrats won the Lackawanna County commissioners office, this time with a clearly more unified ticket, but it wasn’t their usual domination. If you’re a Democrat looking forward to next...
View ArticleScranton pension board approves pension for former controller
Scranton’s nonuniform pension board Friday approved former Controller Roseann Novembrino’s request to make her pension effective a month earlier than she initially planned. Novembrino, 82, resigned...
View ArticleBehind the Business: Moscow Family Eye Care
Behind the Business is a new weekly feature taking an inside look at local businesses. To suggest a company or entrepreneur, email business@timesshamrock.com. Business:Moscow Family Eye Care...
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Back Mountain Grand opening: The Autism Center at Misericordia University Grand Opening, Dec. 5, 5-7 p.m., 50 Lake St., Dallas. The center helps connect people with autism spectrum disorders and their...
View ArticlePart of Northeast Extension of turnpike to close Sunday
PENNSYLVANIA The Northeastern Extension will be closed in both directions from midnight to 6 a.m. Sunday between the Lansdale Interchange, Exit 31, and the Quakertown Interchange, Exit 44, the...
View ArticleState Supreme Court denies request to take jurisdiction of sex abuse lawsuits
The state Supreme Court denied a motion filed by the Diocese of Scranton that asked it to take jurisdiction over five lawsuits filed by men who claim they were sexually abused by a priest. In...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 11/16/2019
MARRIAGE LICENSE • Courtney Irene Burke and Robert Michael Jones, both of Scranton. PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS • Paul Crossin, South Abington Twp., to Gerard Vincent Piazza, South Abington Twp.; a property...
View ArticleCAR REVIEW: Bidding addio to the 500 Abarth
Death, where is thy sting? That biblical query took on a different meaning last week when a last-of-its-breed (at least on this side of the Atlantic) Fiat 500 hatchback stopped by for a weeklong...
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