50 Years Ago - Scranton takes back garbage collection
Nov. 16, 1969 City takes back trash pickup Starting Nov. 17, Scranton would be back in the garbage-collection business. Mayor James Walsh had terminated a five-year contract with Controlled Sanitation...
View ArticleScranton fire chief turns in self-audit of gas card use
SCRANTON — City 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 late...
View ArticleMan charged in road rage
A Wilkes-Barre man opened fire on another driver and shot him in the ankle in a road-rage attack during rush hour Thursday evening, according to state police. Kenneth Kuras, 56, of 39 McCarragher St.,...
View ArticleGetting back on the road is tough with hole in tank
Q: My newly acquired 2018 Nissan Rogue was vandalized. Late at night, after returning to my car in a parking lot, we discovered a massive gas spill and odor around the car. Then we noticed gas was...
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 Cherry Ridge Twp., is in the Wayne...
View ArticleScranton 2020 budget drops $300 trash fee to $250, and folds it into property...
SCRANTON — Mayor Wayne Evans proposed a 2020 city budget that would drop the annual $300 trash fee to $250 and collect it through property tax bills. The $116 million budget, released Friday,...
View ArticleLocal news quiz
1. What singer/songwriter performed last night at Theater at North? A. Carly Simon B. Joan Baez C. Judy Collins D. Joni Mitchell 2. What once-popular watering hole was destroyed by fire? A. Paradise...
View ArticleDiocese of Scranton holds fundraising gala for STREAM education
SCRANTON — The Diocese of Scranton held a fundraiser gala Saturday to support STREAM education — science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and math — in the 20 Catholic schools in the region....
View ArticleHuge turnout shuts down electronics recycling event
DICKSON CITY — Overwhelming turnout at a free electronics recycling event Saturday at the Viewmont Mall for Lackawanna County residents drew such long lines and traffic jams that the event had to be...
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Youngster names train Gracee Straut of Old Forge picked the winning name during the Steamtown National Historic Site’s Railfest 2019 “Name the Train” contest. The site’s Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0...
View ArticleLocal History: Pennsylvania Week train tour rolled through Scranton in 1940s
More than 1,500 people packed the Lackawanna Station for the arrival of an 11-car train celebrating all things Pennsylvania 70 years ago. The stop on Oct. 18, 1949, was part of the annual Pennsylvania...
View ArticleTrump leads NEPA campaign donations
President Donald Trump is winning the race for campaign contributions from Northeast Pennsylvanians. Trump raised $207,417 from 651 residents in the region, according to Federal Election Commission...
View ArticleThen and Now
Circa 1910: Built in 1867 by Jacob Robinson, the Lackawanna Valley House was one of Scranton’s leading hotels, located near railroad depots and at the entrance to the city’s commercial and theater...
View ArticleVETERANS
Meetings VFW DISTRICT 10 VFW District 10, today, 2 p.m., Post 7069, Clarks Summit. NORTHEAST RETIRED AIR FORCE WING NERAF, today, 2 p.m., VFW, 757 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. POST 3451 Rabiega-Gorgol VFW...
View ArticlePeople on the Move, 11/17/19
University of Scranton The university has appointed 22 new full-time faculty members for the 2019-2020 academic year. Sinchul Back, Ph.D. cand., of South Korea, was named instructor in the criminal...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act signup deadline for 2020 enrollment is Dec. 15
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine held an Affordable Care Act registration event Saturday but no one from the public attended, said second-year medical student Laina Gagliardi. She was among...
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Abington Heights Senior Zachary Allen , an avid photographer and journalist, writes for Aerosport Magazine, an FAA publication. His work will be featured on the cover of the December issue. “I’m really...
View ArticleThe Black Friday experience is sprawling, and here's why
DICKSON CITY — Marjorie Marquitz can’t recall whether she’s ever done any serious Black Friday shopping. She just knows she’d rather buy Christmas gifts online. Marquitz, 64, of West Scranton, was...
View Article45 Years Ago - New school lunch progran launched in the Scranton School District
Nov. 17, 1974 New school lunch program in city The Scranton School District tested a new school lunch program at North Scranton Junior High School in hopes of getting students excited about the midday...
View ArticleLongtime leader of Scranton Chapter of Pennsylvanians for Human Life stepping...
SCRANTON — Helen Gohsler spent the past 44 years fighting for the lives of the unborn, protesting presidential candidates and fending off abortion clinics as she waged war against the Roe v. Wade...
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