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Pets of the Week 11/15/2019
Find a pet who needs a new home at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. Georgia is a 5-year old female, American Pit Bull mix. She is very friendly and personable. Contact the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter...
View ArticleVaping 'crisis' exists in NEPA schools
Their addictions started with a single hit. Each Thursday, students meet around lunch time at Forest City Regional High School. The teenagers may have vaped for the first time in a school bathroom or...
View ArticleCHRIS KELLY: Terms and conditions may apply
In a textbook market-driven correction, Lackawanna County voters rebranded local government, canceling outdated underperformers with new products imported from larger markets and updated takes on...
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Health system holds Mammothon Commonwealth Health conducted its eighth annual Mammothon on Oct. 24 at three locations. Ninety-five volunteers from Commonwealth Health’s hospitals and clinics made...
View ArticleSome plan to skip the turkey this Thanksgiving
As more people move toward a vegan lifestyle, some businesses will offer Thanksgiving meal options that give turkeys something to be thankful for. Eden-A Vegan Cafe, which has a location on Adams...
View ArticleNEPA's Most Wanted 11/17/2019
Joseph Giordano Wanted by: State Board of Probation and Parole. Wanted for: Parole absconder; released Jan. 23. Description: White man, 34 years old, 6 feet 5 inches tall, 280 pounds, brown hair, blue...
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Dunmore Art reception: First Saturday Artist Reception, Dec. 7, 5-7 p.m., Wonderstone Gallery, 100 N. Blakely St.; featuring December’s Artist of the Month Lori Ryan; free admission, light...
View ArticleMovie with scene shot in Scranton may soon be coming to major film festivals
Those who watched an explosion on Wyoming Avenue earlier this year may have a chance at seeing it on the big screen sooner rather than later. “The Virtuoso” — starring Anthony Hopkins, Anson Mount and...
View ArticleTeens getting a jump-start on higher education
More high school students than ever are taking advantage of discounted credits at local universities and college programs to get a jump-start on their postgrad schooling, especially at Valley View....
View ArticleWaverly Comm fundraiser to support building, programs
The Waverly Community House is halfway to its goal of raising $5 million to support the nonprofit over the next 100 years, Executive Director Maria Wilson said. The capital campaign began in July as...
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GEISINGER COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER EPHAULT: A son, Nov. 8, to Michael and Nichole Ephault, Archbald. MOSES TAYLOR BANDRU: A son, Nov. 12, to Timothy Bandru and Taylor Nasta, Throop. DAVIS-CARMISIONE: A...
View ArticleSports official claims PIAA officer retaliated against him
A high school sports official claims he was stripped of choice assignments because he ran against a state athletic association representative who assigns officiating crews to games, according to a...
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CARBONDALE Police arrested a Carbondale Twp. man who they said struck another resident with a pistol before fleeing from officers. Police responded to a report Saturday that Donald Lamberton, 43, was...
View ArticleLocal elections may shade 2020 presidential race
Elections always have consequences, as President Barack Obama once said, but not always the ones people expect. For now, statewide trends seem to favor the still-unknown Democratic presidential nominee...
View Article90 Years Ago - Agents find 7 stills and $35,000 worth of alcohol in Meadow...
Nov. 18, 1929 $35K in alcohol found in home Federal prohibition agents raided a home at 1130 Meadow Ave. in South Scranton and discovered an illegal distillery being operated there. The agents found...
View ArticleMany in NEPA still struggling to earn living wage
SCRANTON — Fawn Contreras and her family find themselves in a situation familiar to many in Northeast Pennsylvania these days. They’re making ends meet. There’s just not a lot of overlap. “We’re...
View ArticleNearly two months later, no charges refiled in serious Scranton assault
Nearly two months after the state attorney general’s office withdrew charges against two men in connection with a brutal Hill Section beating, authorities have yet to refile them. However, state...
View ArticleAround the Towns, Nov. 18, 2019
Archbald If conditions quickly go awry, borough firefighters will soon be able to quickly escape from burning buildings, thanks to a grant for lifesaving equipment. The Eynon Sturges Volunteer Hose...
View ArticleYour Thanksgiving feast will cost a little more this year, here are few ways...
The cost of the annual Thanksgiving feast is up about 6% this year, according to The Times-Tribune’s annual grocery store survey of 15 popular fixings. It shouldn’t set any family chef back too badly....
View ArticleSuspected serial vehicle arsonist nabbed in Luzerne County
State police have charged a Hanover Twp. man with setting a series of car fires throughout Luzerne County on Friday and Saturday. Ryan P. Wilk, 36, faces nine felony counts of arson and reckless...
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