Pets of the Week 11/24/2019
Find a pet who needs a new home at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. Bowie is an adult male cat. He is very friendly sweetheart. Contact the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter at 586-3700 if your pet is lost...
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Dec. 4, 5, 10 and 17: Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center free four-hour seminar, No-Cost Leadership Development Essentials (limited to two members of each organization);...
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Company unveils expanded space Precision Software Innovations recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly expanded space at the TekRidge Center. The company is a graduate of the chamber’s...
View ArticleBusiness owners gear up for Small Business Saturday
This Saturday is a big day for small businesses. It will mark the 10th annual Small Business Saturday, which encourages holiday shoppers to patronize local independently owned shops. Carolyn Rhoden,...
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Camp Havaya Andrew Kaplan, board chairman of the camp in South Sterling, won the JCamp 180 Outstanding Board Leadership Award. The award is given in recognition of an individual camp board member...
View ArticleScranton Veterans Park committee compiles names of 950+ veterans for new...
SCRANTON — Local veterans creating the Scranton Veterans Memorial Park compiled the names of more than 950 city residents who died in wars since World War I that will be engraved on a new monument. A...
View Article90 Years Ago - Fight at soccer game in Throop leads to man being stabbed in...
Nov. 25, 1929 Soccer fight turns bloody in Throop A soccer game in Throop turned into a free-for-all fight that left one man in critical condition at Scranton State General Hospital. The fight took...
View ArticleWidening world of comic book culture shows up at Scranton's comic con
SCRANTON — It’s not just superheroes anymore. Over the 20 years Joe Figured has hosted comic book conventions, he’s seen the platform evolve. Now productions, from the small ones he puts on to the...
View ArticleScranton council budget caucus Dec. 4
SCRANTON Council to hold budget hearings City council will hold a pair of upcoming hearings related to Mayor Wayne Evans’ proposed 2020 city budget, according to recent public notices in The...
View ArticleMonday Update: Turnpike beltway project pushed back
The proposed Scranton Beltway for bypassing Interstate 81 between Dupont and South Abington Twp. will happen a year later than expected, but officials plan to host a public hearing next fall on the...
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Great Bend Spaghetti dinner: Knights of Columbus Council 356 spaghetti and meatball dinner, Dec. 14, 4-7 p.m., KOC Hall, 65 Kilrow St.; meal includes salad, bread, dessert and a beverage; $10/adults,...
View ArticleTour opens up stately Abingtons homes for anyone
NORTH ABINGTON TWP. — You wouldn’t know by looking, but Barb and Dave Sanders had just returned from vacation the night before opening up their home for strangers to scrutinize. “We got back at 9...
View ArticleAround the Towns, week of Nov. 25, 2019
Mayfield The borough is gearing up for the holidays with its 37th annual Toys for Tots collection drive and its annual Santa visit. Mayfield has Toys for Tots collection boxes at the Borough Building,...
View ArticleBirths 11/25/2019
GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY AGOSTO APONTE: A son, Oct. 31, to Sonia Janet Agosto Aponte, Carbondale. SNYDER: A daughter, Oct. 28, to Brett Snyder and Renee Coy, Montrose. MOSES TAYLOR ABEL: A daughter,...
View ArticleCity council wants to know when Scranton's 2018 audit will be received
SCRANTON — City council wants to know when Scranton’s overdue 2018 audit will be ready. As council continues to study Mayor Wayne Evans’ proposed 2020 budget before its December adoption, Councilwoman...
View ArticleTen hurt in I-81 rollover crash; 7 children involved
Ten people including seven children were hurt in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 81 South in Hanover Twp. on Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. Several people were ejected from...
View ArticleHarveys Lake man killed in single-vehicle crash
A Harveys Lake man was killed early Sunday when his vehicle swerved off the road, ricocheted off a rock and then crashed into a tree, according to police. Jeffrey Weaver, 49, was pronounced dead at...
View ArticleState police investigating inmate death at state prison in Wayne County
WAYMART — State police are investigating the death of an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Waymart. Corrections officers discovered the body of inmate Roy G. Mosley Jr., 45, of Conneaut...
View ArticleNotarianni and Domenick announce transition team leaders
SCRANTON -- Lackawanna County Commissioner Jerry Notarianni and Commissioner-elect Debi Domenick have tapped attorney Larry Moran Sr. and Al Dorunda to lead their transition team. As Notarianni and...
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