Overtaxed: Tens of millions of dollars riding on outcome of Scranton tax lawsuit
A devastating ruling in a tax lawsuit may force the city to borrow millions, hike property taxes and/or reduce services. Lackawanna County Judge James Gibbons ruled Dec. 16 that Scranton routinely...
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Concert set Members of the Abington Ecumenical Ministerium recently met to prepare for the third annual Holy Hootenanny concert to celebrate the year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Frank Jones,...
View ArticleNEPA's Most Wanted 1/19/2020
Romeail Killbrew Wanted by: State Board of Probation and Parole. Wanted for: Parole absconder; released Jan. 26. Description: Black man, 38 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 200 pounds, black hair,...
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Pets of the Week 1/19/2020
Find a pet who needs a new home at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. Carlton is a 3-year-old male, American Pit Bull mix. He is very friendly and personable, but does not get along well with cats....
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Bank donates to veterans FNCB Bank recently presented a check for $670 to the Voluntary Service Office at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center raised through a bankwide “Jeans for a Cause” dress-down...
View ArticleCHRIS KELLY: Watchdog's appetite wanes with loss of staff
Everybody loves a watchdog until he digs up the backyard and howls to the whole neighborhood about what he found. State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is in the doghouse with state Republicans for...
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Allied Services Integrated Health System The health system recently welcomed four new board members. The health system welcomed two new members to its board of directors. Christina Mueller and Jill...
View ArticleRegional CBD market continues to grow
After more than 80 years of prohibition, hemp is legal again, and Carl Giuli is seeking to capitalize on it. Giuli and his wife, Amy, recently opened NEPA Hemp at 2653 Memorial Highway in Dallas. They...
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Jan. 22: The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center and the Greater Carbondale Chamber of Commerce training, “The First Step: Starting Your Business,” 5:30-7:30 p.m., chamber...
View ArticleMedical college professor, one of most influential physicians in history,...
Dr. Stanley Dudrick, a Nanticoke native who went on to become one of the world’s most influential physicians, has died. He was 84. Dudrick, a professor of surgery at Geisinger Commonwealth School of...
View ArticleBirths 1/20/20
MOSES TAYLOR CONTI: A daughter, Jan. 8, to Andrew and Randi Judge Conti, Taylor. COOPER: A daughter, Jan. 15, to Bailey Cooper and Kaylin Pedersen, South Abington Twp. MACKIE: A daughter, Jan. 15, to...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters offers campaign school for 2020, 2021 candidates
The League of Women Voters of Lackawanna County wants to help would-be candidates get ready for the 2020 election — and for the one after that. Despite its name, the league’s Campaign School 2020 is...
View ArticleCensus Bureau expects low turnout in some Scranton neighborhoods
SCRANTON — U.S. Census takers already expect a high number of city residents to ignore the count this year. Following a poor showing in 2010, the Census Bureau pegged six census tracts in the city as...
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Great Bend Rummage sale: Most Holy Trinity Parish at St. Lawrence Church annual rummage sale, Feb. 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Feb. 15, 9 a.m.-noon, St. Lawrence Trinity Center (next to church), 380...
View ArticleTroopers charge Illinois man with DUI following high speed chase near LAke...
An Illinois man who led state troopers on a high-speed chase Saturday night now faces DUI charges. State police say they tried stopping Arthur M. Brown of Evanston, Illinois, for a traffic violation...
View Article65 Years Ago - Father saves family from home filled with coal fumes
Jan. 20, 1955 Dad saves family Patrick Greco of Joseph Avenue awoke and found his wife, Frances, and daughter, Dorothy Ann, unconscious on the floor. Feeling ill himself, he sprang into action and...
View ArticleScranton group commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Greater Scranton Martin Luther King Commission’s annual event.
View ArticleMedical college professor, one of the most influential physicians in history,...
Dr. Stanley Dudrick, a Nanticoke native who went on to become one of the most influential physicians in the world, has died. He was 84. Dudrick invented the intravenous feeding method known as total...
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Clarks Summit The borough is looking for two part-time police officers to join the force, Borough Manager Virginia Kehoe said. Call 570-586-9316 or visit the office at 304 S. State St. to request an...
View ArticleLackawanna County homicides down in 2019
Two shootings, a hit-and-run, a dead child. Authorities dealt with four homicides in Lackawanna County in 2019, each tragic but half of the death toll they saw in 2018. One case remained open — a...
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