Funeral Notices 10/28/2012
ALESKY, PETE ANTHONY JR., Franklin Twp., Bradford County, today, 2 p.m., Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, with Pastor Jira Albers of Trinity Lutheran Church, Towanda, and Pastor...
View ArticleRegion preps ahead of Sandy
As the region prepares for up to 6 inches of rain from Hurricane Sandy, city crews were busy Saturday cleaning debris from the streets. Scranton's Department of Public Works will continue to focus on...
View ArticleNHL dispute puts sales for small businesses on ice
NEW YORK - In cities with professional hockey teams, it seems that the only thing on ice these days is sales - at least at the bars, restaurants and other small businesses that cater to sports...
View ArticleCancer screening help available for low-income people
The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute will help people with little or no health insurance to receive colon, breast and cervical cancer screenings. The cancer institute will work one on one with...
View ArticlePeople on the Move, Oct. 28, 2012
Allied Services Janice Worobey-Ives, Pharm.D., has completed certification in Anticoagulation Therapy Management from the University of Southern Indiana. In this program Dr. Worobey-Ives studied...
View ArticleP&G beats street, quells fears
P&G beats Street, quells investor fearsEasing commodity prices and cost savings helped Procter & Gamble Co. beat Wall Street estimates for the third quarter, news of which drove up shares of...
View ArticleAround the Towns 10/28/2012
Clarks Summit As an owner of a popular restaurant in Clarks Summit, Tom Hill enjoys using his restaurant to do good in the community. Throughout the years, Mr. Hill has organized a number of...
View ArticleSmall fire in Olyphant sparked by air conditioner
Air conditioner sparks small fire OLYPHANT - An air conditioner sparked a small fire at a borough apartment building about 6 p.m. Saturday, Fire Chief Fred Hartman said. Chief Hartman said no one was...
View ArticleLongtime local Priest who survived Nazi Occupation and Greek civil war dies...
With a pen in his hand and the Bible open, the Rev. George Dimopoulos passed away at his desk in his Upper Darby home Tuesday. He was 83. It was an appropriate end for the priest and scholar who,...
View ArticleNews Quiz 10/28/2012
1. What did city police discover at a hardware store? A. A pipe bomb B. Great prices. C. A deer that had jumped in through a window. D. A homeless man. 2. Why might state inmates housed at Lackawanna...
View ArticleRepairs made on water main break in South Scranton
SCRANTON - About two dozen South Scranton homes were without water for a few hours Saturday. Pennsylvania American Water Co. received calls about 6 a.m. and found the problem: a broken 6-inch main...
View ArticleLocal History: Missionary priest from NEPA died a martyr
Father Gerard A. Donovan was in the sanctuary of his parish church in Fushun, Manchuria, China, leading the rosary on the evening of Oct. 5, 1937, when a stranger entered with a piece of paper in his...
View ArticleMegastorm could wreak havoc across eastern US
SHIP BOTTOM, New Jersey (AP) — Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of a massive freak storm had braced Sunday for the first raindrops that were expected later in...
View ArticlePolice searching for missing Scranton woman
SCRANTON - Police are looking for a city woman who didn't return home after her appointment at a hair salon in West Scranton on Saturday. Sharon Price, 62, was last seen around 6 p.m. at a hair salon...
View ArticleNYC schools closed; some evacuations ordered
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City announced the closings of it mass transit and school systems, both the nation's largest, and ordered residents to leave some low-lying areas Sunday ahead of the massive...
View ArticleVice President due to visit Scranton Thursday
Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to return to Scranton Thursday. An Obama/Biden campaign spokesperson said Mr. Biden, will hit the campaign trail this week - starting in Florida but making in...
View ArticleOwls admired at nature center event
WASHINGTON TWP. - Jon Dore, 9, loves owls but he is a little squeamish about picking through the regurgitated remains of their prey. "I think I got a beak," he said, gingerly picking a tiny jaw bone...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 10/29/2012
BARRETT, EVELYN MARGARET "PEGGY," Dunmore, today, Albert P. O'Donnell Funeral Home, 2025 Green Ridge St., Dunmore. Mass, 10 a.m., St. Clare's Church, 2301 N. Washington Ave., Scranton. Interment, St....
View ArticleCommunity events list, 10/29/12
CLIPBOARDDunmoreClass reunion: Bishop O'Hara High School class of 1982 30th anniversary class reunion, Nov. 24, 6-10 p.m., Holy Cross High School, East Drinker Street, $50/dinner buffet, bar and DJ,...
View ArticleStorm will keep financial markets closed Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed because of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday. It will be the first time since 1888 that the New York Stock Exchange will have been closed for...
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