PSU president says school can help abuse survivors
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State president Rodney Erickson says the university can help in the recovery process for child sex abuse survivors through teaching, research and service. He has...
View ArticleNew Yorkers try for normalcy as Sandy approaches
NEW YORK (AP) — Defiant New Yorkers jogged, pushed strollers and took snapshots of churning New York Harbor Monday, trying to salvage normal routines in a city with no trains, schools and an...
View ArticleStorm-related contact numbers
- American Red Cross, Scranton Chapter, 570- 207-0100 - Susquehanna and Wyoming counties chapter, 570-278-1427 - Carbondale Department of Public Works, 282-4633 - County of Lackawanna Transit System...
View ArticleBBC broadcast from Scranton
SCRANTON - Is America working? That's what British Broadcasting Corp. host Ros Atkins will be asking at 101 Poplar Street on Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. for the live BBC interactive global debate show,...
View ArticleMcQueary lawsuit status hearing postponed
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Court officials say a status hearing has been indefinitely postponed in the civil lawsuit by former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary. The hearing had been...
View ArticleSandy's heavy rain may miss NEPA, but high winds still threat; closures roundup
4:26 p.m. The American Red Cross opened emergency shelters at Lakeland, North Pocono and Scranton high schools and the Jefferson Twp. Fire Hall in Lackawanna County, Tunkhannock Area High School in...
View ArticleArrest made in 2001 murder of Scranton woman in Florida
Just days before Tara Ord Sidorovich's 31st birthday, authorities made an arrest and began a nationwide manhunt for another suspect in the 2001 Florida murder of the Scranton native."I'm very happy -...
View ArticleMotorists in flooded areas face fines
HARRISBURG - A new state law slapping motorists with fines if they dodge barricades and drive through flooded areas could get its first big tryout with Hurricane Sandy. The "Turn Around, Don't Drive"...
View Article1,600 National Guard troops deployed
HARRISBURG - About 1,600 Pennsylvania Army National Guard troops are being deployed at armories in Northeast Pennsylvania and elsewhere to prepare for missions to meet Hurricane Sandy's fury, Gov. Tom...
View ArticleHarvard professor praises cities as clusters of innovation, industry, intellect
Edward Glaeser, Ph.D., the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, discussed “Economics of the City” at The University of Scranton’s...
View ArticleMarriage of faith and reason explored at lecture
Recently, The University of Scranton hosted “The Wild and Wonderful Marriage Between Faith and Reason: A Historical Story,” a lecture and discussion by Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at...
View ArticleSandy packs heavy winds, little rain; more than 75,000 without power
The superstorm that started as Hurricane Sandy saved its worst rains Monday for areas south, east and west of Northeast Pennsylvania, but high winds caused widespread power outages, with more than...
View ArticleEmergency shelters open in NEPA
STAFF REPORTThe American Red Cross Lackawanna, Wyoming/Susquehanna, and Bradford/Sullivan Chapters has announced the following shelters are open and fully staffed:- Bradford County: Wysox Fire Hall and...
View ArticleTree limb kills Susquehanna County boy
An 8-year-old Susquehanna County boy died Monday afternoon when a tree limb fell on him in Franklin Twp. north of Montrose, Larry Souder, a spokesman for the county emergency management agency said....
View ArticleMorgan Highway closed for downed power lines and trees
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Morgan Highway is closed while crews clean up downed power lines and trees, 911 dispatchers said. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has closed the road between the...
View ArticleNamedropper, 10/31/12
Hope chest auction for Marley's MissionDowntown Scranton will be the setting for Backyard Ale House's hope chest auction benefiting Marley's Mission. Donna Nasser and Kara Seitzinger are co-chairwomen...
View ArticleFed recovery aid decisions await Sandy's departure
HARRISBURG - Decisions about obtaining federal recovery aid for Superstorm Sandy are premature and will await damage assessments next week, Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday. The key step involves a...
View ArticleNEPA to Sandy: Good riddance
All in all, we lucked out. Northeast Pennsylvania bid good riddance to Sandy on Tuesday as the rainy, windy remnants of the devastating East Coast superstorm finally moved on, leaving tens of...
View ArticleNew poll shows Obama, Casey still up in Pa.
President Barack Obama held a narrow lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among likely Pennsylvania voters as the election headed into its final full week, according to a new Franklin &...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 10/31/12
CLIPBOARDDaltonAuxiliary meeting: Dalton Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary meeting, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., fire hall.East ScrantonMeeting canceled: 800 Club of Immaculate Conception Church Thursday meeting...
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