Marywood honors veterans with 'moving' memorials
Marywood University's Nazareth Student Center became a temporary memorial on Monday, built of the spoken names of the more than 6,600 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen who have died in Iraq and...
View ArticleLongtime Carbondale Housing Authority leader steps down
CARBONDALE - After 34 years of service, the executive director of the Carbondale Housing Authority is stepping down. Tom Ruddy, who announced his decision to resign at a meeting last month, will...
View ArticleFood banks working to feed the hungry
John Patterson remembers the first night he slept on the streets. "It was cold," Mr. Patterson, 55, of Scranton, said. "I was lost and confused. I had no idea how I was going to support myself." Over...
View ArticlePolice detail incident of boy falling into storm drain
DUNMORE - The 18-month-old boy who fell into a storm drain on Monroe Avenue late Saturday improved to stable condition on Monday. Borough Police Chief Pat Reese provided new details Monday on what led...
View ArticleLackawanna County Sentencings 11/13/2012
SENTENCINGS The following defendants were sentenced recently in Lackawanna County Court by Judge Michael J. Barrasse and Judge Vito P. Geroulo: - Robert Staples, 47, of 323 13th Avenue, Scranton, to...
View ArticleHundreds turn out for chamber gala
C of C recognizes area businesses About 550 people turned out Monday for the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce Gala, where businesses were presented with the Scranton Awards for Growth and...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 11/13/2012
ALTMANN, VINCENT M. "VAUNKER" OR "V-MANN," Dunmore, Wednesday, Albert P. O'Donnell Funeral Home, 2025 Green Ridge St., Dunmore. Mass, 11 a.m., St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church, 322 Chestnut St.,...
View ArticlePopular park in Abingtons will close for most of summer
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - A popular park in the Abingtons will be closed for nearly three months in the summer as construction kicks off on the township's major sewer line project. At a supervisors...
View ArticleGroundbreaking set for trail opening
Groundbreaking set for river trail ARCHBALD - A groundbreaking ceremony will be held next week to celebrate a new section of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail from Archbald to Jermyn. The event will...
View Article$2,800 worth of tools reported stolen
$2,800 in tools reported stolen FELL TWP. - State police at Dunmore are seeking information about $2,800 worth of tools that were taken from a Lackawanna County garage sometime last week. Police said...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 11/13/2012
POlice Blotter Scranton Friday, Nov. 9 - Harassment: 1400 block of St. Ann Street, 8 a.m. - Criminal mischief: 800 block of North Washington Avenue, 8:01 a.m. - Harassment: 900 block of Madison...
View ArticleMarywod University to hold memory screenings today
Marywood holds memory screening DUNMORE - As part of national Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, Marywood University will provide free, confidential memory screenings and information about aging...
View ArticleFNCB was subject of two grand jury subpoenas
First National Community Bank, already targeted by federal bank regulators, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and threatened lawsuits from shareholders, was the subject of two...
View ArticleKeystone College dedicates veterans memorial
LA PLUME TWP. - The path to Harris Hall from the center of Keystone College now marks the school's past and continuing commitment to veterans. A new monument, erected by the college Armed Forces Club,...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 11/14/2012
Superstorm drive in Archbald begins ARCHBALD - A 10-day relief drive for Superstorm Sandy victims kicked off at the Municipal Building and will continue through next week. A Kane Is Able trailer to be...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 11/14/2012
ALBANESE, THE REV. NICHOLAS, Wind Gap, Saturday, 11 a.m., St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 340 N. Lehigh Ave., Wind Gap. Viewing, Thursday, 4 to 8 p.m., Guerro & Ruggiero Funeral Home, ruggierofu...
View ArticleScranton sends out delinquent garbage bills from 1999 through 2011
Scranton sent out 7,800 delinquent garbage bills late last week dated from 1999 through 2011 in an effort to boost revenue. The city treasurer's office was swamped Tuesday with residents paying or...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 11/14/12
CLIPBOARDAvocaWaste collection: Borough yard waste collection, Nov. 20; weather permitting; grass clippings, leaves, yard waste, shrubs, hedge clippings, tree limbs less than 3 feet long, half-inch...
View ArticleMan allegedly wielded gun in road-rage incident
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Township police arrested a Carbon County man on Monday after he allegedly approached with a handgun a man who had cut him off in traffic, threatening to shoot him. Rodney Durant,...
View ArticleTurnpike tolls to go all electronic
Turnpike tolls to go all electronic HARRISBURG - State turnpike commission officials say they plan to convert the turnpike into all-electronic tolls that charge motorists without requiring them to...
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