Moosic taking out $800,000 loan for sewer project, still avoids tax hike
MOOSIC - For the 17th year in a row, the borough has adopted a budget without a property tax increase - despite unanimously passing an ordinance last week to apply for an $800,000 loan from Fidelity...
View ArticleMore guidance counselors needed in Scranton, counselors say
Guidance counselors in Scranton schools help students with issues from homelessness, drug abuse and bullying, to college applications, social skills and job preparation. But a reduction in counselors...
View ArticleArtisan bread a hit at local Artisan's Marketplace
WAVERLY TWP. - For the first time in its nearly three-decades-long history, the Artisans' Marketplace at the Waverly Community House offered a different kind of art: bread. Loaves of olive, pecan...
View ArticlePolice work to ID skull found in Luzerne County
NEWPORT TWP. - State police are trying to determine the identity of human remains found in a wooded area of Luzerne County on Saturday. People walking in a wooded area stumbled across a skull in the...
View ArticleFire displaces two in West Pittston
Fire displaces two in West Pittston WEST PITTSTON - Firefighters from several companies battled a blaze that destroyed a borough home Sunday night, leaving two people and their pets homeless. Joe and...
View ArticleAutopsies scheduled for two who died after crash
Autopsies today in two deaths CLIFTON TWP. - Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said Sunday he is awaiting the results of today's autopsies before announcing the causes of the deaths of Mariusz...
View ArticleHoliday Help 11/19/2012
Need a hand? - Family-To-Family Thanksgiving food basket program 26th annual distribution of baskets containing the ingredients for a family Thanksgiving meal, Wednesday at the Scranton Cultural...
View ArticleAutopsy today on Scranton woman missing three weeks
Autopsy set today on city womanSCRANTON - An autopsy will be conducted today for a city woman who was missing for three weeks before her body was discovered Friday, according to Lackawanna County...
View ArticleSuspended Scranton cop accused of threatening to kill a bouncer returns to work
A Scranton cop once accused of threatening to kill a bouncer at a city bar and harass him with traffic stops is back on the job after pleading guilty to lesser charges that allow him to avoid being...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 11/19/2012
ANDREWSH, ELAINE, Blakely, Tuesday, 9 a.m., John J. Turko & Sons Funeral Home, 402 Boulevard Ave., Dickson City. Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Mary's Visitation Church, Dundaff Street, Dickson City, by the...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 11/18/12
CLIPBOARDArchbaldGarbage collection: Borough Thursday and Friday recycling moved to Monday and Tuesday, respectively, due to holiday.AvocaGarbage collection: Borough Thursday garbage collection moved...
View ArticleBirds of prey swoop into Anthracite Museum for lecture
Jon Beam couldn't help but quip that he and his collection of birds "flew in" to the Anthracite Heritage Museum Sunday. Mr. Beam, a senior naturalist at PPL Montour Preserve, stood near a table of...
View ArticleAbingtons sewer bills head higher
Sewer users in Clarks Green, Clarks Summit and South Abington Twp. will see higher sewer rates in 2013, though they won’t be the sky- rocketing bills some officials had predicted. Members of the...
View ArticleJefferson Twp. work session ends with shouting
JEFFERSON TWP. - A joint work session between the Jefferson Twp. supervisors and sewer authority didn't seem to change any minds and ended after its solicitor shouted at a resident, leading a police...
View ArticleSUNY Buffalo shuts down fracking institute
NEW YORK - The State University of New York at Buffalo announced Monday that it was closing its newly formed Shale Resources and Society Institute, which was devoted to the study of hydraulic...
View ArticleFood basket program short $13,000
With Thanksgiving just two days away, the Family-to-Family food basket program is short $13,000, program coordinator Mary Lou Burne said Monday. Still, the shortage won't prevent the organization from...
View ArticleFormer juvenile offenders, parents would split $12.2 million in Mericle...
WILKES-BARRE - One thousand and sixty-six former defendants in Luzerne County Juvenile Court who claim their rights were violated in the kids-for-cash case and 548 of their parents would split about...
View ArticleWeeklong community Thanksgiving program begins with prayer
In Hebrew, Arabic and English, leaders of many faiths shared prayers of gratitude and generosity on Monday to start a week of community programs celebrating Thanksgiving. The annual interfaith prayer...
View ArticleScaffolding accident hurts two in West Scranton
Two hurt as man falls from scaffold SCRANTON - Two workers preparing to fix a roof in West Scranton were injured Monday when one fell 30 feet off scaffolding onto the other, city police said. Kevin...
View ArticlePeoples sees earnings growth
Peoples sees earnings growthHALLSTEAD - Mortgage and commercial lending helped drive profit at Peoples Financial Services Corp. and earnings increased 20.5 percent over the same quarter last year to...
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