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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...

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More 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...

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Artisan 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...

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Police 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...

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Fire 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...

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Autopsies 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...

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Holiday 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...

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Autopsy 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...

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Suspended 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...

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Funeral 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...

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Community 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...

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Birds 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...

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Abingtons 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...

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Jefferson 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...

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SUNY 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...

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Food 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...

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Former 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...

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Weeklong 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...

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Scaffolding 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...

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Peoples 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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