Most legislators turning down pay raises
HARRISBURG - The base salary for state lawmakers will automatically increase 2.2 percent to $83,802 effective Dec. 1, and a number of lawmakers representing Lackawanna and Luzerne counties said they...
View ArticleDunmore police and businesses add cameras to fight crime
DUNMORE - Along with walking and driving borough streets, Dunmore police now patrol with smartphones, iPads and computers. For about a month now, police and some business owners have checked on...
View ArticleEPA officials introduce Precision website
GLENBURN TWP. - More than 12 years after federal officials halted operations at the Precision National Plating site, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency coordinators Tuesday introduced supervisors to...
View ArticleNamedropper, 11/21/12
Celebrating U.N. Day in ScrantonSister Deirdre Mullan, a Sister of Mercy from Northern Ireland, was the guest speaker when United Nations Day was celebrated at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel...
View ArticlePolice: Still no sign of missing driver in expressway crash
Cops still seek driver in crash SCRANTON - A man who survived crashing his sport utility vehicle into a car, guardrail and tree on the Central Scranton Expressway on Monday only to tumble 200 feet...
View ArticleBinsack apprehended by U.S. marshals
Fugitive Scott Binsack was apprehended by U.S. marshals Tuesday night. Mr. Binsack was arrested near Bath, N.Y., said James Cunfer, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania....
View ArticleWest Side fire cause undetermined, not considered suspicious
West Side fire cause not known SCRANTON - Fire inspectors could not determine the cause of a fire that tore through a West Side home late Monday but did not consider the blaze suspicious. City Fire...
View ArticleCo-conspirator in South Scranton bar murder denied get-out-of-jail request
Man tied to murder jailed SCRANTON - A city man involved in the murder of a Harrisburg man at a South Side bar last year was denied his attempt to get out of prison before he is sentenced. At a...
View ArticleFire temporarily closes Old Forge market
Fire temporarily closes market OLD FORGE - An electrical fire Tuesday temporarily closed Ray's Shur Save Market and forced the grocer to throw out food. Borough firefighters responded to the market at...
View ArticleMount Airy fined by gaming board
MOUNT POCONO - Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County was fined for conducting business with companies that were on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's Prohibited Gaming Service Provider List....
View ArticleMoscow to hold street lighting
MOSCOW - Borough officials and other community leaders will hold an official street-lighting ceremony today at 5 p.m., recognizing the completion of the decorative downtown street light project. Held...
View ArticleEx-PSU officials want counsel testimony barred
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two former high-ranking Penn State officials accused of covering up child sex-abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky say an ex-university lawyer shouldn't...
View ArticleOne-vehicle crash closes I-81 north briefly
NEW MILFORD - A 20-year-old New Jersey man crashed his 2009 Toyota Camry on Interstate 81 this morning, which briefly closed the northbound side of the highway. Erick Montinard, 20, of Hainesport,...
View ArticleSizzling mobile-application industry ready to hire
WASHINGTON - Ross Waycaster designed the first of his four mobile applications as a high school senior in Tupelo, Miss., a game called "Super Marrio Jump" that's been downloaded from the Apple store...
View ArticleFive things to remember
Your turkey could still be warm by the time you wrap up your Black Friday shopping this year - retailers have pushed the kickoff for the mammoth shopping day firmly into Thanksgiving Day itself....
View ArticleCommunity events list, 11/22/12
CLIPBOARDArchbaldBlood drive: Meeting for the blood drive in memory of Jim Pickard, Monday, 7 p.m., Old Towne Coffee, 452 Main St., blood drive, Nov. 30, noon-6 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Church...
View ArticleHolidays don't have to mean overindulgence
Stretching from Thanksgiving to February with Super Bowl Sunday, the munching, snacking and eating holiday season has begun. While Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays - official and unofficial...
View ArticleHunters enjoy bear season
Hunter's tattooed bear aids game agency's study On Tuesday, Bradley Everetts shot a tattooed bear. Sitting in a tree stand on the third of the four-day gun hunting season for bears, the 50-year-old...
View ArticleShopping tips for your smartphone
Shopping tips for your smartphone Here are some free applications you might consider downloading to your smartphone or tablet before heading out to the stores on Black Friday. - Black Friday App by...
View ArticleEARLY BIRDS
Terri Avellone usually celebrates Thanksgiving before starting serious Christmas shopping. But this year, she couldn't resist the sales.Stores such as Kohl's had "crazy racks of things on clearance,"...
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