Penn State pulling Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has pulled Gideon Bibles from rooms of two hotels it runs and will, instead, make them available upon request in public access areas. University spokeswoman Lisa...
View ArticleBank robbers may have stolen getaway cars from dealership
FALLS TWP. — Two vehicles stolen from a Honesdale car dealership last weekend were likely involved in a bank robbery this morning, the dealership co-owner said. The B&B Dodge on Route 6 reported...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 9/13/2014
MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Marilyn Casey Ruane and Kieran Lourdes Bunnell, both of Scranton. ■ Wayne Daniel Alston and Caroline Elizabeth Doyle, both of Clarks Summit. ■ Jeremy Mark Hayden, Lake Ariel, and...
View ArticleWalking tour of Scranton block reveals property microcosm of good, bad
It took all of a few steps down one block of Prescott Avenue in Scranton’s Hill Section on Friday to see the extremes of property maintenance in the city: tidy, well-kept homes interspersed with...
View Article17-year-old Scranton girl knocked out in assault
SCRANTON — A 17-year-old city girl was knocked unconscious Wednesday by a man because she ignored him when he began talking to her, police said. The girl was walking in the 1700 block of Jackson...
View ArticleScranton Diocese seeking to raise $5.5 million for Annual Appeal
SCRANTON — The Diocese of Scranton’s 2014 Diocesan Annual Appeal will begin today and Sunday with hopes to raise $5.5 million. The theme of the campaign is “Transforming Lives Together.” Last year,...
View ArticleVintage 'base ball' a hit with modern players
PHILADELPHIA — From afar, it looks and sounds like a regular recreational baseball game: the crack of the bat, the cheering from the bench, the sliding into home. But a closer glance at this field in...
View ArticleCommunity Event Listing, Sept. 13, 2014
Covington Twp. Fun day: Covington Twp. End of Summer Fun Day, today, 4 to 9 p.m., Moffat Estate pavilion, children’s activities and crafts, entertainment. Dunmore Board meetings: Dunmore Board of...
View ArticleSewer upgrade stinks for business, shop owner says
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — Hitesh Patel fears the inevitable quiet days in late September. He envisions the noise emanating from the heavy equipment parked on Northern Boulevard, just outside of his...
View ArticleHousing authority clears way for Goodwill project
SCRANTON — The plan to convert the former North Scranton Junior High School into senior citizen housing has the key approval it needed. The Lackawanna County Housing Authority voted Thursday to...
View ArticleVolunteer firefighter candidate allegedly molested woman at firehouse
An Archbald volunteer firefighting candidate was arrested Thursday for molesting a woman in the basement of a borough firehouse. Police charged George Toth, 26, 554 N. Main St., with indecent assault....
View ArticleOld Forge Italian festival kicks off its 27th year
OLD FORGE — Looking like a man who had done this before, Joe Terusso filled small openings of cannoli shells with cream with steady precision Friday night while hungry guests waited. The secret to...
View ArticleScranton may have to redo rezoning of Audubon school because of error
Geisinger Community Medical Center wants Scranton City Council to redo its public hearing and vote on its May rezoning of the former Audubon school because the city’s posting of public notices on the...
View ArticlePal seeks new trial
Saying it is “fundamentally unfair” that he was convicted of a more serious crime than the triggerman, Neil Pal is asking a judge to reduce his first-degree murder conviction to the lesser count of...
View ArticlePittsburgh disability advocacy group wins grant to serve PA
SCRANTON — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a more than $600,000, five-year grant to the Pittsburgh-based Parent Education Advocacy and Leadership Center to expand its services into...
View ArticleHouse panel faces vote on stream buffer bill
HARRISBURG — A House panel faces a vote Monday on a controversial bill to eliminate a state mandate to have forested buffers along streams designated for special environmental protection because of...
View ArticleOktoberfest kicks off at Mohegan Sun
PLAINS TWP. — Clad in a lederhosen and a green fedora, David Coddington reminisced about the early 1960s, when he got his first taste of the German culture. “I was stationed in Germany for three years...
View ArticleNo suspects in custody in "ambush" at state police barracks
State police have no suspects in custody in Friday night’s ambush and shooting death of a Dunmore state trooper at Blooming Grove police barracks in Pike County. During a press conference this...
View ArticleJessup native to leave NPR's "Morning Edition"
When NPR’s “Morning Edition” celebrates its 35th anniversary in November, Ellen McDonnell will be the only original staffer still involved with the revered public radio news program. That said, the...
View ArticleUNC youth arts center coming to West Side
The latest project of United Neighborhood Centers will provide a safe, secure space for at-risk children to explore and participate in the arts. Newly named the Oppenheim Center for the Arts, the...
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