Holiday festivities on tap Saturday in Carbondale
CARBONDALE — Holiday festivities will abound in the city on Saturday. Part of the city’s Small Business Saturday program, the activities will include a Christmas Carnival at the Greater Carbondale...
View ArticleTurkey, fixins big business in U.K. to satisfy U.S. expats
LONDON — Plump turkeys in butcher shop windows. Harvest displays of pumpkin and corn. Sandwich boards describing groaning feasts. Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday in Britain, but you might be forgiven for...
View ArticleUGI rate up over last year
SCRANTON — The cost of natural gas will nudge down a bit next month for customers of UGI North Penn region, but are still trending higher compared with the last heating season, translating to a 6...
View ArticleTwenty-eight turkeys, 150 pounds of potatoes and days of preparation
Every good cook knows preparation is half the battle when fixing a Thanksgiving Day meal for a crowd. Thomas “Chick” DiPietro has that part down pat. When people start filing into St. Francis of...
View ArticleBudweiser gives Clydesdales holiday pink slip
NEW YORK — Budweiser is putting its Clydesdales out to pasture for the holidays. The country’s No. 3 beer brand said the horses will not play a role in its traditional advertising for the season,...
View ArticleBlack Friday highlights the contrast between rich and poor
In northeast Los Angeles, 1,000 people huddled in the evening chill last Thanksgiving as they waited outside a Target store for the chance to snap up Black Friday deals. Across town, mostly upscale...
View ArticleFamily to Family helps thousands in basket giveaway
People lined up in the snow outside the Scranton Cultural Center on Wednesday morning to receive more than 3,000 Thanksgiving food baskets as part of the Family To Family program. The ballroom bustled...
View ArticleReport urges police department merger law
HARRISBURG — Upholding law and order at the local level comes with a hefty price tag in Pennsylvania. Municipalities report spending $1.3 billion on police services in fiscal 2012-13, according to a...
View Article"Cupcake challenge" planned at Keystone College
LA PLUME TWP. — Tickets for a cupcake-tasting challenge to raise money to fight cancer are on sale, according to Keystone College officials. The inaugural “Cupcake Challenge” is scheduled for Tuesday,...
View ArticleAn apt setting for a holiday train
“Dashing through the snow with the Holiday Train Show.” During the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train’s first stop in Scranton, families danced along to those reworked lyrics from the classic Christmas...
View ArticleCOLTS to 'Stuff the Bus' for Toys for Tots
SCRANTON — The County of Lackawanna Transit System will hold its annual “Stuff the Bus” toy drive to benefit the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. New, unwrapped,...
View ArticleBlack Friday gets underway on Thursday
While clusters of people made their way to major retailers in Dickson City, small businesses in downtown Scranton were offering deals, DJs and a chance to take pictures in a photo booth. “A lot of...
View ArticleNow, you, too, can spy on candidates
Political campaign commercials regularly flood television screens every fall, selling candidates and ideas to voters who probably know little about the money spent to influence them and who’s spending...
View ArticleFraud case against Scranton businessman delayed by dispute over jurisdiction
After a nearly six-month delay, the case against a Scranton businessman and several of his family members who are charged with environmental crimes and health care fraud is expected to proceed...
View ArticleWest Scranton High students walk 10 miles for charity
Cold temperatures and light snow didn’t stop a group of dedicated West Scranton High School students from walking from Pittston to Scranton on Thanksgiving morning. “I feel like great, like I ran a...
View ArticleNamedropper, Nov. 28, 2014
District honors ‘Cooperator’ Craig Roe is Susquehanna Conservation District’s “Cooperator of the Year.” Craig, of Liberty Twp., was honored for agreeing with the district “to implement soil and water...
View ArticleCarling looks back at 'bureaucratic' career
Many government employees would chafe at being labeled a bureaucrat, a term that conjures up images of labyrinthine regulations wrapped in red tape. Jack Carling embraces the description — with a...
View ArticleVolunteers provide Thanksgiving dinners at Scranton shelters
On Thanksgiving Day, Marius Carr rode his bike 40 minutes through melting snow to pick up a hot meal from the St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen at 500 Penn Ave. in Scranton. He ate with around 100 others...
View ArticleFirefighters called for smoke in home
CLARKS SUMMIT — Firefighters responded to a heavy smoke condition inside a borough home Thursday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to 103 Maple Ave. for a structure fire. No...
View ArticleArmed, wearing rubber masks, two rob NBT Bank
Armed with guns and wearing Halloween masks, two men held up a Scranton bank just before closing Wednesday. Around 5 p.m., two men dressed “for construction” in black jumpsuits, fluorescent vests and...
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