Firefighters make quick work of house fire in Taylor
TAYLOR — Firefighters quickly knocked down a fire that scorched parts of a North Main Street home Sunday night and displaced the three people who live there. Taylor Borough Fire Chief David Graham...
View ArticleCrafters turn Styrofoam into ornaments at Historical Society
Sipping coffee and joyfully chatting, a dozen crafters carefully pinned on tiny paper flowers and turned Styrofoam balls into ornaments Sunday at the Lackawanna County Historical Society’s Catlin...
View ArticleLow interest loans available for energy efficient home repairs
SCRANTON — The Scranton Lackawanna Human Development Agency is coordinating with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency to offer low-interest loans for energy-efficient home repairs. The offer is for...
View ArticleDog, cat die after Saturday fire in Scranton
SCRANTON — A dog and a cat did not recover after firefighters tried to rescue them from a blaze on one side of a South Side duplex Saturday. Two dogs and two cats were taken from the house and treated...
View ArticleArea food pantry reserves running dry
BLAKELY — One recent and bitter cold Friday, two columns of cars, trunks sprung open, idled in single file across Peckville Assembly of God church’s parking lot waiting for volunteers to fill them...
View ArticleMany not taking legislative pay hike
HARRISBURG — The annual base salary for state lawmakers will automatically increase 1.6 percent to $85,356 effective today, and a number of lawmakers representing Northeast Pennsylvania said they...
View ArticleCommunity Events Listings, Dec. 1, 29, 2014
Abingtons Tree tour: Willowbrook Tree Tour and Craft Showcase, Sunday, 12:30-4:30 p.m., 150 Edella Road, Clarks Summit, uniquely themed holiday trees, carolers, local crafters, door prizes, free hot...
View ArticleMonday Update: Opening of UNC arts center delayed
The opening of an arts center for at-risk children at the former West Side Senior Center will be delayed about a month after unexpected problems were encountered during the renovation project. United...
View ArticleSchool Notes for Dec. 1
Blue Ridge Nicholas Swaha follows in the footsteps of his family. The senior plays the trumpet, the same instrument his father and brother played, in the high school band. Nicholas loves everything...
View ArticleVeterans Court promised $170,000 from local companies
Thanks to the tenacity of an old Air Force colonel, the generosity of a few local corporations and the availability of a state tax credit program, the Veterans Treatment Court in Lackawanna County has...
View ArticleBuy Local Holiday Marketplace draws big crowd
Three years ago Dawn McGurl had an idea for a totally local and creative holiday marketplace. Two events later, that little idea became a huge reality. A packed Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic...
View ArticleEnrollment in Pa.'s Medicaid expansion kicks off
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians frozen out of the first year of coverage under the 2010 federal health care law's Medicaid expansion can now begin applying for it....
View ArticlePostponed: Bridge work to close Northbound I-476
Update: According to a released issued by PennDOT, The closure of I-476 northbound scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed. Additional details will be released. Previous Report: The Pennsylvania...
View ArticleRobert Morris Elementary closed today
Robert Morris Elementary will be closed today due to a heating issue according to a message posted on Scranton School Distict's offical Facebook Page. According to the post, the maintenance staff...
View ArticleBoscov ‘donates’ $700,000 to Scranton to make good on mall loan
Al Boscov gave Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright a check today for $715,173, to make good on a loan the city had given years ago to The Mall at Steamtown that went unpaid. Calling the check a “donation”...
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NEPA Photo Puzzle 12/01
Test your jigsaw puzzle skills with images from around NEPA. Click below to begin: Nay Aug ParkMore jigsaw puzzles at Jigidi
View ArticleWilkes-Barre police: Man tied up, robbed in home
A 78-year-old man reported two armed men tied him to a chair in his Wilkes-Barre home early Monday morning, then stole his wallet and bank cards. Wilkes-Barre City police said the victim reported he...
View ArticleCar strikes pedestrian in Scranton
SCRANTON — A car struck a pedestrian around 5:15 tonight. The 700 block of South Main Avenue in Scranton is closed for crash reconstruction. Check back for updates. — LUKE RANKER
View ArticleCar drives into Lehigh River, man unhurt but gets tickets
CLIFTON TWP. — A Brooklyn, New York, man escaped harm but not traffic fines for falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his car a river in Clifton Twp. Saturday afternoon, state police at Dunmore...
View ArticlePrescott will be open for classes Tuesday
School will reopen Tuesday after a burst pipe soaked the computer lab and library at William Prescott Elementary School and closed the building Monday. Computers are being checked and the soaked books...
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