Regional Briefs 12/7/2012
West Pittston facing sanctions WEST PITTSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has formally sanctioned the borough for failing to remedy deficiencies in its flood management plan by a Dec. 1...
View ArticleCoroner: New Jersey man killed in turnpike crash
A 48-year-old New Jersey man died Friday morning when his tractor-trailer crashed on an ice-slicked Interstate 476.Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said the Elizabeth, N.J., man - who was not...
View ArticleSupreme Court will hear gay marriage cases
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional...
View ArticleNearly $8 million available to tackle Marcellus housing needs
$8M due for housing in gas-drilling region HARRISBURG - A state housing agency will meet Thursday to distribute nearly $8 million for projects to build and rehabilitate rental units and single-family...
View ArticleOn Dec. 8 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA75 years ago, the Federal Housing Authority earmarked $1 million for city housing projects.50 years ago, 150 Northeast Pennsylvanians traveled attended the Pennsylvania Society's...
View ArticleCarbondale police: man threatened to kill ex
Man arrested for making threats CARBONDALE - City police arrested a man after his ex-girlfriend reported that he threatened to kill her. Kyle Hosie, 23, address unknown, was charged with making...
View Article"By spreading light," Hanukkah menorahs brighten holiday
Once a year, the lights on congregation Beth Shalom's outdoor menorah flicker on after dusk. Tonight, two bulbs will brighten. Tomorrow, three. "We light each light," Rabbi Yisroel Brotsky said....
View ArticleCommunity events list, 12/08/12
CLIPBOARDAbington Heights School concert: Abington Heights High School Music Department holiday favorites concert, Friday, 7 p.m., high school auditorium, 222 Noble Road; $2 at door.Clarks GreenSafety...
View ArticleScranton man arrested for reselling stolen items
City man charged in two burglaries SCRANTON - A city man was arrested Wednesday in connection with two burglaries in West Scranton. Matthew Weber, 27, 359 N. Lincoln Ave., was charged with burglary,...
View ArticleDueling amendments to be offered to cut Scranton's budget
The hefty raises ranging between 19-33 percent in Scranton's proposed budget for six employees will be on the chopping block during Thursday's city council meeting. The raises, coming during a time...
View ArticleLocals looks to help women open restaurant in Afghanistan
Opening a restaurant anywhere is notoriously risky. Those risks increase when the restaurant is opened in Afghanistan and run entirely by women. But risks have never deterred Suraya Pakzad, the...
View ArticleVehicular homicide charges filed again Hanover Twp. man
HANOVER TWP. - Police filed vehicular homicide charges Friday against a man in connection with a head-on crash that killed an elderly married couple from Nanticoke last year. Kevin M. Allen, 35,...
View ArticleDNA connects NY man to 2007 burglary in Pike County
A New York man already serving one sentence in New York was convicted in connection with a 2007 burglary in Pike County after police identified his DNA from a cigarette butt and a bloodstained pillow....
View ArticleCoroner: Woman killed in Wayne County crash died of multiple traumatic injuries
Cresco woman killed in crash DREHER TWP. - The Monroe County woman killed Thursday in a one-car crash on Route 191 died of multiple traumatic injuries, the Wayne County coroner's office said Friday....
View ArticleDA: Drug dealer led detectives on chase down dead-end street
A Scranton man accused of selling heroin out of a Moosic motel nearly slipped county detectives when they converged on his vehicle Friday morning. Catching up with Anthony Brown, 30, 517 W. Market...
View ArticleParents guilty of sexually abusing son
After 2½ hours of deliberation Friday, a jury convicted a husband and wife of grooming their son into a sexual partner to his mother and raising him in squalor. The boy, now 14, testified in...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/8/2012
BARLETTA, CAROL H. HOLLAND, viewing, Saturday, noon to 1 p.m., McIlvaine Funeral Home, 3711 Midvale Ave. East Falls, Philadelphia, service, 1 p.m. Interment, private. Donations: Mercy Philadelphia...
View ArticleNew lawyers welcomed into legal community
Deborah Rothenberg not only took an oath to faithfully practice the law, she took an oath to carry on a family tradition. In a ceremony on Friday filled with celebration and purpose, Ms. Rothenberg...
View ArticleScranton police seek help identifying woman who spent $12,000 on stolen...
SCRANTON - City police on Friday released images of a woman who used a stolen credit card to rack up $12,000 worth of fraudulent charges last week. The surveillance photos show a woman in a brown hat,...
View ArticleFarina opens Archbald office
ARCHBALD - State Rep.-elect Frank Farina opened a new office for residents of the 115th Legislative District on Monday. The office, located at 423 Main St., Archbald, provides constituents with a...
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