Be honest about why you were fired, what you learned
DEAR J.T. & DALE: I'm trying to find an appropriate way of explaining why I was fired from my last job. The reason given is that in a four-month period, I sent 11 personal emails. The company has a...
View ArticlePSU to make first payment of $60M fine Dec. 20
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State University will make the first payment later this month on the $60 million fine issued by the National Collegiate Athletic Association over its response to the sex...
View ArticleHome Depot hosts menorah-making workshop
DICKSON CITY - A wooden menorah freshly painted in blue, purple and red sat drying on a table in a back room at Home Depot. After the menorah was ready to travel, Karen McKeon, 33, said it would...
View ArticleDance floor beckons seniors at UNC holiday event
When Shirley Cook was growing up, a long walk down a spooky, old logging road to her home used to deter suitors. "My mother used to say, the man who will walk you all the way home - that's the one...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 12/10/12
CLIPBOARDAbington HeightsSchool concerts: Abington Heights Middle School concerts, all 7:30 p.m.: sixth-grade band, Tuesday; seventh-grade band, Wednesday; eighth-grade band, Thursday; seventh-grade...
View ArticleHoliday Help
Need a hand? n Fourth annual Community Christmas Day Breakfast, a gift to the community from the University of Scranton, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 8-11 a.m., third floor, DeNaples Center, 900 Mulberry St.;...
View ArticleEager children hand-deliver Christmas lists to Santa
Kids awake for early visit with Santa Cookies help bring them together No matter how much hot chocolate they consume, or how many naps they take on Christmas Eve, Brady and Mikaylee Zoeller say they...
View ArticleSchool Notes 12/10/2012
Abington Heights Kanak Chattopadhyay doesn't have much free time. When she's not studying for her classes, the 11th-grader is practicing her trumpet, pitching new ideas as the vice president of...
View ArticleFewer student pilots, more strict requirements could lead to a pilot shortage
PITTSTON TWP. - Holding a plane plotter in one hand, Jason Condon circled the conference table, occasionally stopping to help students track the distance from the Priest River Airport in Priest River,...
View ArticleRewrite of property tax sale laws is tool in blight fight
HARRISBURG - Affordable housing advocates are urging a reform of Pennsylvania's property tax sale laws to help fight blight in both large cities and small towns. They want to overhaul a system that...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/10/2012
APPLIN, MARGARET R. "PEGGY," Covington Twp., Wednesday, 11 a.m., Elm Park United Methodist Church, 712 Linden St., Scranton, by the Rev. Howard Woodruff, pastor; and her grandson-in-law, Pastor Eric...
View ArticleOn Dec. 10 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA75 years ago, residents of the Bellevue and Notch sections of Scranton crowded City Hall to protest city council's action to close two firehouses.50 years ago, the Scranton Housing...
View ArticleFriends of Poor holiday programs announced
SCRANTON - The Friends of the Poor Christmas Program 2012 gets under way tonight with a holiday dinner at St. Mary's Center on Mifflin Avenue. Doors open at 5; dinner is at 6. The event, for senior...
View ArticleSteamtown's Brennan to retire from National Park Service
SCRANTON - Mark Brennan, the official spokesman at Steamtown National Historic Site, will retire Dec. 30 after almost 25 years with the National Park Service. Mr. Brennan, a Carbondale native, is...
View ArticleScranton man hospitalized with gunshot wound
SCRANTON - A city man remains in critical condition after he was taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center with a gunshot wound Sunday morning. Andrew Tierney, 22, of North Scranton, was in the...
View ArticleGino J. Merli Veterans Center packed with holiday spirit
More than 50 years after her last dance lesson, Lillian Passo showcased the moves that helped her take home the Ms. Senior Pennsylvania title in 1995. And all it took to get her started was a little...
View ArticleKeystone students help Santa for Seniors event
La PLUME TWP. - Students at Keystone College will team up with the Home Instead Senior Care of Clarks Summit this week for the annual "Santa for Seniors" gift-wrapping party. Starting at 10 a.m....
View ArticleScranton safety officials offer holiday safety tips
For many people, the holidays mean family, friends, gifts and decorations. For public safety officials, holidays also mean a jump in burglaries, identity theft and fires. The tools to prevent...
View ArticleLittle Sisters of the Poor celebrates St. Nicholas Day
Pairs of sneakers, flats and boots of all sizes lined a wall at Holy Family Residence in Scranton on Sunday. They soon would be filled with candy, a tradition Sister Julie Horseman said has been a...
View ArticleShowdown set Tuesday on commuter tax
Scranton’s commuter tax hearing on Tuesday promises two starkly contrasting versions of the city’s attempts to finally fix its long-standing financial problems. For the city, solicitor Paul Kelly will...
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