Geisinger CMC enters final phase of expansion
Geisinger Community Medical Center’s $97.1 million expansion project entered its final phase this week with work on a pedestrian sky bridge over Colfax Avenue. This phase also includes the...
View ArticlePediatrician: Unimmunized children biggest measles concern
Stanley Blondek, M.D., grew up at a time when getting the measles was practically a childhood rite of passage. But in the three decades he has been treating patients, dating back to his residency, the...
View ArticleScranton-Lackawanna Human Development Agency gets $1.7 million grant
SCRANTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the Scranton-Lackawanna Human Development Agency $1.7 million annually to improve access to Early Head Start education for...
View ArticleTwo charged in Scranton drug investigation
Lackawanna County detectives charged two cousins in Scranton on Thursday night after a drug deal and a chase. Sadeed Johnson, 18, and Nyriq Johnson, 19, addresses unavailable, sold what looked like...
View ArticleScranton man saves his uncle from car fire
Jim Evans was lucky to be alive this morning. Just after midnight, the 52-year-old tried to move his 1994 Chevrolet sedan away from a neighbor’s trailer off Johler Avenue in Scranton, when the car...
View ArticleAG: Man texted police, not teen
A 57-year-old New York state man believed he sent a 14-year-old boy explicit texts and pictures for months, the state Attorney General’s Office said. Instead, he sent those messages to a special agent...
View ArticleDealing with ice dams
CAUSES Ice dams form when rooftops become warm enough to melt snow. The water from the melted snow flows under the snow cover to roof’s edge, where the temperature is colder and the water refreezes....
View ArticleFire damages home in Archbald
ARCHBALD — Borough crews quickly doused a fire Friday night. Just after 6 p.m., fire crews responded to 321 Wayne St., where a fire was burning in the wall and ceiling of a two-story, remodeled home...
View ArticleCourtright meets with Gov. Wolf, Sen. Casey in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf and Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright discussed the city’s longstanding financial distress during a closed-door meeting in the Capitol on Friday arranged by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey...
View ArticleBullet found in Abington Heights High School field house, police investigating
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — School district officials found an unspent bullet inside Abington Heights High School’s athletic field house Friday morning, a district official said. Superintendant Michael...
View ArticleTravel restored through the Notch
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — Northern Boulevard through the Notch reopened to traffic at 1 p.m. after a truck with an oversized load struck and pulled down a telephone line. The truck struck the line at...
View ArticlePike County sentencings
The following were sentenced by Pike County Judge Gregory Chelak: • Christopher Vonderheide, 21, Bushkill, 18 months of probation, $500 fine and 18 month driver’s license suspension for fleeing or...
View ArticleNorth Pocono library plans fundraiser to keep pace with demand for programs
MOSCOW — To keep pace with exploding demand for its new programs, North Pocono Public Library is organizing a major read-a-thon fundraiser for the spring. The 12-hour National Library Week event is...
View ArticleWayne County residents challenge township over quarry zoning
STERLING TWP. — Maple Grove Road cuts a path through a thick Pocono Plateau forest. The woods were peaceful when John Powell moved here more than a decade ago. Mr. Powell and other residents say they...
View ArticleVigilance important for safety in the workplace
Creating a safe working environment is money in the pocket of a business owner, an expert says. Dale Rothenberger, a safety consultant for Zee Medical, Reading, made a presentation on how a business...
View ArticleVeterans
VETERANS Veterans salute set for today Plains Twp. VA Medical Center’s voluntary service department National Salute to Veteran Patients kickoff ceremony, today, 2 p.m.; keynote speaker: LTC Thomas G....
View ArticlePolice investigating Roaring Brook Twp. rollover
ROARING BROOK TWP. — A driver suffered a head injury Saturday when he lost control of his car and the vehicle overturned on the east shoulder of Route 307, police said. Authorities did not believe the...
View ArticleIcy plunge commemorates warm-hearted friend lost to cancer
Leaping into frigid water on a 35-degree day sends shockwaves rippling through the body. Muscles clench, teeth chatter and numb toes make walking feel like teetering on clumsy blocks of ice. Saturday...
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1. Why was a strike slated for Monday at Riverside School District postponed? A. So both sides could “attempt to further our progress with negotiations.” B. It was too cold for union members to be...
View ArticleCarbondale Masonic Temple demolition coming soon
CARBONDALE — More than a decade after debris started falling off the former Masonic Temple, a city contractor is poised to raze the deteriorating historic building. Preliminary work, including...
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