For many retailers and shoppers, it's Christmas as usual
With just a week to go until Christmas, holiday shoppers are feeling the strain. For some, time is tight and the list is long. In the background is the threat of rising taxes. But for most, it is...
View ArticleVigil set for Public Square in Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming Valley Interfaith Council will hold a candlelight vigil at 5 p.m. Wednesday on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre to remember the victims of the shooting in Newtown, Conn. Elected officials and...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/18/2012
AMOEDO, ALBERT A., Clarks Summit, Wednesday, 9 a.m., Hudak-O'Shea Funeral Home Inc., 115 Garfield Ave., Olyphant. Mass, 9:30, St. Patrick's Church, Delaware Street, Olyphant. Interment, private....
View ArticleRegional Briefs 12/18/2012
REGIONAL BRIEFS Man charged after domestic dispute DUNMORE - A New Jersey man faces charges after Dunmore police said he bit, choked and hit his girlfriend at their Tall Trees apartment. Daniel Snel,...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 12/18/12
CLIPBOARDBeach LakeChurch events: Beach Lake United Methodist Church holiday jazz concert featuring Curiously Strong Jazz, Wednesday, free-will offering and CD sales benefit Toys for Tots; living...
View ArticleArea educators review safety procedures, increase police presence
Should she or shouldn't she? It was a debate Taylor mom Danielle Bertocki had with herself Monday morning before finally deciding to drop her daughter off for kindergarten at Riverside Elementary...
View ArticleMellow could be imprisoned in Wayne County
A federal judge is recommending former state Senate Democratic Leader Robert J. Mellow serve his prison sentence at a federal penitentiary in Wayne County. In an order issued Monday, U.S. District...
View ArticleJefferson Twp. Sewer Authority skips public comment
JEFFERSON TWP. - A lawsuit over an ongoing sewer project led the township Sewer Authority on Monday to drop the public comment portion of its meeting. It's a move that seems to run contrary to state...
View ArticleCorrection
PennDOT funding A story on Page A7 in Monday's editions incorrectly said the state Department of Transportation has $5.3 billion available annually in federal and state dollars for road and bridge...
View ArticleLabor unions strike bargain with county to save three jobs
Three labor unions representing employees of Lackawanna County agreed to change terms of health care coverage to save three probation department jobs. Commissioner Jim Wansacz said the county signed a...
View ArticleDue to teacher strike, Old Forge cancels class beginning Thursday
Old Forge cancels class for strike OLD FORGE - Classes at Old Forge Elementary School and Old Forge High School have been canceled beginning Thursday because of a teachers strike, district...
View ArticlePolice: Thieves targeting smartphone users for robberies
Do you know how much your phone is worth? Thieves do, and Scranton police are struggling to stem a recent trend of muggers stealing unwitting talkers' and texters' smartphones as they walk down the...
View ArticleResidents could see a 1.3 percent increase in Scranton school taxes
Scranton residents could be looking at a 1.35 percent increase in school taxes next year. With the passage of the 2013 budget due by the end of the month, school board members and administrators are...
View ArticlePolice: Homeless man was attacked over debt
Attack on man is linked to debt SCRANTON - A homeless man told city police three men attacked him early Sunday in West Side over his debt with a mutual friend. Acting police Capt. Glen Thomas said the...
View ArticleNew York man arrested after fight at S. Abington eatery
S. Abington fight leads to arrest SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - A Brooklyn, N.Y., man faces charges after a fight at a restaurant early Sunday that ended with the front windows smashed out. Roberto Flores,...
View ArticleW. Pa. farmer, 73, jailed over beef with drillers
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A 73-year-old western Pennsylvania cattle farmer has been released after spending four days in jail for confronting gas drilling workers over polluted water he claims they've...
View ArticleCharges filed in fatal Wilkes-Barre hit-and-run crash
Wilkes-Barre police have filed charges in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 19-year-old girl July 24 on Hazle Street. Daniel Loughnane, 40, of Hanover Township, surrendered at city...
View ArticlePolice: man stabbed with scissors
Police: man stabbed with scissorsSCRANTON - One man was arrested after stabbing another man in the face with scissors and then punching him early Tuesday morning, Scranton police said.Ronald Syp, 67,...
View ArticleCorrection
Wrong title In an article published Friday on the Dalton council meeting, The Times-Tribune incorrectly identified William Montgomery as the council president. William Salva is council president. Mr....
View ArticleScranton man could face up to 27 years in prison for sexual assault
A Scranton man could spend up to 27 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a girl over three years starting when she was 11 years old. Before Lackawanna County Judge Vito P. Geroulo handed down...
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