CTC may put property up for auction
Property owned by the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County may soon hit the auction block.Members of the center's joint operating committee are considering holding a public auction for 62...
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Camry does poorly in new crash testDETROIT - The Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in the U.S., performed poorly this year in a new crash test and failed to get the best safety rating from an...
View ArticleMastermind behind $14M bank fraud gets 60 month sentence
Saying that she had "understanding and knowledge" to bilk a Broome County, N.Y., credit union out of millions of dollars, leading to its liquidation, a judge sentenced a Hallstead woman to five years...
View ArticleDickson City kids shop with cops
DICKSON CITY - Joshua Williams sat in the red cart surrounded by gifts for his family - a wallet for his grandpa, some toy cars for his younger brother, his mind on what to get his Nana - while Dickson...
View Article'Friends of the Poor' completes Holiday meals for families in need
Sister Ann Walsh, I.H.M., and about 50 Friends of the Poor volunteers paused for a brief talk and prayer during Thursday morning's preparations. "Here it is, Day 3," she said as other volunteers...
View ArticleGroups promoting downtown holiday shopping
Groups promoting shopping in citySCRANTON - The Lackawanna County Convention & Visitors Bureau is working with Scranton Tomorrow and the Downtown Scranton Business Association to promote shopping...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 12/17/12
Dickson CityBenefit dinner: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish and LaSalle Academy primary campus homemade ethnic dinner, Jan. 12, noon-6:30, school cafeteria, Scott Road and Dundaff Street;...
View ArticleUnion says Old Forge teachers 'locked out;' district disagrees
OLD FORGE - While both sides differ on whether Old Forge School District teachers are locked out or on strike, Thursday still marked the first day that neither they nor students returned to the...
View ArticleTunkhannock grad killed in wreck
Man killed in Eaton Twp. wreckEATON TWP. - An 18-year-old Tunkhannock man was killed early Thursday in a single-car crash on Route 29 near Coppermine Hill.Matthew Murray, a 2012 graduate of Tunkhannock...
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Earnings reports- Darden Restaurants Inc.,the parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster, showed a 37 percent drop in net income in the fiscal second quarter. For the three months ended Nov. 25,...
View ArticleScranton Redevelopment Authority to appeal $119,000 legal bill
SRA challenges order to pay billSCRANTON - The Scranton Redevelopment Authority has filed legal notice to appeal a judge's order to pay $119,000 in legal fees to attorney Boyd Hughes, who successfully...
View ArticleSchool assembly canceled after rumors of violence at Tunkhannock Area School...
TUNKHANNOCK - Tunkhannock Area School District canceled classes today after rumors of a threatening text message and a message on Facebook. The district announced the decision Thursday night after its...
View ArticleDA: Pregnant woman sold heroin to support own habit
A 25-year-old Moosic woman six months into her third pregnancy sold heroin to support her own habit with the drug, investigators said after her arrest Thursday.After learning from multiple sources,...
View ArticleMunley won't seek new term as register of wills
Six terms is enough for Lackawanna County Register of Wills Linda Munley.Ms. Munley, 64, a Democrat from Jessup who has served as register of wills and clerk of orphans' court since 1990, announced...
View ArticleRegional briefs for Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
No tax hike for Scott Twp. in 2013SCOTT TWP. - Supervisors Thursday adopted the township's 2013 budget with no tax increase.Supervisors voted 2-0 to approve the $3.34 million budget. Supervisor Michael...
View ArticleScranton Single Tax Office disputes testimony in commuter-tax hearing
Contradicting testimony in Scranton's commuter tax hearing that the city had not received certain wage taxes two years ago from the Single Tax Office, officials from that office said Thursday it had...
View ArticleCounty prison captain on unpaid leave after disturbance at party
A Lackawanna County Prison captain is on unpaid leave after a disturbance at a party in South Abington Twp. last weekend, police and county officials said. Capt. Robert Maguire, a local gang expert and...
View ArticleBlakely taxes remain the same in 2013
No tax hike for Blakely residents BLAKELY - Borough council unanimously approved the 2013 budget with no tax rate increase at a meeting Friday night. The $10,448,723 budget maintains a $200 garbage...
View ArticleSenate approves two area nominees to federal bench
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the confirmations of Bradford County attorney Matthew W. Brann and U.S. Magistrate Judge Malachy E. Mannion to become federal district judges in the Middle...
View ArticleLocal legislators weigh in on guns
A week after a lone gunman brutally murdered 20 children and six adults in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, state legislators from Lackawanna County agree that the incident raises issues that must...
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