Funeral Notices 12/23/2012
BISCOTTI, MARY A., Wyoming, Monday, Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William St., Pittston. Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Joseph Marello Parish, William Street, Pittston, by the Rev. Paul McDonnell, O.S.J....
View ArticleIN THIS CORNER:What the next four years mean for your taxes
Now that the election is over, many Americans are wondering what their taxes will look like during the next four years. A number of tax increases are under consideration that could affect you.While...
View ArticleNews Quiz 12/23/2012
1. Why did children at South Scranton's Lil Tikes Playschool Center release balloons Friday? A. They were sending last-minute letters to Santa. B. They were doing a project to see how far the balloons...
View ArticleState Rep.-elect Flynn sets office hours
Flynn announces new office hours SCRANTON - State Rep.-elect Marty Flynn announced the office hours for his regional office in the city. The office at 409 N. Main Ave. will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 5...
View ArticleChurch and nonprofit group partner to offer healthy food and hope
A small church and a small nonprofit that share a common goal of community service have recently formed a partnership to share space and programs as well. Shalom Scranton was looking for an office in...
View ArticleSmall business Q&A on taxes, fiscal cliff
NEW YORK - Dane Stangler has never owned a small business, and doesn't expect to ever own one. But he's in a position to understand the challenges facing people who own small companies.Mr. Stangler is...
View ArticleAround the Towns 12/23/2012
Clarks Summit Every year around Christmastime, Henry Smith, M.D., sends a gift to Allied Services Integrated Health System. This year, the director of pulmonary services at Heinz Rehab Hospital in...
View ArticleThrough Internet, cardboard display business prospers
WILKES-BARRE - Stephen Taren started his company as a small T-shirt print shop 23 years ago on Waller Street. Thanks to the Internet, it diversified and grew. Mr. Taren decided to use his software...
View ArticleChris Kelly: The coal in city leaders’ stockings this Christmas will be well...
'Joy to the world, outside Scranton! / the judges saved the day!/ At least for now, let's celebrate!/ We can keep our hard-earned coin!/ We can keep our hard-earned coin!/ We can ke-eep, can ke-ee-eep...
View ArticlePeople on the Move, Dec. 23, 2012
Citizens Savings Bank Debra Carr has joined the bank as branch manager of its Taylor location. Mrs. Carr has worked in the banking industry for 20 years. She attended Wilkes College and St. Francis...
View Article10 years later, incubator shares success stories
When Kuhcoon relocated to the Scranton Enterprise Center in June, founders of the startup technology company knew they had achieved a milestone. "The incubator really gave us the legitimacy and the...
View ArticleJudge bars former employee from working at competitors of Scranton company
A judge's ruling upheld an agreement preventing a former executive from working at a competing company, a decision that could have statewide implications. Lackawanna County Judge Vito P. Geroulo...
View ArticleWilkes-Barre hit-and-run kills 5-year-old boy
Boy, 5, killed in W-B hit-and-run WILKES-BARRE - A hit-and-run driver killed a 5-year-old boy Friday night. An unknown driver struck Kevin Miller, 5, of Dallas, around 11 p.m. Friday at West North and...
View ArticleScranton woman faces drug charges after hit-and-run
Cops: Drugs found after hit-and-run DUNMORE - A Scranton woman was arrested with drugs after fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run crash in Dunmore on Saturday, borough police said. Cynthia Brown, 42,...
View ArticleHusband and wife for 48 years finally get married
REDLANDS, Calif. - After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married.The couple from Redlands, an inland California city halfway between Los Angeles and...
View ArticleStruggling taxpayers of metro areas asked to pay even more
Every time his car slams into a pothole, Jason Lord wonders where his taxes go. Mr. Lord, his wife and three children moved last year from Hanover Twp. into a five-bedroom home on Stanley Street in...
View ArticleSchool Notes 12/24/2012
Abington Heights A senior has been rewarded for her extensive studies in a foreign language. Rachel Ezrin has been selected as American Council of Teachers of Russian scholar laureate for 2012, an...
View ArticleBuilder Binsack gets six months for breaking parole
HARRISBURG - Scott J. Binsack must spend six months in jail and undergo mental health treatment after the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole determined the Shamokin man violated parole. In a...
View ArticleSanta makes Sunday stops through Upvalley, Midvalley
Children broke their choruses of "Here Comes Santa Claus" to cheer as the man in red strolled into the room Sunday. Several little boys ran up to Santa to give him a hug before he sat in his chair at...
View ArticleHoliday Wrap Up to wrap up the holidays the green way
TAYLOR - Last year, Riverside Elementary West filled a tractor-trailer with gift wrap, Styrofoam and other holiday refuse, taking it to Anthracite Recycling in Scranton. Surging off that success, the...
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