Russian adoption ban unsettles local families
About 17 families working with a Scranton-based international adoption agency saw their adoption plans disrupted, perhaps indefinitely, on Friday when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law...
View ArticleBrochure explains new Lackawanna County recycling program
Lackawanna County is hoping education translates into participation for its one-bin paper fiber recycling program. In the coming days, nearly 87,000 households will receive a full-color brochure in...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Sentencings 12/29/2012
The following defendants were sentenced recently in Lackawanna County Court by Judge Vito Geroulo: - David Charles Slater Jr., 19, of Rear 28 Upper Powderly St., Carbondale, to nine to 23 months in...
View ArticleCommunity events list 12/26/12
Mayfield Garbage schedule: Refuse and recyclables collected on normal schedule Monday, must have items at curb early. CLIPBOARD ITEMS may be emailed to yesdesk@times shamrock.com or mailed to...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 12/29/2012
Students host benefit concert CLARKS SUMMIT - In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., several students at Abington Heights and Scranton Preparatory schools will host a benefit concert called...
View ArticleFull lodge for first day of ski season at Snö Mountain
Snö Mountain kicked off the ski season Friday with eight trails and a full lodge. Aided by fresh snowfall and snow-making machines, resort officials say at least 3,000 people bought lift tickets - and...
View ArticleMadison Twp. bar cited for violation
Madison Twp. bar cited by state MADISON TWP. - A Madison Twp. bar was cited by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for a Nov. 15 violation, state police said Friday. C.J.'s Lounge Inc., 5431 Haas...
View ArticleDriver injured in one car carsh on I-81
Man injured in wreck on I-81 MOOSIC - A Maine man suffered minor injuries Friday when his car slid from one guardrail into the other on Interstate 81. Winthrop Dickinson, 88, of Milford, Maine, lost...
View ArticleOld Forge asks judge to toss lawsuit tied to sex assault claims
Old Forge officials want a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against the borough and its Police Department by a young woman claiming the police chief, captain and a former firefighter...
View ArticleLocal Audubon Society offers scholarship
Audubon Society offers scholarship SCRANTON - The Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society is offering a $4,000 college scholarship to students entering an environmental field. Students in Pike, Wayne,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/30/2012
BARBER, ROBERT D. SR., Tunkhannock, Monday, 10 a.m., Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, by Pastor Jim Pall of the Huntsville United Methodist Church. Interment, Mount...
View ArticleScranton's financial crisis tops 2012 news
If nothing else, 2012 proved again that the more things change, the more they stay the same. The city of Scranton, long the poster child for dysfunctional municipal government in Pennsylvania, pushed...
View ArticleState Police investigate a vehicle and equipment theft in Honesdale
Police investigate equipment theft HONESDALE - State police are investigating the theft of utility vehicles, lawn mowers and a piece of construction equipment from an equipment dealer. The thefts...
View ArticleScranton teachers union finds fault in PSSA investigation
A trained investigator, and not the superintendent of the Scranton School District, should have led the probe in determining whether cheating occurred on standardized tests, according to the teachers...
View ArticleTop business stories of 2012 in Northeast Pennsylvania
The local economy in 2012 proved mixed as the region climbed out from the recession and looked hopefully to 2013. The post-recession year was marked by some good news and some bad. While the region...
View ArticleBusiness Week in Review, Dec. 30, 2012
'Fiscal cliff' scares Wall St. Stocks fell for a fifth day, the longest streak since July, on concerns Washington lawmakers will fail to reach a budget deal before a self-imposed yearend deadline, The...
View ArticleVeterans News 12/30/2012
Dupont VFW sets New Year's party Dupont VFW Post 4909 Home Association New Year's Eve party, Monday, post home; buffet dinner, 7:30-9 p.m., bar open, 7:30-1:30 a.m.; entertainment by Home Town Boyz,...
View ArticleExpanded YMCA fits Carbondale to a T
CARBONDALE - The Greater Carbondale YMCA has undergone huge changes in the past several years, including evicting some dust bunnies from the third floor. "It was actually a haunted house," Executive...
View ArticleAround the Towns for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012
Clarks Summit Borough council recognized the owners of a store on Davis Street for their efforts in recycling. National Running Center, 318 Davis St., was named "Best Commercial Recycler. "Their...
View ArticlePeople on the Move, Dec. 30, 2012
American Red Cross Northeast PennsylvaniaPolly Patterson is the interim regional chapter executive following the departure of John Hughes, who has accepted a leadership role as regional executive of...
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