Namedropper, 9/4/12
Drexel med school superstar friendsMichael Le and Alexander Zygmunt first met as members of The Times-Tribune 2008 Scholastic Superstar Team members. Michael and Alex went on to become friends at the...
View ArticleLast day of La Festa: 'A great day to eat'
Hungry visitors to La Festa Italiana held on to the last hours of the last weekend of summer Monday evening to close out Labor Day and the three-day celebration. Organizers called the turnout at the...
View ArticleTexting laws ineffective, hard to enforce, police say
It's been about six months since Pennsylvania banned texting while driving, but local police are finding it is a difficult law to enforce.In fact, the Scranton Police Department has cited fewer than 10...
View ArticleParty grove vandalized in Ransom
Ransom Twp. grove vandalizedRANSOM TWP. - Someone apparently intent on stopping the party at a private picnic grove sneaked onto the grounds, tore down decorations and burned them in a drum. State...
View ArticleTwo arrested in armed confrontation over stolen ATVs in Moosic
Moosic police are still searching for at least two people involved in an armed confrontation over all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes on Sunday evening near the former Rocky Glen Park.Police arrested...
View ArticleResidents wait for action on Jefferson Twp. intersection
JEFFERSON TWP. - After more than two years of near-wrecks and recommendations from state officials for safer conditions, trees on property owned by a township supervisor still keep retirees Frank and...
View ArticleWayne County Court Notes 9-04-2012
WAyNe COUNTY COURT NOTESWayne County Court notes are published Tuesdays in The Times-Tribune.ESTATES FILED- Aubrey Errol Ofman, also known as A. Errol Ofman and Errol Ofman, Damascus Twp., letters...
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Horror possesses No. 1 movie spotLOS ANGELES - A late-summer horror tale has taken possession of the weekend box office."The Possession" debuted as the No. 1 movie with $21.3 million over the four-day...
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Foreign markets buoyed by reportLONDON - Markets started yet another potentially crucial week on a solid note as investors betted on more central bank action and that China would enact more stimulus...
View ArticleFire under investigation at vacant Scranton home
Fire breaks out at vacant city homeSCRANTON - A small fire broke out at a home at 438 N. Irving Ave. in the city's Hill Section early Monday, according to fire officials. City firefighters received a...
View Article'Person of Interest' in fatal hit-and-run allegedly washed car after wreck,...
WILKES-BARRE - A day after a couple was killed in a hit-and-run in Pittston Twp., more details have come out about why a man arrested Sunday on unrelated drug charges has been called a "person of...
View ArticleLackawanna County still looking for economic development team
Seven months after announcing plans to establish a new Department of Economic Development within Lackawanna County government, Commissioners Jim Wansacz and Corey O'Brien are still trying to turn the...
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BERTOCKI, AGNES C., Newton Twp., Wednesday, Divine Liturgy, 10 a.m., St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, 140 Church St., Old Forge, by the Rev. Gary Mensinger, pastor. Go directly to...
View ArticleBills address lawmaker pensions
HARRISBURG - Proposals to change the lucrative pension rules for 253 state lawmakers are gaining notice as Harrisburg prepares to grapple next year with the issue of escalating public pension costs....
View ArticlePolice looking for missing Lehigh Twp. teen
Missing teen last seen near DaltonGOULDSBORO - State police are looking for a missing 16-year-old who may be in the Dalton area of Lackawanna County. Ariel Burke of Second Street, Gouldsboro, was...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 9/4/12
CLIPBOARDAbingtonsRibbon photo: Abington Heights Civic League Inc. third annual Living Pink Ribbon of Hope in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month photo shoot by Cheryl Kaiser of Kaiser Fine...
View ArticleOn Sept. 4 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA75 years ago, Dr. John Dyer, superintendent of Scranton schools, announced that students who would be attending the new South Scranton Junior High School would report to school...
View ArticleResidents opposed to natural gas compressor site upset by high cost to obtain...
Hearing transcript cost riles opponentsCompressor proceedings went 5 hours WILKES-BARRE - Opponents of a proposed natural gas compressor station in West Wyoming are upset the cost to see a transcript...
View ArticleCultural Center 2012-13 season tickets on sale
Cultural Center tickets on saleSCRANTON - Tickets for the 2012-13 season at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple are on sale starting today at 10 a.m.In addition to a new cooking show...
View ArticleWitnesses say Plymouth shootingh victims were innocent bystanders
WILKES-BARRE - Sipping a soda and chatting on his cellphone, Stephen Hollman didn't see the ambush coming - a gunshot blast to his head. Fleeing the barroom chaos on his way home, Scott Luzetsky...
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