Student musicians host benefit concert for Newtown shooting victims' families
CLARKS SUMMIT - Sophia Rinaldi couldn't just sit and watch as the same 20 children's faces flashed across her television screen a couple of weeks ago. More than 120 miles from Newtown, Conn. - where a...
View ArticleStriding into the new year? Park offers a hike
A guided hike at Lackawanna State Park on Tuesday will offer visitors the chance to greet 2013 with the wind in their face instead of face-down on a pillow. The park is one of 18 across the state and...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/31/2012
BARBER, ROBERT D. SR., Tunkhannock, today, 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 ArticleAs regional bioscience initiative begins, past efforts recalled
A regional initiative targeting a growing sector of the economy in an attempt to attract high-paying jobs to the region sounds like a familiar story. As with past efforts, Northeastern Pennsylvania...
View ArticleEMS driver arrested for DUI
SMITHFIELD TWP. - A Monroe County woman was arrested Saturday for driving an emergency medical services vehicle while under the influence. State police at Swiftwater stopped Stacy M. Ems, 23, Paradise...
View ArticleMusic therapy lends voice to those with trouble communicating
Around the corner and down a hallway, the melody of "Feliz Navidad" is coming from a room with a two-way mirror. Inside the room at Marywood University, Alex Conte strums a guitar. His therapist sings...
View ArticleAG appeals 'leniency' for Pa. wastewater dumper
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — State prosecutors have appealed the probation sentence given to a southwestern Pennsylvania man whose company dumped millions of gallons of wastewater into streams and mine...
View ArticleNursing home residents celebrate the new year with a party
Surrounded by party music, champagne and pizza, Anne Marie Daquino sat close to her husband of 40 years at the nursing home, ready for another year. Since John Daquino, 85, a retired Scranton Fire...
View ArticleScranton must provide records to resident
Scranton must provide to a city resident listings of all current police officers and firefighters and their years of service, according to a determination by the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records....
View ArticleHearing continued for Scranton man accused of rape
A preliminary hearing was postponed Monday for a Scranton man accused of raping a woman in his home and again in her car last month. Anthony Sellitto, 25, 460 S. Keyser Ave., told the victim he...
View ArticleNamedropper, 1/1/13
R&L Civic Club honors pairBrian Tomasetti of Old Forge and Dave Sweetman of Riverside, were the honorees when the R&L Civic Club of Taylor conducted its 65th annual banquet at St. George's...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 1/1/2013
LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage licenses -âYedrick Edel Rodriguez and Jaenid Colondres, both of Scranton. -âJason Michael Flesher, Dickson City, and Nofar Harazi, Pittston. -âStephen Earl...
View ArticleElectricity bills rise to pay for storm-damage cleanup
The New Year brings higher electricity bills starting today, as electricity customers pay for damage from 2011 storms and other improvements, including poles, wires and substations that deliver power....
View ArticleWind, snow blamed in I-81 one-vehicle crash
High wind blamed for one-car wreck MOOSIC - State police blamed high wind in the wake of this weekend's winter storm for a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 on Sunday. Devin Smith, 19, of Plains...
View Article'America's Next Top Model' sets casting call Thursday
CW reality show looking for locals MOOSIC - Aspiring models in the area are invited to audition Thursday for the CW Network's "America's Next Top Model" during an open casting call at the Shoppes at...
View ArticleCounty libraries kick off jeans drive for state hospital
It doesn't matter if they are skinny or baggy, indigo or faded blue. As long as the jeans are in good condition, county library officials want them. Starting today, the nine member libraries of the...
View ArticleReport sidesteps high-profile property tax-replacement bill
HARRISBURG - A new report issued by a special House committee sidesteps taking a position on high-profile bills introduced last session to replace school property taxes with revenue from an expanded...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 1/1/2013
W-B stolen gas probe continues WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said Monday that her criminal investigation into possible misuse of Wilkes-Barre's fuel will continue...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 1/1/2012
CAINES, RITA, Winton Village, Jessup, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., Rite of Christian Burial and Celebration of the Holy Eucharist, St. James-St. George Church, 398 Washington Ave., Jermyn, by the Rev....
View ArticleLackawanna County Sentencings 1/1/2013
Judges Michael J. Barrasse and Vito P. Geroulo recently sentenced the following in LackaÂwanna County Court: -âDawn Coleman, 47, 4273 Route 2012, Clifford Twp., 12 months' probation for carrying a...
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