Former FNCB director refiles for bankruptcy
A former director of First National Community Bank who defaulted on $4 million in loans is counting on $60,000 of deferred compensation with the bank. But he is not likely to collect it. The bankruptcy...
View ArticleRenovation project takes next step in North Pocono
North Pocono OKs project MOSCOW - The North Pocono School Board voted to move ahead with a district renovation project, which board President Paul Kowalski said would cost about $12 million.The project...
View ArticleOne person dead after fire in Lehman Twp.
One dies in fire in Lehman Twp. LEHMAN TWP. - One person is dead after a fire broke out at a Pike County apartment building Wednesday afternoon, state police at Blooming Grove said. Police said the...
View ArticleArticle: DEP missed more than 15,000 wells in impact fee count
Pennsylvania and its counties and municipalities may have missed out on as much as $303 million in gas well impact fees in 2012 because state regulators undercounted the number of wells covered by the...
View ArticleBlood stains at center of testimony in day two of former pastor's murder trial
A retired state police forensic investigator's testimony Wednesday in the trial of a former pastor accused of murdering his wife could prove damning for its rebuttal of the 64-year-old man's claim...
View ArticleGetting there: Short and sweet, sunny and bright
Today's weather forecast is short and sweet. It will be sunny and bright. Temperatures were in the high 30s at 5:30 a.m. and headed toward the mid 40s. A dry, high pressure system is taking control...
View ArticleNorthampton jury expected to get Municipal Energy Managers case today
EASTON - A jury could return a verdict today in the case of two Lackawanna County businessmen accused of stealing $832,460 from a Lehigh Valley town arising from a failed business deal. The...
View ArticleCorbett to Kane: Hire outside counsel on handling of Sandusky case
HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett suggested incoming state Attorney General Kathleen Kane can turn to outside attorneys for help in investigating how the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case was handled...
View ArticleSouth Scranton burglary costs grocer cash, computer, cigarettes
Grocery break-in nets cash, smokes SCRANTON - Several hundred dollars in cash, a laptop computer and more than 100 packs of cigarettes were stolen during a break-in at a South Scranton grocery. The...
View ArticleAt pastor's murder trial, trooper testifies
STROUDSBURG - When state police Sgt. Douglas Shook looked at the photos taken after the July 2008 crash in Pocono Twp. that supposedly killed Betty Jean Schirmer, the image of loose change sitting in...
View ArticleJessup still searching for police chief
Jessup continues search for a chief JESSUP - Police chiefs were the focus of a borough council meeting Thursday. Former Police Chief Anthony M. Ligi Jr., who retired at the end of 2012, was honored...
View ArticleBurglar hits Hill Section home
Burglar steals construction tools SCRANTON - Construction tools from a company working on a Hill Section home were stolen earlier this week. The tools belonging to Holzman Brothers Construction Co. of...
View ArticleUNC scrambles to battle funding cuts
The United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania board of directors looked over the 2012 annual report, which documented an array of successful community activities and initiatives but...
View ArticleScranton council adopts 22% tax hike
Scranton City Council on Thursday adopted a 22 percent tax increase for 2013, a hike slightly less than the administration sought. However, council President Janet Evans said Mayor Chris Doherty...
View ArticleNamedropper 1/11/13
Waxing nostalgic after Lynett win Benton Beavers were waxing nostalgic as they watched the 62nd annual Lynett Memorial Invitational Basketball Tournament conclude, Guy Valvano reports. More than six...
View ArticleSandusky appears in court for hearing on appeal, judge expected to rule in 30...
BELLEFONTE - Jerry Sandusky returned to the site of his greatest defeat for the last time Thursday, his manic grin belying the grim reality of all that happened there: the graphic testimony of his...
View ArticleSusquehanna County Court Notes 1/11/2013
Susquehanna County Court notes are published Fridays in The Times-Tribune. MARRIAGE LICENSE -âMichael Dibble and Danielle Keenan, both of Susquehanna. Property TransactionS -âKenneth Payne...
View ArticleDalton appoints new mayor; councilwoman resigns
DALTON - On the same night borough council voted to appoint a new mayor, a councilwoman resigned because, like the former mayor, she didn't like the direction council is headed. At a meeting Tuesday,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 1/11/2013
Police Blotter OLD FORGE SATURDAY, JAN. 5 - Report of deceased person: 500 block of Milwaukee Avenue, 1 p.m. - Report of fraud: 100 block of Bertha Street, 2 p.m. - Patient in seizure: 100 block...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 1/11/2013
ARMEZZANI, ANNE M., Jessup, Thursday, Mass, St. Michael's Church, Jessup, by the Rev. Gerard M. McGlone. Pallbearers: Mark and Ryan Armezzani, and Brett Howell, grandsons; Paul Toth, nephew; and...
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