Business Briefcase, Jan. 20, 2013
Monday: The Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association Improving Motivation in Your Workforce training, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, at the Top of the 80s, Hazleton; $155 for members, $310...
View ArticleFracking for natural gas being powered by it
HARRISBURG - Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. And now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by the very fuel it has been so...
View ArticleMan beaten, robbed after being lured to Carbondale
Two face charges after man beaten CARBONDALE - Two people were arrested late Saturday after they robbed and beat a man they had lured to Carbondale, according to police. Brylee Yamashita, 24, of...
View ArticleCarbondale woman allegedly kicked windows, spit in police car
CARBONDALE - A woman whom police arrested Sunday for disorderly conduct will likely face more charges after officers said she tried to kick the windows out of a police cruiser and repeatedly spit in...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 1/21/13
CLIPBOARDAbingtonsChildren's reading: Abington Community Library presents author Jeannine M. Luby reading, "Wartz And All," Wednesday, 4 p.m., 1200 W. Grove St., copies available, $7.99, $2 goes to...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 1/21/2013
BARRETT, JOSEPH GARY, North Scranton, today, 10:30 a.m., Cathedral Cemetery Chapel. Interment follows. Memorial Mass, later date. Arrangements: Carl J. Savino Funeral Home, 157 S. Main Ave., Scranton....
View ArticleMan allegedly attacked ex-girlfriend with hammer
SCRANTON - A Philadelphia man is facing multiple charges after police say he attacked his ex-girlfriend with a hammer. When Cassandra Bishop arrived at her Pleasant Avenue home Sunday afternoon, her...
View ArticleBank vacating historic building in Wilkes-Barre, citing rise in online banking
WILKES-BARRE - One of the tallest office buildings in downtown Wilkes-Barre soon will lose its principal tenant, leaving a huge vacant lobby at a historic corner that once was the hub for most major...
View ArticleMulticultural event honors King's legacy
Sunday night's event at Scranton High School, with its singing and dancing, was not just about entertainment. It was about learning and unity, Rabbi Joseph Mendelsohn told the 150 people gathered for...
View ArticleEOTC at 25: Strong past, hope for future
The Employment Opportunity and Training Center reaches the quarter-century milestone with a storied history, a legacy of success and new objectives. "We have a lot to be grateful for," said Sharon...
View ArticleScranton High students excited for inauguration
Seven Scranton High School students are in Washington, D.C., where they are visiting monuments, touring museums and preparing to witness today's inauguration of President Barack Obama.While in the...
View ArticleSchool Notes 1/21/2013
Abington Heights Andrew Fiegleman says he returned to his roots last summer. The senior at Abington Heights spent 10 days in Israel, including stops at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and the Masada...
View ArticleLackawanna State Forest expanding
HARRISBURG - State forestry officials plan a property swap with a private company that would expand Lackawanna State Forest in Lackawanna County while giving the same firm rights to quarry limestone...
View ArticleScranton, lawmaker look at payroll tax
State Sen. John Blake is reviewing whether to introduce a bill to give Scranton the option of replacing the business privilege and mercantile taxes with a payroll tax, but so far remains skeptical of...
View ArticleSingle-digit temperatures expected this week
SCRANTON - Get your gloves and scarves ready. Low temperatures this week will be in the single digits, AccuWeather said. After a high of 47 degrees on Sunday at 11 a.m., a cold front came through the...
View ArticleOn Jan. 21 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA75 years ago, local members of the Pennsylvania State Education Association refused to pass a resolution in support of a Scranton School District plan to seek a voluntary leave of...
View ArticleReported flu cases in Lackawanna County more than double in week
The number of reported flu cases in Lackawanna County has more than doubled from when figures were tallied on Jan. 5 to the latest count. As of Jan. 12, there were 160 reported cases of the flu in...
View ArticleA presidential surprise in August puts a Scranton man in eyes of the world
Though he applied, Senior Chief Petty Officer Joseph Pehanick did not seriously think he would be the one who physically sets the stage for today's inauguration of the president of the United States....
View ArticleSunday fire at Scranton apartment complex displaces 36 people
A morning fire that at one point forced as many as 90 residents from their apartment units had 36 Scrantonians staying away from home Sunday night. City firefighters responded to the nine-floor United...
View ArticleNew documentary targets critics of fracking
PITTSBURGH (AP) — "FrackNation" is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to criticize environmentalists without...
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