Community events list, 1/26/13
AbingtonsCareer fair: Abington Heights High School career fair, Thursday, 10 a.m.-2:15 p.m., registration for interested professionals, Colleen Parsells, 585-5300, by Monday.BlakelyReunion meeting:...
View ArticleGroup urges pause at compressor station
An environmental advocacy group is urging state regulators to pause operations at a Susquehanna County natural gas compressor station because the Department of Environmental Protection did not...
View ArticleSenate panels set school safety talks
HARRISBURG - Bills to provide more state aid for school safety programs are seeing action more than a month after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school galvanized public attention on the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton releases ownership of Lake Winola cottage
OVERFIELD TWP. - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has released her co-ownership of a cottage at Lake Winola, according to a deed recorded in the Wyoming County Courthouse on Tuesday. The quit claim...
View Article17 police academy cadets graduate
As the 17 cadets of Lackawanna College's Police Academy sat on the stage of the Mellow Theater on Friday, they listened to Attorney General Kathleen Kane explain the importance of their future jobs....
View ArticleScranton man arrested for selling heroin
SCRANTON - City police arrested a 42-year-old man after an investigation into his alleged sale of heroin and marijuana, police said. William Gooden, 42, of Scranton, had 235 bags of heroin, two...
View ArticleFuneral Noptices 1/26/2013
ARMEZZANI, FRANCES L., Jessup, today, Louis M. Margotta Funeral Home, 511 Church St., Jessup. Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Michael's Church, Jessup. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, Jessup. Donations: American...
View ArticleMontrose hospital moves closer to completion
MONTROSE - One year ago, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held marking the start of site work for a new health care facility in Susquehanna County. Exactly one year after shovels were placed in dirt...
View ArticleFirst time in almost six years it's been so cold for so long
If the temperature drops below 10 degrees today, it will be the first time since February 2007 that the temperature in Northeast Pennsylvania dropped into the single digits for five consecutive days....
View ArticleHonesdale councilman won't quit
Honesdale Borough Councilman James Leo Brennan said he has no intention of resigning from office after being convicted of DUI, his second offense since 2002. On Friday, a Wayne County jury convicted...
View ArticleJudge clears way for Sno bids
Judge clears way for Snö bids PHILADELPHIA - A bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for bidding to begin on the Snö Mountain recreation complex. Judge Jean FitzSimon issued an order Thursday allowing...
View ArticleCarbondale man's sentencing for fatal stabbing in Jessup delayed
Sentence delayed in fatal stabbing SCRANTON - The Friday sentencing of a Carbondale man who pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for fatally stabbing a young man at a Jessup park was delayed...
View ArticleRailRiders open stadium doors today to let fans see renovations
Members of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders’ front office have said they are intent on giving the franchise back to the community. They will take another step toward doing so today. The RailRiders...
View ArticleBusiness Briefcase, Jan. 27, 2013
Tuesday: Sustainability Series: Regional Environmental Challenges and Opportunities, Energy Conservation & Sustainability Strategies, 6 p.m., at the Keystone College Environmental Education...
View ArticleKelly: Trying to pry some logic from the rantings of a right-wing 'patriot's'...
Editor's Note: Chris Kelly is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, but after perusing the far right's unhinged responses to President Barack Obama's reasonable gun control proposals, he can't...
View ArticleLocal libraries adapting to increase in e-book users
CARBONDALE - Last year, more than 1.3 million books were carried out of Lackawanna County libraries. Last year, the county library system also circulated 21,615 electronic books. According to a study...
View ArticleHonor rolls and deans' lists 1/27/2013
WYOMING SEMINARY (Scranton area students) Upper School High honors: Ava Alexander, Skylar Banul, Mary Siobhan Brier, Matthew Cartwright, Caitlin Conway, Salvadore Diaz, David Fox, Devin Holmes, Jacob...
View ArticleAfter being admitted to Moses Taylor, New York man found with cocaine
SCRANTON - A New York man will face drug charges after he is released from Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton Police Sgt. Michael Perry said. Joseph Vinanza, 58, 23 Briarwood Ave., Monroe, N.Y., was...
View ArticleGas prices started highest ever for year
Gasoline prices began 2013 with a national average of $3.29 per gallon, the highest ever to begin a year, according to AAA Mid-Altantic. By last week, the national average for a gallon of gasoline was...
View ArticleCops: Career criminal nabbed in Carbondale
CARBONDALE - A Carbondale man is facing a laundry list of charges after an arrest Friday night at a city pharmacy revealed he was not who he claimed to be. Kashon Mack, 38, 45 Pearl St. was initially...
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