Ag Progress Days: Technology helps farmers boost yields, save money
At another farm, an optics system on the field machinery could monitor how green the crops were, run that information through an algorithm and instantly apply the right amount of nutrients to the soil.
View ArticleOops - Scranton forgot to authorize its wage tax
Scranton leaders forgot to authorize the city's wage tax at the start of this year and now plan to retroactively approve it.
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Jerry and Andrea Demuth of Clarks Summit recently met backstage with friend and Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young of "Jersey Boys."
View ArticleDave O'Hara, political consultant, 30
Dave O'Hara, a local political consultant, died July 28 at his home from a genetic heart condition.
View ArticleAlternate Routes = Alternate Traffic
You could call it a mess in Moosic: Birney Avenue backed up, cars crawling at tortoise speed, and drivers discouraged, to say the least.
View ArticlePolice looking for Taylor man accused of stabbing his girlfriend
Police were searching for Barry Lewis, 202 S. Main St., who was accused of stabbed 37-year-old Jennie Falkenstein after a domestic dispute at about 9:15 p.m., Officer John Harrison said.
View ArticleOpponents of Scranton commuter tax gearing up for lawsuit
Opponents of Scranton's new commuter tax want 22,566 people soon to be hit by the levy to lend their names and dollars to a legal challenge.
View ArticleUnited Fiber and Data adds to leadership team
The company named Michael Tribolet as acting chief executive officer. Tribolet is a former president of Vonage, the release states.
View ArticleNolan Trace Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Jones Jr. of Hughestown announce the birth of their second child, Nolan Trace, on May 20, 2014, at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton.
View ArticleLetter: Thanks for support of Freedom Fest
This year's Freedom Fest was one of the most exciting and successful ever, thanks to the many individuals and agencies that contributed to both planning and running the event at Nottingham County Park.
View ArticleTaylor man wanted for stabbing girlfriend charged with attempted homicide
Charges against a Taylor man wanted for stabbing his girlfriend in her chest Thursday night include attempted homicide, court records show.
View ArticleTaylor trucking company adds natural gas trucks to its fleet
MICHAEL J. MULLEN / TIMES-SHAMROCK Kane is Able Inc. officials gather by one of the company's seven new compressed natural gas fueled tractors unveiled at the Stauffer Industrial Park headquarters Monday.
View ArticleDowned Power Lines Cause Blackout, Delays in Deliveries
A dump truck accident in Lackawanna County cut power to many homes and businesses in Taylor on Friday.
View ArticlePositives & Negatives of PennDOT's Keyse Avenue Project
But, aside from some paving and curb work, PennDOT crews are close to the finish line on the project that has snarled traffic and stifled business on Keyser Avenue in Scranton and Taylor for two years.
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PPL workers and emergency crews were called to Stauffer Industrial Park in Taylor about 9 a.m. Friday for electrical wires pulled down by a Lackawanna County Roads and Bridges dump truck.
View ArticleWalter S. Weaver
He was born Dec. 27, 1939, in Lewistown, a son of the late Cora Weaver. He was united in marriage on Sept.
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Woman, infant injured when car flips in Lebanon City
LEBANON >> A woman and an infant were injured when the car she was driving flipped onto its roof after side swiping a parked car in the 500 block of Lehman Street about 9 a.m. Monday.
View ArticleMoses Taylor adding second Ronald McDonald family room
JAKE DANNA STEVENS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Kyon White, 2, of Scranton, waves to his family during a block party at the Ronald McDonald House of Scranton on Monday.
View ArticleMobile home community without water
An employee of the Maple Manor mobile home park near Oak Street in Taylor said a leak was discovered in the park's water system this morning and the water was shut off.
View ArticleRegional briefs, Aug. 27, 2014
The battle over a controversial flood protection fee imposed on thousands of Luzerne County residents who live near the Susquehanna River prompted tense arguments Tuesday in court as trial nears in the...
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