St. Jude's choir prepare for bishop's visit
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, DD., J.C.L., bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, celebrated Mass with the students of St. Jude School in Mountain Top.
View ArticleCrowds flock downtown for Small Business Saturday
Raegan Clever, Chambersburg, looks over an antique dry bar for sale at Junk & Disorderly in downtown Chambersburg during Small Business Saturday. The crowds packed into downtown Chambersburg on...
View ArticleHearing postponed for guilty plea withdrawal in neglect case
A Taylor woman who wants to withdraw her guilty plea to charges she neglected her brother until he died will have a hearing later this month, a prosecutor said. Joan Gensiak's defense will appear in...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes
Martin E. Butrim, Taylor, to Ashley Biefeldt and Dominic Creedon, Syracuse, N.Y.; a property at 109 E. Hospital St., Taylor, for $114,000. Brian Patrick Fox, Harpers Ferry, W.Va., to Andrew Robert Jr....
View ArticleBooth-Fay
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Elaine Booth, Dupont and the late Edmund Booth Jr. She is the granddaughter of Theresa Cebula and the late John Cebula Jr., Dupont and the late Edmund and Mary Booth,...
View ArticleContractor who took money without doing work pleads guilty
On Monday, the 34-year-old Taylor man pleaded guilty before Lackawanna County Judge Vito P. Geroulo to one misdemeanor and two felony counts of theft as part of a negotiated deal, his attorney,...
View ArticleLe Projet record new album in York
Hard rock band Le Projet is recording their new album in York at Think Loud Studios. The members of the band stopped by Fox43 to talk about why they decided to record in Central Pennsylvania.
View ArticleVoice Views: Predictions for Top 8 results night on The Voice
Matt McAndrew, DaNica Shirey, Chris Jamison, Craig Wayne Boyd and Damien perform during a group number Monday on The Voice. Let's see, three singers from The Voice were in the Top 10 on iTunes as of 8...
View ArticleRandy Mason takes the lead at PennPraxis
The new executive director of PennPraxis, Randall Mason, was announced Dec. 2 by Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Dean of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Mason, an associate professor and...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes
James J. and Michael J. Gaughan, Taylor, to Robert P. Melnick, Scranton; a property at Porter Street, Taylor, for $45,000. Judith Asch and John Jones, Bruce Asch by his attorney in fact, Mary Sharon...
View ArticleCOLTS route eliminations on hold
A plan to cut six bus routes and scale back several others is on hold until Lackawanna County's public transit system and state officials work out a $5.7 million payback for dramatically inflated...
View ArticlePolice probe stabbing, shooting in Garland
Pennsylvania State Police, the Warren County coroner, multiple ambulance services, and an emergency helicopter responded at 11:30 a.m. Thursday to an incident in Garland. According to Warren County...
View ArticleRedesign due on Dalton Street turn
Months after a string of crashes prompted officials to prohibit 18-wheelers from turning right onto Dalton Street in Scranton, the state Department of Transportation plans to redesign the turn and lift...
View ArticleWilkes-Barre General posts higher-than-expected mortality rates for five...
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital posted a significantly higher-than-expected mortality rate for five medical conditions or surgical procedures in 2013, the second most among 44 Northeast and central...
View ArticleCourt notes
John L. Evans Jr. and Roberta Mae Taylor and Betty J. Zullick to Gilbert N. Swanberg for $76,320; Freeland. Joseph C. Bambera and St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Congregation of the City of Pittston to AMN...
View ArticleRain doesn't dampen spirits at Holiday on the Square
JAKE DANNA STEVENS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Huddling under umbrellas and a tent, spectators at Lackawanna County's annual tree lighting try to stay dry as they make their way around Courthouse Square in...
View ArticlePa law created alternatives to town dumps
Forty years ago, the local dump was largely out of sight and out of mind. It was the place on the outskirts of town where trash was thrown away, regardless of how toxic or durable it was or the threat...
View ArticleParsons Dance onstage at Annenberg
Dance Celebration favorite David Parsons came to town with his company, Parsons Dance, Thursday night for a run at the Annenberg Center and infused the audience with his playful spirit. The 1993...
View ArticleWork on regional energy policy powers up
Robert Dunn, assistant professor of economics at Washington & Jefferson College, and Diana Stares, director of W&J's Center for Energy Policy & Management, talk with a participant at...
View ArticleMake new land bank countywide Effort would fight blight,aid economic development
Momentum seems to be growing in several local governments for an anti-blight/economic development tool that already has made a difference in other urban areas. It's called a land bank, a...
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