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"It's a wonderful service, I need to come here", said Dolores Scalese of Taylor, as she takes part during a Memorial Day Service held on Monday at Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton. Butch Comegys / Staff...
View ArticleTaylor Commons, Pittston Crossings shopping centers seek bankruptcy protection
Representatives on Tuesday served the Lackawanna County Tax Claim Bureau with Chapter 11 bankruptcy papers in a move that stops collection of about $400,000 in property taxes that Taylor Associates...
View ArticleBoating Season Kicks Off At Harveys Lake
The start of summer is still about a month away, but for some boaters in Luzerne County, the season starts early. "I'm so excited! It's finally sunny out.
View ArticleParades Throughout the Area to Mark Memorial Day
In Lackawanna County, bag pipers were among the marching units that took part in the annual Memorial Day parade in Taylor. Elsewhere in Lackawanna County, kids collected candy tossed from the various...
View ArticleMarian students compete
The Marian Catholic chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America was represented at the 2015 Pennsylvania FBLA State Leadership Conference by 11 members and the chapter adviser, Patricia Patton....
View ArticleRiverside celebrates at Vikings Helping Vikings festival
The scholarship fundraiser that benefits students graduating from Riverside Junior/Senior High School again drew a large crowd to Riverside Veterans Memorial Stadium on Main Street. Festivities...
View ArticlePa crime photos of the week: Sex abuse cover-up at Pa. school; poop from...
What is it with Pennsylvania and poop from planes? A month after the FAA ruled out an aviation culprit as the cause of a toilet-paper covered community, there is a report of a Pennsylvania girl having...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes
Uche and Rachael Okafor, Moosic, to Brian S. Chapman and Carolyn Shertza, Taylor; a property at 615 Hollenback St., Moosic, for $127,000. Marie Lovering, trustee for the Eleanor Von Savage Irrevocable...
View ArticleRose Garden shorts: Graywater seminar set for May 30
The Guadalupe River Park Conservancy is hosting a seminar on using graywater with a certified installer at the conservancy's visitor and education center located at 438 Coleman Ave. The seminar is May...
View ArticleLand bank crucial step to progress
The Lackawanna County commissioners' proposal to establish a countywide land bank is an enlightened, progressive step toward diminishing blight and accelerating economic development. And just as...
View ArticleSchool Notes for Monday, June 8
Native Scrantonian Barbara J. Taylor, an English teacher in the Pocono Mountain School District, penned "Sing In The Morning, Cry At Night," set in the Electric City. Students in Barbara Kelleher's...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 6/9/2015
Junior and Rhina A. Nunez to McKenna Court Homes LLC; a property at 725 Monroe Ave., Scranton, for $330,000. Anjaneyulu Uppala, South Abington Twp., to Chirag Madhusudanbhai and Jaymini Chiragkumar...
View ArticleFew remain without power in Lackawanna County
A handful of PPL Electric Utility customers remained without power this morning as the clouds broke and sunshine covered Lackawanna County. About 11 customers in Carbondale Twp., nine in Moosic and one...
View ArticleMunicipal pension bill clears hurdle
Municipal pension benefits would be curbed for future paid police and firefighters under legislation approved Tuesday by a House committee, a milestone hailed by Carbondale's mayor. By a party-line...
View ArticleSt. Jude School
After attaining a first place award at the regional level of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science competition, 22 students from St. Jude School in Mountain Top qualified to advance to the state...
View ArticleState Police Investigating Kidnapping, Brutal Assault
State police have arrested one person and are looking for two others in connection with a kidnapping and brutal assault of a woman. Troopers arrested Jerone Moore, 31, Tuesday.
View ArticleLackawanna County restaurant inspections: June 1-5
According to the agency: "any inspection is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term cleanliness...
View ArticlePolice blotter a " Lebanon police charge two with endangering welfare of child
Kerstin Taylor, 23, and Bradley Moyer, 34, both of Grantville, were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a child after they fell asleep in their vehicle in a...
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JASON FARMER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Army Capt. James May, the state Department of Transportation's regional spokesman, speaks during Sunday's Flag Day ceremony at Lackawanna County Courthouse Square.
View ArticleLackawanna County Commissioners create a land bank
Lackawanna County commissioners on Wednesday created a land bank, an entity empowered by recent state law to cut through red tape often associated with developing abandoned and blighted properties. "I...
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