Mohegan Sun Arena ranked 13th in ticket sales among similar-sized venues
Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza was ranked 13th in the world in gross event ticket sales for venues with capacities of 5,001-10,000 in Venues Today Magazine's 2015 Mid-Year "Top Spots" report featured...
View ArticleRegional briefs, July 11, 2015
After weeks of wetter weather, Pennsylvania has lifted its drought watch, state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Neil Shader said. The DEP declared a drought watch for 27 counties in...
View ArticleJohnson College to host WordCamp
WordCamp Scranton 2015, geared for all levels of WordPress users, will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the college's Health Science Technology Center. Sponsored by WordPress, the seminar is...
View ArticleMan of the Week: Taylor Bamrick
Favorite Weekender feature: Quick Chord. I think it's really cool to have a feature in the local paper that showcases new and young bands/artists and helps promote them.
View ArticleScranton man focuses on reusable practices in mostly organic garden
He hunts and fishes. He has a pilot's license. He's raised rottweilers and broken horses.
View ArticleScranton man charged in violent assault
U.S. marshals captured a Scranton man Monday on a warrant charging him with violently beating a friend earlier this month, Scranton police said. Mr. Rivolo confronted a friend, Leroy Carter, over an...
View ArticlePA hard rock icon, Jack Pyers, finds acoustic voice
Sitting in the lobby of a Pittston hotel on a drab and rainy Sunday for an impromptu interview following a recording session with the inimitable Bret Alexander, Jack Pyers' casually toned-down...
View ArticleNamedropper, July 14, 2015
Members of Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma gather during a tour of the Scranton Cultural Center at Masonic Temple. Front, from left: Sharon Herzog, Janelle Wierbowski, Amy Wacker, Ellen Strauskulage,...
View ArticleFamily hope to help boy get new wheelchair
The family of Ethan Pajalich hopes to raise money this weekend to purchase the 14-year-old a wheelchair to replace the one he has used for the last 10 years. The "Ethan - A Ray of Hope" fundraiser will...
View ArticleFacilitator of teen sex encounter gets jail
A Scranton man who gave a pair of 15-year-olds alcohol and marijuana before a sexual encounter received jail time Wednesday in Lackawanna County Court. The defendant's wife, Melanie Munoz, found the...
View ArticleTaylor police charge Dunmore man with robbery
Charles Brandon Costanzo, 23, 203 Cherry St., was taken into custody at gunpoint after a traffic stop on the 100 block of Oak Street shortly after 3 a.m., Patrolmen Brian Holland and Robert Zuby wrote...
View ArticleAs budget talks linger, Dem legislators try to rally public in Scranton
With state budget talks dragging on, local Democratic legislators urged Republican legislative leaders to get serious about fixing the state's major financial problems, properly funding public schools...
View ArticleShemekia Copeland, dad are giants of the blues
Shemekia Copeland performs during the Jazz A Vienne festival on July 6, 2013 in Vienne, France. Photo by David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images ////FEATURES//// ORG XMIT: 172000101 ** OUTS - ELSENT...
View ArticlePolice Academy class set to graduate
The Lackawanna College Police Academy's latest graduating class will honor a fallen Philadelphia police officer who was shot to death while interrupting a robbery in March. The 20 cadets are expected...
View ArticlePalmyra man charged with stealing from church
NORTH LONDONDERRY >> Nathan Welch, 21, of 538 N. Railroad St., Palmyra, was charged with burglary, theft and receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of $1,833 worth of electronic...
View ArticleClosed W-B firehouse finds new life as Commonwealth Health substation
Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Services brought life back into former Wilkes-Barre fire station. CHEMS, the medical transportation affiliate of Commonwealth Health, will house a maximum fleet of...
View ArticleLawyer was charged with trespassing at hospital before going missing, being...
A Pittston lawyer who was reported missing Sunday had been charged with trespassing the day before at Moses Taylor Hospital. State police found attorney Cynthia Lynn Pollick, 45, of Newton Twp., on...
View ArticleHeritage s half chicken with dumplings.
Dinner is 5-11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; until midnight Friday and Saturday. Brunch is 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
View ArticleChildren's Mass highlights Novena Saturday
The Children's Mass at the Basilica of the Shrine of St. Ann drew more than 1,000, mostly young families, filling two tents and the lawns at the West Scranton monastery Saturday morning. The...
View ArticleScott Twp. Sewer Authority credits business park for lower sewer rates
Scott Twp. Sewer and Water Authority customers, now paying the second-highest rates in the county, can expect fees to drop a few dollars in coming months.
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