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Swan song for a local industry

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 12:00am
For the last century, Lackawanna County workers played a huge role in producing recorded music for the world. The run ends in a few weeks, as Technicolor plant in Olyphant closes for good. Doug Long and his former co-workers at the plant, formerly and bes

Bishop apologizes ahead of grand jury report

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 12:00am
Bishop Joseph C. Bambera apologized Sunday to victims ahead of a grand jury report expected to detail child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and attempts to conceal it. In a written message published in church bulletins, the bishop offered his “deepest ap

Scranton funding fix of backyard holes

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 12:00am
SCRANTON — The city received a $125,000 state grant to fund a temporary fix of big holes that opened in recent years in some backyards in Green Ridge from the collapse of an old underground stormwater conduit. Council last Monday unanimously introduced a

75 Years Ago - West Scranton teen signed by Scranton Red Sox

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 12:00am
June 18, 1943 Whites Crossing man kills wife, children, self George Davis shot and killed his wife, Grace, and their two children, Lois Jean and Diane, before taking his own life, Carbondale police said. Neighbors called the police in the morning after th

The old, the new roll out for Villa Capri's signature car show

Mon, 06/18/2018 - 12:00am
SCRANTON — Ron Moore has more fun driving his 1928 Ford speedster to the car show than he does showing it off when he gets there. The bright yellow hot rod, which he bought and began refurbishing eight years ago, drew gawkers Sunday at the 24th annual Vil

A splashy opening for Nay Aug Park pool

Sun, 06/17/2018 - 12:00am
A bench at Nay Aug Park near the pool entrance was dedicated Saturday in honor of Robert “Ozzie” Quinn, former president of the Hill Neighborhood Association.

Around the Towns June 17, 2018

Sun, 06/17/2018 - 12:00am
Blakely Registration for the borough’s Summer Youth Program will begin this week. Borough residents will be able to register Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Blakely Borough Recreational Complex refreshment stand, according to the borou

Local History: Scranton residents, religious leaders attended 'Poor People's Campaign'

Sun, 06/17/2018 - 12:00am
More than three dozen Scranton residents joined thousands who converged on the nation’s capital 50 years ago to call attention to the plight of America’s poor.

Lithuanian ambassador dedicates memorial plaque at Scranton garden

Sun, 06/17/2018 - 12:00am
SCRANTON — The theme of the Lithuanian ambassador’s visit to the Electric City on Saturday was roots — both the kind found in a garden and the ancestral kind that tie certain area residents back to the Baltic nation.

Four school districts outperform others in annual Grading Our Schools analysis

Sun, 06/17/2018 - 12:00am
Four school districts in Northeast Pennsylvania outperformed 33 others in Times-Shamrock Newspapers’ annual analysis of academic performance.

100 Years Ago - DA Maxey going after slot machines

Sun, 06/17/2018 - 12:00am
Lackawanna County District Attorney George Maxey ordered a second raid on slot machines in Scranton.

Second transgender inmate sues Lackawanna County Prison over hormone treatments

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:17am
Another transgender Lackawanna County Prison inmate who says she was denied hormone therapy treatments is suing the jail and its medical provider.

Police file charges against three men in beating death

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:17am
Authorities are looking for three city men in relation to an assault that left another man dead earlier this month.

Former Scranton Council president to take over as county deputy director for purchasing

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:05am
Former Scranton City Council President Joe Wechsler will take over as deputy director for purchasing for Lackawanna County, the county announced Friday.

Scranton's newest park gets maintenance agreement

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:00am
SCRANTON — The final steps in a decadelong effort to create the elevated Renaissance Park downtown involve enacting maintenance agreements among the three participating entities, officials said.

75 Years Ago - War Department announces building projects at Tobyhanna

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:00am
The War Department announced that plans had been drawn up for a new military hospital and housing for 2,500 Air Force trainees at Tobyhanna Military Reservation.

In Scranton, Sessions says illegal immigration imperils law enforcement and legal residents

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:00am
Lax enforcement of immigration laws, sanctuary policies and “open-border” advocates encourage illegal immigration and put police and the public in danger, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a group of police academy cadets Friday in Scranton.

Protesters chant 'shame' as Sessions departs Scranton

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:00am
SCRANTON — As U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ motorcade drove away from Lackawanna College on Friday, a peaceful crowd of protesters erupted.

Four children plan to sell lemonade to raise money to fight childhood cancer

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:00am
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — Four children who battled cancer in treatment rooms will take the fight to the lemonade stand today.

Lackawanna County receives $1.6 million bid for Administration Building

Sat, 06/16/2018 - 12:00am
SCRANTON — Allentown-based developer Jefferson-Werner LLC submitted an apparent high bid of more than $1.6 million Friday for the Lackawanna County Administration Building.