Local News in Jessup, Pennsylvania
District Boundary Confusion Dominates PA House, Senate Races
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:01:17 -0800
The clock is ticking on candidates for the Pennsylvania State House and Senate to file their nominating petitions, but some of the candidates complain their district boundaries keep changing.
Regional Briefs 2/7/2012
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:20:45 -0800
Montrose council bolts from meetingMONTROSE - After an audience member made it known that she planned to videotape the Monday night Montrose borough meeting, council members walked out.Prior to the start of the meeting, Vera Scroggins told Council Pres
Collar of the Week: Scranton native as Las Vegas police
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:18:47 -0800
While our Collar of the Week column is traditionally about good police work in Northeast Pennsylvania, we couldn't pass on this one.It's not too often we find folks who grew up in the area doing police work seemingly ripped from a Hollywood screenplay and under the hot Nevada sun in America's playground - Las Vegas.
Funeral Notices 2/2/2012
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:06:00 -0800
BENTLER, CHARLES J., Crandon Lakes section of Hampton Twp., N.J., today, 10 a.m., Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, 63 High St., Newton. Interment, Frankford Plains Cemetery. Memorials: Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ 07860; or the Newt
Dean's lists college graduates 1/27/2011
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:34:17 -0800
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY, CorrectionIn Marywood University's dean's list submitted and published Jan. 25, all students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were omitted as were some students from the College of Health and Human Services and the Sc
People on the Move, Jan. 15, 2012
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:17:54 -0800
Abrahamsen, Conaboy and Abrahamsen, PCPike County Bar Association President, attorney Elizabeth A. Erickson Kameen, and PBCA officers, attorney James Baron, treasurer; and attorney Kelly Gaughan, secretary; awarded attorney Michael Parker for his presen
Business Week in Review, Jan. 22, 2012
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:05:39 -0800
Kraft to slash jobs in HanoverKraft Foods plans to cut 60 jobs at its office in the Hanover Industrial Estates. It's among 1,600 positions to be axed nationwide as Kraft plans to split its business in two. Kraft, the largest North American packaged food
Community events list, 1/16/12
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:52:41 -0800
CLIPBOARDAbingtonsSleep program: Moses Taylor Hospital Sleep Lab free community education program "Sleep Issues on Older Adults," WednesÂday, 10 a.m., Abington Senior Center, Winola Road.Delaware Valley School DistrictKindergarten registration: Shoho
Lackawanna County Sentencings 1/22/2012
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:10:21 -0800
The following have been sentenced in Lackawanna County Court:n Alison Ann Lohman, 27, 419 E. Market St., Scranton; seven to 23 months in county prison for possession with intent to deliver 90 bags of heroin and three bags of crack April 6 at 1704 Dickso
National Signing Day: O'Brien signs 19 in first Penn State class
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43:59 -0800
When the dust from national signing day finally settles, the talk surrounding Penn State football will be about the kids the Nittany Lions didn't sign, rather than those they did.