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Property owners challenging new assessed values calculated during Lackawanna County’s first comprehensive reassessment since 1968 face a Friday appeals deadline if they plan to make their cases at formal hearings starting next month and continuing… more

Author Jeffery D. Long, Ph.D., the Carl W. Zeigler professor of religion, philosophy and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College, presented “Peace, Love and God-consciousness: George Harrison, The Beatles and Hinduism” at a lecture at the University… more

Blakely police charged a Jermyn man with entering multiple homes in the borough without permission last week. Officers were dispatched to a home in the 500 block of Hickory Street on Thursday on a report of an intruder. The home’s owner, Chelsea… more

The Moosic High School Committee for the annual All Class Reunion has decided the reunion has run its course and this year will be the finale. This year’s reunion will be held earlier than usual on Saturday, Aug. 16, at St. George’s Center, 730 S.… more

Moosic police are looking for a young borough man and are seeking the public’s assistance in locating him. Nicholas Terrery, 23, was last seen in the vicinity of Kipling Drive around 10:45 a.m. Saturday, police said. He was wearing a white golf hat… more

A Scranton man faces charges in connection with a scam that cost a Lehigh County woman more than $3 million, including a large number of gold bars, authorities say. 

A data center developer will go before Clifton Twp. zoners Tuesday to challenge the validity of the township’s zoning ordinance amid efforts to construct more than two dozen data center buildings in Clifton and Covington townships. The Clifton Twp.… more

The Southern Lehigh School Board is scheduled to vote on a separation agreement for Superintendent Michael Mahon, who has been on leave for five months, at a special board meeting Tuesday night.

Lackawanna County never opened the swimming pool at McDade Park this summer because of leaks that haven't been solved.Could not extract full content, selector may need to be updated.

Lackawanna County will keep its “leak-plagued” swimming pool at McDade Park closed this summer and has sued the contractor that repaired it two years ago, the county announced Monday.

Northeast Pennsylvania will feel the heat this week. Heat and humidity are returning to the region, with temperatures expected to be in the 90s through Wednesday. However, the high humidity will make it feel like nearly 100 degrees, according to the… more

Forest City Community luncheon: Christ Episcopal Church, 700 Delaware and Dundaff streets, community luncheon, Aug. 16, noon-1 p.m.; visit the church on Facebook; disabled accessible. Jessup Rummage sale/basket raffle: Rummage sale and basket raffle… more

A Bucks County man was arrested on criminal mischief charges early Sunday after throwing a brick through the window of a local TV news station, Plains Twp. police said.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Kevin John Flinter and Magdalena Lee Fruehan, both of Patchogue, N.Y. Kayla Lyn Sherman, Scranton, and David Michael Pilger, Moosic. Victor Leon Guillen, Jacksonville, Ill., and Josselin Areli Mercado, Tobyhanna. PROPERTY… more

Artist Ben Miller, an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, recently finished a large-scale mural honoring the Lenape people.

A new Scranton mural sparked a connection between the city and a Native American business. Because the mural has a Native American theme, organizers invited Old Man John’s Coffee and Honey House to make the refreshments for Friday’s dedication. The… more

More than 100 people attended the second annual Spring into a Day of Giving Pop-Up Food Pantry hosted by the Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education and the American College of Physicians’ Pennsylvania (PA-ACP) Eastern… more

Archbald wants input from the community on the future of two mining relics on Laurel Street. In collaboration with Archbald Borough Council and the Archbald Neighborhood Association, Valley in Motion will hold an interactive community meeting Aug.… more

SCRANTON — Police were investigating Sunday night in the 800 block of East Locust Street in South Side, where a stabbing had been reported. Emergency communications dispatched police at 7:24 p.m. to 810 East Locust St. for a report of a female… more

SCRANTON — Police and firefighters responded to a two-vehicle collision early Saturday night at Mulberry Street and Adams Avenue. The incident involving a Subaru Forester traveling east on Mulberry Street and a Nissan Xterra traveling north on Adams… more

PLYMOUTH — The 21st annual Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Fest is almost here — a celebration of the delicious sausage and so much more.

Pennsylvania American Water will temporarily close a section of the walking path around the Lake Scranton reservoir from Monday through the end of September because of increased truck traffic from nearby maintenance work. The path will close from… more