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  • Celtic invasion of Montage Mountain wraps up The weather wasn't entirely pleasant, but it didn't stop droves of Celtic culture devotees from stopping by the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain this weekend. Nearly 2,000 people attended the two-day, second annual Scranton Celtic Festival that began | 5/20/2013
  • Jane Oppenheim honored at B'nai B'rith's 61st annual Americanism Award dinner She defines the word "volunteer." On Sunday, her peers validated Jane Oppenheim's devotion to the community. Amos Lodge 136 of B'nai B'rith, a Jewish community service and human rights organization, presented Mrs. Oppenheim with its Americanism Award. | 5/20/2013
  • Marywood educating students from Kurdistan Rebin Zikhani wants to improve the health care system in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Karokh Mohammed wants to better his government. The cousins from the growing region are trying to improve their home 5,800 miles away - while at Marywood University. O | 5/20/2013
  • Sports clipboard 5/20/13 Clipboard CAMPS - Baseball U PA is accepting registrations for its fourth annual baseball/softball camp for boys and girls ages 6-14 from July 22-26 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at East Scranton Little League Complex on Ash Street and Richter Avenue in Scranon | 5/20/2013
  • Identity thief gets 5 years in prison ALBANY, N.Y. -- Federal authorities say a 25-year-old Syracuse woman has been ordered to pay more than $55,000 in restitution and sentenced to five years in prison for falsely using four people's personal information to get loans and credit cards. According to prosecutors, Maurisha Dixon, who pleaded guilty last year to 11 felony charges, continued doing it after she was first indicted and under federal court supervision. | 5/20/2013
  • St. Ubaldo celebrated from Gubbio to Jessup The connection between Gubbio, Italy, and Jessup has always been strong. The two communities are joined through family, tradition and St. Ubaldo Day, an event that celebrates a 12th century bishop, St. Ubaldo, who helped save Gubbio from an attack. For | 5/20/2013
  • Marcellus Shale boosts Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport lost 1.9 percent of its departing flights between 2007 and 2012, but the airport rates considerably better than most of its similar-sized peers, a new study shows. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5/20/2013
  • PennDOT encourages safety breaks PennDOT urges safety breaks DUNMORE - The state Department of Transportation is encouraging motorists traveling through Northeast Pennsylvania during the Memorial Day holiday to take a safety break at interstate rest areas. From Friday through Memorial | 5/20/2013
  • Man hospitalized in ATV hit-and-run in Old Forge Man hospitalized after ATV crash OLD FORGE - Borough police are searching for the driver of an ATV who struck a pedestrian on Sunday and sped off. The victim, a 39-year-old man whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital with moderate, non-life | 5/20/2013
  • Crash kills Monroe County taxi driver, injures four fire police officers Taxi driver killed in Monroe crash COOLBAUGH TWP. - A taxi driver from Stroudsburg died after he lost control of a Pocono Cab Co. minivan on Sunday and it collided with a Coolbaugh Twp. Volunteer Fire Company vehicle, Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said | 5/20/2013
  • PennDOT: More delays expected on Keyser Avenue PennDOT: Expect delays on Keyser SCRANTON - The state Department of Transportation announced utility companies will continue construction along Keyser Avenue this week as part of a $10.4 million project. Motorists traveling on Keyser Avenue between Union | 5/20/2013
  • Columbus overcomes early deficit to rout SWB RailRiders While the RailRiders' offense kept up with Columbus early, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's pitching failed to follow suit. Starter Caleb Cotham gave up six earned runs, including four homers, in 4⅓ innings and the Clippers used a five-run fifth inning to win, | 5/20/2013
  • Holy Cross' Galassi a top seed at PIAA track championships Distance runners from District 2 will take center stage at the PIAA track and field championships in Shippensburg. Holy Cross senior Rico Galassi earned the top seed for the boys Class AA 3,200-meter run at the two-day meet at Seth Grove Stadium that beg | 5/20/2013
  • DISTRICT PLAYOFFS: Scranton baseball, Montrose softball advance HAZLETON - Scranton scored its first run just two batters into the game and used a three-run sixth inning to defeat Hazleton Area, 8-4, in District 2-4 subregional Class AAAA quarterfinal baseball action at Rex Antinozzi Field on Sunday. The Knights (7-7 | 5/20/2013
  • Jurors to mull death penalty PHILADELPHIA - Jurors return to federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday to hear arguments and evidence on whether a drug dealer convicted in the slayings of a dozen people should be sentenced to death or to life in prison wi | 5/20/2013
  • 2 arrested in killing of teen for iPad LAS VEGAS - Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad, police said Sunday. Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the Clark County jail on charges of open m | 5/20/2013
  • Scientists find new tools for tracing fracking impacts Second of two parts Sherlock Holmes used a magnifying glass to trace a fingerprint to its source. Andrew Barron favors miniscule rust particles, millions of gallons of water and a magnet. Researchers in the Rice University chemistry professor's labora | 5/20/2013
  • Dramatic growth seen in suburban poor Conventional wisdom has long held that the poor overwhelmingly lived in cities and urban areas. But a new study by the Brookings Institution shows dramatic growth in poverty beyond city limits - in the suburbs. Although suburban poor in the Scranton/Wilk | 5/20/2013
  • Choices in local primaries way down Lackawanna County voters face major choices about the future of their county government in the primary election Tuesday, but their choices about governments closer to home are fewer than four years ago. Only about one in five of the nominations for mayor | 5/20/2013
  • Interactive map of sites online Visit thetimes-tribune.com to see an interactive map of the complaint investigations. The tool was developed in conjunction with the FracTracker Alliance, a nonprofit organization that collects, shares and visualizes data | 5/20/2013
  • Massive Scott Twp. road repair and paving project set to begin Monday Contractors today will begin work on a long-anticipated road repair and paving project to fix 35 Scott Twp. roads either deteriorating with age or torn up from a massive sewer project. Supervisors mailed letters to township residents last week, informin | 5/20/2013
  • clipboard Clifford Election dinner: Clifford United Methodist Church chicken-n-biscuit or ham dinner, Tuesday, 4-6 p.m., Main Street; takeouts available; $7.95, includes dinner, dessert and drink. Covington Twp. Election dinner: Daleville United Methodist Church w | 5/20/2013
  • 10th annual Car Show benefits Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Fifty two years ago, Tony Marinucci navigated the downtown Scranton streets in his 1947 black Cadillac sedanette. Then a student at Scranton Technical High School, Mr. Marinucci still remembers the moment his uncle Sam handed him t | 5/20/2013
  • Report: Philly among worst jails for sex abuse INDIANAPOLIS -- Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons. The report by the U.S. Department of Justice found that the Marion County Jail's inmate-intake center in Indianapolis had a 7.7 percent rate of staff sexual misconduct involving inmates -- the nation's highest for jails -- and well above the average 1.8 percent sex abuse rate among all jails surveyed. | 5/19/2013
  • WBS Penguins riding momentum, hot goalie into Game 6 The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins boarded a bus bound for Providence on Sunday afternoon, packing two things any hockey team would love to travel with. Momentum and a hot goalie. After losing the first three games of their Eastern Conference quarterfina | 5/20/2013
  • Keystone baseball ousted in Mid-Atlantic regional by Kean MOOSIC - In a game that was shaping up to be a pitchers' duel, the team that scored first would have a huge advantage. Keystone College had the opportunity to be that team, loading the bases with one out in the top of the fifth of the NCAA Division III | 5/20/2013
  • DONNIE COLLINS: After a trying week, no one could blame Bill O'Brien if he left Penn State It is a fact that, just four months ago, the Penn State football program almost lost Bill O'Brien. He could have gone to the Philadelphia Eagles and been their head coach. Or to the Cleveland Browns and been theirs. Or to the Buffalo Bills. Or to the San | 5/20/2013
  • Boy killed for his iPad Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday. Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the Clark County jail on charges of open murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. | 5/19/2013
  • funeral notices ARMBRUSTER, DIANE, Scranton, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Howard J. Snowdon Funeral Home, 1810 Sanderson Ave., Scranton. Calling hours, Tuesday, 4 to 7 and following the service until 8. Contributions: Armbruster family at the Pennstar Bank, 736 Main St., Dickson Ci | 5/20/2013
  • Inaugural Ryan O'Malley 5K steps off at Nay Aug Park For first-time runners, both Marion and James Koester completed the 5K course with relative ease, neither breaking a sweat as they crossed the finish line early Sunday morning. Of course, the 2- and 4-year-old received some help from their mother, Maryf | 5/20/2013
  • Around the Schools, 5/20/13 Abington Heights At the Parents Loving Children Through Autism Foundation's 2013 acknow-ledgement and appreciation dinner, the school's football team was recognized as one of three recipients for the "Youth Group of the Year" Award. Juniors Dan Stevens, | 5/20/2013
  • ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kaitlyn Lewis, North Pocono track and field The North Pocono sophomore added to her postseason medal haul last week at the District 2 Class AAA track and field championships, qualifying for Friday's state tournament at Shippensburg University. Lewis won the 400 in 59.36, going 1-2 with teammate Jo | 5/20/2013
  • World Briefs Interim deal with Palestinians? JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim ar | 5/20/2013
  • State budget deadline casts spell HARRISBURG - A combination of events is focusing attention on whether Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers can perform the political hat trick of passing major legislation dealing with transportation spending, liquor store privatization and curbing public pens | 5/20/2013
  • True deficit is in trust WASHINGTON - Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shoc | 5/20/2013
  • Real scandal circus atmosphere Yes, Virginia, there is a Benghazi scandal. The scandal is that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and some Republican colleagues are dishonoring the memory of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans by making a political circus out of their death | 5/20/2013
  • Letters to the Editor - 5/20/2013 Use referendums for costly projects Editor: The new county park in Covington Twp. is a perfect example of why the proposed government study commission is necessary. This park is just another in a long line of county boondoggles that waste tax dollars at | 5/20/2013
  • Common core, common gain Thousands of high school seniors throughout Pennsylvania are about to have the common experience of receiving a high school diploma. That doesn't mean, however, that their diplomas have common value. And according to state statistics, about 43 percent of | 5/20/2013
  • Reinstate SSD ethics policy Despite leading the charge to repeal a ban on Scranton school directors accepting campaign contributions from district vendors, Director Bob Lesh has returned $1,100 in such contributions during his campaign. Mr. Lesh was the board president last July wh | 5/20/2013
  • School Notes for Monday, May 20 Abington Heights An 11th-grader honed her skills through a community education and leadership training program. Brooke Chapple received a certificate for graduating from Tomorrow's Leaders Today, Leadership Lackawanna's teen program. The group was made u | 5/20/2013
  • 'No shoes' could be best shoes for baby First of two parts. Babies celebrate their first birthday, take their first step, say their first word and cut their first tooth. For the most part, Mother Nature drives all these firsts. Yes, parents do encourage their babies to say their first word an | 5/20/2013
  • Map to chart food Americans buy, consume Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can l | 5/20/2013
  • PMR often responds to prednisone Q: I have polymyalgia rheumatica. My doctor has prescribed prednisone, but I'm worried about the long-term effects of this treatment. How long will I need to take it? A: Polymyalgia rheumatica is a painful, sometimes disabling condition. Fortunately, PMR | 5/20/2013
  • Cooking With Beer Cold beer is a staple in Texas. As the mercury starts its inevitable climb into sizzling summer heat, beer’s indelible association with barbecue and other... | 5/15/2013
  • High school track seed released for states Distance runners from District 2 will take center stage at the PIAA track and field championships in Shippensburg. Holy Cross senior Rico Galassi earned the top seed for the boys Class AA 3,200-meter run and a total of nine individuals and one relay team competing in distance events are seeded to medal at the two-day meet at Seth Grove Stadium that begins Friday. | 5/19/2013
  • Film Review: Mud The love and pain of family are on dynamic display. | 5/8/2013
  • Local commerce began at Peter Jones Trading Station, established in 1600s PETERSBURG - Eugene Atkinson, president of the Historic Petersburg Foundation, wants people to know that commerce began in Petersburg. Saturday, the foundation held an event at the site of the Peter Jones Trading Station, which Atkinson says was first es | 5/19/2013
  • Wilkes graduation returns to campus WILKES-BARRE - After six years away, Wilkes University graduation ceremonies were back on campus. With a pipe and drum band playing for them, the Wilkes University Class of 2013 walked down South Franklin Street together. | 5/19/2013
  • Pittston turns to pay stations PITTSTON - Pittston officials are taking another step to be on the cutting edge of development and technology in the region. Pay stations will be installed in four city parking lots in late June, said Joe Chacke. | 5/19/2013
  • LCTA goes 'ghost' busting The Luzerne County Transportation Authority is installing computer systems on buses that count when passengers get on and off buses. The automatic passenger counters should be fully operational by the end of June and could help end the "ghost rider" controversy. | 5/19/2013
  • Insults, foot-dragging won't solve LAG issue Feeling the heat over his stubborn foot-dragging on complaints against Wilkes-Barre's towing contractor, Mayor Tom Leighton unfairly lashed out at councilman and former police chief Tony George at a council work session last week. | 5/19/2013
  • Cheers and Jeers Cheers to the hundreds of volunteers, artists and vendors who brought Wilkes-Barre's Fine Arts Fiesta to Public Square for the 58th year this weekend. There's still a full day left to enjoy the artwork, music, food and fun. | 5/19/2013
  • Today in History Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 19, 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full | 5/19/2013
  • $590 million-plus Powerball winner sold in Florida DES MOINES, Iowa — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday. | 5/19/2013
  • Tafton man joins rescue dive team, oversees Lake Wallenpaupack quality Nick Spinelli stepped onto the dock on Lake Wallenpaupack, where the waters on this early afternoon remained mostly still under a clear sky. Nearly 16 years ago, a storm threw that same lake into tumult one mid-August day. | 5/19/2013
  • Passionate practitioner Covington Twp. woman finds nursing satisfying, strengthening As a nurse, Lynn Heard has helped countless patients through the years with her tender care and calming demeanor. She also credits nursing with getting her through her own struggles in life. | 5/19/2013
  • Out&About at "You Live Here, You Should Know This" trivia quiz at Lackawanna Historical Society's "You Live Here, You Should Know This" trivia quiz at Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple jason farmer / | 5/19/2013
  • Take your copy of The Times-Tribune or The Sunday Times with YOU ON TRIPS! Upload your photo at thetimes-tribune.com/timestraveler. Tell us where you were and when you took your trip. Include your name and hometown, a contact phone number, identify everyone in the photo from left to right and include everyone's hometowns. | 5/19/2013
  • A geranium by any other name still a great landscape plant The name geranium brings to mind several things: the stalwart red blooms we see everywhere from memorial plants marking a loved-one's grave to mass borders in a home landscape to a small container on a porch. | 5/19/2013
  • Keep interactions positive when college students return home College students are returning home for the summer. While families may be looking forward to the reunion, it's not uncommon for them to have some difficulty with the transition. | 5/19/2013
  • What We're Reading 5/19/2013 What we're reading Here are the most requested adult nonfiction books in the Lackawanna County Library System. 1. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly: The author and cable news commentator writes about the Lincoln assassination. 2. "Little Girl Lost" by T | 5/19/2013
  • State, metro area exports decline, new report shows State exports declined in 2012 as overseas sales nationally increased, according to new U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. | 5/19/2013
  • For signmakers, elections mean business Purple and white campaign signs for a Luzerne County controller candidate roll off the presses at Fleet Decal and Graphics in Plymouth. | 5/19/2013
  • HS SOFTBALL: Cougars' outfielders provide offense, defense Valley View star pitcher Gina Chieffallo has a reminder written inside her old glove. They've got your back. | 5/19/2013
  • Group hosts event to shed light on fostering, adopting children Northeast Pennsylvania has many solid households and good people, but relatively few ready to be foster or adoptive parents. | 5/19/2013
  • Fundraisers held across Northeast Pennsylvania on Saturday Hoping to raise funds for a memorial honoring a Scranton native who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, more than 100 friends and family members of the late Jerry Moran gathered at the Polish Club for one of several fundraisers held across Northeast Pennsylvania on Saturday. | 5/19/2013
  • Columbus wins in walkoff over SWB RailRiders Although Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre nabbed an early lead and tied the game late, Columbus stayed patient to pull out the win. | 5/19/2013
  • Lackawanna punches return ticket to NJCAA Division II World Series Lackawanna College is headed back to the NJCAA Division II World Series. Josh Savakinus' two-out single in the bottom of the ninth scored Tyler Napierala from second base and gave the Falcons a 2-1 victory over Cecil Community College on Saturday in the deciding game of the NJCAA Division II Northeast District championship series in North East, Md. | 5/19/2013
  • Penn State's medical system not unlike competitors The night before Sports Illustrated turned its new medical staff on its ear, Penn State wanted to offer a simple message: Their medical system is not unlike the ones implemented by their peers. By and large, the Nittany Lions' peers agreed. | 5/19/2013
  • Keystone stays alive in Mid-Atlantic Regionals, forces deciding game MOOSIC - Keystone College baseball coach Jamie Shevchik was scheduled to be the godfather at his niece's christening today. Thanks to Rob Rogers and the rest of the Giants, Shevchik's plans have changed. | 5/19/2013
  • H.S. TENNIS: Lackawanna League standouts learn state opponents Brackets have been announced for the PIAA singles and doubles tennis tournaments that will be begin Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club. | 5/19/2013
  • Meyers blanks Riverside in Class AA Matt DeMarco pitched four perfect innings and drove in four runs to lead No. 6 Meyers to a 15-0 win over No. 11 Riverside in a District 2 Class AA baseball game Saturday. Meyers will play at third-seeded Lakeland in the second round on Tuesday. | 5/19/2013
  • Montrose coach has lasting legacy Interviewing some coaches is a labor of love. For others, it's a lot of love and very little labor. | 5/19/2013
  • TRACK NOTES: North Pocono's Kaitlyn Lewis had a gold rush in postseason North Pocono's Kaitlyn Lewis is having an almost perfect postseason. Only a sophomore, she kicked it into high gear in the last three weeks and has had a large medal haul in return for her hard work. | 5/19/2013
  • Local History: Scranton Army officer defects to East Germany upon marriage rejection "He loved me, but I didn't love him," Angelika Baechle told the board of five Army officers. Described as a "curvaceous brunette," the young German woman was called as a defense witness before the court martial board in Frankfurt. Capt. Alfred E. Svenson, a Scranton resident, was being tried on desertion and larceny charges, accused of stealing an Army jeep and driving it across the border into East Germany on May 4, 1963. | 5/19/2013
  • Passion for sport carries Scranton Prep's Pattera to state meet Elizabeth Pattera is what they like to call a track kid. She dances, she played basketball, she is committed to her school work. But once she joined the track team at Abington Heights in seventh grade, she had found her passion. | 5/19/2013
  • Penguins fighting to the end WILKES-BARRE TWP. - Plenty of goalies think they're unflappable. Brad Thiessen of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins proved it Saturday night. Thiessen ate a flurry of punches during a third-period brawl but still made 30 saves to lead the Penguins to a | 5/19/2013
  • Penguins Game Report 5/19/2013 Providence 0 0 0 - 0 Penguins 2 0 2 - 4 First period - 1, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Dumoulin 1 (Gibbons, Mormina) (pp), 10:55. 2, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Smith 2 (Holzapfel, Nesbitt) (pp), 16:47. Penalties - Exelby, Pro (hook | 5/19/2013
  • Cage Fight 17 to feature five professional bouts Four years after Cage Fight held the first mixed martial arts card in Pennsylvania, the series will continue to march on with its 17th installment featuring a card with the greatest number of professional fights in the organization's history. Cage Fight | 5/19/2013
  • HS Track 5/19/2013 PIAA TRACK DISTRICT 2 QUALIFIERS CLASS AAA GIRLS 3200 Relay: Pittston Area 9:32.81 100 Hurdles: Jess Kurey (AH) 15.81 100: Carli Lucke (VV) 12.25 100: Emily Malone (HAZ) 12.41 100: Catie Gawlas (DAL)12.47 100: Taylor Powers (PA) 12.62 1600: Summer Hill ( | 5/19/2013
  • FAWCETT: District should move trials to separate day With one overpowering stride, it was over. Coughlin's Mujahid Chesson, a senior and one of the marquee sprinters in District 2, began to limp and clutched at a muscle behind his leg that failed him. He grimaced as the pain shot through him. | 5/19/2013
  • RailRiders' Rapada seeks consistency Clay Rapada's shoulder ached, and for more than one reason, he knew that wasn't a good thing. He spent his March trying to hang on - to his fastball, to his health and, ultimately, to a roster spot that fell victim to a numbers game. | 5/19/2013
  • HS Softball Stats 5/19/2013 Softball Division I Batting Average Clare Sebastianelli, Valley View .550 Blayse Cholish, Valley View .488 Kate Savage, Scranton .486 Claire Lakatos, Abington Heights .483 Runs Batted In Clare Sebastianelli, Valley View 27 Anna McElroy, Valley View 18 B | 5/19/2013
  • HS Softball 5/19/2013 CLASS A DEFENDING CHAMPION: Northwest Area ADVANCE TO STATES: Champion TEAMS: 6 DATES: Quarterfinals, Monday and Tuesday; semifinals, Wednesday; final, May 29. TOP SEED: Lackawanna Trail PLAYERS TO WATCH: - Lackawanna Trail: Gabby Truesdale, .431, 22 H, | 5/19/2013
  • HS Baseball Stats 5/19/2013 Baseball Division I Batting Average Josh Slocum, Abington Heights .538 Brad Smertz, Abington Heights .458 Dan Ryan, Scranton Prep .440 Kevin Elwell, Abington Heights .429 Runs Batted In Matt Staback, Valley View 18 Josh Slocum, Abington Heights 12 Rob N | 5/19/2013
  • Volunteers replace American flags at veterans' graves ARCHBALD - Gripping a small American flag in his left hand, Louis Marion slowly walked through the cemetery, studying the names engraved on the headstones. | 5/19/2013
  • Homeless man struck by car SCRANTON - A homeless man who city police said was intoxicated suffered minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle Saturday afternoon. | 5/19/2013
  • No injuries in Dunmore fire DUNMORE - Firefighters extinguished a fire Saturday morning that moved from a backyard gazebo to a borough home. | 5/19/2013
  • Lackawanna, Wayne historical societies get preservation grants SCRANTON - The Lackawanna County and Wayne County historical societies each have received a $25,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. | 5/19/2013
  • Musicians wanted for Keystone's annual Jazz Institute LA PLUME - Keystone College is seeking jazz lovers to participate in the college's sixth annual Jazz Institute to be held July 29 through Aug. 2. | 5/19/2013
  • Hosts sought for student exchange program SCRANTON - A high school student exchange program is searching for host families for the 2013-14 school year. | 5/19/2013
  • Wilkes University graduates looking forward to the future WILKES-BARRE - After six years away, Wilkes University graduation ceremonies were back on campus. | 5/19/2013
  • St. Tikhon's Monastery to host 109th annual pilgrimage The 109th Memorial Day Pilgrimage to St. Tikhon's Monastery/Seminary in Waymart will begin Friday at 3:45 p.m. when Metropolitan Tikhon greets visiting hierarchs at the Monastery Archway. | 5/19/2013
  • Keystone College conducts 142nd commencement Keystone College celebrated its 142nd commencement during ceremonies on thecollege's campus in La Plume on Saturday. Retiring college president Dr. Edward G. Boehm Jr. presided over the ceremony. | 5/19/2013
  • Lackawanna College graduates largest class at its 119th commencement Lackawanna College conducted commencement ceremonies for nearly 400 students on Saturday in its Student Union gymnasium. The class of 2013 represents the largest graduating class in Lackawanna history. | 5/19/2013
  • Open records case produced untracked drilling documents Scattered records kept by the state Department of Environmental Protection offer one answer to a key question in a new age of fossil fuel extraction in Pennsylvania: How many water supplies have been damaged by drilling? | 5/19/2013
  • Dean's Lists 5/19/2013 WILKES UNIVERSITY Robert Abda, Clarks Summit; Nicholas Barno, Peckville; Sean Bennie, Moosic; Rachael Bernosky, Mayfield; Alesandra Bevilacqua, Dunmore; Maria Brunori, Peckville; Kimberly Cain, Eynon; Kaitlin Chase, Scranton; Jessica Costantino, Scranton | 5/19/2013
  • Most Wanted 5/19/2013 Lee Rodney Wanted by: Scranton District Office, state Board of Probation and Parole. Fugitive since: Monday. Wanted for: Theft, 11 counts; receiving stolen property, five counts; burglary, two counts; unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, four counts. Sen | 5/19/2013
  • Funeral Notices 5/19/2013 BONCZEK, GARY, Scranton, Tuesday, 11 a.m., Bomberger-Lesko Funeral Home Inc., 1660 N. Main Ave., Scranton. Contributions: Northeast Regional Cancer Institute. BOROSKY, EDWARD T. "JIM," Simpson, Saturday, Joseph W. Scotchlas Funeral Home Inc., Simpson. Ma | 5/19/2013
  • News Quiz 5/19/2013 1. Although it did not cause any damage, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake west of Ottawa, Canada, was felt in ... A. Toronto, Canada. B. New York City. C. California. D. Scranton. 2. Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000 for information that lea | 5/19/2013

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