3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (588+ words) Something about back-to-school season always feels like the start of a new year. You can feel it in the air, as summer starts to let up just a bit with cooler mornings, gentler breezes and shorter days. And all at…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1022+ words) NEWTON TWP. – As the sun started to set and the shade of dusk crept over the tennis courts at the Abington Heights middle school, the eerie scene did not unnerve Kate Arp or Adithi Velaga. The two players faced off…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (441+ words) The Scranton Iron Furnaces historic site will be fired up with a new series of arts events beginning with a music festival Saturday. Fall at the Furnaces includes Saturday’s Good Things Are Happening music festival, headlined by the alt-rock band…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (914+ words) SCRANTON — City resident Donna Gerard and her daughter Ashley Abda of Throop don’t just come to La Festa Italiana every year for the food and people. For them, it’s a way to support a long-running community institution. “I guess it…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (613+ words) CARBONDALE – West Scranton’s brother combination of Austin and Jonye Sostre was dynamic, and Kaz Colbert flashed his explosiveness for the second straight week. Each athlete made key plays, and No. 10 West Scranton earned a 25-20 win over Carbondale Area in a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (101+ words) The 30th anniversary tour of “Riverdance,” the Irish music and dance troupe, is coming to the Scranton Cultural Center Feb. 9-11. SCRANTON — The 30th anniversary tour of “Riverdance,” the Irish music and dance troupe, is coming to the Scranton Cultural Center Feb. 9-11. There…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (676+ words) Scranton City Council unanimously rejected a permanent change of about 100 feet of Euclid Avenue in West Side from two-way traffic to one-way. The change implemented recently by the administration of Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognett is necessary to improve safety at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (417+ words) The late Dr. Wayne J. Sebastianelli, a longtime Penn State sports medicine leader, will be honored at a memorial celebration hosted by the Greater Scranton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association on Sunday, Oct. 4. In recognition of the Jessup native’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (464+ words) SCRANTON — Jennifer Telesco sees the impact of increased state funding on the faces of students as they achieve their goals and embrace new opportunities. The former first grade teacher at John Adams Elementary School — who now serves as president of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) Driven by growing demand, the Geisinger College of Health Sciences decided to expand its nursing school into downtown Scranton. Housed in the college’s Medical Sciences Building on Pine Street, the Northeast Campus of the Geisinger School of Nursing will start…...