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Plan to track sex offenders gets support
Local lawmakers support a proposal to keep a closer eye on certain registered sex offenders in Pennsylvania by outfitting them with monitoring devices, but some say the cost would be prohibitive.
Driver faces assault, endangering charges Police Blotter
HUNTINGTON TWP. A Shickshinny man was charged Friday with allegedly knocking a 60-year-old man to the ground after, state police say, he backed a vehicle into him on Blue Door Road on July 7. Paul David Zagata, ...
Battles for Berwick leave Briganties cold
SITTING just two miles across the Border, Berwick-upon-Tweed has proved a source of contention and confusion for centuries, changing hands between England and Scotland on a remarkable 13 occasions.
Office reaching out to Valley veterans
A new veterans outreach office is operating out of the former Nazareth Borough Hall.
Library has a read on its preservation
That's part of the reason his company, Eyerman, Csala, Hapeman & Handman, has undertaken the multi-phased renovation project for the Osterhout Free Library in downtown Wilkes-Barre. "My practice over the past ...
Powerline Saga Logs Another Chapter in Northampton County
You can call it a power struggle. Some people in Northampton County are fired up over PPL's plan to put up a new power line.
Residents unite to fight against major power line
Drop the Lines, a group made up of volunteers who live near the route of a proposed 500,000-volt power line, hopes it has enough opposition to stop that line.
No more animals. That is the order from a judge in Columbia County after he found a man guilty of animal cruelty.
Driver in double fatal sentenced
Jonathan Banks to serve 6 months in jail, up to a year house arrest. WILKES-BARRE Jonathan Banks held back tears Wednesday as he told a judge he will spend the rest of his life knowing he was the driver in a ...
Senate stalls Medicare funding
Affects funds for hospitals after Sept. ANDREW M. SEDER aseder@timesleader.com A bill that included higher Medicare reimbursements for 11 area hospitals and the extension of multiple expiring provisions under ...
William A. "Bill" Averill, 76, resident of the Village of Laurel Run and formerly of Elm Avenue Chambersburg, died on Monday, June 23, 2008 in the Chambersburg Hospital.
Favored power line: 'None of the above'
Carol Mertz of Lehigh Township said she became concerned when she learned PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Townships drawing the line on power line
Battle lines have begun forming over a proposed high-voltage power line through Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
PITTSTON The Pittston City Police Department has in its possession a number of bicycles that have been found, according to a press release on Thursday.
PPL adds Matamoras meeting about proposed power line -
PPL Electric Utilities has scheduled an additional public meeting, near Milford, on a proposed 500-kilovolt power line project connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey substations.
Speeding the Construction Process
Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 ; 06:23 PM Updated Friday, June 13, 2008 ; 08:42 AM But now a new technique is allowing buildings to go up even faster.
Tuesday Night's Storm Timeline
It'll take days or even weeks to clean up the mess left behind by Tuesday night's storm.
ROUTE A: Begins at the PPL switching station near Berwick and travels northeast through Luzerne and Lackawanna counties on the path of an existing power line.
Littlestown Council to update Rental Registry Ordinance
Littlestown Borough Council is in the planning stages of changing the borough's Residential and Commercial Rental Unit Occupancy and Registry Ordinance, and, for some landlords, it may require more ...
NRC: Nuke plant's license should be renewed
There are no compelling environmental reasons not to renew the license to continue operating two nuclear reactors at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station near Berwick, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...