Duryea News

DURYEA Council was asked Tuesday to address problems on McAlpine Street, stemming from a combined Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce project.

In Luzerne County much of the focus is on the judicial races as the federal corruption probe continues to unfold.

Members of KISS play a theater game at the theater in Duryea to ready for an upcoming fundraiser.

How often do you get to see a vampire salsa with Snow White? Or a mummy waltz with the Wicked Witch of the West? Bill Amos drags Millie Dooley from a graveyard in 'Night of the Living Dead,' running through tomorrow at the Phoenix Performing Arts Centre in Duryea.

Michael Butera says Michael J. Pasonick paid $1,400 to housing authority director.

"It's my preferred genre," the 21-year-old said. Same goes for the rest of Centralia, made up of several former members of hard-core metal band Between War and Silence.

Dawn Duran was anticipating her daughter's starting kindergarten this fall at the new campus of the Montessori Regional Charter School.

A state police fire marshal will look for the cause of a late night fire in Luzerne County.

After the tragic loss of his business partner Mike Matosky in September, Dave Ciminelli will formally open AuRants Wednesday Oct.

Alex Barbolish has always been interested in history, so when the Lackawanna Trail Jr.-Sr. High School student was searching for his senior project it seemed natural to find a project related to that field.

Township police said they cited 21 people for underage drinking after investigating loud noise at 72 Country Club Road on Friday.

Despite objections from a neighborhood resident and an attorney representing an apartment complex owner, the Luzerne County Planning Commission on Thursday voted to recommend that county commissioners change the zoning of a plot of land in Duryea from residential to commercial.

Former Superintendent of the Pittston Area School District Sentenced to 13 Months in Federal Prison for Accepting Cash in Connection with a School Contract Dennis Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Ross Scarantino, 64, of Duryea and former Superintendent of the Pittston Area School ...

The TL and CV are reporting that Wyoming Valley West School Board President and executive director of the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority Allen Bellas has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors and is expected to be charged soon with accepting money for an official action.

DURYEA A man was killed as the result of a crash around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to Luzerne County Coroner John P. Corcoran.

The driver of a truck died after slamming into a house in Duryea. It happened on Main Street near Lackawanna Avenue.

Duryea Borough officials Tuesday agreed to a proposal from a non-profit group that could help ease the feral cat problem in the borough.

Michael Garron's death in December 2008 at age 45 was an odd twist of fate, to say the least.

AVOCA Borough officials are vowing to fight the permanent shuttering of the Avoca Post Office, which closed abruptly last month.

Road projects Route 61 bridge over the Schuylkill River at Port Clinton: lane restrictions around the clock.