Factoryville News

The following are excerpts about Abington area gardens that were nominated by the community and profiled weekly from July through October in The Abington Journal.

Factoryville Bible Church is excited to share a week-long series of meetings presented by Encounter Revival Ministries of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from Sunday, October 11, through Friday, October 16.

About 200 University of Scranton students are expected to turn out on the streets of the Hill Section this afternoon as part of the school's 2009 Street Sweep program.

Scranton police believe they've arrested the man wanted for several armed robberies in the city within the last two weeks.

Three people, including a 1-year-old girl and her mother, were killed Sunday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 267 in Susquehanna County, about 10 miles west of Montrose.

The 13th annual Lupus Loop 5K Walk/Run is scheduled to take place Oct. 4 at Nay Aug Park in Scranton.

Three people, including a 1-year-old girl and her mother, were killed Sunday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 267 in Susquehanna County, about 10 miles west of Montrose.

Kathleen M. Glattly , Dalton, was recently elected chairwoman of the group, which is a partnership of independent agents' associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Anthony Sorak of Factoryville is already learning about civic duty. Last year he completed his Eagle Scout project by building duck houses in Nokomis Creek near Factoryville's Christy Mathewson Park.

The next meeting of The Factoryville Shade Tree Commission will be Friday, September 4, at 2 p.m. at The Factoryville Borough Hall Building, 161 College Avenue, Factoryville.

Work has begun for the Factoryville Borough-Clinton Township Joint Municipal Sewer Authority expansion project, but members of the community still have concerns about how they will pay for their sewer hook-ups. At the authority's meeting on August 12, several residents and businesses once again raised these concerns to board members.

Lackawanna Trail School District's Board of Education has hired a new band director.

Sponsors of the 23rd Annual Swing for Sight golf tournament present a check for proceeds from the yearly event to Mary Lou Wascavich, Executive Director of the Lackawanna Branch, PA Association for the Blind.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A Factoryville man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon, and a Hop Bottom man has been charged with the death.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A Factoryville man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon, and a Hop Bottom man has been charged with the death.

Volunteers helped spruce up Factoryville's Mathewson Terrace and Christy Mathewson Park on Thursday, August 6, in preparation for Christy Mathewson Day Volunteers help mulch Factoryville's Christy Mathewson Park in preparation for the Christy Mathewson Days.

Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation has been underway in northeastern Pennsylvania for almost two years now.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A Factoryville man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon, and a Hop Bottom man has been charged with the death.

Keystone College and the Factoryville community will celebrate the 14th annual Christy Mathewson Days on Friday, Aug.

Flash flood warnings were in effect for much of our area Friday. Wyoming County's Emergency Management Agency director has declared a state of emergency for the county.