Old Forge News

Abington Heights School District Homecoming dance: Abington Heights High School homecoming dance will be Saturday, 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $15. Dance is open only to Abington Heights High School students, ...

Charles Brandt would love to see Northeast Pennsylvania portrayed as a character in the upcoming film adaptation of his book "I Heard You Paint Houses." The 2004 book chronicles the life of mob assassin Frank ...

A monthlong air-monitoring effort at Alliance Sanitary Landfill and in surrounding communities, designed to ultimately allow state and federal health officials to determine if the landfill poses a public health ...

Ask longtime friends Roberta Cerra and Judy Popso what their biggest pet peeve is and the answer will be simple.

Republican congressional candidate Chris Hackett said he would support a proposal to stabilize financial markets, but would prefer lowering taxes to increase investors' confidence before any government ...

Hold up. I'm not talking about quantity, but quality. As the gutshot economy continues to gush jobs and stock portfolios, we're hearing once again that our best and brightest are fleeing the region because they ...

State police subdue man with stun gun SPRING BROOK TWP. - A 41-year-old township man was arrested by state troopers who used an electro-shock weapon to subdue him Wednesday following a domestic dispute, ...

A man from Lackawanna County is charged with stealing from his former employer and its customers.

Woman says reporters dug into Sarah Palin's past but don't scrutinize Obama's alliances.

New details were released Tuesday on some disturbing living conditions in Lackawanna County.

Old Forge K-9 Officer Jason Dubernas clocked the minivan at 51 mph in a 35 zone.

Wearing pink feather boas, they stood out among the masses. The former Breen sisters of West Avoca came together in Scranton on Saturday to unite with thousands of people fighting for the same result - hoping ...

Borough Council on Wednesday was asked to consider a change order for work on the new recreation park at the Old Forge elementary and high schools.

The following were sentenced in Lackawanna County Court by Judge Michael Barrasse: a- Simon Lipchus, 38, of 40 Highview Terrace, Lake Ariel, five years of intermediate punishment and $1,500 fine after pleading ...

AMERICAN RED CROSS OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY Charlotte Wright has been appointed director of community affairs.

For as long as the Felittese Italian Festival has been held on Third Street in Old Forge, Jimmy Minichello and his wife, Sue, have made the trip from New York back to his hometown.

Joe Giglio loaded porketta onto a deli slicer, and as the slices came off the machine, he placed them in an aluminum tray.

Some folks in Chester County said a plan to trap and kill creatures in their community really stinks.

This week, staff writer Patrice Wilding talks with Arlene Decker about the upcoming fundraiser for the Women's Resource Center.

A critical 1-mile link in a proposed recreational trail that would stretch the length of the Lackawanna Valley could come up 800 feet short.