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Senator Mellow to Retire

Senator Robert Mellow, a powerful Democratic state lawmaker from Lackawanna County, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection.

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Fri Feb 05, 2010

Times Leader

Police Blotter

Employees of Abe's Hot Dogs on Barney Street reported two men entering the restaurant's kitchen from a rear entrance around 6:30 p.m., but reported nothing missing.

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

The Citizens' Voice

Jackson Twp. threatens to halt recycling program

Township supervisors say the recycling program could be forced to shut down if residents don't immediately stop dumping household trash in the containers.

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Mon Feb 01, 2010

WasWatching.com

Do Wet Toes Equal A Cannonball?

I noticed this 50th Wedding Anniversary announcement in the Pittston Dispatch today.

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Sat Jan 30, 2010

Times Leader

End the tendency to shoot from hip

Do the commissioners or the acting sheriff have authorization to sell property in the sheriff's custody to the public? Should these items be put out for bid? If so, why weren't they? And who made that call? How were the prices for the firearms set? What is necessary to establish standard operating procedures for the future sale of county property? ...

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Thu Jan 28, 2010

The Times-Tribune

Teens honored for pulling three out of crashed truck

Kyle Piazza, Natalie Mischello, Cory Stuart, Christine Rizzo and Alyssa Marmo don't consider themselves heroes for pulling three fellow teens from a vehicle crashed near the Lackawanna River earlier this month.

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Tue Jan 26, 2010

The Citizens' Voice

Police Blotter 1/26/10

Fairview Township police have nabbed the suspect who tried to rob the Good 2 Go convenience store on state Route 309 on Jan.

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Thu Jan 21, 2010

Times Leader

Pittston City gets new police chief

PITTSTON Robert Powers was officially sworn in as the new police chief at Wednesday night's City Council meeting.

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Mon Jan 18, 2010

Times Leader

Team is celebrating 25 years of diving right in

About one hundred people gathered to recognize the 25th anniversary of the all-volunteer Germania Hose Company Scuba and Water Rescue Team in Duryea on Saturday night.

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Sat Jan 16, 2010

Easton Express-Times

Emily Gross, accused of supplying gun used to kill trooper, to face Monroe County Court

After she was told she'd have to wait six months to get a gun in New Jersey, Emily Gross changed her address and on the same day bought one in Pennsylvania, prosecutors said Friday of the woman whose gun was used to kill a state trooper.

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Tue Jan 12, 2010

The Citizens' Voice

County treasurer cleared of baiting charges

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Luzerne County Treasurer Michael Morreale and five others have been cleared of charges they baited deer in early December while hunting on property Morreale owns in Susquehanna County, Deputy Controller Dominick DePolo said.

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Mon Jan 11, 2010

The Citizens' Voice

Births 1/11/10

Font size: [A] [A] [A] A son Dec. 29 to Joanna Bradford and Joshua Gardler, Wilkes-Barre. A daughter Dec.

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Thu Jan 07, 2010

The Times-Tribune

Duryea woman nabbed on drug charges

A Duryea woman was arrested on drug charges late Wednesday after officers working a fugitive task-force detail witnessed an apparent drug transaction in West Scranton, police said.

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Sat Dec 26, 2009

WaterWorld

Lower Lackawanna Valley Sanitary Authority reducing discharge into area waterways

Dec. 26--The Lower Lackawanna Valley Sanitary Authority is taking steps to reduce waste discharge into area waterways, and expects to complete several projects in 2010.

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Fri Dec 25, 2009

The Times-Tribune

Police looking into other Old Forge burglaries

Old Forge police are investigating whether four people accused in a series of burglaries were involved in other recent break-ins in the borough.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

Independent Weekender

Group cited for baiting deer

Six Luzerne County residents, including the County Treasurer, were cited by Game Commission Officer Michael Webb on Friday for using bait to lure deer during hunting season on a Ridge Road property.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

The Citizens' Voice

Court Notes

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS Manuel B. Martinez and Kathleen M. Martinez to Daniel Falkowski and Nicole Falkowski for $82,446; Nanticoke.

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Wed Dec 16, 2009

Times Leader

FUNERALS

BARNEY Josephine, memorial Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Family Catholic Church, Luzerne.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009

Times Leader

Allegations hurt Pasonick project bid

The Luzerne County Housing Authority did not choose Michael J. Pasonick's engineering firm to work on upcoming authority projects, in part due to allegations against him.

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Sat Dec 12, 2009

The Citizens' Voice

Court Notes

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS Karen E. Michael to Louis J. Czaja for $271,000; Dallas. David Girman and Vanessa Girman to Joseph A. Wachilla and Miranda Tagliaterra for $126,000; Pittston.

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