Moosic News

Firefighters had to put out flames at 1021 Ash Street in Moosic Sunday morning. The fire broke out just before 4:30 a.m. No one was inside the home at the time.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Butch Comegys / Staff Photographer For a Thanksgiving Service Project, Chas Hudacek, 17, a senior at Scranton Preparatory School, is collecting coats and gloves for the Family to Family program at Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple.

The other big race for the bench comes out of Lackawanna County. Republican Frank Castellano and Democrat Margaret Bisignani-Moyle, both prosecutors with the district attorney's office, were looking to be the next Lackawanna County judge.

Mary Kolessar, Dean of Middle School at Wyoming Seminary, and Dawn Leas, Director of Lower School Admission, announced that four area students have received Lower School Merit Scholarships for the 2009-10 school year.

Dave Magrogan, CEO and owner of Dave Magrogan Group with headquarters in West Chester, oversees restaurant concepts including Kildare's Irish Pub, with locations in Scranton, West Chester and King of Prussia, Manayunk and Newark, Del., and Doc Magrogan's Oyster House with locations in West Chester and Dover.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage license - Dustin Adam Godfrey and Stephanie Eloise MacGeorge, both of Scranton.

Candy is great. Free candy is better. Halloween gives kids a chance to stock up on all the best chocolates and sweets neighborhood homes have to offer.

Marriage license - Donato David Dandrea and Alexandrea Simone Cuccia, both of Mayfield.

WNEP's "Pennsylvania Outdoor Life," Keysone Outdoor Recreation and Yamaha Motor Corporation have teamed up to give away a 2009 Yamaha Rhino 450.

Quarterly financial disclosure forms for two U.S. reps. indicate only one will spend to fight challenger.

NO PURCHASE REQUIRED 1. The Contest: Guess when you think the first inch of snow will fall from a continuous snowfall in the WNEP Backyard and win one of 2 Toro Snow Throwers.

An especially tough financial year has led some organizations in our area to step up efforts to help struggling families.

HANOVER TWP. Township police said Joshua Miller, 21, of Wilkes-Barre, was charged on Monday for allegedly stabbing two people at a bar on Oxford Street early last week.

Freshman Democratic State Rep Kevin Murphy has an opponent. From a press release.

If Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta decides to seek his party's nomination to Congress again, he'll have competition.

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

Associated Press File Angered by the prospect of disappearing paychecks, state workers protested in July on the steps on the Capitol in Harrisburg.

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.

Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O'Brien doesn't mind that he isn't well-known in Monroe or any of the other remote counties of the 11th Congressional District.

DALTON In some cultures, spilling salt is thought to be bad luck. But on Sept. 26, "passing the salt" could be good for the soul.