Old Forge News

Sierra Bellenzeni is the daughter of Tony and Suzi Bellenzini. She is a senior at Old Forge High School and is the 2009-2010 Outstanding Performer.

Homecoming 2009 was held at Old Forge High School on Friday, October 16th. During halftime of the Old Forge football game, the OFHS 2009 Court was announced: King, Andre Cowlay; Queen, Kayla Salerno; Prince, Brian Morris; Princess, Christina Belko; Court Member, Sierra Bellenzeni; Brian Harrison, Jessica Armillay, Mark Zambetti, Shelby Wheeler, ...

AVOCA A man required more than 250 stitches and lost vision in his left eye after being struck in the head as he slept inside a home on Sept.

State police have refused to release information that might shed light on the response of its Pocono barracks to a February crash off Interstate 476, the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, that led to the death of a Taylor man.

Old Forge School District representatives attended the Governor's press conference in Harrisburg on August 19, 2009 in recognition of being one of the 50 Pennsylvania school districts that has made the most significant gains in the academic achievement since 2002.

Frank Peperno allegedly took $347,500 from his securities business, deposited it into a business bank account and bought a gym for $75,000 A former LPL Financial and ING Financial Partners Inc.

BARRE The owner of a Kingston gym raided one year ago has been formally charged with federal mail fraud.

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

The borough has received word that it will get two grants, totaling $660,000, for road improvements and the construction of a recreation park near the school complex.

Joseph Mariotti, 4, of Old Forge, Dominick DeAngelo, 4, of Duryea, and Liam Lazecki, 3, of Exeter peek out from the 'apple tree' at Miller's Orchards in Clarks Summit.

A former superintendent in the Pittston Area School District was sentenced Thursday for the crime he committed while he was head of the district.

Dr. John F. McGeehan, standing left, is surprised by his colleagues during a ceremony at a medical staff meeting celebrating his 22 years as director of medical education at Mercy Hospital.

In Beth Spedding's third-grade classroom on Thursday, students worked in small groups to count money, practicing with paper dollars and cents.

The father of five children learned his punishment Tuesday for forcing them to live in deplorable conditions in Lackawanna County.

Police said they are searching for a man from Old Forge on charges he forced his way into a woman's residence and assaulted a man with a lamp on Sunday.

The state Department of Health recently submitted a draft report to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry regarding additional air monitoring that was conducted at Alliance Sanitary Landfill last year.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer To combat swine flu, a hand sanitizer was installed at Fidelity Bank, 338 N. Washington Ave.

Prosecutors in Lackawanna County added additional, more serious charges to the complaint against a man accused in a deadly hit and run crash.

Cocktails for a Cause will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, from 7 to 10 p.m., at Jhon's Place, 112 S. Main St., Old Forge.

Scranton has joined the growing ranks of local police departments employing e-mails and text messages to alert the public to crimes, snarled traffic and severe weather.