Old Forge News

An Old Forge man will spend up to 18 months in county prison for a strong-arm robbery at the borough's Burger King on Main Street in October.

The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce opened its Jessup business startup incubator, TekRidge Center, at a cost of $8.3 million.

Beer distributor LT Verrastro Inc. hopes to take advantage of the underground ocean of natural gas in Pennsylvania to run its fleet of trucks and cars less expensively - and more cleanly.

The Old Forge School District could be the first in Lackawanna County to appoint a superintendent without a degree in education.

Plans: To attend Temple University, where she has been accepted into the Honors Program and plans to major in cellular and molecular neuroscience.

An Old Forge man who sent sexually explicit messages to a detective whom he believed to be a teenage girl was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison.

Mountain Top, Luzerne County-An Old Forge man will face ten years in prison for soliciting teenage girls online.

The pending retirement of Lackawanna County Sheriff John Szymanski after eight terms is attracting a big crowd of potential successors.

Admission, $15 donation. - Greg Evans, a Democratic candidate for Scranton City Council, will have a free meet-and-greet event Wednesday from 9 to 11 p.m. at the Bog, 341 Adams Ave., Scranton.

The owner of a now-closed Scranton temporary employment agency will spend one year in prison for recruiting people living in the U.S. illegally to work at local businesses and illegally paying them under the table to conceal the scheme.

Two Downvalley men are facing charges after a routine traffic stop turned into a foot chase in which one of the runners tried to eat marijuana, Scranton police said.

Candidates running for Old Forge mayor all have one common goal - repair the credibility of the Police Department after two officers were charged last year with having sex with a minor.

Last week the Old Forge School Board voted, 4-3, not to renew its business manager's contract.

The Wilkes-Barre Veterans Affairs Medical Center has invested in purchasing intelligent room sterilization.

The three are Eric Joseph Esoda , executive director and chief executive officer; Leo Gilroy , director of strategy and innovation; and Robert Zaruta , senior business advisor.

Rose Galasso of Pittston will celebrate her 93rd birthday on April 24 the same way she celebrated her 90th - by throwing out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game.