Olyphant News

"The Comedy of Errors," presented by the Scranton Shakespeare Festival: June 27-30, 6 p.m., Nay Aug Park, Scranton, near Geisinger-Community Medical Center.

Olyphant, Lackawanna County- A plague honoring Staff Sergeant John J. Morelli was unveiled in the Queen City Friday morning near the family homestead on Lackawanna Avenue..

Tensions among some council members came to a head this week when a motion to unseat the council president failed narrowly.

Borough officials announced Tuesday that they are in negotiations with PPL after nearly $360,000 of electricity was used but not paid for by the borough.

Scranton Zine Fest: June 8, noon-5 p.m., 5:30-7 p.m. poetry reading, New Visions Studio & Gallery .

The end of the school year brings the end of an era for a private school in Lackawanna County.

An Olyphant native with a distinguished military career will be receiving a special honor this week.

Eureka Hose Company 4 may need to hold an extra fundraiser this fall after lower-than- expected turnout at this year's Queen City Days celebration, the company's fire chief said.

The riders gathered at the Electric City Harley Davidson in Scranton on Sunday to support the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter with a fundraising ride.

Olyphant Borough Council President Robert Hudak, Gene Turko and Richard Morelli check out the spot at 419 Lackawanna Ave. in downtown Olyphant where John J. Morelli's historical marker will be placed.

Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer Olyphant Borough Council President Robert Hudak, left, Gene Turko, center, and Richard Morelli show off the historical marker honoring the late John J. Morelli, an Olyphant native and Army veteran whose nine-and-a-half nonconsecutive years as sergeant of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at ... (more)

Three crashes involving Olyphant police cruisers over the past six weeks - two this week alone - should not cost the borough more than $1,500.

In a unanimous vote, council appointed Eugene Walsh to replace Mark MacDonald, whose resignation letter was read at the same meeting.

A Scranton man suffered head and neck injuries after being thrown from his ATV on a wooded trail about a half mile from the Casey Highway's Olyphant exit on Sunday, authorities said.

Kayla Mary Bucciarelli, Clarks Summit; Katherine Ann Carter, South Abington Twp.; Morgan Charles Chase, Dalton; Kathryn Lynn Cosgrove, Carbondale; Amy Dougher, Archbald; Julia Elizabeth Farrar, Dalton; Jennie Therese Lashinski, Scott Twp.; Krista Lynne Matsko, Clarks Summit; Cally Hilda McCabe, Olyphant; Kaytlen M. Powers, Scranton; Briana Marie ... (more)

The tabulation of write-in votes produced contested races for the November election in Archbald, Blakely, Clarks Green, Dickson City, Dunmore and Olyphant, according to the official count by the Lackawanna County Bureau of Elections.

Three Lackawanna County residents waived their rights to preliminary hearings on Wednesday on drug charges stemming from a state narcotics investigation of a cocaine trafficking operation in the Midvalley.

Two people were taken to hospitals Monday after a man drove his Jeep Wrangler through a borough park, striking an occupied parked car.