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The Sunday Times’ Jon O’Connell sat down with Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce President Bob Durkin to get his take on some of the organization’s current initiatives, his greatest challenges and his vision for the future. Q. I’m a new business owner i

A Yale-educated artist and the daughter of a well-known Scranton attorney steered the city’s Everhart Museum for 11 years, but at least one person competed with her for the appointment to the post 84 years ago. Elizabeth Taylor graduated from Central High

Since the Scranton Board of Trade became the Scranton Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s, the organization has only had six executive staff leaders. Here’s a look at who they were and what they did. Raymond B. Gibbs 1925-1947 The newly chartered Scranton Ch

PSU students achieve honors Penn State Scranton staff, faculty and students were awarded for enriching the academic fabric of the campus. Their accomplishments were recognized in select disciplines and/or student leadership and service. The 2018 student a

Jonathon Huzzard Wanted by: Scranton office, state Board of Probation and Parole. Fugitive since: Jan. 16. Wanted for: Robbery. Sentenced to three to 10 years of incarceration. Paroled Jan. 24, 2017. Description: White man, 27 years old, 5 feet 10 inches

Find a pet who needs a new home at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter.

PLAINS TWP. — Over the next year, about 1,700 new jobs will be added in Luzerne County, said John Augustine, president and CEO of Penn’s Northeast.

The nation’s ongoing opioid and heroin abuse crisis isn’t just big business for street-corner drug dealers and unscrupulous medical and pharmaceutical professionals.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Jose Santos Madrid-Laines and Gabriela Elizabeth Cabrera, both of Old Forge. ■ Amanda Lin Bowen and Thomas James Brostoski, both of Spring Brook Twp. ■ Charles Anthony Durling and Erin Marie Jones, both of Carbondale. ■ Nelson Salazar

Scranton Community event: UNC’s South Side Revitalization Project South Side Home Ownership Fair, today, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 601 Cedar Ave., information on properties available, grants for first-time homebuyers, credit counseling, local lenders, insurance and