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SCRANTON — A column of blue smoke rose from a roaring 6-foot flame Saturday afternoon as iron workers from around the world fed rusty brake rotors and fuel into a towering furnace at Scranton’s Iron Furnaces. Saturday marked the sixth and final day of the

SCRANTON — Some told tales of “death match wrestling classics” in the squared circles of Japan, others vignettes about cats named Ophelia and Snickerdoodle. Despite the range of subject matter, the work on display inside the Leonard Theater on Saturday ha

While she was born in Baltimore and died in Manhattan, successful singer Joan Merrill had a soft spot in her heart for Scranton. Before she sang in nightclubs and earned a spot in movies on the strength of her recordings, Merrill changed her name several

Clifton Twp. residents bear the highest tax burden in Lackawanna County this year, driven mostly by school property taxes, a Sunday Times analysis found. A Clifton resident earning $27,139 annually, the median earnings in the township, spends about $154.1

Scholarship established Local dentist Jason Hanyon, D.M.D., has established a scholarship at his alma mater, Penn State Scranton. The Dr.Jason J. Hanyon Scholarship at Penn State Scranton will benefit academically successful students at the Scranton campu

Archbald With a new home in the Municipal Building, the Archbald Borough Historical Society will give residents the chance to take a step back in time with its new location. Last week, the society held an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrat

June 3, 1918 Big-time help to end trolley strike Former President William H. Taft and Frank Walsh, chairman of the National War Board, were in Scranton to help facilitate a deal between the striking trolley workers and the management of the Scranton Railw

Pike County Judge Gregory Chelak sentenced: ■ J. Michael Ruth, 45, Clarks Summit, six months of probation and $300 fine for DUI on April 2, 2016, in Palmyra Twp. ■ John Alexander Davig-non, 21, Lackawaxen, five days to six months in the Pike County Jail,

OLYPHANT A man is hurt after an ATV crash Saturday night in the borough, police said. Emergency crews responded about 11:15 p.m. to a crash in the 800 block of North Valley Avenue. Borough Patrolman Brian Crowley said a man’s vehicle flipped in the crash.

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