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Scouts honored Local Girl Scouts were honored with the Scout’s highest honor, the Gold Award, during an event at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center on May 12. Lauren Rzucidlo of Jermyn was given the honor for Elderly Issues — A Night to Remember; Kal

May 29, 1968 One more year for passenger rail The Interstate Commerce Commission told the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad that it has to operate two passenger trains serving this area for one more year. The city of Scranton filed a protest in January over the ra

SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — As American doughboys battled their way across the French countryside in 1917, late in the First World War, American women from a different army fried dough for their fellow countrymen on the front lines. Using a wine bottle as a rol

Before embarking on that summer road trip you’ve been itching to take, make sure your ride there is ready to put on some extra miles. AAA said 64 percent of family travelers will take a road trip this season and predicts there will be a 2 percent increase

JESSUP — A 7-year-old girl made history Sunday as the first female capodieci in the town’s most important yearly celebration. In the ceremonial role, Sophia Calogero-Hanyon led her peers, members of the Family of St. Ubaldo decked out in yellow and red, t

The Riverside Elementary East playground in Moosic is getting an upgrade to boost physical fitness and revamp the school’s gym program. “It will definitely enhance what we have right now and provide some different things we haven’t had implemented in our

No interstate passes through Dalton, but drive along some state roads there and you might roll over Interstate 81. That is, remnants of past versions of I-81. Years ago, the regional state Department of Transportation office began recycling asphalt torn u

Abington Heights Clare Della Valleand Emily Parry collected items for Jared Boxed throughout May. The small, shoebox-sized containers hold toys and activities for kids, including crayons, small stuffed animals, games, books, Playdoh and word searches. The

A memorial service with military honors was held Sunday at Marine Lance Cpl. Jimmy Reddington’s grave in Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton. Reddington — who earned 12 medals, including two Purple Hearts — died in combat in Vietnam at 19 on March 23, 1967, bu

AMES, IowaLocal teams in Mind of World finals Students from three Northeast Pennsylvania schools competed last week in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Iowa. The teams joined 5,000 other students from the United States and 13 other countries, accor