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PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS ■ Charles J. Lavoie Jr. and Theresa S. Lavoie to Mills Sean Trust and Mills Carol Trust, property in Braintrim Twp. for $175,000. ■ David E. Dodge and Jennifer M. Dodge to Corey Kelley, property in Meshoppen for $100,000. ■ Wilma A.

High notes Through the sale of 5,442 boxes Girl Scout cookies, Girl Scout Heart of Pennsylvania Daisy/Brownie Troop 50605 from Moscow purchased two pet oxygen masks and donated 15 cases of cookies to active military personnel overseas. Both the Covington

PLAINS TWP. — Two men who held up a bank Wednesday afternoon committed the heist after burglarizing two homes, but failed to get any money, according to charges filed in court. Gerald Paul Pambianco, 29, of Plains Twp., and Derek Lee Spaide, 26, of Hanove

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Thomas Maron O’Malley and Katelyn Marie Perigard, both of Gig Harbor, Wash. ■ Abby Somers and Amy Rose Holland, both of Scranton. ■ Aaron Michael Sverduk, Lake Ariel, and Allisa Marie Linko, Throop. ■ Deanna Lynn Jurbala and Matthew Ma

JERMYN — Council decided not to vote on a contentious business registry ordinance Thursday night. Initially proposed during a meeting last month, the ordinance would have required borough businesses to pay $25 per year to be on a business registry. The re

Natural gas prices will hold steady this summer for UGI Penn Natural Gas customers and likely drop by almost 3 percent just in time for the home heating season. The utility company announced Thursday that the purchased gas cost rates won’t change June 1,

SCRANTON — The city sewer authority wants its former solicitor, Jim Mulligan, to pay back more than $87,000 it gave him and his family for health care benefits. The authority voted unanimously Thursday to send a letter to Mulligan, requesting he voluntari

SCRANTON — Electric service cut since Tuesday when a powerful band of thunderstorms rolled through eastern Pennsylvania will be back by Friday, PPL Electric Utilities said. More than 102,000 customers in Northeastern, Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania

PLAINS TWP. — Two robbers who held up a bank Wednesday afternoon committed the heist after burglarizing two homes, but failing to get any money, according to charges filed in court.