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DICKSON CITY — Joe Turcotte departed his borough hotel Tuesday morning with an 80-pound stroller stuffed with essentials and thousands of miles of American roadway left to go. The Colorado Springs man is pushing 60. He’s also pushing the stroller, named “

Storm-related power outages in several towns this afternoon prevented immediate counting of some paper ballots because scanners couldn’t operate, but officials said voting can continue uninterrupted.

BLAKELY — Fire officials believe a lightning strike from this afternoon’s storms ignited a fire at a borough home.

Jack Early and his daughter, Molly Callahan, see voting as a family affair. With Callahan’s two young children in tow, the father and daughter were among a sparse, but dedicated group of voters who turned out in Dunmore this morning to cast ballots in the

State agents this morning conducted an operation at the business of the Scranton School District’s former fleet manager. State police and employees of the state attorney general’s office visited Danny’s Auto Service on Elm Street. It is owned by Daniel Sa

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes University student Leah Thomas said she thought the opening of a new IHOP Monday on Kidder Street was a “big deal for Wilkes-Barre.”

Carbondale Historical meeting: Carbondale Historical Society open meeting, Thursday, 7 p.m., Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Building, 27 N. Main St., program: Bobby Socks to the Millennium, showing Carbondale’s recent past, will be presented. East Scranto

A dispute over whether the state attorney general’s office improperly seized records as part of the grand jury probe of alleged sexual abuse at the county prison will be heard in Lackawanna County Court, a judge ruled. The ruling by John Braxton of Philad

May 15, 1968 One strike ends, another begins The 20-day strike by the telephone workers of Bell Telephone came to an end at midnight when the company and the Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania reached an agreement. Some 700 telephone workers

SCRANTON — At the sixth annual Lackawanna County Job Fair, 69 companies from across the region will offer around 1,821 full-time, part-time and seasonal job openings. The job fair — which is free and open to candidates of all experience levels and skills