The Times-Tribune (Scranton)

As the sun rises on summer today, many high school and college students are scrambling to join the workforce, whether to gain experience through internships or earn some spending money at a seasonal job.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Old Forge School Board voted 5-4 to remove Chris Thomas as board secretary over what some directors called subjective meeting minutes. The board also passed a $13.5 million budget with a 2-mill property tax increase at Wednesday’s meeting.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Browndale Blood drive: American Red Cross blood drive, Friday, 1-6 p.m., Browndale Fire Station, 620 Marion St.; 800-RED CROSS. Clarks Summit Chicken barbecue: Clarks Summit United Methodist Church chicken BBQ, Saturday, July 21, 11-4 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The state Department of Education has begun an investigation of Old Forge School Director Christopher Thomas’ behavior as a district educator, The Times-Tribune has learned. Thomas, 45, declined to comment after a school board meeting Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

SCRANTON — A hearing to determine if a Clarks Green man violated a protection from abuse order will be held in July. Peter Anthony Giermanski, 38, 100 Squirrel Run, requested that Wednesday’s hearing in Lackawanna County Family Court be rescheduled to Jul

A 73-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to cleaning up evidence from an assault on a toddler will spend one year on probation, a Lackawanna County judge ruled Wednesday. Vita Forgione, 801 Brenda Lane, Dunmore, told Judge Andy Jarbola that she didn’t feel

Lackawanna County Chief of Staff Andrew Wallace should not expect “preferential treatment” as the county district attorney’s office investigates a “criminal act” the high-ranking county official may have committed, District Attorney Mark Powell said in a

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■David Andrew Drucker and Serena Camille Monaghan, both of Clarks Summit. ■ Robert Paul Reese Jr., Clarks Summit, and Krista Ann Archibald, Jessup. ■ Stephen Frederick Leo and Leite Sheron Marques, both of Orlando, Fla.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

LACKAWANNA COUNTY SENTENCINGS President Judge Michael Bar­rasse sentenced the following defendants recently in Lacka­wanna County Court: n Darrell Oden, 57, 1321 Vine St., third floor, Scranton, to 23 to 60 months in state prison followed by four years of

June 20, 1918 The circus on its way to town The Ringling Brothers’ circus was to roll into Scranton the morning of June 21. The circus was expected to bring hundreds of horses, a herd of elephants, zebras, giraffes, camels and about 900 workers and 500 pe