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Today’s topic is MacGuffins. Not the rowdy relatives you invite to your Memorial Day barbecue, but the unexpected guests whose crazy conspiracy theories seem sane after a few toasts.

Montage Mountain Waterpark in Scranton opened for the season Saturday and welcomed 700 guests looking to beat the heat. “That’s an amazing turnout for the first day,” spokesman Jeff Slivinski said. The water park is open again today and Monday from noon t

Christine Roberts does not own a gun, and never will as far as the federal government is concerned as long as she continues to use medical marijuana. The 53-year-old Dickson City woman has taken the drug to ease pain from a serious neck injury since the f

Famed cinematographer James Wong Howe was celebrated with a Google Doodle on Friday. In tribute to the black-and-white films he lensed, the monochromatic illustration features Howe wearing a suit and tie, sporting a hat and standing in front of a marquee.

Clarks Summit The first banners of the borough’s Hometown Heroes program went up Thursday. Crews and members of the banner committee hung the banners along State Street, though a few went on Highland Avenue and Depot Street as well, borough Mayor Herman J

A crowdfunding effort to pay for the funeral of a 23-year-old Moscow woman whose body was recovered Friday from Roaring Brook in Scranton raised more than $5,500 in less than a day. By Saturday evening, 114 people had contributed to a GoFund Me campaign a

Hills overlooking the Susquehanna River near Tunkhannock were the scene of an intense mock battle between U.S. forces and an enemy May 11, 1968. The battle was part of a weekend exercise for the 2nd Battalion of the 55th Brigade, Pennsylvania National Gua

Memorial services ABINGTONS Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069, Clarks Summit, Memorial Day services, Monday: Abington Hills Ceme­tery, Morgan Highway, 8:30 a.m.; South Abington Mem­orial Park at the tank off Shady Lane Road, 9; Clarks Green Ceme­tery, 9:30;

DURYEA — Two teens are in custody after a Plains Twp. man was shot in the chest early Saturday morning in the borough. Police responded to the 100 block of Stephenson Street at about 12:09 a.m. Saturday for a report of a fight in progress. When officers a

MOOSIC — For the miles Dale Mikolaczyk racks up every year, he should wear a cape emblazoned “SC.” He’s the Super Commuter, and he even has alter egos. The aerospace engineer and radio and television host, better known in Northeast Pennsylvania as Rusty F