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Friday, July 30, 2010
Second helping of 'Lunch on the Lawn' today in Clarks Summit
Outdoor get-together, children’s crafts, a movie “short,” ice cream and other activities continue today at Abington Community Library.
Highlights
$382M in road projects OK’d
DUNMORE – Transportation officials Wednesday approved $382 million in road, bridge and mass transit projects in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties to be funded over the next four years.
Children and Youth settles suit over boy’s adoption
SCRANTON – Luzerne County Children and Youth Services has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by...
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Local team seen at risk
SCRANTON – The man who played a key role in bringing minor league baseball to the region in the 1980s asked the Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority of Lackawanna County...
Elliott out, Duffy in as Scranton chief
In a news conference this morning, Mayor Chris Doherty announced that Sergeant Daniel Duffy has been selected to take over the position of Police Chief for the City of Scranton. The move comes after David Elliott, a veteran of the police force since 1993, decided to leave the department to pursue private sector employment.
NATO: Missing U.S. sailor dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — One of two U.S. sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week...
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Sports
Montero, Hirsh star in Yankees victory
MOOSIC — With the trade deadline quickly approaching, there’s little doubt that New York has received several offers for catcher Jesus Montero. Montero, however, is doing his best ...
Arts & Entertainment
Best-selling author to visit Baptist Bible College and Seminary
Best-selling fiction writer Beverly Lewis, an award-winning author of more than 80 books for children, youth, and adults, will be at Baptist Bible College & Seminary’s Campus Books ...
People
Sponsors Swing for Sight
Sponsors of the 24th annual Swing for Sight Golf Tournament present a $28,000 check for proceeds from the yearly event to Mary Lou Wascavich, executive director of the Lackawanna B ...
Abington Journal News
Best-selling author to visit Baptist Bible College and Seminary
Best-selling fiction writer Beverly Lewis, an award-winning author of more than 80 books for children, youth, and adults, will be at Baptist Bible College & Seminary’s Campus Books ...
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Judge sets trial dates for Selenski
WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County judge on Thursday set another trial date for the capital murder case of Hugo Selenski.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS
Stewart returns to North Dakota
NASCAR star Tony Stewart made his return to North Dakota _ and failed to cross the finish line. The two-time Sprint Cup champion was felled by a flat tire midway through the 35-lap All Star Circuit of Champions sprint feature Thursday at the Red River Valley Speedway. He was third in a late model race at the three-eighths-mile dirt tr ...
Nation & World
Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling
Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country. Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely ...
Feature Stories
Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England
A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill _ described as the teeth that saved the world _ sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially made for the wartime prime minister, were crucial for maintaining his distinctively slurred speaking style fam ...
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