They stood proudly in the Lackawanna County Stadium sharing their excitement that they just inked a deal to bring the Triple A team of the New York Yankees to to Moosic. But at what cost? They sat next to each other during Lackawanna Commissioner’s meetings announcing plans of grandeur, many which never panned out. But [...]

Hazleton [PA] mayor Lou Barletta was seen chatting it up with Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarobla at Arcaro & Gennell‘s in Old Forge tonight. Barletta, who is running for Congress, kicked off his campaign at the popular pizza place with a free rally. Based on the parking situation, I’m not sure if the cars [...]

Nobody could say they didn’t see this one coming! The Citizens Voice newspaper is reporting that Lackawanna County Commissioner A. J. Munchak and former commissioner Robert “Bobby” Cordaro are just about ready to get papers in the mail from the feds. Munchak was interviewed by the feds Wednesday afternoon and apparently the conversation was so [...]

In the 1972 episode of All in the Family called, “Edith’s Problem,” Jean Stapleton‘s character Edith Bunker was going through “the change” and her erratic behavior was grinding on her husband, the one and only Archie Bunker. In one scene, Archie wanted to take Edith on a trip to sunny Florida, when Edith yelled, “No, [...]

The first thing I do every morning is go online and read the newspapers from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA and Palm Beach County, FL. This morning after reading the Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice, I got dressed, hopped in my car and went to my office. I grabbed boxes and boxes of newspaper clippings from years ago and started [...]