Checking In On The Judge The plot thickens in the accident investigation surrounding former Luzerne County President Judge, Chester Muroski. The man in the black robe slid off a slippery Route 115 in Bear Creek Township earlier this week damaging his car and taking out a mailbox. He vehemently denies that he was intoxicated but [...]

If you’re from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and I say “Boscov’s” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For me, visions of the crumbling downtown Wilkes-Barre department store comes to mind. You know the one I’m talking about, the one with the uneven floors, missing ceiling tiles, 1970′s decor and the parking garage that reeks of vomit [...]

A very excited John Dawe got me on Yahoo! Instant Messenger tonight and said I must do a follow-up to my rant about WNEP2. If you remember, my original post focused on the fact that WNEP-TV switched their WNEP2 channel to carry programming from the Retro Television Network. However, that programming was squeezed into a [...]

[gplayer href="http://www.scottsanfilippo.com/wp-content/audio/blog-wnep2.mp3" ] [/gplayer] There’s nothing I liked more as a kid than a “snow day.” Watching the weatherman on the 6pm talk about the big storm that was going to come overnight and blanket the area with a couple inches of the white fluffy stuff was exciting. But even more exciting was getting up [...]

Growing up, I never had grandparents. Both sets died long before I arrived on the scene. But I had neighbors who were close friends of my family and were considered my “adopted” grandparents. Catherine and Earl Welliver were up in age, never had kids and were more than willing to treat me like one of [...]