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Around the Valley: Team Fermin is a way for a former Pocono Mountain West star to give back
Christian Fermin was a special basketball player at Pocono Mountain West High School. But what coach Rich Williams and his staff, as well as Fermin’s teammates, knew is that Fermin is also a special person. He was determined to be a great player, but also a great person. The...
Berks County’s first Korean barbecue restaurant opens in Exeter
Most diners probably wouldn’t expect to grill their own food at a restaurant. But self-service is exactly the charm of Korean barbecue — a culinary genre which appreciates that sizzling meat is a feast for all the senses, not just taste. That feast is now within reach in...
A Dream Come True Train Exhibit | Back Down The Pennsylvania Road
HAWLEY, Pa. — Sergio DePinto's dream began when he got his first train, Engine 1666, for Christmas. Every year since, he received additional train pieces from his father. As a boy, seeing model railroads inspired him to make his dream come true. He now owns an exhibit that he...
College Grad from Shenandoah Participates in the University of Scranton's Donning of the Stole Ceremony
Kayla N. Perrong of Shenandoah was among the nearly 70 members of The University of Scranton's class of 2024 who participated in the Jesuit school's Donning of the Stole Ceremony. The annual ceremony celebrates and honors the accomplishments of members of its graduating class from underrepresented identities who received their...
New Scranton ice cream shop offers unique gothic twist on homemade treats
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — A new ice cream shop opened inside the Ritz theater in downtown Scranton. Although only a soft launch, the shop is currently open 5 days a week for business. Black Cow Cookies and Cream is a gothic ice cream shop and bakery with a...
College News: Shenandoah woman recognized at Univ. of Scranton
SCRANTON – A Shenandoah woman was among nearly 70 members of the University of Scranton’s most recent graduating class who participated in the Donning of the Stole ceremony. Kayla Perrong, of Shenandoah, participated in the ceremony which the school says celebrates and honors the accomplishments of members of...
Monroe man charged with drug trafficking, gun offenses
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John Nester, 54, of Tobyhanna, was indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking and firearm offenses. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment charges Nester with possessing with the intent to...
Screenwriter Clint Bentley volunteered in prison theater program as he wrote ‘Sing Sing’
DALLAS — The gate slammed shut with a bang behind Dallas-based screenwriter Clint Bentley as he entered Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York. He was led through another gate, and then another, and another, followed by corridors with looming, concrete walls. The building, as lore went, served briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, before becoming what it is today: a maximum-security prison.
Police: Man stabbed wife during dispute in South Scranton
A 42-year-old man faces charges after police said he stabbed his estranged wife early Thursday morning in Scranton. Officers were dispatched to 1524 Cedar Ave. around 1:22 a.m. for the report of a physical domestic dispute, police said in a news release. As they were responding, police were informed a...
Woman rescued from fire in Dunmore
DUNMORE, Pa. — One person was rescued from a fire in Lackawanna County. Flames broke out at a building along Drinker Street around 10 p.m. Monday night. Officials say the fire started in an apartment above a business in the building. A woman was rescued from the apartment; she...