From Crystal Club Soda to Gertrude Hawk ChocolateFrom Crystal Club Soda to Gertrude Hawk ChocolateFrom Crystal Club Soda to Gertrude Hawk Chocolate is a tongue in cheek look at Scranton Pennsylvania. Articles
Happy Holidays From Crystal Club!
2007-12-22 08:59:00 We will be taking the next couple days off to spend with our family. Have a safe and happy holiday! More About: Holidays , Happy Holidays , Crystal , Happy , Club
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-22 00:38:00 Tree House @ Nay Aug. Photo by SurfScranton More About: Picture , Picture of the day
Local Band Gives Tribute To Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2007-12-22 00:31:00 This holiday season, tribute band Twelve Twenty Four offers another musical gift to Lehigh Valley audiences when it performs Thursday at the Zoellner Arts Center in Bethlehem. Twelve Twenty Four bills itself as “a resounding re-creation of the Trans -Siberian Orchestra,” which serves as its inspiration. The Twelve Twenty Four experience is an evening of ... More About: Band , Local , Tribute , Loca
Scranton?s Marketing Campaign
2007-12-22 00:26:00 Officials in Scranton want people to come check out the sights and sounds of the Electric City. The city is sending out mail and the mayor is making phone calls as part of a new mass marketing campaign. First there were the television ads. Then there was mail. Both are considered invitations for people to ... More About: Marketing , Campaign , Cran
Ebay Find Of The Day
2007-12-21 01:22:00 1946 Scranton Red Sox Signed Baseball. More About: Ebay , Find
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-21 01:13:00 Electric Mindshaft. Photo by .Ward. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
Local Work-From-Home Scheme Bilks Thousands
2007-12-21 01:10:00 A Pennsylvania woman who helped run a fraudulent work-at-home business was sentenced to time served for bilking 77,000 people out of $3 million, prosecutors said Thursday. The Houston Chronicle reports that Misty Stafford, 26, of Gillett, Bradford County, was sentenced to more than 22 months in prison after pleading guilty to concealment of a felony, ... More About: Home , Work , Local , Loca
Local Firm Wins $258 Million Contract
2007-12-21 01:06:00 The U.S. TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , $257.8 million for the material to reset 180 Abrams tanks under the Abrams Improved SEP Reset (ISR) program. The program could total in excess of $320 million if all options are exercised. According to CNN, work ... More About: Contract , Local , Million , Wins , Loca
Bye Bye Bob
2007-12-21 00:48:00 The Times-Tribune reports that the Lackawanna County Stadium Authority voted unanimously Wednesday to terminate outgoing Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro?s role as its sole negotiator with Mandalay Baseball Properties and the New York Yankees because he completed the work he was asked to do. Mr. Cordaro negotiated a management contract and purchase option agreement with ...
Pork, The Other White Meat
2007-12-21 00:28:00 The region?s legislative delegation secured millions of dollars of federal earmarks to fund an array of long-awaited local projects. According to the Times-Tribune, a few of the larger local earmarks include: $3.2 million for a project designed to stop Lackawanna River flooding in Scranton. $1.78 million for flood inundation maps and capital improvements to the Susquehanna ... More About: Meat , White , Pork
Teachers To March Tonight
2007-12-20 00:36:00 Unionized teachers in the Scranton School District plan to march to the administration building tonight to show their solidarity as the board gets ready to approve a new budget. According to Newswatch 16, the issue, as it is so often in school district labor disputes, is healthcare. Under the district’s proposed budget, according to Boland, ... More About: Tonight , March , Teachers
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-20 00:33:00 Montage… I mean Sno Mountain. Photo by SurfScranton. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
World?s Biggest Dick Joke
2007-12-19 01:30:00 Would you believe its near the corner of Cedar and Shaft? Google reportedly grabbed the image from Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, who took the aerial photograph in 2005. Here’s what happened: Pranksters in 2004 used weed killer to etch the giant phallus into the turf of Harman-Geist Memorial Field, located in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... More About: World , Joke , Dick
Competition To Run Channel 61
2007-12-19 01:06:00 Scranton Today, which produces Public Access Channel 61, has some competition from an organization called Electric City TeleVision. The Times-Tribune reports that Chris Balton, a film producer who moved to Scranton last spring, has created a promotional DVD plugging the viability of ECTV as the new operator of Channel 61. ECTV would take Scranton Today, ... More About: Competition
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-19 01:03:00 Dunder Mifflin. Photo by tomdobb. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
Rob Zombie Coming to Scranton
2007-12-19 00:52:00 While, recently, he may be more famous for the movies he directs, Rob Zombie can still rock. According to Music Dot Biz, the former White Zombie front man and Halloween remake director will be peforming at the Scranton Cultural Center on Friday January 11th. More About: Cran
Times-Tribune In Trouble?
2007-12-19 00:43:00 The Times -Tribune of Scranton is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor for possible overtime violations and other workplace issues. According to the website Editor & Publisher, citing Wilkes-Barre’s Times Leader, “The [labor] department?s Wage and Hour division at the Wilkes-Barre office mailed a two-page form dated Nov. 21 to current and ...
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-18 00:53:00 Isaiah Everheart. Photo by AviatorDave More About: Picture , Picture of the day
?Heyabonics? Troupe In The News
2007-12-18 00:47:00 Local comedy troupe One Laugh At Least planned to perform its ?Heynabonics? skit one last time and that was in front of a videocamera. Instead the comedy troupe will probably have to perform it for the rest of the troupe?s existence ? all because of YouTube.com. After the 5-minute sketch was posted to YouTube on ... More About: News , In the News , The News
EC Publishes Best of 2007 Readers Poll
2007-12-17 06:06:00 Electric City Magazine published it’s annual year end best of poll. Some of the highlights include The Bog for Best Live Music Club, fellow Scranton High alum Connor McGuigan for Best DJ, the Glider Diner for Best Old School Restaurant, Zumo’s Cafe for Best Cup of Coffee, and Crystal Club favorite, Mert’s, as ... More About: Readers , Poll
PEL To Scranton - Raise Taxes!!
2007-12-17 04:35:00 Payments made in lieu of taxes and money left over from last year?s bond issue helped the city balance its operating budget for 2008, but the city?s long-range financial picture remains bleak because of the lack of a tax increase, according to the city?s recovery plan coordinator. According to the Times-Tribune, a year ago, PEL officials ... More About: Taxes , Scranton , Cran
And I Thought My Commute Sucked!
2007-12-16 23:27:00 AM New York has an interesting article about a man who commutes 175 miles from Montrose to Long Island 4 days a week. That’s a SIX hour commute! Editor’s Note: I will never complain about my daily commute to Wilkes-Barre ever again. More About: Thought , Commute , Mute
Ebay Find Of The Day
2007-12-16 23:19:00 1/24 Scale Scranton Police Slicktop K9 Unit. This is a CUSTOM “Welly” 1/24 scale Scranton Pennsylvania Police Department Ford Crown Victoria Slicktop K-9 Unit.. This is a highly detailed unit complete with red dash light and opening doors which show off the detailed interior. More About: Ebay , Find
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-16 21:11:00 Old and new. Photo by tomdobb More About: Picture , Picture of the day
Merrill Lynch Coming To Scranton Afterall
2007-12-16 20:56:00 The building at 317 Linden St. will house Merrill Lynch ?s Global Markets & Investment Banking Group, said building owner Jerry Joyce. The Merrill Lynch division has 630 offices worldwide, including Binghamton, N.Y., Allentown, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport. According to the Times-Tribune, the 6,000-square-foot office on Linden Street would occupy the second floor, above Scanlan?s Restaurant ... More About: Scranton , Cran
A Cloud Over Dunmore?
2007-12-16 05:07:00 Harrisburg’s Patriot News reports that Dunmore High School’s football team used active college players, including former Dunmore and current Wilkes College quarterback Corey Gilmore, to simulate the speed of Jeannette all-state quarterback Terrelle Pryor in a practice this week. The use of college players in scholastic practice is prohibited by the PIAA and ... More About: Cloud
Ebay Find Of The Day
2007-12-15 22:59:00 Scranton Wooden Nickel. Copyright 1938, issued by the Scranton Association as a unique souvenir : 100 anniversary of the founding of Scranton and the 75th anniversary of its incorporation as a City. More About: Ebay , Find
Picture Of The Day
2007-12-15 22:42:00 The Times-Tribune building. Photograph by calypsogemini. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
Keep Your Heads Up
More articles from this author:2007-12-15 22:08:00 The Dunmore Bucks lost to Jeannette 49-21. Congratulations on a wonderful season! More About: Heads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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