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. 
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Barack?s $20,000 Breakfast
2008-04-24 04:41:00 Sen. Barack Obama?s half-eaten waffle and sausage link are still sitting in a freezer at John Oakes? home, but their online image has taken on a life of its own, attracting profiteers and inspiring artists. Mr. Oakes, a loyal customer of the Glider Diner in Scranton, convinced the diner?s owner, Charles LeStrange, to bequeath to ... More About: Breakfast
Class President Forced to Resign
2008-04-24 04:33:00 School administrators who suspended two Scranton High School students who skipped class Monday to meet Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama were acting in accordance with district policy, Assistant Superintendent William King said Tuesday. But 18-year-old Colin Saltry claims an administrator also forced him to resign as senior class president. Mr. Saltry and senior ... More About: President , Forced , Resign , Class
Scranton Fugitives on America?s Most Wanted
2008-04-08 05:57:00 Darak Williams, 26, and Kashema Reddish, 25, both of Scranton , are featured on America ’s Most Wanted website in connection of the death of Reddish’s 3-year-old daughter, Kavannah Salvador, in February 2008. [amw] More About: Most Wanted
Med School Finds a Home
2008-04-08 05:43:00 The proposed Commonwealth Medical College will soon own a 3-acre lot to build a $75 million headquarters beside the Northeast Intermediate School . Medical school officials reached perhaps their biggest milestone yet tonight when the Scranton School Board unanimously approved the nearly $1 million sale of the Pine Street parcel. Commonwealth administrators now expect construction of ... More About: Home , Med school
Renaissance at Lackawanna
2008-04-05 17:43:00 After four years, work has begun in earnest on the 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue, with crews working on the state Department of Transportation?s streetscaping project and local developer Donald Rinaldi?s renovation and restoration of much of the block. When completed, he envisions one of the most distressed blocks in the city reborn as a ... More About: Renaissance
Hazleton?s Obama Girl
2008-04-05 07:16:00 This bleak former coal town in northeastern Pennsylvania occupies a unique perch in this year’s presidential contest. It’s the hometown of “Obama Girl ,” the New York City model of YouTube fame whose racy videos proclaiming her crush on Barack Obama are definitely not campaign-sanctioned. Her parents still live here, and her unlikely career break ... More About: Hazleton , Obama Girl
Ebay Find of the Day
2008-04-05 06:50:00 1954 Crystal Club Soda Bottle. [ebay] More About: Ebay , Find
Picture of the Day
2008-04-05 06:40:00 Photo by Bob Patterson. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
Scranton Scrapbook: Recalling Scranton?s Car Culture
2008-04-05 06:13:00 The task of increasing participation in the comments section of the Crystal Club Soda website sounds like a great opportunity for an Irish guy with a good sense of mischief and a large supply of photographs taken in Scranton during the Fifties, Sixties, and early Seventies. It makes the assignment seem downright easy. Writing something ... More About: Culture , Scrapbook
Slick Willie in Scranton
2008-04-05 05:59:00 Times-Tribune reporter Stacy Brown had exclusive access to a fundrasier featuring former President Bill Clinton at Mayor Doherty’s house Wednesday night. [Times-Tribune] More About: Willie , Scranton
Coney Island Fire Ruled Arson
2008-04-05 05:52:00 The cause of the fire at Coney Island Texas Lunch was ruled arson by fire investigators this afternoon, after traces of an accelerant were discovered, said Scranton Fire Chief Tom Davis. This came less than 24 hours after firefighters were dispatched to the Thursday night blaze that damaged the historic lunch spot. There ... More About: Coney Island , Arson
Obama Details
2008-03-31 05:00:00 Senator Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Dunmore on Tuesday. The meeting will be held at the Dunmore Community Center, 1414 Monroe Ave. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are free and can be obtained at Lackawanna County’s Obama campaign headquarters, 114 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, on Sunday, from 1 to 10 ... More About: Details
Obama Coming Back
2008-03-29 00:36:00 Sen. Barack Obama ?s bus tour will be stopping in Scranton on April Fools? Day, a city official confirmed. Tuesday?s visit will come on the fifth day of the Democratic presidential candidate?s six-day tour across the state, which the campaign has dubbed ?Road to Change.? He is expected during the tour to discuss the need to ... More About: Back
Local Mob Boss Pleads Guilty
2008-03-29 00:30:00 The reputed boss of a northeastern Pennsylvania crime family pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges, a possible sign that he has agreed to testify against a businessman accused of lying to get a casino license. William D’Elia, 62, the alleged boss of the Bufalino crime family, was charged in 2006 with laundering hundreds of thousands ... More About: Boss , Local , Guilty
Picture of the Day
2008-03-29 00:26:00 Lucy, who ran the Dinner Bell, in Dunmore would be considered by at least one customer to be the best bar tender in the world. Photo courtesy of Bob Patterson. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
CNN Visits the ?Pizza Capital of the World?
2008-03-25 03:57:00 CNN published a story on the “Pizza Capitol of the World ”, Old Forge. [CNN] More About: The World , Capital
Huge Bust!
2008-03-25 03:47:00 A Scranton man who works as a security guard was arrested Thursday for having in excess of $10,000 worth of cocaine, marijuana and other drugs at his home. Police also found a cache of 13 semi-automatic rifles and handguns, several boxes of ammunition, two bullet-proof vests and gas masks at the home of Thomas ... More About: Bust , Huge
Rainn Wilson and Greg Daniels on Scranton
2008-03-22 21:49:00 The following is an excerpt from an interview with Rainn Wilson and Greg Daniels of The Office from monstersandcritics.dom: Were you able to kind of recapture the energy at all when you guys got back from the convention in Scranton ? Greg Daniels: Sure. The convention was very fun and, it was a wonderful experience to see ...
Southern Union Building Finally Sold
2008-03-22 21:37:00 Businessman Gerry Donahue told The Times-Tribune on Saturday he has purchased the Lackawanna Avenue building that has sat mostly empty since the former gas company built the $16 million structure in 2005. The news was met with enthusiasm by Mayor Chris Doherty and Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce President Austin Burke. Mr. Doherty called ... More About: Building , Union , Finally , Southern , Sold
Picture of the Day
2008-03-18 03:14:00 Photo by jonathoanslingluff. More About: Picture , Picture of the day
More Obama
2008-03-18 03:12:00 The Washington Post covers Barack’s speech at the Irish Society of Women dinner. [Washington Post] More About: Obama
Naked Men + Trolleys = Scandal
2008-03-18 00:50:00 The Lackawanna County Trolley Museum was the site of the Green Tea Party all male review on Saturday. Editor’s Note: I think I hear the Legion of Doom sharpening their swords. More About: Scandal
MTV Choose or Loose to be Filmed in Scranton
2008-03-18 00:29:00 Democratic contenders Sens. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) will participate in MTV’s Choose or Lose campaign via a discussion with young Iraq war veterans on the fifth anniversary of the war. Clinton and Obama will not appear together. Rather, each candidate will talk to the same eight veterans: Chris Weimer, Ernest Johnson, Ryan Groves, ... More About: Scranton
Parade Draws Major Crowd, Minor Incidents
2008-03-18 00:07:00 Officials estimated 130,000 to 150,000 revelers packed the downtown for the festivities and to possibly catch a glimpse of presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., who marched in the parade. Despite such a high-profile guest, the parade ran smoothly. However, as expected, there were some alcohol-related incidents. State police said two adults were arrested for ... More About: St Patrick , Parade , Major , Crowd , Minor
Obama Arives
2008-03-17 23:51:00 Last week it was Senator Hillary Clinton, today Senator Barack Obama is in Scranton, making two campaign stops. The first stop after arriving at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport was downtown Scranton and Whistles Pub, where the senator was greeted with a smattering of cheers. He offered a quick wave before walking inside the bar for ...
Is Hillary from Scranton?
2008-03-13 01:12:00 The Huffington Post has a funny article about the many hometowns of Hillary . [Huffington Post] More About: Scranton
The Madness has Begun!
2008-03-13 01:08:00 McCain, Clinton, and Obama coming to the parade? A plot to blow up the Steamtown mall? Joe Pilchesky to head the Doherty reelection campaign? Chelsea Clinton is hot? Has anyone else heard a good one this week? Election madness is engulfing the Electric City! I can’t wait ... More About: Madness
Chelsea Visits the Electric City
2008-03-12 00:18:00 Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Democratic presidential candidate New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, will campaign in Scranton later today. Ms. Clinton will appear at her mother’s downtown Scranton headquarters, 222 Wyoming Ave. The event is billed as the official grand opening of the headquarters, which has actually been open for more than a week. ... More About: Chelsea , City , Electric
Hillary Coming Back for Parade
2008-03-12 00:11:00 Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gov. Ed Rendell will appear at Scranton’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade . In answer to a shout from the crowd, the Democratic presidential hopeful told Monday’s Scranton High School rally, “I love the Irish.” And Clinton says she will return with Rendell for the parade on Saturday. Parade association President ... More About: Back , Hillary
Hillary?s Here!
More articles from this author:2008-03-10 23:54:00 The Times-Tribune has a time line of her visit to the Electric City. More About: Hillary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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