Christine Lee

Pennsylvania

Reporter at Scranton Times-Tribune

@timestribune reporter/obit clerk. Previously: @repherald, @FlorhamPEagle, @MadisonEagle. @WilkesU alum.

Articles

Waverly resident’s project fosters relationships with teens in Ukraine

4 days ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

A Girl Scout’s work with a nonprofit connecting English speakers with people in Ukraine allowed her and the people she interacted with a chance to learn about what makes their cultures similar and unique. Waverly resident Sierra Lavelle, a member of Girl Scout Troop 50968 in Clarks Summit, became a mentor for ENGin, a nonprofit organization that connects volunteer English speakers from around the world with people in Ukraine to help them learn English for her Gold Award project.
Trees in Scranton memorialize victims of Oklahoma City bombing

6 days ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

SCRANTON — In the days following the Oklahoma City bombing, expressions of shock and support for those affected were shared across the country, including in Lackawanna County. The terrorist bombing occurred April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 individuals. It moved people to raise money and donate supplies.
Court finds Scranton School District teacher liable for assaulting student

1 week ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

A federal judge ruled a special education teacher in the Scranton School District deliberately assaulted a student and district officials didn’t take steps to prevent it but dismissed other counts against the administrators. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick agreed in a ruling issued late last month that Erica Stolan engaged in willful misconduct by acting in an abusive manner toward the student, who has multiple disabilities, including autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Scranton High School students, city, school district leaders plant trees

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Christine Lee

SCRANTON — New trees on the Scranton High School campus will provide shade and beauty to the school grounds and surrounding community. City and Scranton School District officials joined students to plant 10 native trees in front of the high school Monday afternoon.
Scranton High School students, city, school district leaders plant trees

1 week ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

SCRANTON — New trees on the Scranton High School campus will provide shade and beauty to the school grounds and surrounding community. City and Scranton School District officials joined students to plant 10 native trees in front of the high school Monday afternoon.
Wawa approved in Covington Twp.

1 week ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

A Wawa is slated to be built in Covington Twp., not far from North Pocono High School. The township supervisors voted 3-2 last week to grant a request by 2025 Bochicchio Covington LLC to build the convenience store and gas station near the intersection of Drinker Turnpike and Bochicchio Boulevard in the Daleville section of the township. Supervisor Chair Melissa Kearney and Supervisor Wanda Andreoli voted against the project. Vice Chairman F.
University of Scranton building on target for fall semester opening

1 week ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

SCRANTON — Where there is drywall, concrete, steel beams and empty elevator shafts will soon be classrooms, labs, a small business development center, a space for innovation and a student health center. Construction continues on Weiss Hall, the center for workforce development, applied research and outreach on the campus of the University of Scranton.
Scranton School Board narrowly approves new legal counsel for district

2 weeks ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

SCRANTON — The Scranton School Board narrowly approved a new legal counsel for the district. Directors voted 5-3 at a special meeting Thursday to hire Joyce, Carmody and Moran as the district’s general and special education legal counsel beginning May 1.
Man’s body recovered near Lackawanna River in Carbondale

2 weeks ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

Authorities recovered the body of a man near the Lackawanna River in Carbondale on Thursday afternoon. Carbondale police and firefighters responded to 100 Enterprise Drive around 1:30 p.m. The body of a man was found behind Millennium Packaging Services in the city, Police Chief Brian Bognatz said. Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland said the man died by a self-inflicted gunshot and said the death is a suicide. Authorities cleared the scene in an hour, Bognatz said.
Taylor man charged after threatening his mother

2 weeks ago | thetimes-tribune.com | Christine Lee

A Taylor man faces charges after police said he threatened his mother. Gloria Clarillo told borough police Wednesday her son, Rasheid Figueroa, 24, threatened to kill her at their home. She told them that he lives with her and speaks with her daughter, whom she does not speak to. Clarillo said Figueroa was having her daughter come to the apartment and she asked him not to have her there on her day off as she wanted to avoid her, Sgt. Nicholas Snyder wrote in a criminal complaint.