Christine Lee

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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.

1 week ago | yahoo.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.

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

Lackawanna County detectives arrested a Luzerne County man on drug charges in Scranton. Detectives noticed a man, later identified as Joseph White, 49, of Kingston, driving a silver Hyundai Elantra with tinted windows on North Main Avenue at Lafayette Street in West Scranton on March 14. They stopped him and, while speaking, learned he did not have a valid driver’s license. The detectives asked him to exit the vehicle.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christine Lee

A West Scranton man assaulted his ex-girlfriend and damaged property in her apartment, according to city police. Magisterial District Judge Kipp Adcock arraigned Andrew Gorba, 29, 118 St. Frances Cabrini Ave., Wednesday on felony charges of burglary and criminal trespassing, and misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, simple assault, loitering and criminal mischief. Police responded to the 1000 block of Jackson Street on Friday for a reported burglary.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.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.