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Scranton company pays $40,000 for employing illegal immigrants

A Scranton manufacturing plant that employed more than 50 illegal immigrants two years ago has agreed to take steps to ensure it does not happen again, according to an order filed Friday in federal court. North American Manufacturing Inc., 1075 Barring A

Pennsylvania American Water customers face 6.6% rate increase

The state Public Utility Commission approved a settlement Friday granting a 6.6 percent rate increase to the region's largest water utility. The action will provide $30.75 million more in annual revenue to Hershey-based Pennsylvania American Water Co. Av

Local unemployed struggle to find work as national rate hits 26-year high

Marilynn Shields has not worked in almost two years and admits her immediate job prospects are daunting. "There's one opening in the field I'd like to be in," Ms. Shields, 63, of Clarks Summit, said Friday as she glanced at a computer at the state Career
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Petition to protect Sallie Mae jobs has more than 31,000 signatures

HANOVER TWP. - More than 31,000 Pennsylvanians have signed a petition to protect jobs at Sallie Mae and to voice their concerns about legislation that puts about a third of those jobs at risk companywide. "We have been overwhelmed by support," said Troy

 
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Lackawanna County agrees to keep prison vendor's public records secret and approves new contract

The medical care provider for Lackawanna County Prison has agreed to make detailed financial records available to the county under terms of a nondisclosure agreement - a deal that will deny public access to records the state has determined the county may


 

Who's New 10/29/2009

MOSES TAYLOR JOHNSON: A son, Oct. 26, to Brandon Johnson and Alyssa Giordano, Gouldsboro. MINDAS: A daughter, Oct. 26, to Bernard Jr. and Sarah Spear Mindas, Simpson. NAYLOR: A son, Oct. 23, to Dan and Dana Miles Naylor, Factoryville.