Community Medical Center's financial penalty from the largest medical malpractice award in Lackawanna County history has been reduced by $2.2 million, The Sunday Times has learned.
An $8.2 million judgment against CMC late last year came from an incident during a time the hospital was not sufficiently insured against large malpractice verdicts. As a result, the verdict raised concerns about the hospital's fiscal soundness.
Just months after the Mattress Man regional chain of bedding shops closed in December, three former longtime employees decided to give the business another shot.
"We were out in the street, unemployed," said Bill Jenkins of Lake Sheridan. "We decided we're going back to where we started."
Mr. Jenkins and his partners, Sarge Snyder of Lake Sheridan and Fred Burrell of Simpson, established Two Mattress Men, which has opened stores in Honesdale and at former Mattress Man locations in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre since April.
MOOSIC - Forced to once again postpone a game because of unplayable field conditions, the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees on Saturday acknowledged what had become increasingly obvious.
PNC Field's drainage system is no longer working properly. The field needs to be overhauled this winter, but until then, sunny days won't always be good days for baseball.
"We'll explore all options, but if the weather worsens, field conditions worsen, we will have to look at playing games in other venues," team president Kristen Rose said.
SWB Yankees is appealing a state determination that the group should turn over bids from concessionaires at PNC Field.
Filed last month in Lackawanna County Court, the appeal challenges a May ruling by the state Office of Open Records which found The Times-Tribune had a right to information detailing what companies bid to be concessionaire at PNC Field and for what price.
The winning bid, submitted by Legends Hospitality Management - a company co-owned by the New York Yankees - was selected by SWB Yankees, the team's management partnership. The Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority was given a blind comparison of the three bids, but the names of the bidders and amounts of the competing bids were not disclosed.
As far as being "recession proof" goes, it's tough to beat hot dog sales on the Fourth of July.
Despite the faltering economy, Northeast Pennsylvanians didn't necessarily skimp this weekend on Independence Day celebrations. Fireworks still dazzled. Franks and burgers were still grilled.
"Fourth of July has to do with the weather, that's all it is," said Steve Schultz, meat department manager at Gerrity's on South Main Avenue in Scranton, where the holiday sales were right on pace. "If it's nice, you're going to sell."
Within two weeks, construction crews are expected to complete the addition and renovation to Scranton's Kennedy Elementary School.
Soon after they finish, the demolition of Whittier Elementary will begin.
As students enjoy summer vacation, school officials are working to make sure Kennedy students will be able to return to their school in September, and the transition out of Whittier Elementary to the former St. Mary's School on River Street runs smoothly.
ALLENTOWN - With the exception of some cameras, a gate and a discreet sign, Habit OPCO's methadone clinic in Allentown could pass for the last home on a dead-end street. There are no lines of patients winding out the door. A child-size table and chairs sit in one corner of the waiting room.
Dunmore Police Chief Patrick Reese stands at the counter as a patient would. The nurse at the computer asks him questions about how he is feeling, before taking his pulse and checking his pupils.
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