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TCMC gets donation
Board members and representatives from the Lackawanna County Medical Society recently presented a $10,000 check to The Commonwealth Medical College to benefit the student scholarship fund.
The TCMC scholarship fund provides monetary assistance to qualified students who have demonstrated financial need or exceptional scholastic merit.
The gift was the latest in an on-going commitment from the LCMS supporting student scholarships at TCMC.
PUC launches website
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recently launched its new, more customer friendly website, www.puc.pa.gov , featuring new tools, including video for consumers and PAGasSwitch.com.
It’s geared for the PUC’s target audiences and divided into two sections, “Consumer Info” and “Utility & Industry.”
The video playing function allows visitors to watch public meetings posted approximately on hour after the conclusion of each meeting.
In addition there are education videos and video news releases on timely PUC issues.
The Forms and Filings section contains PUC forms and applications, eFile documents and a search function for retrieving documents.
PAGasSwitch is a natural gas shopping comparison tool for consumers. It allows for the search of natural gas suppliers by zip code.
It is a companion tool for the PAPowerSwitch.com website created by the PUC for electricity shopping.
The new site aims to provide transparency to pipeline safety matters and Act 13 Marcellus Shale impact fee records and other data.
Village to be blessed
A dedication and blessing of the newly renovated St. Hedwig’s Veterans Village in Kingston will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m., according to a news release.
The project, a program of Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton, rehabilitated the former St. Hedwig’s School on Zerby Avenue, transforming it into 12 permanent housing apartments for homeless disabled veterans.
The project will serve male and female homeless veterans, as well as homeless veterans with families.
The blessing will be given by Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton.
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Police report break-in
State police at Hazleton on Friday reported a break-in at the home of 69-year-old Doris Messer on East Broad Street.
The rear door of her residence was forced open between 9 a.m. and 1:20 p.m., but nothing was taken in the break-in, state police said.
Anyone with information about the break-in or who saw anything suspicious in the area at the time can contact state police at Hazleton at 570 459-3890.
State police said Sunday an early-morning crash on Interstate 81 north in Susquehanna County killed two New Jersey residents.
Police in Susquehanna County said a vehicle heading south on I-81 veered off the highway in Harford Township shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday.
Troopers said the vehicle went up a steep embankment and rolled over multiple times.
Police said 21-year-old Julius Ignacio and 20-year-old Richard Montano, both of Union, N.J., were thrown from the vehicle and killed.
State police indicated that three other men were in the vehicle, but listed no other injuries in their statement on the accident.
The Associated Press
