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	     	<title><![CDATA[State police dispatch logs public record, state office rules]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Time-response logs that might shed light on the state police response to a February crash that caused the death of a Taylor man must be turned over to The Times-Tribune, the state Office of Open Records has ruled.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission den]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:31:21 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Records office rules state police must turn over logs]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.citizensvoice.com/news/records_office_rules_state_police_must_turn_over_logs?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[Time-response logs that might shed light on the state police response to a February crash that caused the death of a Taylor man must be turned over to Times-Shamrock Newspapers, the state Office of Open Records has ruled.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:12:20 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna commissioners pass 2010 budget with cuts]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Lackawanna County commissioners unanimously adopted a 2010 budget Wednesday that includes no tax increase, but they acknowledged their job to bring the county's expenses in line with what taxpayers can afford is not yet complete.
Commissioners closed a b]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:36:43 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County eliminates 27 positions to save $1.25m]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Lackawanna County has eliminated 27 positions - 14 through immediate layoffs - to save $1.25 million next year and stave off a tax increase, commissioners said Tuesday.
The 27 layoffs were made Friday. An additional two employees laid off in the county c]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:45:17 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[COLTS looking at new bus routes for colleges, Commerce Boulevard]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/colts_looking_at_new_bus_routes_for_colleges_commerce_boulevard?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[The Lackawanna County Transit System should consider expanding service for businesses along Commerce Boulevard in Dickson City and for local colleges, according to first impressions from a consultant analyzing bus routes.
Though a full route analysis wil]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:42:46 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Stadium authority board member submits resignation]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A four-year board member of the Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority has resigned, saying he would like to spend more time with family and on his business.
James Moran was appointed by former Commissioner Bob Cordaro and current minority Co]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:52:31 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Stadium authority board member resigns]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Says decision not tied to calls to quit

 A four-year board member of the Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority has resigned, saying he would like to spend more time with family and on his business.
James Moran was appointed by former Commiss]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority looks to survive after state ends funding]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Funding for the agency building the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail was eliminated from the state budget last month, threatening cultural, historical and economic development projects throughout Lackawanna County.
The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:51:04 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Families celebrate adoptions at county court]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Since Sam was 3 days old, foster parents Dave and Cindy Petriello said they knew they wanted him to be their son.
The legal process to adopt the 22-month-old boy ended when Lackawanna County Judge Chester T. Harhut declared it official Friday morning: Sa]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:12:52 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County lays off 20 employees; controller might challenge]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Lackawanna County laid off 20 employees effective the end of the work day Friday, minority Commissioner A.J. Munchak confirmed.
Two of the layoffs could potentially lead to a legal battle between county Controller Ken McDowell and the majority commission]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:44:47 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County seeks more time to negotiate prison medical contract]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Lackawanna County commissioners are asking their prison health care provider to extend its current contract until Dec. 15, while the terms of a new one are worked out.
Though a $6.7 million proposal from Correctional Care Inc. won approval from the Lacka]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:59:31 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County to sell nursing home for $13.4M]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Lackawanna County Commissioners approved a letter of intent Thursday to sell the Lackawanna County Health Care Center for $13.4 million to a Miami, Fla.-based nursing home management company.
Minority Commissioner A.J. Munchak disagreed with the decision]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:03:16 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County gives current prison vendor a pass in bid process]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The Lackawanna County Prison Board unanimously approved a new contract for its prison health care vendor based on a proposal that did not include details other bidders were required to submit. 
Meanwhile, one of the rejected bidders said his proposal cou]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:48 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County non-disclosure agreement with vendor inappropriate, attorneys say]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A confidentiality agreement between Lackawanna County and its prison health care vendor is "legally inappropriate" and does not supersede the state's Right to Know Law, said attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union and Pennsylvania Newspaper Ass]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:58:58 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County paying 7k a month for cell phones, text messaging]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Lackawanna County pays an average of $7,184 a month - $86,208 per year - for 220 employees to have cell phones, a cost over the last year that included extra charges for text messaging and directory assistance, a Times-Tribune review found.
Text messagin]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:10:50 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County saves $11,000 so far with $262,000 space study]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A Lackawanna County study that cost $262,000 so far has seen measurable annual savings of only $11,280, but county commissioners said there will be more savings and the study will have value for decades.
The county commissioned a study in July 2008 to re]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:30:02 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Questions linger in death of Taylor motorist]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.citizensvoice.com/news/questions_linger_in_death_of_taylor_motorist?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[A state police report on an accident that killed a Taylor man in February does not explain why troopers from the Pocono Barracks failed to find the wreck off the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike for three days, Lackawanna County Coroner J]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:56:09 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lackawanna County agrees to keep prison vendor's public records secret and approves new contract]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:17:04 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Former Scranton City Councilwoman Holmes succumbs to cancer]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A former Scranton City Councilwoman known for her neighborhood and environmental advocacy has lost her five-month battle with cancer.
Nancy Kay Holmes, who served on council in the mid-1990s, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Hospice Unit.
"We've all lost a]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:10:26 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[County pushing tire recycling to cut back on illegal dumping]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Illegal dump sites contain thousands

 To help steer tires away from dumping grounds, Lackawanna County officials are urging residents to recycle as part of a countywide tire cleanup event.
A state study conducted in July by the nonprofit PA CleanWays fo]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:27:36 -0500</pubDate>
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