Dr. Jessica Rothchild, a local physical therapist and community volunteer announced Wednesday that she will be competing for the Democratic nomination for Scranton City Council....
Scranton Councilman Bill Gaughan was shocked to learn of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raids on City Hall and Mayor Bill Courtwright's residence....
A well placed source inside the Lackawanna Democratic Party has told The Scranton Citizen that Mayor Bill Courtright's resignation is only a matter of time....
Before City Confidential went on our holiday sabbatical we joked that no one should get raided or arrested in our absence. Seriously, we were not joking. This week's column was going to examine whether U.S. Senator Bob Casey makes a formidable candidate for President or Vice President. That was before Mayor Bill Courtright went and got himself raided. All kidding aside. The last thing we want to do is put out bad information. We have received plenty of calls since Wednesday and many of the assertions have already proven to be untrue. Here is what we know: On Wednesday, FBI agents were seen raiding City Hall. The...
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday raided both City Hall and the private home of Mayor Bill Courtright....
Well, that was fast. Twenty-four months and five days after being appointed to the Scranton School Board Director Paige Gebhardt Cognetti tendered her resignation. Cognetti announced her decision this week in a public Facebook post. She's also accepted a job working for Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, who like Cognetti, has doggedly pursued matters of financial malpractice within the Scranton School District. We don't blame the reform minded Ivy League graduate for wanting out. During her two-year tenure, she took on entrenched interests and was the brunt of jokes, name calling, and misogynistic treatment by her colleagues. The knock on Cognetti has been that...
Who needs cable when Scrantonians can attend Scranton School Board meetings? This week your favorite cast returned for the premiere of their new season. They never fail to deliver the high drama, laughs, and controversy avid viewers have come to expect. The directors, minus Greg Popil (more on that later), met Monday night for their annual re-organization meeting. Almost immediately, chaos ensued. Directors shouted over one another as five different members - Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, Barbara Dixon, Katie Gilmartin, and Tom Schuster - were nominated for President. Gilmartin was defeated in a 5-4 vote, with Robert Casey, Dixon, Paul Duffy, Bob Lesh (BL!), and Popil voting...
The Scranton City Council voted 3-2 Monday evening to approve Mayor Bill Courtright's proposed budget for 2019. ...
State law enforcement officials raided the Administration Office of the Scranton School District this week. Media reports indicate that they removed documents and computers from the board secretary and the transportation director's offices. The other shoe is dropping. We bet there are lots of nervous former bus drivers in Scranton this weekend. Mayor Bill Courtright introduced his 2019 budget this week. No increases in city taxes but the $300 garbage fee remains in place. If approved by City Council, the Mayor's budget will represent the third consecutive year without hikes in taxes. This is Scranton and that's no small feat. Critics of the Mayor will...
The 2019 city budget, introduced Friday by Mayor Bill Courtright, includes no increases in property taxes. If ratified, the budget will represent the third consecutive year of no tax hikes....