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Pittston was incorporated as a city in December 1894. As defined by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pittston operated as a Third Class City as defined by the state's Third Class City Code. In 2013, however, the electorate authorized Pittston's city government to commence operating under a Home Rule Charter effective January 2 ...
John Sciandra (born Giovanni Sciandra, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ʃˈʃandra]; April 10, 1899 – September 11, 1949) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bufalino crime family of Pennsylvania from 1933 until 1949.
Russell Alfred Bufalino [2] (/ ˌ b ʌ f ə ˈ l iː n oʊ /; born Rosario Alfredo Bufalino, [3] Italian: [roˈzaːrjo alˈfreːdo bufaˈliːno]; October 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) was an Italian-American mobster who became the crime boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Italian-American Mafia crime family known as the Bufalino crime family, which he ruled from 1959 to 1994.
In 1979, The Times purchased the last remaining competing daily newspaper in the county, The News Tribune of Beaver Falls. [4] In April 1997, the paper switched from an evening print to morning. Times owner Calkins Media was acquired by GateHouse Media in 2017, [5] and GateHouse was merged into Gannett in 2019. [6]
In 1990, D'Elia was implicated in a money laundering operation involving The Metro, a newspaper in Exeter, Pennsylvania. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) charged that over $3.0 million in drug and prostitution money was hidden as revenue from fictional Metro newspaper ads and subscriptions.
West Pittston is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the Susquehanna River (opposite of Pittston City ). In 2020, the population was 4,644.
Albert Bender was born on June 16, 1921, in Duryea, Pennsylvania. [1] He lived with his stepfather. Bender worked as a factory clerk. He was drawn to the supernatural; he fashioned haunted house decorations and horror movie scenes on his walls. [2]: 183 He attended West Pittston High School in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. [1]