Casino exec pushes table games for slots parlors (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
HARRISBURG -- An executive of the Mohegan Sun casino near Wilkes-Barre urged the state Legislature today to allow Pennsylvania casinos to add table games such as blackjack, poker, dice and roulette.
Life is hello; life is goodbye (Savannah Morning News)
"Life is Hello, Life is Goodbye." That is the motto of Hospice Savannah's Camp Aloha held in Rincon the first weekend every May for children ages 6 to 18 who have suffered the loss of a loved one.
DATEBOOK (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 2: monthly meeting and luncheon, noon, Cooper’s Seafood House, North Washington Avenue. 347-7835.
Local briefs (Times Leader)
LEHMAN TWP. – The Lake-Lehman Educational Foundation Board invites members of the community and local businesses to attend its first public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the high school library.
DATEBOOK (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
The Century Club: literature program with speaker William Hines, 2 p.m.; annual luncheon and business meeting, May 22, 11:30 a.m.; The Town Pipers, June 1, 6 p.m.; historic preservation card party, June 16, noon; just cards, Mondays, 12:30 p.m.; bridge groups, Wednesdays, 6:30 and 7 p.m.; tours, second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 11:30 a.m.
Northeast Pa. Business Journal will host luncheon, awards ceremony (The Citizens' Voice)
The Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal will host the “Top 25 Women in Business in Northeast Pennsylvania” luncheon and awards ceremony June 13 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center.
Woman who named family in 2005 slay case now charged (The Daily Item)
EDWARDSVILLE (AP) _ A northeast Pennsylvania woman who allegedly named her husband, daughter and niece in a fatal 2005 robbery is now charged in the plot herself.
Oprah helps make NEPA safer place (Times Leader)
WILKES-BARRE – More than 1,000 smoke detectors were delivered to the city Monday afternoon as part of Oprah Winfrey’s Big Give.
DATEBOOK (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Greater Scranton Area Roaring Ramblers Toastmaster’s Club: open house, today, 6:30 p.m., Abington Community Library, Grove Street. 587-0232. Archbald Notre Dame Club: monthly meeting, today, 8 p.m., Kenny’s Pub, 153 Spruce St., Archbald. 876-4204.
Gas drilling and leasing can be a mixed blessing (The Daily & Sunday Review)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last of a series of articles about drilling for natural gas in Northeast Pennsylvania
