{"id":122233,"date":"2026-02-24T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122233\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:40:08","slug":"officials-hear-from-public-on-proposed-scranton-to-nyc-passenger-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122233\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials hear from public on proposed Scranton-to-NYC passenger train"},"content":{"rendered":"

State, federal officials hear from public on proposed Scranton-to-New York City passenger train<\/p>\n

People interested in a potential Amtrak passenger train service between Scranton and New York City<\/a> had lots of questions Thursday.<\/p>\n

During a state Department of Transportation webinar, they wanted to know how often the trains would run, how much a trip would cost, the location of stations and, perhaps most importantly, when the first train will roll.<\/p>\n

CASA’s Wyoming Valley, Lackawanna County chapters to host Wilkes-Barre, Tunkhannock film screenings<\/p>\n

\u2018Brave the Dark,\u2019 a film based on a true story<\/a>, follows Mr. Deen, a teacher, who becomes a mentor to his student, Nate.<\/p>\n

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, or CASA,<\/a> of Wyoming Valley and CASA of Lackawanna County will partner to host free screenings of the film at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Wilkes-Barre THINK Center and at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock.<\/p>\n

NEWS VOICES: Last member of Lackawanna County-based art and memorabilia theft ring sentenced<\/p>\n

This week, WVIA’s Sarah Scinto and Borys Krawczeniuk wrap up the case of a Lackawanna County-based art and memorabilia theft ring<\/a> now that Nicholas Dombek, the last of the ring’s seven members, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State, federal officials hear from public on proposed Scranton-to-New York City passenger train People interested in a potential…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-122233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}