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    Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton...
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  • University of Scranton is a private Jesuit university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1888 by William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St...
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    nomination in Pennsylvania's 1962 gubernatorial election, defeating Democrat Richardson Dilworth in the general election. As governor, Scranton presided over...
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    215,896 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Scranton. The county was created on August 13, 1878, following decades of trying...
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    the Northeast Pennsylvania Standard metropolitan statistical area, with Monroe County added as a component. It was renamed the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan...
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    Pennsylvania Paper and Supply Company, situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is a privately owned wholesaler specializing in facilities management, industrial...
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  • crime family, Scranton Wilkes-Barre crime family, Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family, Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia, or Scranton Mafia, was an Italian-American...
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    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (IATA: AVP, ICAO: KAVP, FAA LID: AVP) is mostly in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania, and spans the border between...
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    William Worthington Scranton III (born July 20, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987...
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  • portrayed by John Krasinski. He is introduced as a sales representative at the Scranton branch of paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin, before temporarily...
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    Yellow: the most populous county Northeastern Pennsylvania is home to PNC Field in Moosic, which hosts the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the AAA affiliate...
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    The Scranton School District is a large, urban school district located in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the Wyoming Valley region of northeastern Pennsylvania...
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    mayor of Scranton is the chief executive of the government of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Scranton. The current...
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  • are located in Moosic, Pennsylvania, in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, and are named in reference to Northeastern Pennsylvania being home to the first...
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  • Mountain Performing Arts Center) is an outdoor amphitheater located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, within the Montage Mountain Ski Resort. A temporary fixture was...
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  • Scranton High School is an urban high school located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is part of the Scranton School...
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    Atlanta, since 1858 St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, since 1862 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 1869 Kansas City, Missouri, since...
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  • Lake Scranton is an American reservoir that is located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, It has a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) running track which surrounds it...
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    Scranton Preparatory School is a co-educational Jesuit high school located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Scranton Prep opened its doors in...
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  • played by Ellie Kemper. She is the optimistic office receptionist for the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, a position previously held by Pam Beesly before...
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  • The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (sometimes known as the WBS Penguins) are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the...
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  • The Scranton Times-Tribune is a morning newspaper serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania, area. Until August 2023, it was the flagship title of Times-Shamrock...
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    WYOU (redirect from CBS Scranton)
    television station licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting...
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    Charles Sumner Woolworth (category Businesspeople from Pennsylvania)
    "Sum", opened and managed the world's first five-and-dime store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was founder of the "C. S. Woolworth & Co" chain of 5¢ & 10¢...
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    Joe Biden (category Politicians from Scranton, Pennsylvania)
    Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He graduated from...
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    the belly of a whale that had washed ashore in Boston. Brewers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and other cities challenged Houdini to escape from a barrel after...
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    Jason Miller (playwright) (category Writers from Scranton, Pennsylvania)
    Exorcist III. He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set. Miller was...
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  • waste of time, and buys a new car. When the Scranton and Stamford branches merge, Jim returns to Scranton alongside a female co-worker, Karen Filippelli...
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    furnace, he and his brother Selden T. Scranton are considered the founders of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, named for their family. They and two...
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    The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) is a United States Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC) facility that manufactures large-caliber metal projectiles...
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