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Joe Biden’s Scranton neighborhood turned out a president-elect, governor, senators, other leaders Updated Jan 20, 2021; Posted Jan 20, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden and Jill listen during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington, the night before his inauguration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP Facebook Share By Borys Krawczeniuk | Times-Tribune President-elect Joe Biden likes to joke how he had to leave Scranton’s Green Ridge neighborhood and move to Delaware because he knew that Casey guy down the street wou...

Washington Avenue in Scranton, about 8 blocks long, has produced a governor, two state auditor generals, a state treasurer, two U.S. Senators, two congressmen, a federal judge. a city mayor, two city councilmen, the vice president and now the president of the U.S.

Former Pa. Gov. Dick Thornburgh remembered as a leader who was right for his time Updated Jan 01, 2021; Facebook Share Former Gov. Dick Thornburgh wasn’t the most charismatic governor Pennsylvania ever had. He wasn’t the most beloved. Succeeding Govs. Robert P. Casey, Tom Ridge, Ed Rendell and Tom Wolf all won re-election by significantly larger vote margins. He also wasn’t the most visionary. The public policy initiative that many remember Thornburgh for the most was being the first governor to push for an end to the state’s monopoly on liquor sales. Forty years later, Pennsylvaniaâ...