SCTIMESTRIBTIMESPAGES A03 080913 00:09 SUPERIMPSC CYAN MAGENTA BLACK LOCAL FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013 THE TIMES-TRIBUNE A3 Zoners face lawsuit over renovations 1 landlords believed the zoning office skirted city rules on condemned properties because zoning officer Michael Wallace had issued a "certificate of nonconformity" for MTJ that allowed renovations to proceed without zoning board review or approval. During the June 12 hearing, Mr. Kochis grilled Mr. Wallace about why he issued the certificate. Mr.
Wallace said he was directed to do so Firm: Board was wrong to halt permits BY JIM LOCKWOOD STAFF WRITER A Scranton firm that is renovating several Clay Avenue homes into student housing is suing the city zoning board to reverse its decision that building permits for one of the homes were improperly issued by the zoning officer. In a lawsuit filed recently in Lacka-wanna County Court, MTJ Development claims the zoning board erred on June 12 when it unanimously decided the city zoning officer improperly issued building permits for an MTJ property at 412 Clay board of a in matter. Lawsuit by BUTCH COMEGYS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The spirit moves them Cheerleaders from Hofstra University, above, and the University of Rhode Island, left, work out Thursday during a four-day University Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association College Spirit Camp at the University of Scranton. It is the 10th year that the university has hosted the camp, which this year attracted more than 70 participants from Syracuse, Villanova, Delaware, Cornell, Temple and other schools. The camp provides the chance for cheerlead-ing squads, dance teams and mascots to learn new techniques.
The camp continues through Sunday. 1 I "(The zoning is) incapable acting as neutral arbiter this filed MTJ Development Police: Man stalked ex-girlfriend call him back. Police also believe Mr. Robinson had large quantities of pizza delivered to Ms. Taylor's and her friends' residences on multiple occasions in August, according to a complaint.
Mr. Robinson was released from Lackawanna County Prison on $25,000 bail. He cannot have any contact with Ms. Taylor, her family or her friends, according to court documents. He is slated to appear in court Wednesday Contact the writer: ksullivantimesshamrock.com, ksullivanTT on Twitter Suspect allegedly used website, other means to harass woman and her friends and family.
BY KATIE SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER A Scranton man was arrested Thursday after he repeatedly contacted his ex-girlfriend, even sharing her information on Craigslist, after which she received a slew of lewd photos, calls and text messages to her cell Ave. It also claims board Chairman Steven Kochis was "clearly biased" against MTJ. The June 12 hearing was on an appeal by a Clay Avenue landlord, 1021 Mulberry LLC of Hazleton, on behalf of that firm and several other neighborhood landlords, who questioned the issuance of building permits to MTJ to renovate a condemned home at 412 Clay Ave. that the firm had recently acquired. Mulberry and the other Dickson City cop: Borough guilty of age discrimination by the city Law Department and he complied because, "I take orders." A flabbergasted Mr.
Kochis said, "It astonishes me. This is my seventh year on the board. This absolutely tops them all," according to a transcript of the June 12 hearing cited in the lawsuit. However, an MTJ attorney established during the June 12 hearing that the city's zoning rules give a property owner the right to request a certificate of nonconformity and give the zoning officer discretion to issue one. In a stunning rebuke, the zoning board voted 5-0 that the permits were improperly issued.
MTJ then sued to overturn the board's decision and have the building, electrical and Please see ZONING, PageA6 TIME TO SHINE. phone, police said. Blakely police and Lackawanna County detectives arrested Derek Robinson, 29, 2514 N. Main and charged him with stalking and three counts of harassment, according to a criminal complaint. The harassment began in April, when Kendra Taylor and her parents started getting lewd photos and calls in response to a Craigslist ad that none of them had posted, police said.
Ms. Taylor filed for a pro-tection-from-abuse order has never had any disciplinary issues. Despite having more seniority, he has been passed over for shifts in favor of other officers who are in their 20s. According to the suit, Mr. Edwards approached borough Police Chief William Bilinski in April 2012 to question why he was not being scheduled.
Chief Bilinski told Mr. Edwards he THIS MORNING proved manager complete Responsible Alcohol Management Program training within 180 days of the board's approval of the appointment. An administrative law judge may impose fines from $50 to $5,000 and a license suspension or revocation. JOSEPH KOHUT Homeless man charged in burglary SCRANTON Police charged a man listed as homeless with burglary Wednesday night for breaking into a city man's apartment and stealing his laptop while he was away. Christopher Molinari, 22, allegedly went up the back stairs and climbed through an unlocked bathroom window to the second-floor apartment of 828 Wood lawn St.
He later sold the laptop at Steamtown Trading Post. Police arrested him there when the store contacted police that he had returned. Mr. Molinari is charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property. He remains in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail, pending a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
JOSEPH KOHUT Thief breaks into woman's car SCRANTON City police said a thief broke into a woman's car while she against Mr Robinson in June, the third woman to do so since 2003, police said. Throughout July, Mr. Robinson sent Ms. Taylor flowers, left a garbage bag in front of her house containing books she'd given him when they dated and left messages on her answering machine. Her friends and family also received numerous texts, lewd photos and pleas for them to ask Ms.
Taylor to contact him, along with threatening to release her personal information on Craigslist again if she didn't "was not as productive as younger guys." The lawsuit, filed by attor-ney Cynthia Pollick of Pittston, seeks to require the borough to schedule Mr. Edwards in accordance with his seniority as well as back pay and compensation for emotional distress and attorney's fees. Contact the writer: tbeseckertimesshamrock.com ran into a city restaurant to pick up an order Wednesday night. Acting Capt. Glenn Thomas said the woman parked in front of Beech Street Grill, 902 S.
Webster about 6 p.m. and briefly ran inside. When she came out, she found her wallet and cellphone had been stolen from her car. It's not known how the car was entered. JOSEPH KOHUT Alleged violator of PFA in prison SCRANTON A man is in prison after allegedly violating a protection-from-abuse order six times throughout the past few months.
Joseph Bolin, 44, address not given, was charged with six counts of contempt for violation of a court order or agreement, for breaking his three-year no-contact order with his ex-girlfriend throughout June and July, according to court documents. Scranton police affidavits indicate Mr. Bolin sent a package containing a condom, ticket stubs and the skeleton key to her bedroom to the woman, as well as sexually explicit emails and leaving her numerous voice mails. He is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $60,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. KATIE SULLIVAN BY TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER STAFF WRITER A part-time Dickson City police officer filed a federal age-discrimination suit Thursday against the borough, alleging he's been passed over for shifts in favor of younger officers.
David Edwards, 43, says he's been employed as a part-time officer since 1995 and State police probe Monday hit-and-run ROARING BROOK TWP State police at Blooming Grove asked for the public's assistance to solve a hit-and-run in Lackawanna County. On Monday, Jodi Conacher, 50, drove south on Interstate 380, onto the Interstate 84 east entrance ramp, when a blue car struck her car as she passed a tractor-trailer around 2:45 p.m. She was driving a 2004 Chevrolet. She was not injured in the crash and was wearing her seat belt. Blue paint was left on the driver's side of her fender and bumper.
Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at 226-5718. JOSEPH KOHUT Scranton, Summit businesses cited SCRANTON The state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited two Lackawanna County businesses for liquor law violations in May, June and July. Morgan E. Weidow and Ashley E. Weidow Waldo's, 406 Green Ridge Scranton, was cited for permitting smoking in a public place where smoking is prohibited, on May 6, June 3 and June 23, the bureau reported.
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