My name is Jonathan S., I had the unfortunate experience to interact with officer Gallagher from…read morethe Dickson City, PA police department on 10/3/24. My driving was impeccable that evening. I'm 52 and a professional truck driver with approximately one million miles of flawless driving. Therefore, I know my driving was perfect the evening of 10/3/24, and virtually every time behind the wheel. I was pulled over because officer Gallagher had nothing better to do than to tail someone who was driving absolutely fine and run their license plate. My registration was expired. He also said my license was suspended, which was not accurate. I have a NY state driver's license and it definitely was not suspended. Anyway, he stated without question, that if I took care of the registration and the issue with PennDOT, he would dismiss the two tickets he issued me. Then when I went to traffic court on 3/3/25, he failed to honor his word. Not only did he fail to honor his word, he used infractions from my teens and twenties (decades ago) to justify his actions. That's absurd! He's absurd! Not only is he not a man of his word, he's a subpar officer and human being. I'm not saying that technically there wasn't a legitimate infraction, what I'm saying is that he lied to me. He shouldn't say things that he doesn't intend to follow through with. He should also do worthwhile police work and not harass people who are driving perfectly and stone-sober. He acted like a robot in court, obsessed with extracting money from people without the ability to assess the situation and exercise any discretion. I used to wholeheartedly support the police. I still do support them, though now it's halfheartedly. We have a broken system. Officers are way to desperate to generate revenue to maintain their job security. I'm not for defunding the police, I'm for fully funding the police. Taxes wouldn't need to be raised either, just trim some of the fat from the local government. I could write pages about that nonsense, though I'll refrain. Anyway, traffic court was a circus in Dickson City yesterday! They had so many people in there, it was a money making mill! All to raise revenue on the backs of the hurting, so the suits in the courtroom can chase their American dream. That's sick! We have a majorly flawed system that needs fixed. Until it is fixed, I encourage all officers to stand with the utmost integrity, and only say things that they fully intend to follow through with. Also use your God given mind to assess situations and exercise a little discretion and compassion when dealing with human beings. If you're thinking about the bottom line at the start of your shift, rather than how you can be a positive force, you're off the mark. I sincerely wish all public servants the best and will be praying for them... even officer Gallagher. Take care and always strive to do your best. Yesterday's mistakes don't define you, you can do great things today! Sincerely, Jonathan S.

Spoke with a young woman who was extremely personable & helpful in dealing with a frustrated old…read morelady (me)! Did not think to ask her name, but she was super understanding of my plight to get my deposit information for my account straightened out. So nice when you work with someone who cares!!!

Great place- quick and affordable. Also great prices on auto and home insurance!read more

HARD PASS on the Keyser Ave location! They never notified me when my title arrived from NCDOT for a…read morestate transfer. I had to track it myself and discovered it had been delivered ten days earlier. When I went to the office, chaos ensued. No one seemed to know what they were doing, and they took their sweet time figuring it out. After over an hour of waiting, just as I was about to pay and leave with my plate, they sprung a surprise on me--I needed a bill of sale or else I'd have to pay sales tax on the bike again. Cue me scrambling to get in touch with the dealer, waiting even longer, and wasting my entire afternoon. Save yourself the headache and go elsewhere. Competitors handled my truck title in just 15 minutes, no fuss. Meanwhile, here at NE Title and Tag, I was stuck for almost two hours. Fast forward three months: They had the nerve to call and say I "forgot" to pay a fee--which, surprise, they forgot to charge me for--resulting in my registration being rejected by the state. After a heated back-and-forth with multiple people, they *finally* agreed to cover the fee and process what they had promised from the start. Now, I'm still anxiously waiting for my registration to show up. It's honestly scary that a place this disorganized is licensed to handle such important paperwork.

Very nice people, very straightforward. Will help through with the process, whatever it be that you…read moreare doing.

We found the Scranton Iron Furnaces by chance as we were driving by to go to another location and…read moredecided to pull in. I'm so glad we did because the stop was educational and unique, even if it was really really cold on the particular day we chose to visit. The original reviewer, actually the only other reviewer at the time of me posting this, gave so much information and history about this location that I will try and keep it quick. There definitely is a lot to read and a lot to learn here. The furnaces are huge, not like anything I expected, and reading the plaques makes you think about how intense it must have been here back when this place was active. Is really interesting. It's also a large open space so it was dog friendly and our dog liked walking around and sniffing the paths. There was a nice grassy area down at the bottom for her to run around in as well. It was also helpful that we were the only people there, with the exception of a city cop who seemed to be sleeping in his car or hiding from the general public. It was definitely a unique place to visit and these furnaces are worth checking out if you're in Scranton, especially if you're a history buff, but between the open space and the stairs, it's also just a good place to wander and get some steps in.

The Scranton Iron Furnaces, aka the The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company Furnaces, represent the…read more19th century iron industry in the United States at it's finest. The four massive stone blast furnaces are the remnants of a once extensive plant operated by the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company. Started in 1840 as Scranton, Grant & Company, the firm began as a partnership between William Henry (he had already been experimenting in New Jersey will the concept of using a "hot-blast technique" to make steel), his son-in-law Seldon Scranton, George Scranton and Sanford Grant. Henry with help from the Scrantons and other investors bought 500+ acres of land in what was then called Slocum Hollow along the Roaring Brook and set up shop building their first blast furnace in 1841. Initially the operation hemorrhaged money and had numerous production issues that plagued the company for its first few years almost driving it to bankruptcy on several occasions. Eventually by 1844 more investors were brought in so that capital could be raised for upgrades and to take care of any lingering flaws in their production model. By the summer of 1844 the furnace averaged five to seven tons of pig iron a day, but the company soon went into the more profitable business of producing T-rails for the railroad industry as there were no facilities in America where rails were capable of being produced. Everything at that point had to be ordered and shipped from Europe. In 1851, the town of Slocum's Hollow changed its name to Scranton in honor of the majority owners of the iron works for their success. (Scranton had other names in between like Harrison in honor of Presidential candidate William Henry Harrison and Scrantonia but I'm just focusing on what stuck.) By 1865 the company had the largest iron production capacity in the United States and were the second largest independent steel making operation in America.. After a long and successful run the fortunes of the company began to change due to higher labor costs, multiple strikes, higher shipping costs, changing markets and more efficient steel making processes in Europe all of which caused the company to move the operation to the Buffalo area in at the beginning of the 20th century. (The operation in the Buffalo area lasted all the way thru several mergers until Bethlehem Steel shut it down in the 1980's.) In 1903 the Scranton property was sold to the Wyoming Valley Railroad, which contracted with a Philadelphia company that scrapped all of the equipment, and tore down all the structures except the stone blast furnaces that you still see today. From the Internet: "In the late 1960s the furnaces were acquired by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and were administered under the State park system. The furnaces were transferred to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1971. Today the four connected stone blast furnace stacks are surrounded by 3.84 acres. The furnaces are set into the south side of a hillside with a 10 foot wide bridge, supported by masonry arches connecting them to the rock cliff. The two easternmost furnaces, dated 1848-1849, are built of smooth dressed stone blocks and stand 40 feet high and are 40 feet wide at the base. No. 3 and No. 4 furnaces were constructed c.1852 and c.1857 respectively, and are constructed of rough dressed stone blocks and also stand 40 feet high. Furnace No. 3 is 46 feet wide at the base, and furnace No. 4 is 48 feet wide at the base. All of the furnace stacks still contain vestiges of their firebrick linings. The first, third and fourth stacks contain ruins of their 19th-century hearths." If you go today what you see quite honestly isn't a whole heck of a lot. The entrance to the furnace site has two small brown NPS style signs that lead you up a narrow driveway to the parking area which has space for maybe 15-20 cars. You've got what's left of the four blast furnace stacks, an example of a T-rail along the walkway the leads from the parking lot to the upper viewing platform and an acre or two of grassy park land that sits along Roaring Brook. Worth mentioning is that there are plenty of displays at the site explaining what you're looking at but if you need more your best bet would be to head over to the Anthracite Heritage Museum which is about four miles away over in McDade Park on the other side of town. If you go: The site itself is free and open to the public daily from sunrise until sunset. There are no amenities on site although you are very close to all the fun (LOL!) that downtown Scranton has to offer including the foamtastic fun over at Steamtown. There are a few special events that occur on the grounds annually. Most notably would be the Scranton Bonfire Festival which happens every year in October.

We've used DOT's in three other states and the experience has never been good, so when we set off…read moreto the one here in PA to exchange our licenses, we were expecting the worst. Long lines, grumpy overworked staff, impatient angry and belligerent customers. We allowed a minimum of two hours. What a pleasant surprise! A personal greater even more cheery than in Walmart, helpful and efficient staff who were willing to chat and even joke and smile, and a turnaround time of 20 minutes. Okay, I may be drawing direct comparisons to my last visit to a DOT in LA, and someone only ever dealing with this location may not agree, but to me the staff here were 5 star and made my day a little easier.

Went to DMV in Dunmore to renew my photo license and want to compliment Harold who took my photo…read more This was on Halloween and I was having a terrible day. I don't know Harold's last name but wanted to note that his friendliness turned my day around. Businesses need more employees like him!!

This place cracked me up. I drove across country with my brother and he really wanted to stop here…read morebecause he loves The Office. As we get into the city, we see the city signs that say, "Scranton, the Electric City. By Dundler Mifflin." We're thinking, the hell, that isn't a real company, right? So my brother goes into city hall to ask, "what's with Dundler Mifflin?" The reply was, "Oh, we love the show, so we thought it'd be fun to use Dundler Mifflin around the city." That cracked me up. So this is why I am rating Scranton City Hall a five, for their sense of humor.

One person who works there in th permtt and licensing dept is very gracious she didnt have to be so…read morepatient to a senior citizen her name is Ms Paulette helpful and kind . Thank You very much Sara Pinto Mulberry Towers give 5 stars