The Lackawanna County Veterans Affairs Office would like to provide disabled Scranton veterans with information in regard to the property tax bills that were recently mailed to all residents.
Disabled veterans who have a property tax exemption will still receive an invoice from the Single Tax Office. It is not a property tax bill; it represents the City of Scranton’ garbage fee. It must be paid.
Any questions on this matter should be directed to the Veterans Affairs Office at 570/963/6778.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its grip on the United States and our community, it is vitally important that everyone protect themselves by getting vaccinated.
Patience is a big part of the process. Scheduling only one appointment at one location is also tantamount for medical professionals to vaccinate as many individuals as possible in a timely fashion.
The Lackawanna County Commissioners, their Human Services Department and their Area Agency on Aging caution all residents from signing-up on multiple lists at multiple locations. This is compounding the problem for vaccine providers as they move through their waiting lists, trying to serve as many people as possible. Multiple sign-ups take away spots from other consumers.
To that end, if you did sign-up at multiple locations, and got the vaccine, please make sure that you cancel the other appointments to free-up the time slots so more can be served.
The best avenue for one to take is that if you are a patient or customer of any medical group, doctor, or pharmacy, add yourself to one of their lists.
Streamlining the process to quickly serve a large number of people and help keep everyone healthy is the goal of the vaccination program. Inundating the system does not allow the process to move forward.
