Legislators honor Wireless Emergency Response Team
Imagine you had a loved one working in the Twin Towers 20 years ago on 9/11.
Legislators honor Wireless Emergency Response Team
Imagine you had a loved one working in the Twin Towers 20 years ago on 9/11.
Chalk Fest set for Saturday
The weather forecast looks promising, and there s plenty of room to spread out on the River Common in Wilkes-Barre, so John Maday from the Riverfront Parks Committee expects many families will bring t
St. Nicholas Harvest Festival to feature Chili Cook-Off
With games, music, theme baskets, a 50-50 raffle and the chance to feast on food ranging from bratwurst to empanadas, you might think you re at a summer bazaar if you visit the grounds of St. Nicholas
King’s College thespians open season with ‘The Dining Room’
What kind of scenes can play out in a dining room?
166th Bloomsburg Fair opens Friday with preview day
They want to see the big pumpkins, admire the animals, hear the music.
A fund for Billie Jo
Ask Billie Jo Walker about her typical day, and she ll tell you she wakes up in the morning and my husband, God love him, he takes me off of my machine and writes down my numbers temperature, weigh
‘Voices: Immigration’ exhibit opens at Pauly Friedman Gallery
So many white plastic rosaries were hanging from the delicate branches in the art gallery, they had a curtain-like effect.
‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ opens at JJ Ferrara Center Sept. 24
As the first act of Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf draws to a close, a middle-aged and very drunk professor named George skips around in a circle, pulling a young woman named Honey with him as he si
Diva Theatre will debut ‘It’s Not Easy Being’
As three children play let s-pretend, they argue over who gets to be the knight.
Commemorating Catlin and his grand idea
When you think of Yellowstone National Park, what comes to mind?
It’s 65 years for the class of ‘56
When Bill James was a student at Kingston High School, he drove a Ford with wooden sides, and painted it pink and blue.
Worshippers pray for 9/11 victims, first responders
The noon-time Mass in the Chapel of Christ the King was more crowded Friday than on a typical weekday, as about 50 worshippers gathered to remember the victims of 9/11 and first responders everywhere.
Original show ‘Tall Green Plumber’ opens tonight at Little Theatre
Just ask the cast how they feel about opening Tall Green Plumber at Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre tonight Sept. 10 and you ll hear such comments as It s amazing! It s fantastic! and We get to
‘I would climb a tree’
Frances Zola of Hanover Township, who turns 100 tomorrow, Sept.10, avidly watches local and national news.
It’s no secret; her long life has been a gift
Don t you want to ask me what they always ask people who are turning 100? Jackie Bylsma of Sweet Valley said, smiling expectantly as she prompted a reporter toward the end of an interview.
‘Everybody who knows my daughter knows she’s a fighter’
One hot day in early May, Amy Wert dove into a hotel swimming pool in Washington, D.C., and woke up in the hospital.
‘We worked hard. That’s why we’re strong today’
So, how long has it been since members of the GAR High School class of 1952 started meeting for monthly luncheons?
Joe Nardone presents ‘Night of Doo Wop and Legends’
Back in the early 1960s, a DJ in California locked himself in a broadcast booth and played She Cried, by Jay and the Americans, over and over again, for six hours garnering lots of attention and h