

Scholar/author embarks on doctoral studies
Sitting in her wheelchair in the backyard of her parents Back Mountain home, Bethany Flanders is surrounded by lovely things things she doesn t quite see.

‘We dodged a bullet’
We dodged a bullet, a tired and almost teary-eyed Larry O Malia said Thursday morning at the Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market. We could have lost the farm.

‘The Lord gave me a gift’
If you d like to hear about Enrico Bartolini and the one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture he creates, you might want to settle into a chaise lounge covered with the long, luxurious white wool of Icelandi

More than 1,000 piggies ready for St. Mary’s Homecoming Picnic
The volunteers at St. Mary s Church in Mocanaqua started cooking early Monday morning, and continued well into the afternoon, transforming 240 pounds of meat into a little more than 1,000 piggies, a

‘Arts in Motion: Live!’ a celebration to end summer camp
The kids recited poetry, demonstrated the kickboxing they d learned in martial arts class, and twirled, leapt and cartwheeled their way through several dance numbers.

They’ll put ‘the hoot in hootenanny’
Promising to put the hoot in hootenanny and the jam in jamboree, REV Theatre plans to celebrate the music of such classic country artists as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Hank Williams when it bring

‘Arts in Motion: Live!’ a celebration to end summer camp
The kids recited poetry, demonstrated the kickboxing they d learned in martial arts class, and twirled, leapt and cartwheeled their way through several dance numbers.

‘Mickey’s Search Party’ coming to Mohegan Sun Arena
On his biography, Jay Christiansen lists surfing, golf and soccer plus three other sports as hobbies.

Shakespeare’s a scoundrel in PTPA musical
You can t blame struggling playwright Nick Bottom for trying to get a leg up on Shakespeare.

KISS Theatre to present ‘Newsies’
Go ahead and ask the young actors who are getting ready to present Disney s Newsies: The Broadway Musical at KISS Theatre if they would have enjoyed a real-life job hawking newspapers back in 1899.

Kingston class of ‘57 share happy memories
Irene Miscavage Connor remembers being a majorette, always marching and twirling.

Friends of Osterhout sale will open on Monday
As Friends of the Osterhout Free Library got ready for this week s book sale, they predicted patrons will be quite happy with the event this year.

Theatre campers learn about fight choreography
Take a good fighting stance, and jab with your forward hand!

Isabelle McGuire Spohrer Golf Tournament supports fight against cancer
HANOVER TWP. There was a lot of pink and purple on the green Tuesday at the Wyoming Valley Country Club.

GAR’s millennium class holds 20-plus-1 reunion
If you were born in the 80s and raised in the 90s and make it to 2020, you have lived in four different decades, two different centuries and two different millennia and you re not even 40 yet.

Suskie Bassmasters award scholarship
The Suskie Bassmasters club has awarded its 2021 scholarship to a young fisherman who catches calicos when she goes fishing with her dad and grandfather in Wyoming County s Saddle Lake.

‘Swan Lake’ provides ‘swan song’ for Meyers High School stage
What do jazz trumpeter Doc Severinsen and composer/bandleader John Philip Sousa have in common with aviator Amelia Earhart?

Friends of Back Mountain Library Auction attend kick-off dinner
With three weeks to go before the 75th annual Back Mountain Library Memorial Auction, some friends of the library have been planning how they ll volunteer Setting up? Cleaning up? Staffing a booth?

Remembering Steven Thomas
He was just a fantastic teacher, a fantastic mentor, said Mariane Ferrantino of Luzerne.