Downtown W-B gets 20 new trees
Whenever the teachers would give everybody a little tree, I d ask the other kids if they were really going to plant theirs, Zarqua Ansari said, remembering ecology projects from her childhood in Moun
Fried green tomatoes signal end of growing season
If you wanted to eat fried green tomatoes again and again, you could probably just keep harvesting the greenies as soon as they appeared on the vine, without giving them a chance to ripen.
‘Good teamwork, everybody!’
Four kids and the adults who accompanied them to an Outdoor Survival program for children at Nescopeck State Park had just spent 40 minutes weaving sticks into a lattice and stuffing leaves betwee
‘We can’t imagine working anywhere else’
To her clients, Mary Taylor was more than a hairdresser. She was a friend.
Locally produced film to premiere Friday at Moonlite Drive-In
Acceptance, friendship, love, the feeling of family, Mike Wawrzynek of Luzerne said, listing the feelings he hopes audience members will take away from a locally produced film that will debut at 6:30
47 years after transplant, local woman’s kidney still going strong
Looking back over the decades, Sandy Daubert remembers she had very protective parents.
A solitary farm stand braves Thursday’s rain
We didn t know we d be the only ones, farmer Harold Golomb of Plains Township said late Thursday morning as a slow-but-steady stream of customers braved the rain to approach his stand at an otherwise
Eagle Project creates pavilion for Kirby Library in Mountain Top
Whether they re coming for story time, Nature Club or some other program, visitors to the Marian Sutherland Kirby Library in Mountain Top have an outdoor meeting area that s been renovated, repaired a
For Halloween treat, try orange/chocolate doughnuts
After feeding them peas and carrots a few weeks ago and, before that, whole-grain breakfast cookies, I decided the newsroom taste testers deserved a treat that didn t claim to be health food.
Going a bit deeper into Ricketts Glen
Perched near an overlook at Ricketts Glen State Park, a hardy little group of hikers saw miles of red, orange and yellow foliage when they looked out toward the horizon.
Lifelong fan of dressing up just may have a costume for you
Wearing an old-time pirate costume, the lady of the house appeared ready to buckle some swash, trim the sails or at least hunt for buried treasure.
Wilkes-Barre loses more than 20 old oak trees around LCTA project site
WILKES-BARRE More than 20 large oak trees that had grown along South Pennsylvania Boulevard for decades were quickly removed on Wednesday and Thursday leaving Sam Troy of the Wilkes-Barre Shade Tr
Scandinavian-style dish coaxes folks to eat veggies
It tastes summery to me, reporter Patrick Kernan said as he sampled a Times Leader test kichen dish called Peas Carrots Copenhagen. It would be good for a potluck at a picnic.
A ‘cottage garden’ blooms at Harveys Lake
The old bicycle parked in front of Carol Sorber s home is one she used to ride.
Horses brighten spirits at Wesley Village
Leaning close to the window, an elderly resident pressed her palm flat against the glass and if the pane hadn t been there, she would have been able to reach out and touch two beautiful horses named
Friends of the Osterhout Free Library plan sidewalk sale
Library fans and readers of all ages, rejoice!