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Area residents invited to ‘Be A Santa to A Senior’
Blankets and toiletries are just a few of the basic necessities on the holiday wish lists of seniors as part of this year s Be A Santa to a Senior. The program, which runs through Mon. Dec. 7, is spon
Local filmmakers chronicle DTWB’s ‘The Story of the Nutcracker’
My job as the director of the Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre is to get The Nutcracker done somehow, so, it will, Gina Malsky said, exuding a calm determination in the preview for a still-in-the-works
Start with a whole pumpkin for real pumpkin soup
This may be a day of dueling soups from a pair of married, ink-stained wretches, but the reason I have and love making this particular recipe isn t in spite of MT, it s because of her. After we marrie
Two Times Leader test cooks make two pumpkin soups
I m glad to have soup today, Kevin Carroll said Wednesday afternoon. Because it s so cold outside.
Knights of Columbus construct new platform for processions
Between the abuse scandal that has rocked the church in recent years and the coronavirus that claims more victims every day, Paul Chromey said, It feels like the Dark Ages.
‘The effect is kind of glorious’
If you ve been wishing you could visit St. Stephen s Pro-Cathedral in Downtown Wilkes-Barre for a chamber music concert this Saturday, well, sorry, you can t not physically.
Hospice of Sacred Heart to deliver Thanksgiving meals
On Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 26, Hospice of the Sacred Heart will deliver meals to patients and their families. This is the 15th year the hospice will provide this service project. Over 700 meals wil
‘Don’t kill people with kindness; torture them with success’
Since Kerry Gruber always wanted to serve my country, and to see the world, enlisting in the U.S. Navy seemed to be an ideal way to realize both of those goals.
Around Town: A week of joy and sadness
In the last week I ve experienced a range of emotions.
East Stroudsburg University to host virtual literary event
East Stroudsburg University s English Department and the College of Arts and Sciences will sponsor the University s first Writers Write/Writers Chat virtual literary reading event with memoirist Gra
Remember When: Small businesses served the neighborhoods
In a season of neat holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, I think I can afford to pass up celebrating National Fast Food Day on Monday.
She’s eager to spread joy through art
Noting that the red is my favorite, Back Mountain artist Kristy Rice finally hit upon a name for that handmade, specially designed watercolor one of 12 pigments in a set.
Want a different kind of chocolate cake? Beet it!
I carved my way through butter to get to red beet chocolate cake.
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.
Life at Full Throttle: Honoring Ann Patrizi by keeping a family tradition alive
My friends and I were recently planning a date for our annual ravioli making day and it got me to thinking about Ann Patrizi, the woman who was kind enough to teach us the secrets to making delicious
‘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
Liva student group keeps movie musicals alive during pandemic
Members of The University of Scranton s Liva student organization have leveraged their love of musicals and for one another to host events that safely bring members together twice each week.
Everhart Museum looking for folk and traditional artists
As a Folk and Traditional Arts Partner with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), the Everhart Museum of Scranton is working to help sustain cultural and artistic practices rooted in people s hi