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Out on a Limb: Ellis Island staff didn’t change spellings
Did inspectors at Ellis Island really change the names of incoming immigrants?
Marywood University concert to feature ‘A Child of Our Time’
For the first time in five years, the Marywood University Concert Choir and Orchestra, along with four vocal soloists, are joining forces to present a major fall performance at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21,
Wilkes-Barre Dog Club holds puppy graduation
The Wilkes-Barre Dog Club, located at Rear 320 Lee Park Ave., Hanover Township, recently held a puppy graduation.
Local playwright/actor will present show on FDR
Robert Hughes will bring his one man, three-act play about FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Defender of Democracy, to the Dietrich Theater at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. Hughes gives life and color to th
‘It can still feel like Salem’
If the only thing you knew about Arthur Miller s The Crucible was that it s set against the backdrop of witchcraft trials in 17th-century Salem, you might guess it s a history play about events so l
Ovation Playhouse continues ‘The Addams Family’ musical
Halloween might be over, Mike Marone admits, but we re still in the spooky season.
Oh, when the saints come marching in
One by one the saints came marching up to a microphone earlier this week and introduced themselves to the congregation during a Mass attended by their fellow students from St. Nicholas-St. Mary Scho
‘When we were there, everyone was like a family’
When more than 100 former employees of the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital gathered for a reunion at the Irem Temple Pavilion over Labor Day weekend, organizer Maureen Matiska got up and announced it was ti
St. Anthony & St. George Maronite Church plans grab-and-go Lebanese dinner
As church volunteers prepared kibbe for an upcoming grab and go meal on a recent Friday morning, some of them recalled visits to Lebanon from years ago.
Tell Giselle: Approach giving unsolicited advice cautiously
The value of social media and all the selfies we share is that we do not have to wait for any holiday catch up letter/email to see how our friends and family have fared. We instead get to witness with
University String Orchestra to perform with John-Morgan Bush
On Saturday, Oct. 30, Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present a concert featuring the University s String Orchestra and guest artist John-Morgan Bush. The concert will begin at 7:
Antonia’s Jewelry & Repair donates necklace to American Cancer Society-Hazleton telethon
Antonia s Jewelry and Repair has donated a distinctive necklace for a pledge drawing to take place during the Nov 13-14 telethon that benefits the American Cancer Society-Hazleton.
‘I’d rather get these than candy’
You ve got cats? Shouldn t they be black? Times Leader columnist Bill O Boyle asked as I passed a plate of cookies, cut into Halloween shapes, around the newsroom.
Rice Krispie peanut butter Jack O’Lanterns? Literally, I’m out of my gourd
Make a batch of mini-Jack O Lanterns with menacing fangs, stunned O -shaped mouths and jagged grimaces. Place them on a dark grey tray and present them at your next Halloween gathering and prepare fo
Waverly Comm celebrates successful endowment fund campaign
On Thursday, Oct. 14, the Waverly Community House celebrated the success of its five-year endowment fund campaign and announced that the campaign goal of $5 million had been reached.
Cherry trees, autumn air and a touch of history
Before a hardy little band of hikers set off to explore the Cherry Run Trail at Ricketts Glen State Park early last week, the topic turned quite naturally to cherries.
Tell Giselle: No need to fret of funeral decision
The past couple of years turned the klieg lights onto the complexity of holding funerals during this unique period.
Around Town: A chance to have some fun and do some good today
It s not often that I write about something happening on the very day this column is published, but ta-da today is the day!
Out on a Limb: Cousins can be such helpful kinfolk
Cousins if we re genealogists, we can t live without them.