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Learn about county’s Christmas past at Swetland Homestead

Imagine a Christmas without technology — no television or handheld devices, where presents were exchanged by candlelight and families stoked the fire to keep warm from the winter chill. This is how Christmas used to be at the Swetland Homestead in Wyoming → Read More

Concert will raise funds for victims of domestic violence

DRUMS — A concert will be held Friday at the Sand Springs Country Club to benefit victims of domestic violence. The 8th annual Concert for Rebecca and All Victims of Domestic Violence will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. and is free to attend. The concert, whic → Read More

Taste of Success fundraiser postponed until March 20

Junior Achievement’s Taste of Success fundraiser has been postponed until March 20. The event, originally scheduled for today, was pushed back due to the threat of inclement weather, organization officials said. The rescheduled event will take place from → Read More

Taste of Success fundraiser postponed until March 20

Junior Achievement’s Taste of Success fundraiser has been postponed until March 20. The event, originally scheduled for today, was pushed back due to the threat of inclement weather, organization officials said. The rescheduled event will take place from → Read More

Graham Academy wins award for garden

The Graham Academy, a school for students living with autism and emotional challenges in Kingston, is the recipient of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Garden of Distinction Award in its Gardening and Greening Contest. The contest is statewide and → Read More

American Heart Association to hold free healthy cooking demonstration

The American Heart Association will hold a free Simple Cooking with Heart healthy cooking demonstration from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital cafeteria. The event is being held in celebration of American Heart Association’s Eat Smart → Read More

American Heart Association to hold free healthy cooking demonstration

The American Heart Association will hold a free Simple Cooking with Heart healthy cooking demonstration from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital cafeteria. The event is being held in celebration of American Heart Association’s Eat Smart → Read More

Graham Academy to take part in Growboxxes project

KINGSTON —The Graham Academy, a school for students living with autism and emotional challenges, has been selected to be a part of an international project partnering with Eastern Pennsylvania’s Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation. The project featur → Read More

Dancing Stars of Wilkes-Barre to perform at benefit

The KISS Theatre Company will be holding a fundraising event featuring seven local celebrity teams tomorrow at 8 p.m. at their new location in the East End Center in Wilkes-Barre Twp. The event is modelled after ABC’s hit television show “Dancing With the → Read More

Dancing Stars of Wilkes-Barre to perform at benefit

The KISS Theatre Company will be holding a fundraising event featuring seven local celebrity teams tomorrow at 8 p.m. at their new location in the East End Center in Wilkes-Barre Twp. The event is modelled after ABC’s hit television show “Dancing With the → Read More

Anti-drug program set for King’s College performance

WILKES-BARRE — The Family Service Association is hosting an event tonight at King’s College featuring DJ Choices, an educational program that promotes opiate addiction awareness. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and → Read More

New book celebrates everyday Superwomen

Even from a young age, local author Alyssa Waugh was always writing. Though she’s come far from the construction paper books she used to make. Waugh, who also teaches creative writing at King’s College, recently published her newest book: “I Am Strength: → Read More

AMAZING KIDS: Kayla Franchetti bikes to fight MS

For Kayla Franchetti of Avoca, turning 13 meant much more than becoming a teenager. It meant she could finally participate in the annual ride for multiple sclerosis that her family participates in. Kayla is an 8th grader at Martin L. Mattei Middle School → Read More

AMAZING KIDS: Kayla Franchetti bikes to fight MS

For Kayla Franchetti of Avoca, turning 13 meant much more than becoming a teenager. It meant she could finally participate in the annual ride for multiple sclerosis that her family participates in. Kayla is an 8th grader at Martin L. Mattei Middle School → Read More

5K to benefit Moment of Magic Foundation

A princess and superhero 5K will be held Sunday at the Riverside Cafe in Wilkes-Barre to help benefit A Moment of Magic Foundation. At the door registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and costs $20. The race starts at 9 a.m. A Moment of Magic Foundation is a non → Read More

Author hopes to release new book about Bear Creek inn

Author and U.S. Navy veteran Ben Miller never knew while browsing for a destination for his wife’s birthday vacation that it would change his life forever, but his experiences at a Bear Creek bed and breakfast did just that. Miller, who is rated 100-perce → Read More

Author hopes to release new book about Bear Creek inn

Author and U.S. Navy veteran Ben Miller never knew while browsing for a destination for his wife’s birthday vacation that it would change his life forever, but his experiences at a Bear Creek bed and breakfast did just that. Miller, who is rated 100-perce → Read More

Relative caregiver conference set for Oct. 19

WILKES-BARRE— The Intergenerational Coalition will be holding the 12th annual Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Conference on Friday, Oct. 19, at Genetti’s Hotel and Conference Center. The conference is being held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and admission for → Read More

Russian choral group Lyra to perform at W-B church

WILKES-BARRE — One local church is welcoming those from both near and far with one of its most recent events — some from as far away as St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Mary of Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church will host a concert and dinner at 695 N. Main → Read More

Suicide prevention walk planned

The Greater Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host its annual Out of Darkness Community Walk at 2 p.m. Sunday in Kirby Park. Check-in and registration opens at 11 a.m. The walk will support the American → Read More