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Rock Climb with the Scranton Counseling Center tomorrow!
PA live! (WBRE) — Scranton Counseling Center is a private, nonprofit organization incorporated in 1947, for the purpose of being an integrated behavioral healthcare delivery system providing services to people of all ages. As part of their mission, they want to take you rock climbing tomorrow, May 9th!. Doug...
May is National Military Appreciation Month!
PA live! (WBRE) — May is National Military Appreciation month, but the Armed Forces Day Parade Association has been working all year long to prepare for next Saturday’s big event!. In fact, this parade is a few years in the making because it is their first event since...
13th annual Carnival at Sherwood Park
DUNMORE, Pa. — Summer is just around the corner, and Sherwood Park is kicking it off with its 13th annual Carnival at Sherwood Park in Dunmore. Every year the carnival aims to have new rides added to the fun, and this year's carnival is no different. "We should have...
Black Ties for White Coats Gala raises more than $100,000
Scholarships to benefit students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine celebrated a monumental success with its annual Black Ties for White Coats Gala, raising more than $100,000 in support of student scholarships. Held at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 20, the event brought together esteemed guests, faculty, students, and community members for an evening of philanthropy and celebration.
Students learn valuable lessons in Scranton
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Students across the Commonwealth gathered Tuesday for the 36th Annual Teen Symposium on the Holocaust in Scranton. Its mission is to give youngsters a better understanding of a dark period in world history. The event on Tuesday was about educating younger generations on the horrors of the Holocaust through the […]
Carbondale Public Library celebrates 150th anniversary
CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — The Carbondale Public Library is getting ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The library was first established on May 9 in 1874 located in the offices of the D&H Canal Company before becoming the full library it is today. In celebration of 150 years,...
Fortis Institute in Scranton emphasizes nursing careers during National Nurses Week
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — This week is National Nurses week and FOX56 visited one nursing program in Scranton. Fortis Institute in Scranton held their open house to introduce new students to the profession. With a need for more healthcare workers across the country, they say nursing is a...
Peacock's The Office Spin-Off Is About a Dying Newspaper, Which, uh, Sounds Like Fun
A new version of The Office is coming to Peacock soon, and it's going straight into the heart of a dying medium: print journalism. We can feel the good vibes already!. Greg Daniels, who was behind the U.S. adaptation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's UK original, is teaming up with Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman on the new comedy, which is set in the same universe as NBC's The Office. Despite the implication, the show, which will stream on Peacock, won't be set in Pennsylvania once more. Apparently, by "same universe," what Daniels and Koman mean is the work lives of the documentary crew who spent a decade filming a bunch of workers in a regional office of a midsize paper company (and crushing on at least one of them).
Effort underway to provide body cameras to deputy wardens, waterways conservation officers
The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Fish and Boat Commission are in favor of a state senator’s proposal to offer body cameras to deputy officers. Sen. Lisa Baker, a Republican in the Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties, has a co-sponsorship memoranda out for legislation that will authorize deputy law enforcement officers with both agencies to wear body cameras.
Here's Honesdale High School's 2024 prom court. Royalty will be crowned Saturday
For 2024, the Honesdale High School Junior-Senior Prom will be held in downtown Honesdale on Saturday, May 11. A court of five candidates for prom queen and five candidates for prom king have been announced. The eager announcement of who will be crowned as royalty will have to wait for the prom,...
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