FOOD & DRINK
Grand opening of Playa Bowls in Wilkes-Barre draws massive crowd
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co. — Saturday, Playa Bowls officially opened in Wilkes-Barre on Mundy Street. The first 75 customers in line received t-shirts and a free bowl. The store opened to many excited fans with a line wrapping around the building. Customers were eager to get their hands on the...
Fire at Golden Star Chinese restaurant shuts down portion of North River Street Sunday afternoon
WILKES-BARRE — Golden Star Chinese restaurant on North River Street is expected to be closed for at least few days following a late afternoon fire Sunday that damaged part of the building’s roof. The restaurant was open at the time, but everyone got out safely and no injuries...
VIDEO PREMIERE: Wilkes-Barre singer/songwriter Jay Morgans confesses dark and storied ‘History’
I feel as though nobody talks about how society may have peaked in the 1990s. I say this with a pocket full of pointed jest, but think on it for a second. The ’90s gave us the music of Soul Coughing, Morphine, Alice in Chains, Rancid, L7, Soundgarden, Quicksand, A Tribe Called Quest, Stone Temple Pilots, Shellac, Nine Inch Nails, P.M. Dawn, and a host of other compelling new acts, sounds, and scenes.
The Office 5K season three kicks off
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For fans of the mockumentary sitcom “The Office”, what happened in Lackawanna County was not exactly “Michael Scott’s Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial celebrity rabies awareness pro-am fun-run race for the cure”. Runners hit the pavement in the Electric City for “The Office 5k”. The annual race took participants […]
Bam! Power of comic lovers benefits cat rescue in Luzerne County
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — "Free Comic Book Day" was in full force at a shop in Luzerne County. Rubber Mallet Comics along Wyoming Avenue in West Pittston gave out specially printed comics for free. The store also hosted pictures with Darth Vader. Money raised goes to help cats in...
‘Shackled,’ a book for kids, about ‘Kids for Cash’
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. That was author Candy J. Cooper’s reaction when she heard about the northeastern Pennsylvania scandal dubbed “Kids for Cash.”. Believing the story would resonate with young adults, who “have such an acute sense of fairness,” she wrote “Shackled,” her...
New and improved Seven Tubs back to being a hotspot
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Residents with a passion for the outdoors have had to go without the sights and sounds of the Seven Tubs Recreation Area since April 2023, when the area was shut down for a series of infrastructure projects. Those projects are now...
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