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Members of the Wilkes-Barre chapter of the Verizon Telecom Pioneers hand made and donated Hug-A-Bears and backpacks to the preschool...
Sundance Vacations, a wholesale travel company headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, recently helped Habitat for Humanity construct a new house for a...
Local physician, author and photographer Dr. Henry F. Smith Jr. has presented his 2009 Pennsylvania Seasons calendar to Allied Services...
The Hanover Township Lions Club recently honored their wives, friends and club members during a Christmas dinner held at the...
The Crime Clinic of Greater Wyoming Valley recently had its installation of officers and Christmas party at the Wyoming Valley...
Members of Wilkes-Barre Fire Fighters Local 104, International Association of Fire Fighters, and the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department Local 104 Women’s...
The NEPA Region American Red Cross Blood Services has taken delivery of its first new bloodmobile, which features five beds...
The Wyoming Marine Corps with assistance from the Kiwanis Club of Kingston sponsored a Christmas party at the Galleria in...
Odyssey Fitness Center, 401 Coal St., in Wilkes-Barre, recently held its annual Indoor Triathlon which raised more than $5,800 to...
Catholic War Veterans Memorial Post 1601 installed Larry Barberio and Donald Rakus Jr. as new members at its recent Christmas...
PNC recently presented school supplies donated by employees to Luzerne County Head Start as part of the bank’s ‘Grow Up...
Penn Millers Insurance, Wilkes-Barre, recently donated toys and equipment to the preschool classrooms at Wyoming Valley Children’s Association, a nonprofit...
The family of Beverly A. Smith recently made a donation to Luzerne County Community College Foundation, Inc. to establish an...
The Newport Township Women’s Activity Group and Glen Lyon American Legion Post 539 co-hosted a Christmas party for more than...
The Junior League of Wilkes-Barre gave each resident at Ruth’s Place, a homeless women’s shelter, a backpack filled with toiletries,...
Students in the Professional Truck Driving program at Luzerne County Community College completed their training. The comprehensive 240-hour program provides...
Wyoming Seminary Upper School students, led by athletic trainer and science teacher Lisa Mozeleski and sophomore boarding student Cicely Hazell...
Joan Werzinski’s kindergarten class at The Geneva School celebrated Christmas in Hawaii with traditional Hawaiian grass skirts and leis. The...
Fifth-grade students at Wyoming Seminary Lower School celebrated the end of the 2008 presidential campaign with an after-school party. The...
Wilkes-Barre Academy’s student council collected food for the Feed-a-Friend food drive. Students collected items from individual classes and held a...
Wyoming Valley Health Care System conducted it 38th annual ‘Doing Something Jewish for Christmas’ program by hosting members of Temple...
The Auxiliary of the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, has made its largest single donation to benefit the residents...
The Plains Lions Club recently honored Joseph Hoinski with The Melvin Jones Fellow Award. The award is given in honor...
The Women’s Societies of the Catholic community of Plains Township will have its annual Christmas party at 1 p.m. Jan....
Richard Urban, a senior at Lake-Lehman High School and a member of the Wyoming Valley Civil War Roundtable, will present...
A second 2008 Lynn Bankos Memorial Award has been presented to Peter Lakkis, son of Joseph and Diane Lakkis of...
Union volunteers and members of their families helped pack 500 candy-filled stockings for children with special needs being serviced at...
The Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Ski for Lupus Day at Elk Mountain on Jan. 1 1. Tickets...
The combined Jewish communities of the Greater Wyoming Valley joined efforts to sponsor Operation Warm Up to help those in...
Susquehanna Bank has donated $5,000 to Greater Hazleton Partners in Education through the PA State Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program....
The students in Amy Layaou’s class at the Gate House, Gate of Heaven Preschool, learned about the season of Advent....
Students from the Wyoming Seminary Lower School’s Primary Division conducted an election for their favorite books and authors during the...
MMI Preparatory School, Freeland, held its annual Spanish II Pi�ata contest. Students spent several weeks constructing and decorating their pi�atas....
The Assistive Technology Research Institute at Misericordia University (ATRI) received a $5,000 Keystone Innovation Grant from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology...
Former Pennsylvania Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations William Warren Scranton recently toured Luzerne County Community College and the...
Jillian Palermo, daughter of Jo Ann Palermo and Gerald E. Palermo, both of Hazleton, will participate in the five-day Presidential...
St. Jude’s School in Mountain Top sent a team to represent the school in the Scranton Prep Young Scholars Competition...
Dr. Janet Golaszewski, a local orthodontist, spoke with students in the Luzerne County Community College dental department. Dr. Golaszewski met...
One hundred and fifty Misericordia University nursing students who are members of the Student Nurse Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) have...
Staff at Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center participated in a ‘Giving Tree’ to provide Christmas gifts for residents of the...
Windows at Community Counseling Services in Wilkes-Barre are sporting colorful holiday designs that were painted as part of an Annual...
The Wishmakers At Work� group at Genpact in Wilkes-Barre raised $2,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation by conducting bake sales, basket...
For the 32nd year, the Forty Fort Lions Club volunteered to ring bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle fundraiser....
Tom Mulhern of the Lions Club of Plains Township has earned the Lion of the Year Award. Mulhern was honored...
The Northeast Migrant Education Program has received the Sister Siena Finley Ethics Award presented by the Ethics Institute of Northeastern...
State Rep. John T. Yudichak, D-Nanticoke, secured a grant to purchase computer equipment for the municipality of Hanover Township. From...
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