West Scranton’s 18th annual Lebanese-American Food Festival recently took place over three days at St. Joseph Melkite Greek-Catholic Church. The even included Middle Eastern food and pastries, local picnic food favorites, games, a 50/50, used book sale, raffle baskets and more.
Brothers Jacob, left, and Lucas Patchoski of Scranton
Jeff and Megan Antonik of Kingston
Sisters, Anna, left, and Abby Gowarty of Scranton
Nicole Hockenbury of Hanover Twp. and Brandon Buck of Scranton
Debbie Thomas of Jermyn and Gibby Carozzi of Scranton
Salvador Diaz and Linda Sokoloski, both of Duryea
AJ Bolus of Scranton and Barbara Albert Bolus of Wilkes-Barre
Claire Gardner of Moscow, left, and Francesca VanBeek of Dunmore
Mike Milawski of Mt. Cobb prepares potato pancakes for serving.
Melissa Malenchek of Duryea, left, and Christine Seidita of Avoca
Margaret Clark of Madison Twp. sits patiently as Alicia Patchoski of Scranton paints her face.
Emma Black is a photographer and writes Up Close and Personal, which spotlights people from all walks of life in NEPA who have a unique skill, craft, talent or trade. She is a graduate of Abington Heights High School and University of Scranton, where she studied journalism and electronic media. Emma has been with Times-Shamrock Communications since 2016 and enjoys playing, coaching and following soccer; exploring international cuisine; and doing arts and crafts in her free time. Contact: eblack@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100; @emmablack_13
