Gallery: Youth Masquerade Ball
A Youth Masquerade Ball recently took place at the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts in Pottsville.
Check out our gallery of photos by staff photographer Lindsey Shuey below.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
Out&About: Carnival on the Mountain
Check out the gallery below, featuring images by staff photographer Jake Danna Stevens.
These photos and more from Carnival on the Mountain are available for purchase at thetimes-tribune.com/photos.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
Tail of two kitties: Cats get married at pet store
Village Pet Supplies and Gifts in Luzerne was the site of holy catrimony Saturday as it hosted a wedding for two of its feline friends.
Toby and Noelle’s ‘Happily Furever After’ benefited Rescue Warriors Cat Rescue, of which the bride and groom are alumni.
Despite some hisses and swats the fluffy couple said ‘meow’ in front of a small group of friends in an intimate ceremony at the store. The bride wore a gown for the occasion and the groom donned his best tuxedo.
Check out the gallery below featuring photos of the event captured by staff photographer Sean McKeag.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
Gallery: Scranton Juneteenth celebration
The nonprofit Black Scranton Project held its second annual Juneteenth Jubilee on Saturday at the organization’s new home in Providence Square.
This year’s Juneteenth Jubilee Block Party was held outside of the Black Scranton Project Center for Arts and Culture, a 1926 landmark former bank at 1902 N. Main Ave. donated last month to the organization by PNC Bank.
Large crowds turned out Saturday at the Black Scranton Project’s headquarters to celebrate Juneteenth, which two days earlier became a federal holiday with President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation.
Also held as a ribbon-cutting for the Black Scranton Project Center for Arts and Culture, the Juneteenth Jubilee Block Party was promoted as an opportunity for the community to come together in love, joy and solidarity with Black people and for fundraising for the center. Gaining the building is a big step for the Black Scranton Project, but more will be needed, said organization founder and CEO Glynis Johns.
“There’s a lot of people in the city that don’t believe that we deserve to have it and I’d love to change the narrative of that,” Johns said. “I would love to get more community support from the people that claim to support nonprofits and organizations like ours, because clearly we have this beautiful building that needs tons of support.”
On Juneteenth, Americans throughout the nation celebrated the 156th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United States when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, declaring slaves were free. Though Juneteenth was first celebrated in 1866, it largely had not been widely known until recently.
Check out our photos of the event in the gallery below.
A reporter for more than two decades, Jim Lockwood covers Scranton for The Times-Tribune, which he joined in 2011 after working at newspapers in New Jersey. His 2012 reporting of Scranton’s deepening financial crisis garnered him a statewide first-place award for news beat coverage in the Pennsylvania Newsmedia Association’s Keystone Press Awards. He also won the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Public Notice Journalism Award in multiple years plus national journalism awards from The Public Notice Resource Center, including a first-place win in 2015, and a second-place showing in 2017. Married with three children, Jim lives in Pike County. Contact him at jlockwood@timesshamrock.com or 570-348-9100, x5185.
Out & About – Back to Normal Bash
Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast
Gallery: Eynon Archbald Lions Club’s Spring Fling Celebration
The Eynon Archbald Lions Club recently hosted a Spring Fling Celebration at AC Field in Archbald.
The event honored local children and adults with mental and physical impairments.
Check out the gallery below for photos from the event taken by staff photographer Jason Farmer.
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Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
Gallery: 2021 Citizens’ Voice Scholastic Superstars
The Citizens’ Voice and sponsor PPL Electric Utilities recently honored 25 high school seniors as Scholastic Superstars during a ceremony at F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre.
Check out the gallery below for photos from the ceremony taken by staff photographer Dave Scherbenco.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
Gallery: Exeter Memorial Day service
A Memorial Day service was held at Exeter Borough Veterans Park on Monday, May 31, 2021.
Check out the photo gallery featuring images by staff photographer Dave Scherbenco below.
Photos also are available for purchase at pittstonprogress.com.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
Out & About – West Scranton Senior Dance
Out & About at the Senior Dance at West Scranton High School, 1201 Luzerne St.
Images in this gallery can be purchased by sending an email to library@timesshamrock.com
Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast
Out & About – S/WB Railriders Home Opener
Out & About at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Home Opener against Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs at PNC Field, 235 Montage Mountain Road, Moosic.
Images in this gallery are available for purchase by sending an email to library@timesshamrock.com
Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast