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Bands, crafts, car show, more set for Wally Lake Fest this weekend
The 2024 edition of Wally Lake Fest takes place Friday, Aug. 23, through Sunday, Aug. 25, celebrating life in the greater Hawley/Lake Wallenpaupack area with a host of events. The Chamber of the Northern Poconos hosts the festival, which started 24 years ago. There are numerous events by land and by lake, such as concerts, crafts, boats, vintage cars and a motorcycle ride around the lake. ...
Upcoming Labor Day Concert at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park
Sweet Arrow Lake County Park is set to host its annual Labor Day concert on Monday, September 2nd, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The M & J Big Band will perform at the Large Pavilion near the Sweet Arrow Lake Clubhouse. This outdoor concert is part of the Sweet Arrow...
Fit For A King And Scene Queen Added To Night Two Of Motionless In White’s “Apocalypse Fest”
Fit For A King and Scene Queen have been added to night two of Motionless In White‘s “Apocalypse Fest.” That event will take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA on October 31 to November 1 and it will find Motionless In White performing “Reincarnate” in full. Here’s the updated lineups:
Speaker discusses tinctures, tea infusions and decoctions
The Parkland Garden Club met June 10 at Jordan Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orefield. After a tea and social refreshment celebration for new members, the program began with guest speaker, Toni Sweeney, a traditional naturopathic practitioner and founder of New Morning Holistic Health Services. Her program was titled “Let’s Talk Tinctures.”...
Sellersville resident named a PA Frontline Agricultural Worker of the Year
Sellersville resident and Clemens Food Group employee Stephen “Cowboy” Kulp was one of three people recognized this month with the Inaugural Pennsylvania Frontline Agricultural Workers of the Year award. The new award highlights outstanding frontline farm and food-processing employees who work tirelessly to produce a safe, secure food...
Harrisburg quarterback Shawn Lee Jr. ruled ineligible for 2024 football season
Harrisburg High, the three-time defending District 3 champions, will compete during the 2024 football season without star quarterback and All-State defensive back Shawn Lee Jr. Lee Jr. was denied another season of eligibility during a PIAA hearing Wednesday, with officials voting 5-0 against the University of Pittsburgh recruit. If you...
Lycoming County District Attorney's office will prosecute Michaels' murder trial
Williamsport, Pa. — A Lycoming County Judge has ruled that the Lycoming County District Attorney's office may proceed in the prosecution of Kenneth Michaels, accused in the shooting death of John Roskowski, 69, on Aug. 17, 2023. Michaels and Roskowski were former business partners and brothers-in-law. On Aug. 17, Michaels fired a single shot in the lobby of Cable Services, Inc. located on Marydale Ave. in Williamsport. According to court documents, Michaels opened a locked door to let Roskowski, who was said to be "irate,"...
PD: Man assaults woman after he believed she cheated
SWOYERSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been charged after police say he assaulted a woman after he believed she was cheating. Police say on August 20 they were dispatched to a home around 1:30 a.m. on Chapel Street for a woman assaulted by 54-year-old Christopher Moore of Swoyersville. The criminal complaint states as […]
Medically Tailored Nutrition Improving Health Outcomes, Reducing Costs
A recently released study says Pennsylvania has the potential to realize the second highest level of health care cost savings in the nation if medically tailored meals or MTMs, a proven treatment for reducing hospital admissions, readmissions and ER visits, were accessible for more patients with health issues from diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease to cancer and HIV.
Archaea Energy and Waste Connections Celebrate Opening of Renewable Gas Plant in Pennsylvania
Archaea Energy, a subsidiary of bp, and Waste Connections, Inc. celebrate the opening of their first renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Pennsylvania. The plant is adjacent to the Bethlehem Landfill in Lower Saucon Township owned by a Waste Connections subsidiary and came online in July. “We are safely and...
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