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Victoria Anderson and Elyse Pedri had no problem picturing life behind a wooden desk roughly 20 times older…

The Rossetti Foundation for the Arts and Culture will hold a holiday extravaganza from 7 to 9:30 p.m.…

A variety of frames are available after getting an eye exam Dec. 6, 2025, at the free pop-up…

The NE Pa. Music Teachers Association (NEPMTA), in conjunction with the “NEPA’s Got Talent” show, recently presented music…

The Allentown Fire Department is on the scene of a three-alarm fire in the 500 block of Allen…

Selling items that last for decades may not sound like the best business model. But for 20 years,…

Photo submitted to the Times Observer From left are Lincoln Sokolski, representing the Sokolski Family Fund; Breanna Watts,…

Lackawanna County Annual cut-a-thon: Women’s Resource Center’s 34th annual Santa’s Snippers Walk-In Cut-A-Thon, Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (last…

The Dalton Lions Club donated $5,000 to the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital during its August meeting at the…

MARRIAGE LICENSES Abigail Krestin Rodway and Matthew Ryan Koller, both of Peckville. Gary Lewis Evans, Scranton, and Lynn…

Wyoming Valley Luzerne County Historical Society hosts Christmas at the Historic Swetland Homestead: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday,…

President Donald Trump plans to visit Northeast Pennsylvania next week for the first time since beginning his second…

Christmas on the Farm blends holiday cheer and PA Dutch tradition