{"id":119549,"date":"2026-02-21T01:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119549\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T01:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:16:24","slug":"hughestown-hose-company-raises-money-with-lent-pizza-and-clam-chowder-fridays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/119549\/","title":{"rendered":"Hughestown Hose Company raises money with Lent pizza and clam chowder Fridays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HUGHESTOWN, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 As Lent brings meatless Fridays for many residents, <a href=\"https:\/\/fox56.com\/news\/local\/list-of-fish-fries-and-other-lenten-food-specials-as-fundraisers-for-area-fire-departments-02-18-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fire departments across Northeast Pennsylvania<\/a> are running food fundraisers to support their stations.<\/p>\n<p>Hughestown Emergency Services (Hughestown Hose Company) is taking part with weekly sales during Lent that help fund operations and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The Hughestown Hose Company is selling baked or unbaked pizza and clam chowder every Friday during Lent from noon to 6 p.m. at 30 Center St., with $12 pizza trays in red, white or white broccoli and $12 chowder in Manhattan (red) or New England (white).<\/p>\n<p>Fire Lt. Patrick Kaczmarczyk, a nearly 20-year member of the Hughestown Hose Company, said the Lent sale is one of the department\u2019s biggest fundraisers of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community has always been very receptive to this event. We\u2019ve had a lot of support, and our sales are doing very well. We appreciate all the support we get. The money we raise helps cover our daily operations and provides essential equipment we need to serve the community,\u201d said Kaczmarczyk.<\/p>\n<p>The Hughestown Hose Company will also hold a Good Friday fish dinner April 3 starting at noon, featuring freshly battered fish, fresh-cut French fries, homemade coleslaw and homemade tartar sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hughestownfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hughestown Emergency Services Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUGHESTOWN, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 As Lent brings meatless Fridays for many residents, fire departments across Northeast Pennsylvania&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-119549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}