{"id":123571,"date":"2026-02-26T00:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123571\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:19:28","slug":"knights-of-lithuania-raise-flag-at-pittston-memorial-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/123571\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights of Lithuania raise flag at Pittston Memorial Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/132163362_web1_P1040455crop.jpg\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/132163362_web1_P1040455crop.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Knights of Lithuania Council 143, Pittston, celebrated the 108th anniversary of Lithuania\u2019s independence with a ceremony on Feb. 19 at the Pittston Memorial Library. Federal, state and city officials presented citations and proclamations recognizing the event. The Lithuanian flag was flown over the Pittston Library to commemorate the anniversary.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                &lt;p&gt;Shown from left are, first row: Judy Stodolny, Lainey Mentrikoski, Rob Kiska, Elaine Elko, Janet Palladino, Dennis Palladino, Brian Doughton from State Senator Marty Flynn\u2019s staff, George Brown \u2013 Mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Mary Claire Voveris, Beverly Harnen, June Supey, Mike Loncoski, Irene Kovaleski and John Kovaleski. Second row: Mary Ladish, Yvonne Branas, Marilyn Fitzgerald, Joe Francik, State Representative Jim Haddock, Tom Wierbowski, Mike Lombardo \u2013 Mayor of Pittston, Tyler McAlpine from Senator Dave McCormick\u2019s staff, Bill Sodnik, Ruth Wnuk, Don Waxmonsky, Sylvia Waxmonsky, Mary Policare and Stanley Holko.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                 &lt;p&gt;Submitted Photo&lt;\/p&gt;\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Knights of Lithuania Council 143, Pittston, celebrated the 108th anniversary of Lithuania\u2019s independence with a ceremony on Feb. 19 at the Pittston Memorial Library. Federal, state and city officials presented citations and proclamations recognizing the event. The Lithuanian flag was flown over the Pittston Library to commemorate the anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Shown from left are, first row: Judy Stodolny, Lainey Mentrikoski, Rob Kiska, Elaine Elko, Janet Palladino, Dennis Palladino, Brian Doughton from State Senator Marty Flynn\u2019s staff, George Brown \u2013 Mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Mary Claire Voveris, Beverly Harnen, June Supey, Mike Loncoski, Irene Kovaleski and John Kovaleski. Second row: Mary Ladish, Yvonne Branas, Marilyn Fitzgerald, Joe Francik, State Representative Jim Haddock, Tom Wierbowski, Mike Lombardo \u2013 Mayor of Pittston, Tyler McAlpine from Senator Dave McCormick\u2019s staff, Bill Sodnik, Ruth Wnuk, Don Waxmonsky, Sylvia Waxmonsky, Mary Policare and Stanley Holko.<\/p>\n<p>Submitted Photo<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                \t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Knights of Lithuania Council 143, Pittston, celebrated the 108th anniversary of Lithuania\u2019s independence with a ceremony on Feb. 19 at the Pittston Memorial Library. Federal, state and city officials presented citations and proclamations recognizing the event. The Lithuanian flag was flown over the Pittston Library to commemorate the anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Shown from left are, first row: Judy Stodolny, Lainey Mentrikoski, Rob Kiska, Elaine Elko, Janet Palladino, Dennis Palladino, Brian Doughton from State Senator Marty Flynn\u2019s staff, George Brown \u2013 Mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Mary Claire Voveris, Beverly Harnen, June Supey, Mike Loncoski, Irene Kovaleski and John Kovaleski. Second row: Mary Ladish, Yvonne Branas, Marilyn Fitzgerald, Joe Francik, State Representative Jim Haddock, Tom Wierbowski, Mike Lombardo \u2013 Mayor of Pittston, Tyler McAlpine from Senator Dave McCormick\u2019s staff, Bill Sodnik, Ruth Wnuk, Don Waxmonsky, Sylvia Waxmonsky, Mary Policare and Stanley Holko.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Knights of Lithuania Council 143, Pittston, celebrated the 108th anniversary of Lithuania\u2019s independence with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-123571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123571","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=123571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}