{"id":125713,"date":"2026-02-28T03:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/125713\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:21:07","slug":"firkin-friday-kicks-off-countdown-to-parade-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/125713\/","title":{"rendered":"Firkin\u2019 Friday kicks off countdown to Parade Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU)\u2014 A healthy serving of Saint Patrick\u2019s cheer is taking place on Friday in Scranton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event known as \u2018Firkin Friday\u2019 is underway at Cooper\u2019s Seafood House and runs until 7 pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is free, and all proceeds from every pint sold from the charity cask will go directly to supporting Scranton\u2019s annual Saint Patrick\u2019s parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/program-provides-shelter-families-kids-001816131.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Program provides shelter for families of kids in the hospital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Program provides shelter for families of kids in the hospital <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The parade will be on Saturday, March 14, in downtown Scranton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">28\/22 News is proud to once again bring you the parade live on air and online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU)\u2014 A healthy serving of Saint Patrick\u2019s cheer is taking place on Friday in Scranton.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[53443,201,55724,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-125713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-coopers-seafood-house","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-saint-patrick","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125713","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=125713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}