Dalton<\/p>\n
Fundraising event: \u201cDinner at the Grill,\u201d Dalton Fire Company fundraiser, April 9, 4-8 p.m., Glenburn Grill & Bakery, 1144 Lackawanna Trail, Clarks Summit; dine in or takeouts available, homemade baked goods, basket raffle.<\/p>\n
Jermyn<\/p>\n
Easter egg hunt: An Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Jermyn Police Department, the Jermyn Lions Club and Jermyn Knights of Columbus Council 7622 will be held March 28 at noon at the Artisan Volunteer Fire Company, 20 Maple St. Candy, eggs and other giveaways will be part of the activities. The hunt is open to children up to 12 years of age. The Easter egg hunt will take place rain or shine as the hose company facilities can accommodate any weather.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna County<\/p>\n
Brain and Behavior Conference: Scranton Brain and Behavior Conference, April 18, University of Scranton, further highlighting the university\u2019s role as an important hub for neuroscience and psychology education and research. The undergraduate-focused conference will be held at the Loyola Science Center with registration beginning at 8 a.m. The conference begins at 9 and will feature panels, poster presentations and a keynote lecture. While registration fees are $5 for college students and $15 for faculty\/staff, the conference is free to attend for high school students and includes lunch. Faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to participate in an abstract (talk\/poster) submission. The submission form is live. The deadline to submit is Friday. To attend the conference, register by April 13. For information, visit the Brain and Behavior Conference website.<\/p>\n
Seed starting: Seed starting, April 8, 5 p.m., Nancy Kays Holmes Library, 1032 Green Ridge St., Scranton. Join Penn State Master Gardeners to learn how to start your own plants indoors from seed. Topics will include necessary supplies, best practices for germination and seed growth, and transplanting seedlings. Participants will sow seeds and take home several samples. Participants should bring a small box to take home their sown seeds. Registration required: 570-207-0764.<\/p>\n
Mayfield<\/p>\n
Paska and kolachi sale: St. John\u2019s Russian Orthodox Cathedral annual homemade paska (Easter bread) and kolachi sale, April 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., St. John\u2019s Center, 701 Hill St. Homemade paskas (plain or with raisins) will be sold along with homemade nut, poppyseed, lekvar and apricot kolachi. Paskas are $13 each and kolachi are $12 each. Orders can be placed by calling Mott, 570-335-2128; Sandy, 570-876-3576; or the rectory, 570-876-0730, before Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dalton Fundraising event: \u201cDinner at the Grill,\u201d Dalton Fire Company fundraiser, April 9, 4-8 p.m., Glenburn Grill &…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,28,178,180,179,289],"class_list":["post-148792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148792","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=148792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}