Laity Organization of the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary monthly meeting: Following 7 p.m. Mass and devotional prayers to St. Joseph, Wednesday, April 1. President Dr. Alyce M. Zura will preside. The Rev. Joseph D. Sibilano, OSJ is spiritual advisor. New members are welcome.<\/p>\n
St. John the Evangelist Lenten food sales: Pickup, 3:30 to 6 p.m. Friday,\u00a0 April 3. Orders due Thursday, April 2; call the parish office at 570-654-0053. St. John the Evangelist Parish Pastoral Center Auditorium, enter on Church Street. Potato pancakes, three for $5; choice of take-and-heat red pizza or white pizza with broccoli, $15 per tray.<\/p>\n
Dyngus Day Polka: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 6. Dupont Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4909, Dupont. Features the Shenandoah All Star Polka Band.<\/p>\n
Corpus Christi cash bingo: Doors open 6:15 p.m.; games begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Immaculate Conception Church Hall, 601 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston. Tickets, $25; includes 15 bingo games with prizes of $150. Also five special games available for purchase, $5 each or a pack of five for $20 with prizes of $500, $500, $750, $1,000 and $1,000. Food and beverages for purchase. Reserved seating available. For tickets, call the parish office from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Thursday at 570-654-2753.<\/p>\n
West Pittston First UM Church clothing boutique: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11; noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 12. West Pittston First United Methodist Church, 408 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Women\u2019s, men\u2019s and children\u2019s clothing, purses, jewelry, shoes and men\u2019s suits.<\/p>\n
St. Michael\u2019s cash bingo: Doors open 11 a.m.; games start at noon Saturday, April 18. St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston. Includes 15 regular games of bingo (prizes of $100 each), $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Four specials with prizes ranging from $200 and up and extra play books available to purchase. Food and desserts for sale, 50\/50 and basket raffles. For information, contact Darby at 570-899-9589 or visit https:\/\/stmichaelsbyzantine.com\/bingo.<\/p>\n
Queen of the Apostles cash bingo: Doors open at 11:30 a.m.; bingo begins at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Queen of the Apostles Parish Hall. Players must be 18 or older. Cash prizes range from $50 to $200 per game. Admission, $25 in advance; $30 at the door. Food and beverages available for purchase. For information or to sponsor, volunteer or purchase tickets, contact John Labrosky, 570-881-3959.<\/p>\n
Brooks Estates Travelers trip to Mount Hope Estates and Winery: Tuesday, April 21. Celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday with a murder mystery show. Cost, $115; includes dinner, show and transportation. For information, call Marion Heycock 570-881-4943.<\/p>\n
Wyoming UMC spring rummage and bake sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25. Wyoming United Methodist Church, 376 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Books, puzzles, clothing, furniture, household items and holiday items. Kitchen serving haluski, hot dogs and wimpies; bake sale with many pastry delights. Parking behind the church.<\/p>\n
Pittston Area kindergarten registration: Through Friday, May 1. Students must be 5 years old by Aug. 31. Register at www.pittstonarea.com and complete all required information by May 1, which is the preferred method. Or, return a completed registration packet, which can be found online or at the administrative office, along with copies of required documentation to the administrative office, 5 Stout St., Yatesville, by May 1. Once all paperwork is finalized, parents can sign up for a screening appointment slot from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and 1 to 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Pittston Area Primary Center, 210 Rock St., Hughestown. Only one parent or guardian should bring the child to registration. At the screening, each child will receive hearing and vision screenings and a reading readiness assessment. Children will be photographed and immunization history will be reviewed. Call the office at 570-654-2415, ext. 2105, for information.<\/p>\n
Dupont VFW 81st anniversary party: 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 2. Dupont Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4909, Dupont. Dinner, entertainment by the Luongo Brothers Band, cash bar. Tickets, $30; to RSVP, call Bob Lopata at 570-472-1152.<\/p>\n
Wyoming\/West Wyoming Memorial Day Parade seeks participants: Wyoming Area Kiwanis Club is co-sponsoring the 2026 Memorial Day Parade in partnership with the Wyoming Veterans of Foreign Wars and the West Wyoming American Legion at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 25. Community members, organizations and local groups are invited to participate and should line up at 9 a.m. in the vicinity of the West Wyoming Fire Department along Shoemaker Avenue, as well as on Johnson, Brady and Fairview streets. The route will proceed north on Shoemaker Avenue from\u00a0Dailly\u00a0Park toward Eighth Street, turn right onto Eighth Street, continue to Wyoming Avenue, and then turn left onto Wyoming Avenue, concluding at the Sixth Street Cemetery. To confirm participation or for information, call 570-237-1080.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laity Organization of the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary monthly meeting: Following 7 p.m. Mass and devotional prayers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[825,524,4484,2416,1027,1411,4485,4486,182,803,28,2485,4487,178,180,179,4488,4489,804,4490],"class_list":{"0":"post-153029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-avoca","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-dupont","11":"tag-duryea","12":"tag-exeter","13":"tag-exeter-township","14":"tag-hughestown","15":"tag-jenkins-township","16":"tag-local-news","17":"tag-luzerne-county","18":"tag-pennsylvania","19":"tag-pittston","20":"tag-pittston-township","21":"tag-scranton","22":"tag-scranton-headlines","23":"tag-scranton-news","24":"tag-west-pittston","25":"tag-west-wyoming","26":"tag-wyoming","27":"tag-yatesville"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153029","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=153029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}