{"id":168304,"date":"2026-04-17T06:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168304\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:08:07","slug":"clipboard-april-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168304\/","title":{"rendered":"Clipboard, April 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benton Twp.<\/p>\n<p>Cleanup event: Benton Twp. spring cleanup days, May 1, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., and May 2, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Collection bins located at the township maintenance building, Route 107, Fleetville. Costs: $45\/pickup truck load, $60\/1-ton trucks or larger, $4\/tire (must be dismounted), $9\/tire if on rim. Not accepting electronics, household trash, garbage and roof shingles. You must be a township resident to participate; information: 570-945-5897.<\/p>\n<p>Carbondale<\/p>\n<p>Magic show: Damian the Magician will perform May 16 from 2-4:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 58 River St. Doors open at 1 p.m. Snack bar available. Tickets $10\/adults and $5\/under 12. Stop by for tickets on weekdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or purchase online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinity-episcopal.weebly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">trinity-episcopal.weebly.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Covington Twp.<\/p>\n<p>Flea market: Flea market, crafts and bake sale, May 16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Daleville United Methodist Church, 423 Dorantown Road.<\/p>\n<p>East Scranton<\/p>\n<p>Casino trip: East Scranton Seniors casino bus trip to Resorts World Catskills, May 27, leaves Scranton at 9 a.m. and departs casino at 4:30 p.m., $49, with a $40 rebate ($25\/slot play and $15\/food voucher), photo ID required, payment due by May 5; Tom, 570-909-4266.<\/p>\n<p>Midvalley<\/p>\n<p>Pasta dinner: Scout Troop 322 annual pasta dinner, April 25, takeouts, 3:30-4:30 p.m., and dinner, 5-7 p.m., Eagle Hose Company Fire Hall, Eagle Lane, Dickson City. Cost is $12\/adults, $10\/children (age 10 and under). Tickets can be purchased at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Pike County<\/p>\n<p>Earth Day: Earth Day festival, April 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry, hands-on crafts and activities, artisan and conservation organization exhibits, live music, food for purchase, a live animal presentation and tie dye station. National Park Service personnel will offer eight Junior Ranger badges; rain or shine.<\/p>\n<p>Scranton<\/p>\n<p>Inaugural event: Rock to Remember\u2019s inaugural Rock the Block event, July 18, 1-8 p.m., the V Spot, 906 Providence Road, featuring live music from local bands, food trucks, basket raffles and a 50\/50 drawing. Celebrating the life of Tony Berardelli. Registration $25\/advance or $30\/at door; proceeds benefit Rock to Remember, funding brain cancer research and providing scholarships to students pursuing music and the arts. Registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/fundrazr.com\/RockTheBlock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fundrazr.com\/RockTheBlock<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benton Twp. Cleanup event: Benton Twp. spring cleanup days, May 1, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., and May 2, 9&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,28,178,180,179,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-168304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-lackawanna-county","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-scranton","12":"tag-scranton-headlines","13":"tag-scranton-news","14":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168304","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=168304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}