{"id":240437,"date":"2026-07-10T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240437\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:01:08","slug":"lackawanna-county-launches-fridays-in-the-park-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240437\/","title":{"rendered":"Lackawanna County launches &#8216;Fridays in the Park&#8217; series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging kicked off its 2026 \u201cFridays in the Park\u201d series at Aylesworth Park in Archbald.\u00a0The free program offers lunch, crafts, entertainment, bingo and more for people age 60 and over. Other Fridays in the Park this month are scheduled for July 17 at Covington Park, July 24 at Merli-Sarnoski Park and July 31 at McDade Park. The series continues through Aug. 28. Space is limited to 50 people per park date; call 570-963-6740 to make reservations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Diane Hiller, of Dickson City, paints a wooden ornament as Joan Buckas, of Throop, looks on during the &quot;Fridays in the Park&quot; kickoff event hosted by the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging at Aylesworth Park in Archbald Friday, July 10, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-FRIDAYS-CAPST-0711-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1855502\" \/>Diane Hiller, of Dickson City, paints a wooden ornament as Joan Buckas, of Throop, looks on during the \u201cFridays in the Park\u201d kickoff event hosted by the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging at Aylesworth Park in Archbald Friday, July 10, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Sharyn Martucci, of Peckville, gets materials to be used for a painting activity during the &quot;Fridays in the Park&quot; kickoff event hosted by the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging at Aylesworth Park in Archbald Friday, July 10, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-FRIDAYS-CAPST-0711-03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1855503\" \/>Sharyn Martucci, of Peckville, gets materials to be used for a painting activity during the \u201cFridays in the Park\u201d kickoff event hosted by the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging at Aylesworth Park in Archbald Friday, July 10, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging kicked off its 2026 \u201cFridays in the Park\u201d series at Aylesworth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2117,201,182,28,727,178,180,179,289,181,729],"class_list":["post-240437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-archbald","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-stt","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240437","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=240437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}