{"id":262947,"date":"2026-08-11T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262947\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:30:11","slug":"bite-nite-for-sonny-returns-to-dunmore-to-honor-local-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262947\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bite Nite for Sonny&#8217; returns to Dunmore to honor local teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third annual &#8220;Bite Nite for Sonny&#8221; in Dunmore raises funds in memory of Sonny Crotti and supports classmate Reagan Kearney in her fight against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>DUNMORE, Pa. \u2014 A tasty event in Dunmore honors the memory of a teenager who passed away from brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The third annual &#8220;Bite Nite for Sonny&#8221; will take place Tuesday, August 11, at the Dunmore Little League fields from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The evening features wing bites, a lemonade stand, a book sale, a bake sale, and live music performed by several of Sonny\u2019s former classmates.<\/p>\n<p>Sonny Crotti lost his battle with brain cancer in 2024 at age 16, while a sophomore at Dunmore High School.<\/p>\n<p>The annual gathering raises money for a scholarship established in Sonny\u2019s name. This year, a portion of the proceeds will also benefit one of Sonny\u2019s classmates, Reagan Kearney, who is currently battling stage four Ewing sarcoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The third annual &#8220;Bite Nite for Sonny&#8221; in Dunmore raises funds in memory of Sonny Crotti and supports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-262947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262947","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=262947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}