{"id":276242,"date":"2026-09-01T03:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276242\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T03:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:52:47","slug":"lackawanna-county-bell-unveiled-abington-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276242\/","title":{"rendered":"Lackawanna County bell unveiled | Abington Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9JzQ4MCcgd2lkdGg9JzY0MCcgeG1sbnM9J2h0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnJyB2ZXJzaW9uPScxLjEnLz4=\"\/><img width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/132606054_web1_ABJ-County-Bell.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lackawanna County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officials gather around the County\u0092s Bells Across PA piece, painted by local artist Austin Burke, at the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 26, in front of the Lackawanna County Courthouse. The iconic trademarks of the area\u0092s railroad, mining, and iron furnaces are prominently featured in the design. From left: Traci Harte, the county\u0092s deputy chief of staff; Commissioner Bill Gaughan; Burke; Commissioner Thom Welby; and Terese Casey, director of development for America250PA.&#10;                                 Submitted Photo\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n\t\t\tLackawanna County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officials gather around the County\u2019s Bells Across PA piece, painted by local artist Austin Burke, at the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 26, in front of the Lackawanna County Courthouse. The iconic trademarks of the area\u2019s railroad, mining, and iron furnaces are prominently featured in the design. From left: Traci Harte, the county\u2019s deputy chief of staff; Commissioner Bill Gaughan; Burke; Commissioner Thom Welby; and Terese Casey, director of development for America250PA.<br \/>\n                                 Submitted Photo\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officials gather around the County\u2019s Bells Across PA piece, painted by local artist Austin Burke, at the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 26, in front of the Lackawanna County Courthouse. The iconic trademarks of the area\u2019s railroad, mining, and iron furnaces are prominently featured in the design. From left: Traci Harte, the county\u2019s deputy chief of staff; Commissioner Bill Gaughan; Burke; Commissioner Thom Welby; and Terese Casey, director of development for America250PA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lackawanna County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officials gather around the County\u2019s Bells Across PA piece, painted by local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-276242","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\/276242","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=276242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}