Luzerne County Historical Society hosts Haunted Spirits and Shadows at Swetland: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Swetland Homestead, 885 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Bizarre but true local folklore, macabre artifacts from the society\u2019s museum collection, and stories from the region\u2019s past. See a Victorian funeral presented in the parlor and learn about the mourning customs, traditions and symbolism that surrounded death during the Victorian era with period-correct reenactors. Tickets, $25 for society members; $30 for nonmembers. Purchase at the door or via luzernehistory.org\/our-events.<\/p>\n
Jenkins Twp. Fire Department\u2019s 100th anniversary dinner: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. The Banks Waterfront, 304 Kennedy Blvd., Pittston. Cocktail hour, 6 to 7 p.m. Tickets, $100; purchase at the fire station. Live music, guest speakers and more. Sponsors for program booklet welcome.<\/p>\n
Hughestown Lions Club Halloween parade and party: 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Parade begins at Rock and Center streets and proceeds to the pavilion for costume judging. Candy bags for all children; raffle with prizes and two bicycles to be awarded.<\/p>\n
Maternal and Family Health Services hosts annual community luncheon: Noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Banks Waterfront, 304 Kennedy Blvd., Pittston. Celebrate shared achievements, highlight the organization\u2019s work, recognize outstanding contributions and raise vital support for ongoing programs. The 2026 Outstanding Public Service Award will be presented to the Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus. For information, including tickets and sponsorships, visit https:\/\/mfhs.org\/annual-community-luncheon-2026.<\/p>\n
VFW Post 4909 Home Association Halloween dinner dance: RSVP deadline, Wednesday, Oct. 28; event, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Dupont Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. Dinner, music, cash bar, entertainment by the Fabulous 45\u2019s. Prizes for funniest, scariest, etc. costumes will be awarded. Cost, $30. For tickets and reservations, see Bob Lopata at the post or call him at 570-472-1152.<\/p>\n
Hughestown Halloween Candy Crawl: 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Town Square Gazebo. Stop by for candy, goodies and a frightfully good time. Hosted by the Hughestown Neighborhood Crime Watch in collaboration with the Hughestown Police Department, Hughestown Hose Company and EMS and Hughestown Borough.<\/p>\n
Pittston City Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through November. Pittston Tomato Festival lower lot.<\/p>\n
Dupont VFW Post 4909 Home Association Christmas party: RSVP deadline, Wednesday, Dec. 2; event, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4909 home. Dinner, music, cash bar, entertainment by the Sperazza Band. Cost, $30. For tickets and reservations, see Bob Lopata at the post or call him at 570-472-1152.<\/p>\n
Hughestown Sports Club\u2019s Penn State Football bus transportation: Bus transportation available to and from all home games. Bus departs from Park and Ride lot on Oak Street in Pittston. Departure time depends on start of game and will be communicated prior to game day. For pricing details, bus departure time or other questions, call Barbara at 570-457-5705; texting unavailable. If no answer, leave a message with your name and phone number for a return call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luzerne County Historical Society hosts Haunted Spirits and Shadows at Swetland: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308558,"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":["post-308557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-avoca","tag-community","tag-dupont","tag-duryea","tag-exeter","tag-exeter-township","tag-hughestown","tag-jenkins-township","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittston","tag-pittston-township","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-west-pittston","tag-west-wyoming","tag-wyoming","tag-yatesville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308557","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=308557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}