{"id":309638,"date":"2026-10-19T04:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309638\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T04:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:32:06","slug":"historic-nay-aug-park-holds-community-event-of-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309638\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Nay Aug Park holds community event of recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The park has brought the community together since 1893.<\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 If you&#8217;ve ever taken a trip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/section\/lackawanna-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Electric City<\/a>, you&#8217;ve probably stumbled upon Nay Aug Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The park in Scranton has been welcoming visitors since 1893.<\/p>\n<p>This year, volunteers decided to give back to the historic grounds using some community fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visitors came out for family-friendly activities, including face and pumpkin painting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the event will go towards future park improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mission is to enhance and improve Nay Aug Park for this generation and future generations. It&#8217;s a beautiful, beautiful 73-acre park in Scranton,&#8221; says Mary Joe Preno, event coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say future improvements include upgrading existing structures and building a grand entrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The park has brought the community together since 1893. SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 If you&#8217;ve ever taken a trip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-309638","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\/309638","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=309638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}