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 NEPA Scene Staff

SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Gracie (basset hound mix) and Trinity (bicolor cat)

SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Gracie (basset hound mix) and Trinity (bicolor cat)

Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home. Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Pavilion at Montage Mountain holding job fair for summer concert season March 5 at Mall at Steamtown in Scranton

From a press release: Live Nation Entertainment Worldwide, Inc. and Legends Hospitality have announced that The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton will be holding a job fair on Saturday, March 5 with the intent of filling over 500 part-time positions for the 2016 summer concert season. The job fair will be held at The […]

 Chris Hughes

PHOTOS: Fuzz 92.1 Cardboard Box Sled Derby at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 02/28/16

PHOTOS: Fuzz 92.1 Cardboard Box Sled Derby at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 02/28/16

A bear, dragon, shark, Minecraft pig, pirate ship, and a makeshift Jamaican bobsled were among the homemade cardboard vessels that rocketed, dragged, and flipped their way through the first-ever Fuzz 92.1 Cardboard Box Sled Derby held at Montage Mountain on Sunday, Feb. 28. Nearly two dozen participants constructed homemade sleds using only cardboard, tape, string, […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Baby Doll (calico cat) and Diana (gray cat)

SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Baby Doll (calico cat) and Diana (gray cat)

Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home. Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too […]

 Dee Culp

LIVING YOUR TRUTH: Combating hate groups with love is necessary, but is it enough?

It can be extremely disheartening for those who preach love and acceptance to come to terms with the fact that there is so much hate in this world. I do believe that when love increases, hate must decrease, but as I have observed, it is merely human nature to fear and reject the things we […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Misericordia student will play with Harlem Globetrotters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on March 5

Misericordia student will play with Harlem Globetrotters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on March 5

From a press release: Misericordia University student Michael Gombita, who won the Harlem Globetrotters’ “Draft Me” contest, will meet up with Globetrotters star Wun “The Shot” Versher, but that’s only the beginning of his reward. Gombita, a native of Equinunk, Pennsylvania, will also participate in the Globetrotters’ game at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Wade (hound mix) and Tiger (striped tabby cat)

SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Wade (hound mix) and Tiger (striped tabby cat)

Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home. Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Saintly 2016 Parade Day t-shirt benefits Electric City Music Conference in Scranton

Saintly 2016 Parade Day t-shirt benefits Electric City Music Conference in Scranton

In 2010, Chris Ventura put out his first Parade Day t-shirt. While selling the shirt at Joe Caviston’s former venue, Eleanor Rigby’s in Jermyn, the shirt caught the eye of Caviston. From there, the two struck up a collaboration and have put out a t-shirt annually for the past seven years. This year, the duo […]

 Dee Culp

LIVING YOUR TRUTH: South Dakota bill restricts transgender students’ bathroom use – and freedom

LIVING YOUR TRUTH: South Dakota bill restricts transgender students’ bathroom use – and freedom

I’ve heard it said that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance – and so it would seem as the transgender community deals with the fallout of the recent news out of South Dakota. Despite the fact that the population of South Dakota is roughly less than half the size of the entirety of the […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

To Write Love on Her Arms founder to speak for free at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on April 18

To Write Love on Her Arms founder to speak for free at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on April 18

From a press release: It was announced today that Jamie Tworkowski, founder of the popular nonprofit organization To Write Love on Her Arms, will bring his message of hope to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m. Established in 2006, To Write Love on Her Arms is a nonprofit […]

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