Penn State Wilkes Barre News

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Students looking forward to winter breaks only have a few days left until the start of a week and a half out of school, as all districts in the area let out this week.

"Harriet," 85, ran four errands Tuesday - picking up prescriptions at Rite Aid Pharmacy, buying a card at Barnes & Noble Wilkes/King's Booksellers, paying a bill at Boscov's and purchasing a Martz Trailways ticket.

PSU class examining obstacles that the elderly and disabled face getting around in W-B. BILL O ' BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com WILKES-BARRE They were just posing, but a group simulating elderly and disabled people came away with a better understanding of the plight of those who face challenges every day after making their way around the downtown ...

Arts at Hayfield, a non-profit community arts support organization housed at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently awarded Penn State Wilkes-Barre freshman Shannon Brace the Irene Thomas Memorial Award for her contributions to the arts.

The Penn State Wilkes-Barre THON Committee recently held a Penny Wars competition to raise money for the Penn State Dance Marathon , offering students a chance to sabotage each other and have one of their friends take a pie in the face.

Lehman Twp. police say pot and about 70 vials of steroids worth $4,000 were seized.

PLAINS TWP. As negative issues arise related to natural-gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, at least one company is being careful to keep residents informed about the industry's benefits and distance itself from concerns.

The story of Frances Slocum, a 5-year-old Quaker girl who was kidnapped by Delaware Indians from her parents' Wilkes-Barre home in 1778, is already well-known to history buffs in Northeastern Pennsylvania and Indiana.

Ghosts, goblins and creatures of the night are making their way to the Back Mountain this Halloween season.

LEHMAN TWP. One million pounds. That's how much glass, plastic, paper and aluminum has been collected, sorted and sent off to be recycled by the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus since Thomas Winter started the recycling effort 21 years ago.

On Sunday afternoon local families were able to take a virtual trip into the past.

BARRE Thousands of students came out to party on the Square despite the rain Wednesday night.

Thousands of students came out to party on the Square despite the rain Wednesday night.

Approximately 250 Penn State students from around the world gathered at Penn State Berks in Reading to attend the Penn State University Summer Leadership Conference.

Alice Niskey, of Dallas, was an original member of the group. Niskey says the group, started by Howard Grossman, found a home for numerous arts festivals at College Misericordia, including a large bicentennial event complete with a parade in 1976.

Skip Sensbach, owner of Green Dog Pottery, Dallas, works on his potter's wheel at the Arts at Hayfield event Sunday.

Noelle Krempasky Lantka , Peckville, was recently promoted to marketing communications officer at the financial institution.

Visit the Arts at Hayfield Summer Festival at Penn State /Wilkes-Barre this weekend, and Martin Korchnak may let you play a dulcimer or crank the handle of a hurdy-gurdy. No experience? No problem, he said.

R&D TAX CREDITS SEMINAR: Friday, 8-10 a.m., Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center, 75 Young St., Hanover Industrial Estates.

A Luzerne County Conservation District workshop will provide information about the permitting process for natural gas drilling projects.