April 12, 2025 at 18:27 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Some Easter season "hopping" took on a different meaning in the Electric City. Nearly two dozen participating businesses, including the boutique Burlap & Bourbon, took part on Saturday in what's called Hop Around Downtown.
The event encouraged customers to check out spring lines of merchandise and do a little shopping for easter.
One merchant who has been making and assembling eyeglasses for 45 years sees the importance of how this could help build up the customer base.
28/22 News wins big at the PAB Awards
April 12, 2025 at 18:25 EDTPA homepage
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A special easter egg hunt is helping local children with visual impairments experience holiday fun in their own unique way. Northeast Sight Services held its Annual Beeping Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday at the East Mountain Holiday Inn near Wilkes-Barre.
About 30 impaired kids and their siblings took part.
They used sound to find the eggs and build important skills like independence, mobility, and spatial awareness.
April snow showers brought out over 200 volunteers to local ski resort
April 12, 2025 at 18:16 EDTPA homepage
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's said April showers bring May flowers, but on Saturday, April snow showers brought out more than 200 volunteers armed with rakes, shovels, and saplings. They braved wintry conditions to help a local ski resort.
It might be springtime, but atop Montage Mountain Saturday morning, it was a winter wonderland. Volunteers who turned out in droves were not there to ski.
They made their way up and down the white snow-covered mountain to help make it greener thanks to a project called "GROW."
April 12, 2025 at 14:28 EDTDaily Item
NEW BERLIN — SUN Area Technical Institute in New Berlin has been serving students in the Susquehanna Valley since 1968 as they train in specialized programs that ready them for careers in their respective fields.
April 12, 2025 at 14:28 EDTDaily Item
LEWISBURG — Advance Central PA has received a $103,592 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry as part of the Schools-to-Work Program (STWP). The funding will help with a new pre-apprenticeship program designed to equip high school students and recent graduates for successful careers in electrical construction.
April 12, 2025 at 14:28 EDTDaily Item
WASHINGTONVILLE — A bridge replacement and roadway resurfacing project will continue next week as night work takes place on Route 54 in Derry and Valley townships.
April 12, 2025 at 14:28 EDTDaily Item
DANVILLE — A contractor will begin bridge work on Interstate 80 next week as work continues on a multi-year construction project.
April 12, 2025 at 14:28 EDTDaily Item
SUNBURY — The PA Careerlink in Sunbury is hosting a hiring event for three Wawa convenience stores coming to Northumberland and Union counties.
April 12, 2025 at 14:28 EDTDaily Item
COOPER TOWNSHIP — A portion of Mount Zion Drive in Cooper Township, Montour County, will be closed next week for roadway maintenance.
April 12, 2025 at 11:42 EDTPA homepage
TAYLOR, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Police are looking for a man and a woman in connection with a shot fired at a local Walmart Friday night.
According to Taylor Police Chief Brian Holland, officers responded to the Walmart on North Main Street just before 11:00 p.m. for a report of a shot fired.
Through initial investigation Holland says that officers determined that an altercation took place in the Walmart parking lot prior to the shot being fired.
No injuries were reported, according to Holland.
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