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The Greater Carbondale YMCA hosted its tenth Spring Craft and Vendor Fair to support the A-Team Autism Support Program on Sunday.

WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was helped by an officer from choking in Weatherly Saturday.

In a release, the Weatherly Police Department says an officer was called to a home in the early afternoon on Saturday, March 22, in the borough for a report of a woman choking.

The officer responding to the home realized that EMS agencies would come from neighboring towns and that choking could be a matter of seconds before it could be life-threatening, according to the release.

Courtesy of the Weatherly Police Department

The model train show in Lackawanna County attracted hundreds of attendees, with over 130 vendors on Sunday.

Postal workers in Luzerne County rallied against postal system privatization in a nationwide protest on Sunday afternoon.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — From the great outdoors to indoors for some golf fundraising fun. The Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre was the place to be for the Sixth Annual All "Fore" Books Mini Golf Classic event.

More than 100 people signed up to take a swing at the 18-hole course in this family-friendly spin on classic golf fundraisers.

All proceeds support children's programs and early literacy outreach at the library on South Franklin Street.

Irish pride on display in Monroe County

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Plenty of Irish pride is on display on Sunday in the Poconos.

The Irish Thunder Pipes and Drums' from Montgomery County were among the participants in the 46th Annual Pocono Irish American Club Saint Patrick's Parade.

It took marchers and riders from Stroudsburg to East Stroudsburg.

The parade did not disappoint from those who participated in it to those who came out to watch it.

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We're packing up the green as the last Saint Patrick's parade in our area kicked off Sunday afternoon in Stroudsburg.

The 88-year-old pope gave a thumbs up and acknowledged the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony overlooking the main entry of Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

The home on Main Street in Avoca was engulfed just after 5 a.m. on Sunday, and one person was left dead.

The Jonas Brothers celebrate 20 years with a "JONAS20: Living the Dream" summer tour, featuring Marshmello and the All-American Rejects.