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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There are only a few hours left until the city of Scranton is filled with Irish pride.

Preparations have been taking place all week long as thousands will fill the streets for Scranton's Saint Patrick's Parade.

One of the oldest active bagpipe bands in North America is celebrating early.

Leading the Scranton Saint Patrick's parade Saturday will be the Penn York Highlander bagpipe band that has been around for decades and in this parade since 1962.

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's International Women's Day, and one sport in the area shows us how strong women truly are.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton roller derby is filled with women athletes from all over northeastern Pennsylvania.

28/22 News spoke with two members of the team on this International Women's Day about what it means to be a woman in sports.

These skates were made for rolling.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton roller radicals are filled with local women, bringing the unique sport of roller derby to northeastern Pennsylvania.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As the excitement and anticipation begin for parade day Saturday in Scranton, PennDOT wants to remind the public about safe driving.

Lackawanna County officials and the Regional Director of the Pennsylvania DUI Association gathered in downtown Scranton to encourage visitors to plan how they will get to and from Scranton this weekend.

They urge everyone attending the parade festivities on Saturday to either drive sober or utilize ride-share apps, taxis, and designated drivers.

WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It's fish fry season and one Luzerne County bakery and cafe is doing its version of the Lenten tradition every Friday until Easter, with a charitable twist.

Frying up something good. For a good cause.

Royal Bakery and Cafe on Wyoming Avenue in Wyoming is giving back, with its fish fry fundraiser Fridays.

"So we've been partnering with some of our neighbors and other local organizations," Becky Harris owner of Royal Bakery and Cafe.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Ongoing construction at Scranton City Hall could not stop an annual Saint Patrick's Parade week tradition.

City Hall staffers with members of the Irish-American Association of Lackawanna County raise the Irish flag Friday on the City Hall flagpole.

The flag was actually donated to the city by the Irish-American Association and the annual flag-raising has been a tradition since 1991.

Scranton Parade Day starts with mass at the Cathedral of Saint Peter