Get yourself ready for the Steamtown Marathon and benefit a good cause with the D&H Rail-Trail Long Distance Run on Sunday, September 7. The run gets started at 9 a.m. and leaves from the Forest City Trailhead of the D&H Rail-Trail. Keep Reading

An interesting local initiative launched recently; Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola together with PennDOT helped create a Stop-Graffiti site to combat graffiti around the Scranton area. You can report graffiti on the site and volunteers will remove it as quickly as possible. And if you’d like to volunteer your efforts to paint over and clean up graffiti around Lackawanna County, you can sign up through...

Labor Day weekend is just weeks away and that means it’s La Festa time. La Festa Italiana returns to downtown Scranton from August 30 through September 1 on Courthouse Square for its 33rd year. The three day festival attracts close to 100,000 visitors to the downtown area annually to celebrate Italian culture through food, music and fun. Nearly 70 vendors are set to offer a wide variety of the finest Italian cuisine...

And the Moneynotes played at the Courthouse Square on Friday as part of the Concerts on the Square series. Check out our new Flickr set of photos from the show and be sure to see the last two shows of the Concerts on the Square series – Jim Cullen on Friday, Aug. 22; and The Bill Arnold Band on Friday, Aug. 29.

If you’re a local actor, actress, filmmaker or musician, you need to get involved with the Community Film Project. For years now, CFP has been producing local film projects and assisting the area’s movie-makers achieve their vision. On Thursday, August 28, you can mingle with local actors and actresses, network with Northeastern Pennsylvania young professionals and get an update on what’s going on with...

We continue to introduce you to the local residents driving the revitalization of the arts and culture in Scranton today with a profile of local artist and jewelry-maker Lara Lewis. Born in San Diego, California, Lara took an early interest in art, dance and voice, attending classes at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. She graduated Humboldt State University with a degree in art before making her way...