Summer’s nearly over and, with that, students will soon be arriving at our local colleges to begin or continue their higher education. We’ve compiled a list of some online resources new and returning students will need to make the most of campus life in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Today, we’ll focus just on the University of Scranton, Marywood University, Lackawanna College and Keystone College with additional schools...

Electric City Roasting Company today opened its newest location on Scranton’s West Side in Fidelity Bank, 400 South Main Avenue. Electric City Roasting Company operates Zummo’s Café on 920 Marion Street and opened a location at Mansour’s Market on 969 Prescott Avenue in Scranton before expanding into the West Side location. The new shop offers a “drip bar” that helps each coffee reach your cup with the...

Get a look at Scranton’s first medical school next week when The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) hosts a Building Our Foundation groundbreaking celebration on Tuesday, August 19. The event starts at the building site on Pine Street, Scranton, at noon where visitors will receive a stone to inscribe with their name. Stones will then be added to the school’s construction foundation. Afterward, the celebration moves...

Duffy Accessories, 218 Linden Street, Scranton, will celebrate its 20th anniversary today with a street fair from 5-8 p.m. The date is 8-08-08 and the fair will have an ‘80s theme. The fair will include a fashion show, vendors and music, along with all of the great clothing and accessories available at Duffy – everything from jewelry and gemstones to handbags and designer lookalikes. So break out your big hair, spandex...

Fans of the Fab Four take note: Pennsylvania’s International Beatles Festival, Abbey Road on the River will be held on Labor Day, Sunday, August 31, 2008, from noon to 11 p.m. at the Woodlands Inn and Resort, Route 315, Plains. Performers will include Beatlemania Now, Abbey Road Live, Hal Bruce, All You Need Is Love, former member of the Hollies Terry Sylvester with The Cryers, Elliots, Drew Harrison, Mario DaSilva,...

Check out great local theater this weekend when The Bracken Theatre Company presents “Closer” directed by Alicia Nordstrom and starring Will Moore, Kerry Kane, Eleanor Gwyn-Jones and John Morris. The play upon which the Julia Roberts, Clive Owen film was based, “Closer” tells the story of four people whose lives and relationships intertwine as they pursue each other in a struggle to find intimacy. The play includes...