While many of you are already a few hours into your Black Friday shopping, consider buying local this holiday season and supporting local business owners. A great tool for locating local products and services launched recently: Visit Downtown Scranton. The site provides directory listings of downtown Scranton businesses broken out by categories – Eat, Shop, Play, Stay and Everyday. Whether you’re looking for...

It’s been some time in coming but the Lackawanna Avenue Bridge Project opened this morning with local officials on hand to cut the ribbon and open the bridge to traffic. View more pictures from the opening inside.

Tomorrow night you can support Scranton’s biggest and best New Year’s Eve celebration – First Night Scranton – with a Celebrity Bartender event at The Bog, 341 Adams Ave., Scranton, from 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, drinks will be served by local celebrities like Scranton Mayor Christopher Doherty, Recorder of Deeds Evie Rafalko McNulty and Damian the Magician. Tickets are $5 at the door, and proceeds...

With First Friday joining forces with POWER! Scranton to present two great events in one night, Friday was a great night out in downtown Scranton. The weather was excellent for November and there was plenty of local art and music to enjoy. Find a photo recap inside and on the Electric City Renaissance Flickr page. To sign up as an artist or venue for the December First Friday art walk, visit www.firstfridayscranton.com....

While the weather outside may be turning damp and rainy, the local theater scene is set to heat up with the start of the winter months. November will see a slate of exciting productions brighten up the Electric City, so take a look and grab a show when the curtain comes up… Vintage Theater presents “Pride and Prejudice” Among the many groups and companies assembling their lineups is Scranton’s Vintage Theater,...

After enjoying the sights and sounds of First Friday, take a quick shot up the hill to enjoy some truly unique music when the world-renowned African Children’s Choir performs at the Hickory Street United Methodist Church, 435 Hickory Street in Scranton’s Hill Section, on Friday evening, November 6, at 7 p.m. Composed of children from various African nations, the choir is stopping in Scranton as part of their current...