The hit NBC sitcom, The Office, has brought much attention to the city of Scranton. The British version had been set in Slough, a commuter town on the outskirts of London. Looking for a suitable U.S. equivalent, executive producer Greg Daniels considered Nashua, New Hampshire and Utica, New York before settling on Scranton, Pennsylvania. “It just seemed like a real place,” he said later. Scranton certainly...

Downtown Scranton will be welcoming two new businesses in the next few weeks with a Dunder Mifflin Store set to open at the Steamtown Mall on November 1 and the opening of vegan café Eden announced for November 7. When you’re looking for a Dwight Schrute bobblehead or a “World’s Best Boss” mug, the Dunder Mifflin Store will sell official merchandise from NBC’s Scranton-based sitcom “The...

You don’t need us to tell you the new season of “The Office” begins tonight so we bring you a different Scranton-centered event: the upcoming Halloween “PAWrade” in Nay Aug Park. The 2008 Halloween “PAWrade,” scheduled for Nay Aug on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 12:30-3 p.m., will benefit Canine Partners for Life, a Pennsylvania-based service dog not-for-profit company that trains...

The Office Games are coming to Scranton on July 19 to announce the release of The Office DVD Board Game and The Office Trivia Game. The event will be hosted by Mindy Kaling (The Office’s Kelly Kapoor) and begins at 9 a.m. with a 2K Fun Run on Wyoming Avenue. Prizes will be awarded for Best Dressed, Best Character Look-Alike and Fastest. Following the Fun Run will be an Office Trivia Challenge at 10:30 a.m. and a...

It seems like so long ago that Michele Dempsey was chatting up the possibility of hosting an event in Scranton for “The Office” which was fresh off its Emmy win. I feel fortunate to have been privy to the event from concept to crescendo and I wanted to share why the event was so much more than a fan convention. I just touched down for six months of military training in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. The course I am attending...

The Electric City will pay tribute to the hit comedy that has brought Scranton into the homes of millions with the first-ever Office Convention weekend on Oct. 26-28. Why not Rediscover Scranton for yourself and see what the buzz is about? The Today Show’s Al Roker will get the celebration started with a live broadcast from the University of Scranton on Friday, October 26, at 7:00 AM. Stars of “The Office” along...